Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-05
converts go to Salt Lake City voluntarily,
ana that therefore it is not the duty of the
brltisll government to interfere with them.
HENRIETTA's CASH VALUE.
How Mr. Labouchcrc Parted with 81,
meek for GlOOO and MIR. Pigeon

was sitting this evening in the cafe ad-
joining one of the chief theatres o the city
writes the New York spondent to the
Phiiadelphia Times. AT the table with me
part OF the time was a jolly group one whom
IS brisk little Englishman, of great prom-
nencc in his profession, a most difficult and
delicate one, by the way. Incidentally, the
maine OF Mrs Labouclcre came up, and some
OF the party referred to the fact that Mrs. La
houchcrc under her real name of Mrs.
Pigeon had begun what seemed to be rather
an anomalous divorce proceeding against the
male Pigeon in a Virginia court Where
upon my mcrcural English friend remarked !:
"Well, Labouchcre did the square Thing at
any event. lie met Mrs. Pigeon when She
was playing as Miss IIodgson and became
greatly interested in her. lie was then, as
now, a man of wit, Of political and profes-
slonal status, worth pile Of money, and
what you could III in this country 'gcntee
rounuer. SO he sent his solicitor to sec
PIgeon, who was lime man, or what YOU
call in this country cilsomncr, working a,
-. 30 day, and the solicitor said to him
See here, Pigeon, this wife of yours won't
live with you any longer, aud Mr.. La
Douchcrc is very much interested in her, and
II she could be turned over free to him with
out any embarrassment and with the certainty
that you would not institute criminal pro
ceedings or any Other calculated TO involve
her IN disgrace, he is willing to pay yon
IlCOO Whereat the male Pigeon RESPONDED:
We'll, don't know so much about tliat: she
may not care to live with ne, but prefer
to live with her. oh, we'll rel in d the
solicitor, 4 am sorry We cannot come to
terms; am authorized 10 hand you thous-
and sovercigns, and will do so' We'll, said
Pigeon, i don't care if CO. Whereupon
the solicitor handed him Mr.. I.abouchtrc's
check FOR one thousand sovereign, ard took
his leave. The next morn ng the male Pigeon
went to the bank aud had his ch, elk cished
end found himself, fer the first time in his
life, in ross' ss'on of a large ard cltteiing
pile of money. Hardly La ] he with Il, lighted
footsteps retired, when Mr.. Labjuchcrr ap-
ptarcd and 'k,d at the e .uLt'r ii II check Of
his for thousand sovcieigus hal been pre-
sented that morning. He was told that it
had. lie requested that the check should he
given to him, which it was. Whcr,upon he
departed to the home of his believe /, and
giyly -four shed the check before her admir-
Ing eyes. Informed her that he had her and
there was his receipt. From that time on
the male Pigeon has avoided his former
partner, who, by the way. says she has no,
even seen him in eight years, and she has not
recognize d him in such cirClesas she can find
entrance To us the wife Of the DISTINGUISHED
editor Of London TlUN." BY ih. by hear
to-day from trustworthy Authority lha the
divorce proceedings in Nlrgui, viii probably
b. quashcd, and that some moic open handed
way of dealing with certain real estate trans.
actions in the vicinity of Richmond will be
rts1rtod To.