Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-01
HIS AMERICAN WIFE.

MY dear mOtherW
And the big, broadshouldercd earl
Of Kensingtower was locked In his
mothers embrace, kissing her and
hugging her, with tears in his eyes,
like n great baby.
II was four years since these two
had met When tho young lord sue
ccedcd his father IN the tito and cs-
tate, he was sopcyiorcd and bothered
with tho duties Of hisnowly acquired
position TINT hcshook OIL tho shackles
directly his most important business
WINS settled, aud lett England in his
yacht. ilc had intended to cruise
about for few months but months
Rlid into years before ho could mako
up his mind 10 return, and hero ho
was ut last once moro in tho arms OF
his fond mother
In these days Of cheap postage
stamps 1t seems strange that Lord
Kensingtowcr's family should have
heard so littlo Of him during his alb
scnce and should not oven have boon
npprisod of his return. But ho WIS
never n good letter writer, and a
traveller who goes wherever his mo-
mentary inclination may suggest, and
ut the shortest possible notice, may
perhaps DO excused II no is not 10
liable or regular correspondent
Certainly he had occasionally writ
ton to his mother, but his letters
were characteristic Of himself
Bchoolboyish, and conveyed little or
no information, except that they sat
isned her who loved him bottor than
the whole world that no was alivo
and well, Here, for instance, is q
specimen OF the last letter r.ceivcd
from him six months previously to
their meeting
ST. PAU. MINI, America. Tuesday.
Nv DEsnrsr Morurn-l hopo you aru quitt
we'll. Arrived hero on Friday. This u love
ly nelghborhood. and have shot three bears.
and had good spot with other game. Iwiil
lend You some skins. Goodby. In much
haste. your loving sou. LAuScELor.
Now 1t cannot DO maintained that
communications like this are full of
that personal gossip and detail such
as parent longs for from an absent
child. But Lady Kensingtowcr had
to submit to such moager informa
ton Us they contained, and sho had
grown accustomed 10 look out for
even such scrnppy notes and to treas
ure them up when thoy arrived
However, all her anxiety was now at
an end; LauncclUt was with her
ouco more, and would, she hoped
give up roaming about tho world.
and settle down to meet tho calls of
his great name and the duties appur
tenant TO his vast possessions.
After half an hours coy talk
about old friends who were alive
married, dead OF otherwise changed
in THEN state during her son absence
Lady kensingtOwer said;
DO you know, Launcelot. there
was report that you had married
u Philadelphia heiress, / think rcad
,somc one sont me nm extract from
an American paper, and loads Of
people believe ~"
well. mother there Is some truth
In that; ! am married, but the lady
Is not quite Philadelphian.
And you never told mol Flo.
Launcelott But where is my daugh
terin'lawi Why did you not bring
her to me that might welcome hor,
you naughty boyV
~ loft hor at Liverpool for day
or two. The fact is, mother" he
said with nervous gulp in his voice,
there is n long history to DO told
about her, and thought you should
hear it before introduced her."
"a long history~ repeated Lady
Kcnsingtowgr slowly.
She did not like women with his.
tories, and her sons evident nervous.
ness was by no means reassuring.
She had heard Of noblcmen descend.
ing TO their kitchens or oven lower,
in search Of wife, but such shock
ing cases had hitherto been without
IN example in hor noble family, and
she certainly never anticipated that
wv l-AhllNtAbl NOhlA NJ tut AAhhNNA'A
rs 10 ally himself with woman
whom no could not unhesitatingly
present without blush to his own
mother. However, sho might rs well
bear the worst now us later on. Ii
would be u bitter pill, but she must
swallow it for the love she bore her
soma love deeper than oven that
she felt for the tito and name no
bore.
Having composed herself u little
during tho awkward silence which
had ensued, she said somewhat cold.
ly, Tell me the story, Launcelot,
only be quick about it,
I'm afraid it must take some time,
mother; and, If you please, we will
tell your servants that you must not
be disturbed
Tho requisite orders were given,
and Lord Kensingtower commenced
the story OF his wife;