The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-21
HIS AMERICAN WIFE.

"Latusclct. my dear, dear q
"My dear mother"
And the big, broad-slouItlcrctl carl of
KcnsinCtowcr was locked in his mothers
embrace, kissing her and huHRinR her.
with tears i'm his eye. like "a great baby.
IL was four years since stlc-e two had
met. When the young lord succeeded his
father i'm the title and estate he was so
pestercd and bothered with the duties of
his newly acquired position that hc shook
Oft the siiacklcs directly his most import
ant business was settled and left England
i'm his yacht. He had intended to cruise.
about for "a few months, but months Slipped
into years before. he could make up his
mind to return. and here he was at last
once mors. in the arms of his mother.
In these days of cheap postage stamps
il seeIns strange that Lord Kcnsingtower's
family should have heard SD little of him
during his absence and should not even
have been appraised of his return. But he
was never IA good lcttCr-writcr, and IL
traveller who goes wherever his moineIl-
tary inclination may suggest. and at the
shortest possible notice, may. perhaps. the
However. all her anxiety
was now at am end Launcelot was with
her once nlors. and would, she hoped, give
down to untst the rails Of his great name
and the duties app'irtcrant To his vast
possessions.
friends n were alive. married. dead. Or
otherwise changed in their state during
her sons absence. Lady kensinHtowcr
said:
"Do you know, Launcclot. there was n
report that you had married a Phiiatlcl-
pliia hcirs.ss. I think I read ,sounc one
sent nhc an extract from M American
paper. and loads of people bclieved it?''
"wsll, moti,c-, there is some truth in
that; l am married. but the lady is not
quite ~ Philadclphian."
..And you meyer told me! Fie. Laun-
S wSS did HS %oS ~ met, bring RI NY l, "r'' 7" %,c THAI
might welcome her. you naughty boy"
~ left her at Liv.rlrnnl for "A day or two.
The fact is, mother" lac said with a.
nervous gulp in his voice, theirs. is "a
long history Ia Ia told about her. and I
Thought yo,' should hear II before | intro
"A long history -" repeated Lady Ken
s~ingtowcr. SLOWLY.
She did not like women with histories.
and her sons evident NERVOUSNESS was
10y no means rcasSirilg. She hail heard
of nuI.i.lien descending to their Kitchens,
or even lower. in search Of a wife. but
such shocking cases had hitherto been
without am example in her mobile family.
and she certainly never anticipated that
her Launcelot could SO far descend AS to
ally himself with u woman whom he
could not unlnr-itatingly present without
NIGH as well hear the worst now .s later
on. IL would bc "a bitter pill, hut she must
swallow il for the love she bore. her SON
AZ love deeper than even that She felt TO
the It'll. and name he b,rc.
Having composed herself a little during
she s%. avn, ssi.i w sa,nc, 1,i",,, so, Ih':" IA. I.m r ms ,n,.
story. L.tiI'icclot; only liz. quick about it,"
I'm afraid IL must TAX" som" time.
your servants that yon must no, br dis
furbssl."
The requisite orders were given. and
Lord keusiiIgto"er commenced the story
of his wife.
"You will rcrncmbcr. mother, that when
cruis.. .isout th.. Ai..s,ii.rrnneam for "a few
months aud then come back. Well, 1
started, and carried ont my programme Ia
thought there was likely Ia
be anything amusing or worth seeing
going ON. stopped a., B1rsieanS and
met "a lot of people who knew me. but l
soon got tired of wine parties. and sol
tlisrs' talk. and garrison girls, and so 1
started away again in search of novelty.
wanted new SCENERY, new p.oplc-iu
fact to "a. "A different life altogether from
what l WAS used to in England. We ran
mp to Nice. but that was worse than Glib
raltar. and then ! wandered through Cor
n1%a: Z a.rsy 'i ns:u, wan and ps s"rn s" % I"ii
fortnight. After that ! went to Palermo,
and enjoyed myself vastly. and made up
my mind To visit Greece and all the little
islands round about. But never got tai
Athens. We were cruising about the pretty
little islands of the archipelago. Milo.
Serplo. S~iphauto-a day ar two at One ar
another. according to the weather or the
interest of the ~plare-whcn one fine day
we anchored AT Mo, and there met my
"By which you mean my daugh,c lin
law. Drs-llIts. Esllu I.htIH hsllS1llK-
tower dryly. las her son paused in his mar
rative.
'.Quite so, hut you shall hear:
"NiO il "A quaint. primitive place, one OF
the smallest of the islands, with u pretty
bay and with what the inhabitants are
pleased To call "a town, behind which
there is "a barren. trcelcss country. which.
however, produces oil, honey, and plenty
Of cotton. wanted to see a plan.
as made my desires known 1 was
pointed ont IA large, sprawling barn-like
building standing in it's wi grounds,
which apparently extended half across
the island. Fancy my surprise when
found that tine proprietor of this place
was an American! told him my name,
and he received me most cordially. we
don't often catch any of Your country
men here, Mr.. ensingtow he said,
with what sounded like FATHERS AN offensive
emphasis on the Mr.. 'Lord
suggested. well. that may be- he re-
piled, but we don't have no lords here
nor yet i'm the country where come from
SO ii you don't mind. MIR. kcnsingtower
III isIsf call xou Mr.. il viii