The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-09

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KETCHUM, ALTURAS
LIVING A WILD, WICKED LIFE
Algeron Sartoris, the husband ,o1
Nellie Grant, only daughter Of the
late president, must be q fine speci-
men of manhood. According to q
New York paper there is an es.
arrangement between man and wife
caused by Sartoris' infatuation for q
woman of the stage. The liaison
dates back several years and has
been of such a character as to win
for the poor wife the heartfelt sym
psthy of every one who respects the
memory of her illustrious father.
The doings of Sartoris are set forth
as follows in a New York journal {:
= = The Englishman first met
his anamorata in St. Louis, where
she was quietly living with her hus-
band, but shortly after his arrival,
she deserted her lord and master
and fed to Milwaukee with Sartoris.
Here they led wild sort of a life
for some six months, at the end of
which time they were actually driv-
en- out of town by the outraged
citizens.
The precious pair next turned up
in England, where the woman sub
sequently appeared in light comedy
parts at the Princess Theater. She
had sweet voice, and the little mu-
sicales she gave in her pretty villa
in St. Johns Wood were generally
attended by Lord Johnny" Hope,
artist Maria and an assemblage of
kindred spirits that fairly went into
ecstacies over the vivacious Amer
ican girl.
But the denouement. came when
Sartoris, finally succumbing to his
wild excesses, lay at the point of
death in his fathers old turreted
manor at Swansea. AS his devoted
wife bathed his heated temples with
eau de cologne she was for the first
time apprised of her rivals exist
ence by hearing Sartoris call out in
his fever: blanche Blanche T! My
God, / want my Blanche !"
On his recovery an explanation
followed, which resulted in the pair
occupying different apartments in
the future. Shortly afterwards,
Sartoris, in a moment of repentance,
bade the American girl leave him
and return to this country. When
she arrived here she Immediately
entered into negotiations with Gen.
eral Barton, the manager of the BIZ
jou Opera House, to appear in the
principal role of Ofenbach's LA
Vie" She then went on to Wash
ington for her young sister, Omie,
who also made her debut as an ac-
tress on the first night of the disas-
trous production at the Bijou. Just
about this time Sartoris, who evi-
IDENTIFY could not exist without his
Blanche, came to America. He
landed here under an alias and reg
istered himself at the Grand hotel
as DR.. King, of Green Bay, Wis,
where, it will be remembered, he
first served his apprenticeship in
the United States. The "doctor"
was in rather straitened circum-
stances just then, and when his in
namorata and her young sister de-
cided to come forth in the burlesque
of "Well-Fed-Dora" at the Fifth
avenue theater, he was obliged to
bear with the proceeding, inasmuch
as he had not the wherewithal to
run another menage on this side Of
the Atlantic.
The young girls dwelt in humble
lodgings on University Place near
Eighth street and frequently went
to bed supperless. Just about this
time Sartoris was asked to resign
from the Racquet Club for obvious
reasons, so, disguised with the cold
welcome given him in America, he
once more bade his Blanche adieu,
and returned to Albion's hospitable
shores.
Then the gushing Blanche in
gagged herself to play in "Falka"
with the McCaull Opera Comique
Company, while the young sister
went back to the parental home in
Washington. While Blanche was
playing small parts with the Nc
Caull company on the road, Sar-
toris was working hard to render
the situation acceptable to the old
gentleman at home. To make mat
ters easier his brother was killed in
steeplechasing just about this time,
and. in a moment of dependency,
the elder Sartoris forgave his erring
son and placed him in charge OF his
vast estates at Swansea. Once in
possession of unlimited credit, Sar-
toris cabled his innamorata to give
up the stage and await further in
structions by mail. The instruc-