The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-07-13
E. E.
GOODRICH.
A NOBLE TROOPER.
The Son Of an Earl Becomes q
Private Soldier.
Ho Horrifes His Aristocratio Relatives
by Enlistlng as Cavalryman
"A Dramatic Incident
In His Career.

Young Lord Bantry, who died the
other day, enjoyed the, in England,
somewhat unusual distinction Of hav.
ing served us an ordinary trooper In the
British cavalry, says the marquis de
Fontenoy in the New York Recorder.
Young, amiable and good looking, when
he left college and took up his abode in
London, he soon was drawn into a most
pernicious coterie. All those human
birds Of prey who make their lveli.
hood by plucking young men Of rank
and fortune at once marked him as
their own. He was very wild, broke
the traces in every direction, sowed any
amount Of wild oats and, finally, wound
up one morning after night OF riot
and dissipation by enlisting as an ordi.
nary soldier in the Second life guards
under his family name Of White. The
horror Of his relatives was indie
scribable. The only person to take the
matter in any way quietly was the old
earl Of Bantry, his father, who grimly
remarked that II was far better for Lord
Berehayen to be grooming his charger,
learning his drill, and cleaning his kit
quietly at the Spital barracks at Wind
sor than lounging about London with
the blacklegs and drunkards who had
been his associates.
During this period OF trooper life OF
Lord Berehaven rather odd and dra-
matte incident took place. A we'll
known money.lender received one
morning a visit from well-dressed
gentleman who represented himself as
being Viscount Berehaven, eldest son
and heir Of the earl Of Bantry, and re-
quested a loan. The money-lender,
Sam Lewis, put the usual questions,
which were answered satisfactorily,
and then told the young gentleman that
when he called again he would doubt
less be able to oblige him, In the event,
OF course, of the necessary inquiries
having elected the replies which he ex-
pected. The inquiries were made and
everything seemed all right, for the es-
capade Of Lord Bcrehaven's enlisting
was not generally known, and the
money-lender wrote TO his visitor TO in
form him that II on certain day he
would call at his office in Pail Mall he
would only have to sign the note TO get
the cash.
In the meantime, and by the merest
chance, the fact OF Lord Berehaven be-
ing at that time a simple trooper under
IN assumed name at Windsor reached
the ears of Sam Lewis, who Of course
at once scented fraud. He put him
self Immediately In communication
with Trooper White, who came up from
Windsor TO see him, and who had no
difficulty in proving that he was the
only real Lord Berehaven. Together
they determined TO organize most
dramatic coup de theater. The original
Lord Berehaven, with scarlet shell
jacket, forage cap cooked over one ear,
whip in hand-the trooper undress uni
form au complet, in fact-was con-
cealed behind a screen when the false
Lord Berehaven came to sign the bill
and get the money. At the proper mo-
ment he emerged from his hiding place
and denounced the imposter, whom,
however, he declined TO prosecute. For
the miscreant was no other than a very
near relative, whose name forbear to
mention, inasmuch as he Is now en-
deavoring to live down his past.
Shortly afterward Lord Berehaven
left the army and undertook long trip
through the United States to Australia.
Although the journey did not benefit
his physical health-greatly damaged
by his follies and excesses-as much as
had been hoped, yet II certainly greatly
ameliorated his moral condition and
enabled him on his return to settle down
to new life. His father died about
this time and he succeeded to the Ban
try estates in County Cork, which
amount TO about seventy thousand
acres in area. lie married In 1885 n
niece Of Lord Petre, but leaves no issue,
being succeeded in his title by his uncle.
/ may add that the Bantry peerage was
conferred upon the first lord in l797 by
way Of recognition Of the great services
which he rendered in repelling the
French feet when II entered Bantry
bay for the purpose Of landing an army
Of invasion.
The question of the day is whether one
luan has as much right 10 use force to pro-
,pct his meana of living as another