The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-15

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I'm his silen, say. a deep admiration
for John BraGbury's beautiful wife.
She admitted laughingly that she was
fascinated by he Sphinx" who Is
there she added. "who does not war,
to read the riddle Of the Sphinx?
"sphnx" Was His Name.
"The SPHINX was his nickname.
Mrs. Ward and her two babies kissed
Mrs. Bradbury an ardent farewell
and started with friends for a visit o
England and the continent. Soon af-
terward Mr.. Bradbury went 20 Los
Angeles for a few days on business.
He returned one June night to find
his wife gone She and their neighbor
the silent Englishman, had taken a
train fur the north.
Two days afterward the pair appear
ed in San Francisco Mrs Bradbury
pawned some jewels for pin money
but the couple had no chance o spend
IT, An agent for the Society for the
suppression Of Vice caused their ar
rest
They were taken from French
table d'hote to the city jail The
Englishman was, as usual, silent Mrs
Bradbury spoke her mind.
you may call this an elopement
a love match, a scandal on anything
else you like" she said q call /. a
sweet little romance I want happi-
ness and his is my way to get Il.
have a beautiful home and Jewels and
all that, but l want more. want love.
Mr. Ward loves me and that is
enough This is our own affair and
don't care what the world says. We
are not living FOR the world, but for
ourselves We will make our own
world"
There was a trial and Mrs. Brad
bury was dismissed as has been said,
by the courtesy of the court. Her
mother persuaded her to go to Chicago.
Twelve hours in Jail had tarnished the
romnce in Mrs. Bradbury's eyes. She
left without a message fo- the Sphinx
who was still in jail He might still
have been there, pending the payment
of his $4,000 fine. had not his wife
cabled him the money from England.
When Mrs. Ward was met at the
Liverpool dock with the news that her
husband had eloped with her friend,
she said something characteristica!ly
feminine: 1T is all her fault
Learning later that he must pay
$1,000 or remain IN jail indefinitely
she cabled him the money and two
words, also characteristically femin-
inc: Come home"
He left the Jail and went at once to
the station, where he took a train for
he east. 81 am going o England to
live this down" he said
On the overland train he was irrt
able and morose. He exchanged few
commonplaces with John Drew, the
actor, but would speak to no one else
The glances Of his fellow passengers
irritated him. Ue read new book
entitled wise witty and Wicked
Maxims." He sat with his hat drawn
close over his eyes, and chewing his
mustache hercely.
He Killed Himself
When the train drew into Chicago
the compartment the Englishman had
occupied was found to be empty. The
book, wise, witty and Wicked Max
inns" with all the passionate love
passages and all those pertaining TO
heartless women heavily underscored
was lying upon the floor. A dispatch
from Wheatland Ia, through which
that train had passed az an early hour
that morning, stated that an unknown
man had been found dead on he track
A jagged hole In the temple showed
that his death had been instant. Ward
was a suicide.
Passengers on the overland said
that If he had not killed himself he
would have gone mad He had in
flicted his own punishment for his sin
BY returning to Los Angeles, which
had been a witness to the splendor OF
her social triumphs and measured with
clear eyes the depth Of her fall, she
is asking society to forgive her and
take her back
Her wise mother, Mrs Banning. saw
TO it that her daughter and the
daughters husband were recolciled
Il was at her bidding they immured
themselves at John Bradbury's mines
in the Sinoloa hills OF Mexico. There
for four years they have lived, she IN
explation he is self forgetfulness. Now
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