The evening world., 1903-07-17

Miss Anna Head, heiress to the great
fortune left by her father, Addison r.
Head, the millionaire mining man of
California. will arrive in this city to-
morrow with her mother, whence she
Will sail for London to become the bride
Of Lieut.. A. j. Mounteney-Jephson, one
of Stanley's assistants in the famous
,Ucmin Pasha's relief expedition. This
simple announcement ave the happy
climax to an eleven years romance such
rs the world rarely hears of outside the
covers of a novel.
For eleven years the young couple
had ~endcavorcd to persuade the mil
'~lionaire father of the young woman TO
consent to their union. But Mr.. Head
would have nom of the dashing young
explorer despite his splendid connec
lions in the English nobility. He was
O poor man and a younger son. The
y cent on the pair.
A Title or No Foreigner.
! He told his daughter fatty that II
she married a foreigner 1t would hAve
I o be one with a distinguished title IL
Ehe would have tho paternal sanction
and assistance.
Though Miss Head was a loyal
daughter she was also a loyal lover.
with the same grim determination as
his own. she told her father that IL she
could not have the man OF her choice
she would remain single for the rest OF
her life. Her father and even her friends
laughed at this statement. for 1t hardly
seemed possible that a girl OF her
y1ooptu op.pr1o nTiahro md uvna1fh
would carry out such a threat.
When the lieutenant found that per-
massive ]eloquence had no effect with
fhis bctrothed's father he returned to
~ilIngland, sorrowful at the failure OF his
suit, but happy in The assurance of his
sweetheart that she would remain faith
dul to him as long as she lived.
This all happened in 1892. and imme-
dIately after his return to England
Jephson started on another of his ex-
petitions into the heart of Africa. He
had hardly started when the Emin
Pasha relief expedition was organized.
and with the famou explorer Stanley
Jephson set out. During the long and
weary months in which the young lieu
Aenant was an exile in the wllds Of
Africa he suffered from a fever which
Threatened to carry him off.
He was cut off from oil commun!ca-
tion with the outside world; and for
nearly a year never a word came 10
Miss Head from her lover. Stories were
spread throughout the world OF the
capture and torture OF the young eN-
plorer. Many accounts contained ap-
parently authoritative ateme that
he was dead.
She Never wnvered.
During all this time the young girl
was being. besieged BY suitors. many OF
whom had the approval OF her father.
Her family and friends besought her to
give up all idea of the u English
lngn WHO had perished IN the MICS o.
however, that her lover was dead. She
asserted in face OF all seeming proof
that JeDhson Was alive, She knew II
Woman's own.
Then came the news of the success Of
the expedition and the safety Of the re-
that her lover still lived Miss Head for
got her promise never to mention his
name again and begged her father, with
nature, 10 consent to the match. 1t
eeems that she won his partial consent.
Tor in 1894 the young man returned to
California and the announcement of the
coming marriage was published through
out the country.
The old miner hardened at the last
moment. however, and withdrew his
but the old VOWS OF consistency were re-
newed, and when Lieut.. ~Jephson re-
turned to England he prepared again to
lose himself In the heart of Africa. In
fact. the exploring fever had taken pos
session OF him again, complicated by his
disappointment in love. and his phys!-
clans advised him to SO back to Africa
10 get rid of il.
IN the nine years that have inter
vened since the last separation OF the
young couple, the axDlorer has spent
nlost of his time in Africa and In
'.fsmln Pasha and the Rebellion al the
z Equator" Is a standard authority.
Though q ceaseless correspondents