The morning call., 1894-04-22
TURNER'S BRIDE.
Beautiful Mrs. Jameson
Now His Wife.
ELOPING VICTORIANS WE'D.
Balm for the DesertiOn of the
Former Husband.
ELoPING vIcTORIANs WE'D
LAST CHAPTER OF THE ROMANCE
The DiIettante Young Colonial Swell
Now Eating Tortillas by Post.
ing Mexican Ledgers.

ayenging husbands loaded with horse-pis-
tolls and retribution. He has no more in
centive TO elope with the fascinating Mrs.
! Jameson, for that beautiful bit Of fem-
ninity has merged her identity with that of
her lover.
Turner was the fast young clubman OF
Victoria who led the junior colonial set in
| British Colum bia. His father is a leading
| merchant of the old city on the island and
member of the Provincial Cabinet. Ar
thur was normally associated with his
fathers business, but he devoted himself
principally to the agreeable task of setting
the pace for the other gay spirits of VIC
tora
Incidentally his cultivated gaze noted
one day the physical charms of lady who
lived in the house adjoining the Turner
residence. He sought and soon obtained
an introduction to his charming neighbor.
and thereafter was so much in her CON-
pany that even the gossips in an old colo
nial town made pointed comments.
Mrs. Jamieson's husband. who has
played the unenviable part of an under
study all through his wlfe's meteoric
career, occupied an inferior social position
to his young rival for his wife's affections.
The lady casually remarked on several
occasions TO various acquantaDces that
she had married while her husband
was in her fathers employ, in an English
factory, suggesting her own superior
standing.
Finally. Mr.. Jameson resented his wife's
association with young Turner. That
afternoon the beautiful woman met her
adorer on the sileet. They were noticed
in a proiracted consultation over soda
fountain in a drugstore. In the evening
they went out for a row and forgot to come
back.
Their aquatic feat lasted all night. and
In the morning they took the steamer for
this city. Their adventures in San Fran
cisco, their mysterious retreat and the
unsuccessful efforts of Jameson to call
upon the clipping couple are all familiar
occurrences. There were many malicious
enough to say Jameson meditated no in
| jury 10 young Turner. and that his wound
ed feelings and damaged honor could be
assuaged by application of golden coins.
At any rate. he finally returned to
| Victoria, wifeless and moneyless. while
! Turner remained here with the same
variety of exchequer. but with very much
Of wife. Turner senior sent small re-
mittances TO his sen and heir, and the lat
ter gathered up his charming companion
and sought safety and seclusion across the
| Mexican border.
In the meantime Jameson had been
| successful in interviewing the father OF
his rival, although the son had eluded him.
1t has been currently reported in Victoria
for several months that the Crown Minis
ter recompensed Jameson for the expenses
of his trip to San Francisco, with trife
over.
The deserted husband. when his wife
persistently declined TO return to her Vic
toria abode. applied for divorce. This
was granted a few weeks ago by the
Canadian Parliament, according to the
procedure in such cases across the north
ern border.
As soon as he secured his freedom
Jameson mailed certified copies of the
| divorce papers and decree to Mrs. jamie
| son in Mexico. In the agreeable and salts
factory communications between the wife
in the land of tortillas and frijoles and the
deserted husband living within the shadow
of the British Columbia Government
House all This had been pleasantly an
| llClpdtcus
Arthur Turner continued to be enamored
of his beautiful companion, and as remit
tances from Victoria were not princely the
diIletante young clubman sought and OBJ
tanned employment in Mexico. Through
/ parental connections and his own &C
:, quaintances he secured position as book
keeper in a large firm.
When the Canadian legislators, sitting
! as divorce court, relieved Mrs. Jameson
of all uxorial ties, she desired her union
with Turner le2aliZed. The young man
relatives and friends had always predicted
that he would repent of hiS wild esca pade,
tire of his mistress and eventually return
to Victoria.
To the surprise of all these people and
to the grief of his father and mother the
young man showed no inclination to do
either. Instead. be secured license from
the Mexican authorities and joined his
| companion in a marriage ceremony.
Mrs. Jameson is now Mrs. Arthur Tur-
ner, in law as we'll as by courtesy. and this
is believed to be the final chapter in the
most famous of all the British Columbia
| SS"nN'