Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-24
TIE PRICE OF A WIFE.

At the table with me part OF the time
was a jolly group, one of whom is a brisk
little EnglishmaH, of great prominence in
his profession, most difficult and delicate
one, by the way. Incidentally the name
of Mrs. Labouchere, recent companion of
Mrs. Langtry, came up, and come one of
the party referred to the fact that Mrs.
Labouchere, 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. Whereupon my mercurial English
friend remarked : ''Well, Labouchere did
the square thing at any event. He met
Mrs. Pigeon when she was playing as Miss
Hodgson in London and became greatly
man of wit, Of political and professional
status, worth a pile of money, and what
YOU would call in this country e 'genteel
rounder.' So he sent his solicitor TO see
Pigeon, who was a lime man, or what you
call In this country calciminer, working
at 81 so day, and the solicitor said to
him See here, Pigeon, this wife of yours
won't live with you any longer, and Mr..
Labouchere is very much interested in her,
and if she could be turned over free to
him without any embarrassment and with
the certainty you would not institute Grim.
inal proceedings or any other calculated to
involve her in Disgrace, he ia willing to pay
you fl,000.' Whereat the male Pigeon
responded Well, don't know so much
about that she may not care to live wish
me, out prefer to live with her. Oh,
well, responded the solicitor, | am sorry
we cannot come TO terms | am authorized
to hand you a thousand sovereigns and
will do So WELL said Pigeon, don't
care if l do Whereupon the solicitor
handed him Mr.. Labouchere's check for
fl 900 and took his leave. The next
morning the male Pigeon went to the bank
and had his check cashed and found him
self, for the first time in his life, in posses-
sion of large and glitterine pile of money.
/ Hardly had he, wish delightful footsteps
retired, when Mr. Labouchere appeared
! and asked at the counter if check of his
I for a thousand sovereigns had been pre-
sented that morning. He was told that il
had. He requested that the check should
/ be given to him, which it was. WhereupOn
/ he departed to the home of his beloved,
/ and gayly Furnishing the check before her
admiring 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 he
mas not even seen him in eight years, and
/ sho has beea recognized in such circles as
/ she can find entrance 70 rs the wife of the
distinguished editor Of the London Truth u
/ By the way, hear to-day, from trust
worthy authority, that She divorce proceed
ings in Virginia will probably be guashed,
and that some more open handed way OF
dealing with certain real estate transac.
tions in the vicinity Of Richmond VIII be
resorted to. 1t is evident that there is no
/ foundation for i'll natured scandal in REFER
ence to this Pigeon business in the Rich.
mond Court, itIbeiug born in the desire Of
the Lsboucheres to comply with a law Of
the State, without obeying which they
cannot transfer some property which they
own in that section -[Cor. Philadelphia
I Times.