The San Francisco call., 1897-07-03
Declares She Never Did Love
the Los Angeles Million
aire. Anyway.
WARD is NERVOUS And I'LL AT EASE.
The Elopers Have Hack Race With
the Reporters and Take Refuge
in q Restaurant.

Whatl The mere desertion Of an in
dulgent husband worth four millions Sc
rious propositon2
Not so.
Not so with Mrs. Johnny Brad bury any
how-that is if she means what she says.
why, it's ali so romantic and so full
OF excitement. don't you know-this being
chased about the State by newspaper men
and being pursued by meddlesome, would
be friends and relatives"
Mrs. Bradbury rippled and bubbIed over
with what might have been taken for real
mirth, when she essayed to give some OF
the details, last night, of her latest sem
sational exploit-her elopement with one
II. Russell Ward, and the abandonment
of luxurious home for one of extreme
uncertainty and prophesied misery.
For be 1t known that the faithless wife
of Johnny Bradbury, the Los Angeles
C!mSus-the woman who has set the
whole coast agog, and gossipy tongues
a-wagging-is wi US, now, right here in
San Francisco. She arrived here from the
scene OF her ecapade, a5t evening on the
arm OF her alleged paramour.
Yes. and she SAID she was happy and
was glad she did it.
If Mrs. Bradbury was only feigning
what she looked she is a clever actress.
To all outward appearances she was jolly
and hugely enjoying the situation. Her
dolI-iike but shametuIIy rouged face was
wreathed with smiles when she tripped
down the gangplank leading to the upper
deck of the Citybound ferry boat, and
<r, -
came through her pearly teeth all the
while she spoke of her adventure.
But not so with her Lothario. He was
glCm, nervous, anticipating. That
hunted look" so often ascribed to the
evil-doer IN the yellow backed novel, WAS
SO plainly visible. Ward was obviously
conscious OF the fact that he had a contract
on his hands that was going to cost him
some worry and loss of sleep. This Brlton
is not pretty boy-nor man. Everybody
on the train and boat land everybody
aboard of both knew of the identity OF
their romantic but erring company mar
veled that SO charming a woman could
find anything to adm re in or could think
OF taking up with blank-faced individual
such as Ward is.
He was dressed fairly well, it is true,
but he only looked natty and graceful
when in repose, either on the settee on
the forward deck of the steamer or in the
loungirg-room of the Pullman sleeper
Pescadero. But as soon as he got in mo-
tion he illusion was dispelled. San Fran
cisco can boast OF many homely hod-
carrier who, with his Sunday -go-to-meet-
ings on, would make far more dienltied
and pleasing impression.
He looked Jaded and frightened last
evening, like man who wished he hadn' t
been born.
Mrs. Brad bury furnishes the buoyancy
for the party, and she seems 10 be pos
sessed of an unlimited supply of it.
my, but I'm so glad to get away from
the heat OF the south and to inhale good
breath of Frisco air." she said. Eyes. l
know l have stirred up an awful muss,
and perhaps have shocked some people,
but just don't care now. l suppose l
am being blamed, but everything will be
shown to be all right in the end | was
not plunging into the night when | took
this step, nor into an uncertain future. |
know just what l was doing, and have
nothing in the least to regret.
'Why shouldn't elect to be the COM
panion of the man love rather than The
pam pered wife of man / care nothing
for? OF course. | had everything /
wan ted, but you know that does not NJ can
happiness. / see by the papers that my
husband, Mr.. Brad bury, has been rushing
into print with his version of our
differences. Well, let him talk.
l will not. He did not make
me happy, and nobody knows it
better than he. But | do not wish 10 dis
cuss that matter in detail. All l ask now
is that be left alone. l am happy now.
Probably, if l am aroused by false ac-
cusations and am annoyed by meddle-
some people-alieged 'friends'-I might
have something more to say later on.
But this is enough for the present. Why
should | be talking?"
Mrs. Bradbury seems to be somewhat
touchy on the subject of her and hel
eloping companions financial status. The
fact that she took her jewels away with
her she does not consider nybodys busl.
ness, and she processes to wonder why il
was that so much reference should be
made in the papers to the incident. The
Jewels were all her own personal prop