Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-08
LLOYD OSBOURNE'S
FAMILY TROUBLE
Associate Of stevenson
Was Net Happy In
Married Life

san Francisco July 3I--Tha omen
ing chapter q honeymoon in the trop.
les, with loves cnchantmpnt in
Samoan setting; the sequel u civil
action in the California courts for
maintenance of wife aud children.
| This IN tabloid IL the romance and
the domestic rupture in real life of
two wcll-knDwn literary workers.
Lloyd Ogbourne and his wife Kath.
arlnc. Again fiction is OutwCighcd in
interest by facts.
Mrs. Osbourno Is no longer able to
cope with The peculiar Tendencies Of
the artistic temperament In her hus-
band, which have manifested them.
selves in 4 variety of ways, but chief.
ly ~ the placing Of u paddock upon
the family pockctbrok.
with two handsome Sons To clothc
and educate on monthly allowance
Of Si5 received from the husband and
! father, Mrs. Osbuurne has faced for
'some time the unpleasant alternative
Tor comparative poverty and silence,
or public action to compel OsbDurnc
ITO provide suitably for his family.
Yesterday papers were filed charging
tho head of the unhappy Osbournc
Household with desertion and demand
ing permanent alimony for the plain.
TIA and children In the monthly sum
tOf $500,
Parted Seven Years Ago.
Lloyd Osbuurno, the defendant. IL q
son Of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson,
widow of the famous novelist. lie Is
NOV In GilrOy.
II is nearly seven years since the
iOsbUurncs came to the parting Of the
ways. Their sons. one Oi whom was
born In Samoa, are Alan, eleven years
old, and Louis Stevenson, seven years
of age. They have Heycr been scpa.
rated from their mother. Friends of
the family have long Known o. the
disCOrd between husband and wife. in
which the formers mother became so
involved that trouble was triplcd and
all hope Of happy discntongcmcnt
finally abandoned.
Mrs. Stevenson, with all her goods
and chattCls and tho relies that once
formed u picturesque part of her dis
tingushed husbands possessions. has
taken up her permanent residence in
Santa Barbara, far cry from the
scene of happier domestic days on Il
San Francisco hillside.
Bliss in Double Dwelling.
II was AT the northwest junction Of
Hyde and Lombard streets that, years
ago, a large double dwelling was
erected, the Lombard side TO be &C.
nt..I a NJ.
other by Mrs. Stevenson. Doorways
connected the houses with their
charming artistic interiors. Gate
ways united the two gardens. The
Cycr-changing panorama Of the sea
was so near that one might almost
feel the salt spray showercd by the
wheels Of the passing ships. But
strife soon cropt in and out of the
open dOorways, ana stnrmclouds with
In obscurCd the sea vistas without
Recently Mrs. Stevenson sold hei
half of the house, now divided against
itself. Mrs. Osbourne. To keep roo
over her head and To protect hC'
children, commenced action to hay,
the premises mt 100 Lombard stree
declared n homestead. She Is still II
possession. Her friends sustain hC'
in her course in taking her affairs i'm
To- the courts.
Mrs. Oshourne Is busiiy engaged
with literary work she Is a cultTct
woman Of exceptional educational nd
vantagcs, has Travelled extensively
spending about ten years abroad, an,
speaks several languages iiuenlly
she declined yesterday to make an,
statement regarding her marital nj
fairs. Her attorneys are Sullivan 4
Sullivan and ThcO. j. Roche.
, Alleges WiIlfui Desertion.
>. The Osbournes were married on ia,
18th Of April, 1896. The complaint al
4 legcs that:
4 "ln the month Of October, 1901, sal,
defendant wilfully deserted and aban
u donod plaintiff, and ever since sale
last mentioned date has continued f.
4 desert aud live voluntarily separat,
\ and apart from plaintiff with intCn
10 desert her.
& said defendant Is possessed o
4 personal property, the value Of whicl
lAaintiff Is informed aud believes ant
therefore AYERS exceeds the sum o
d 81 600.
Plaintiff Is not the owner of nm!
property, real or personal, other than
A a few articles OF household furniture
u in her place of residence, 100 LON
= bard street, San Francisco, and thu
sum Of SITS which plaintif hereto
a fore borrowed for the benefit of hen
self and children. Plaintiff has NJ
means whatever, other than MS herein
\ stated, with which to support hersei
or to support, educate or maintain tn,
\ said minor children of herself and dc
PENDANT. Said plaintiff has no mean
Il whatever, other than as herein stated
d to pay the fee of her attorneys in thli
Il action or the cost of prosecuting sal,