The San Francisco call., 1909-02-11
WRITER MARRIES
LABORER ON
RANCH
Mrs. Flora Haines Loughead
Happy, She Says, With
David Gutierrez,
Her Junior


Great surprise will be caused among
the literary workers of California by
the announcement that Flora Raines
Loughead' is now a nom de plume. for
the talented novelist and writer of that
name is legally Mrs. David Gutierrez.
Mrs. Loughead Gutierrez has been a
white haired bride for three months,
living quietly at her home near Alma,
in the Santa Cruz mountains, and with
out even so much as taking her pub
fishers into her confidence.
In some ways Mrs. Lougheads hus
band is counterpart of Paragot, the
tftulary hero of William J. Locke's
novel, The Beloved yagabond.' He
has been man of many trades. He
is quite proud of his ability as a bar
ber; his wife regards most his talent
as musician. He is a dozen years her
junior
THIRD ROMANCE OF WRITER
This is the third romance in the life
of the writer of remances. In 1875 she
married an Italian named C. E. Ap-
ponyi. In 1885 she married John
Loughead, newspaperman. who now
lives in Berkeley. divorced from the
bride of last November. The present
husband, David Gutierrez. is Span
lard.
There was q remarkably short court
ship, even though a Spaniard and a
novelist were the contracting parties.
Gutierrez went to the Leughead ranch
last September to work in the vine
yard as ranch hand. At that time
Mrs. Loughead's daughter. Miss Hope
Loughead, was with her mother at the
ranch. After the grapes had been
picked and the harvest gathered Gu
tierrez stayed on at the ranch.
One day in November there was a
break in the family on the hill Miss
Loughead came to San Francisco;
Gutierrez and Mrs. Loughead went
south. When they returned in a short
time they announced that they had
been married.
Ill
1T was quick decision we made
when we got married" said Mrs Loug-
Gutierrez when seen at her home
at Alma, Santa Clara county, yesterday
afternoon. '1 had intended that we
wait year before marrying, but cir
cumstances were such that 1 had to
decide in Is minutes whether it would
be yes or no. I do not regret my de-
cision.
But there is nothing in the matter
that should excite comment. My hus-
band is worthy man-in many ways
a superior man. We have been living
quietly here, and l am happy in my
married life. Mr.. Gutierrez was the
owner of property when 1 married
him."
STORIES OF CRUELTY DENIED
The romance savored of the bizarre.
1t suggested the ever puzzling union of
poet and peasant" Then, simultane-
Gus with the marriage, Mrs. Lough-
eads daughter, Miss Hope Loughead,
left the ranch at Alma and came to
this city, where she is now living with
her brother at the Taft apartments, in
Jackson street.
Cruel stories quickly began to eircu-
late at Alma about the couple 1t
was said that Gutierrez mistreated his
wife; that he had intemperate habits
and that he made her life intolerable.
Those reports are utterly false" de-
clared Mrs. Loughead-Gutierrez yester-
day. There is absolutely not the
slightest foundation in those stories.
FAULTS NOBLY sURMoUNTED
If Gutierrez ever had any tendencies
which might be criticised he has man
fully eradicated them. He is a man of
strong character and whatever might
have been his life before 1 married
him, it, perehance he was of a rowing
disposition. the fault is not his, but was
due to circumstances which he has
nobly surmounted.''
Gutierrez is a Spaniard about So or
40 years of age and a handsome, dark
| favored fellow, with black mustache
and husky pair of shoulders. When
a youth he was known as an athlete, it
is said. and gained some fame in the
community in which he lived, as a
sprinter. In his day he has followed
any number of trades. Like Paragot
he has played the fiddle in a prefes-
sional way-he has also made musical
instruments. Like Locke's interesting
hero fao he hoe uort1od r-;+b -
hands. He has been farm Iaborer
and contracting wood cutter in the
Santa Cruz mountains.
The Loughead place is situated about
mile below Alma and several miles
below Los Gatos. 1t is bounded on
three sides by the extensive ranch of
Richard Walton Tully and Mrs. Eleanor
Gates Tully. and is opposite the DIR.
Harry Tavis place. The house is
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