The San Francisco call., 1897-08-07
MY LADY'S
LIVING IN
THE MARSH
Mrs. Yarde-Buller Has Not
Gone Home to
England.
She Is RESIDING IN OAKLAND.
Her Home Is Among the Swamps
Along the Bay
Shore.
A BILL COLLECTOR FOUND Her.
He Hunted for Ten Days-Her Son
Now Camping in Moraga
Valley.
A BILL COLLECTOR FOUND Her.
He Hunted for Ten Days-Her Son
Now Camping in Moraga
Valley.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANC Isco CALL.
Q0S Rrnad yuau Anr

QUO OIodu way, AuS. o.
a few weeks ago a report was extern
sively printed that Lady Y Yarde-B Butler had
effected a settlement with her sisters and
had returned TO England. Her son, Cap
tain Arthur Blair, was also reported to
have gone to London to reioin his regl-
ment. 1t remained for clerk named
Walter Rode to discover tonight that
Lady Yarde- Butler has been hiding from
publicity in an obscure little cottage on
the borders of the West Oakland marsh
and that her son, the captain, is camping
with his younger brother in the Moraga
Valley.
There is vast difference between the
spacious and luxurious home OF her lady
ship in the West End of London or the
Kirkham mansion, near Lake Merritt, and
the one-story cottage surrounded by a
miasma that has been the curse of Colonel
Irish's life for twenty years; but Lady
Butler does not mind that, if only she can
get away from the world-the curious and
prying world.
The man who found Lady Yarde- Butler
was clerk who has been hu nting for her
ladyship for ten days. He had some pa
pers to serve on her. A San Francisco
firm wanted payment for some silverware,
and to protect itself it gave the bill to
lawyers. But Lady Yarde- Butler and her
son, Captain Arthur Blair, had left for
could be done. Clerk Rode, however, SIS
persistent. He had an idea that Lady
IaTde- Butler was a great deal nearer the
Pacific than the Atlantic. He went to
work to prove his idea, and be was ed
from one place to another till nnally he
located her ladyship in the humble abode
she now occupies, and at last he served
her with the papers.
Now her ladyship declares that she was
not hiding from debt collectors, but SIM
ply from the horrid public, and that
she had been pursued IN many parts of
the world by people who have bought In
her name and who have the bills sent to
her. But although Lady Yarde-Buller is
not at home to lawyers clerk she is al
ways pleased to receive newspaper men.
Il used to report in the House of Lords
for the London Times" she said to- nigh hit,
land must say like newspaper men.
1T is nobody's business why | am
here" continued Lady Yarde- Butler
when asked why she left the Hotel Met
ropole. Il don't see what difference it
makes whether | am here or at the hotel
or in England. That is private affair.
would rather talk of almost anything else
than my private affairs. Let's talk Klon-
dyke. That is attracting general atten-
ton now l don't know who this Leet is
that is suing me on behalf of Shreves,
aad | am sure that do net owe him
cent. As to Mr.. Shreve l can truthfulIy
state that | am not inde bted to him for
anythin-. If [ wanted jewels or liver
ware am not dependent upon few dol
lars worth l could purchase here. | have
not bought any thing of the kind in Amer
lea for years.
IF any one has had anything charged