Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-03-18
A NOBLE TROOPER.
The Son of an Earl Becomes q
Private Sold .er.
He Horrihea His ArIStocratic RAlatIvea
by EnIstInE as. = CayAirymAa
"A Dramatic Incident
In His Career.

",
other day, enjoyed the, in England,
somewhat unusual distinction of hav-
ing served as an ordinary trooper in the
British cavalry, says the marquis de
Fontenoy in the New York Recorder.
Young, aniable and good looking, when
he left college and took up his abode in
London, he soon was drawn into most
i'ernicious coterie. All those human
birds of prey who make their liveli-
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 it was far better for Lord
I'elehayen 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
Oeen MS associates. f.rl .. ! -
During this period of trooper life of
Lord Berehaven a rather5odds and 6ra-
matte incident took place. A we'll
known money lender received one
morning visit from well-dressed
gentleman who represented himself as
being Viscount Berehaven, eldest son
and heir of the earl of Bantry, and re-
qrested 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 inauiriea-
having elected the replies which he ex-
peeted, The inquiries were made and
everything seemed all right, for the es-
eapade of Lord Berehaven's enlisting
WIS not generally known, and the
money-lender wrote to his visitor to in
form him that if on n certain day he
would call at Iris office in Pail Mall he
would only have to sign the note to get
tho cash. .G.
In the meantime, and by the merest
chance, the fact OFF, Lord Berehaven be-
ing at chat time a Simple trooper under
an assumed name at Windsor reached
tho ears of Sam Lewis, who of course
?. 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 Bcrehaven. Together
they determined to organize most
dramatic coup de theater. The original
Jacket, forage cap cooked over one ear,
whip in hand--the trooper undress uni
form au complet, in fact-was con-
Gcaled behind a screen when the false
Lord Bcrehaven came to, sign the bill
and get the money. At the proper mo-
ncnt he emerged from his hiding place
ard denounced the imposter, whom,
however, he declined to prosecute. For
the miScrcant was no other than q very
near relative, whose name l forbear to
mention, inasmuch as he is now en-
deaVoring to live down his past.
Shortly afterward Lord Berehaven
left the army and undertook a long trip
through the United States to Australia.
Although the journey did not benefit
= his physical health--Preatly damaged
by his follies and excesscS-as much as
had been hoped, yet it certainly greatly
ameliornted his moral condition and
enabled him on his return to settle down
to. 81 new life. Ills 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. He married. in 1886 u
NICE Of Lord Petre, but leaves no issue,
being succeeded in his title by his uncle.
may add that the Bnntry pceTago was
conferred upon the first lord in. 1897 by
wHS of recognition of the great services
which he rendered in repelling the
French fleet when it entered Bantry
hiv for the purpose of landing IN, ariny
OF invasion. ...... IL. .....
YOU can tell what kind Of q s,;,.;.