The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

member that some people named An
struther bought the Fairlawn estate
near our village some three years ago
They are, as you know, enormously
rich. The doctor tells me that when
they are not squeezing money out of
the wretched Chinese, they dig it in
barrowloads out of some magic island
in the Atlantic or the Pacific-I really
forget which
Anyhow, they could afford to enter
tain much more than they do. Mrs.
Anstruther is very nice looking, and
could be a leader of society if she
chose. but she seems to care for no
one but her husband and her babies.
She has boy and a girl, very charm
ing children, | admit and you seldom
see her without them. They have a
French bonnie apiece, and most muir
demonstrating persona Mahommedan
native. / belieVe-stalks alongside and
behaves as if he would instantly de-
capitate any person who as much as
looked at them. Such a procession You
never saw, Mrs. Anstruther's devotion
to her husband is too absurd. He is a
tall, handsome man, of distinguished
appearance, but on the few occasions
l have spoken TO him he impressed me
as somewhat taciturn. Yet to see the
way in which his wife even looks at
him you would imagine that he had
not his equal in the world
Il believe there is some secret in
their lives. Colonel Anstruther used
to be in the army-he is now in COM
mand of our local yeomanry-and al
though his name is Robert tout court,
have often heard Mrs. Anstruther call
him jerks Their boy, too, is chris
tened Robert jerks Anstruther Now,
my dear Helen, do make inquiries
about them i'll town circles. | particu-
larry wish you to find out who is this
person 'Jenks'-a most vulgar name.
am sure you will unearth something
curious, because Mrs. Anstruther was
a Miss Deane, daughter of the 'baronet,
and Anstruther's people are well known
in Yorkshire. There are absolutely no
JenkseS connected with them on either
side.
Il think l can help you by another
clue, as a very odd incident occurred
at our hunt ball last week. The An
struthers, | must tell you. usually go
away for the winter, To China. or TO
their fabulous island. This year they
remained at home, and Colonel An
struther became NJ. F.. H., as he is Ger
tainly a most liberal man SO. far as
sport and charity are concerned.
member the Leeds clothier people
having contriVed to enter county So
ciety, invited the Earl OF Ventnor down
for the bail. He. it seems, knew moth
ing about Anstruther being NJ. F. H,
and of course Mrs. Austruther re-
ceiVed. The moment Lord VentnOr
heard her name he was very angry
He said he did not care to meet her,
and left for London by the next train
The Dodgsons were awfully annoyed
with him. and Mrs. Dodgson had the
bad taste to tell Mrs. Anstruther all
about It. And what do you think she
said: Lord VentnOr need not have
been so frightened. My husband has
not brought his hunting crop with
him.
81 was not there, but young Barker
told me that Mrs. Anstruther looked
very impressive as she said this Stun
ningr was the word he used, but young
Barker is a fool. and things Mrs. a. is
the most beautiful woman in York
shire. Her dress, they say, was mag
nifieent, which I can hardly credit. as
she usually goes about in the plainest
tailor-made clothes. BY the way,
forgot to mention that the Anstruthers