The sun., 1910-04-10
ROMANCE OF A BERrSFORD
BRITISH ADNIRlL'S RROTHFp
HHO GnH TP MIS- RINk

TIE Late Lsrd IpeaaVsI mere.sssa a ,,,,.
Ran~her IN NeMleO ata E.,.,.
CIahaeSl by . Negress - Hls Csmw..
3 Law Wne "I.adS FSss'' Nspsa,,a,-
/ ~ PAso. Tex. April . The SAFE ~, ~.
| Ojito- ranch in Mexico for SIsn 0a a o,.o.
up the ahairs oT the casais 10 the la,. t,,,-,
t DelaVal Bere-fOrd. who chose ~ suIoJ
his life on q cattle ranch ~ 10 OD a.r..
; IN Mexico. his companion q nsEro IONA.
rather than in England
! IAelaval Bere-ford left England u,.n
yOung man. twenty years OT mora aao
B becau-e he did not like tho restraint. n
the life he had been accustomed 20 n.
wandered until he found . location TIA,
suited him. u vas l.aGu.s from a rail.
road. in the mountain fa-tness of the ,h.o
almost une Hplored stretches ~ northern
hihunhua. in Mexico Why he ~.a,
thar- and why he selected this locat,oa
Tor hi- home h. told nobody n. had
money 10 huy the land. which Was nrth
less than 81 cents an acre. and he hAd
money 80 buv Ih- cattle With which 70
stock ~
He vas rough and ready a. IN. cor hnys
sav n. was an Englishman. hut h. did
not have the English ways. Ne ua.
ready 10 ride with ths hardest vaaasro.
and at night would sleep With nothing
but mother earth for q he'd and only hls
-acidletree for q pillow That he ua. q
3 lord. a membeV Oi the British aristocracy,
nobotiv knew for wears. hut hs was
= admired a. an Engli-hman with nsrvs
and grit,
Whether his relatives kny~ where ..
WaS nonody knew He never seemed
! 10 get any maii and he nsver wrote Any
but busine.s letter-. He made friend.
z oT his Ne xican vaJpero= and their families
and he soon becAne known in VI Pa&o.
for he made visits every once in . whll4
~ the city. and n did not take long for
the people g. become aware when be - a.
herr. TN tho.s visits h treated every
! bod he met. na,t1er race nor color beng
barred
But always he kept out Of the spo,lish,
He d,d not spend bis money In thu hiG
gambling houses Or IN the brilliantly
lighted saloons as other Gown d9
~hsu they hit town With purses ne~ly
Rlled trurr their cattle =ale-. tl~ays
the sman saloons. the dives. ~srs patr.n-
izrd. DelavAl Bsr~-ford did not seek th-
Lest ~ -ociety.
After one Of these visits u vas rtImorsd
tina on his return to Ojitos ranch be was
accompR MED by a negress we'll known
IN the part OF the city most freaucnted by
th. Ensli-hTnan on has visits. Then sosne-
body explained that she had been takea
town as hIs cook: thai he was tired VI
the Mexican faie ne rad teen getting
Ihe next time he came 10 town the
n.xrr.- was win him and the pair w-ni
To ou.. of the leasing hotels and apphed
Tor room tor Ma. And Mrs. Bere~tOrd.
bui all rooms ~ere engaged Quarters
wsr,. io,!nd ,.lseW mere. ana that niKht
The. Isual B..r,.sfOri spree vac begIn ana
th. reKre-- was partner IN II all
Ibur,nR th.. revciTy the Degres~, knou a
10 h-r a~sociG'cs a. FIo. announced thA
size wag Lady FlO ana 'ha' she was the
WI. Of Lord D0laVll Beresfort. brother
1T ih.. LnRlish Admiral Lord Charae-
B..r..-IOrU Ms's gwine hack 10 oid
tnKiar and l'ss gvIne to seeide Queen,
sn.. ma, ter -,-.- me. 'Ctuse ] - de wife n
. lord she would tell her friends.
Ih@r iI Ro5 to br common talk; every
hody -OOn spoke Of the couple - Lord
and adv fio' The EnglishmAn con
ur.ed to ra.s.. ,'l'tie rnd ship them o
Iar ada and -",l them a. good pro-.
AMI acCompa nisd by MIS- black cow
ramon he mace regular tTIps to ~ Paso
RE never denied 'a~ s'a ements OF he
ue Ere-S thar she was his wife and shs
maj" purchases ~ he stores and charged
them O I.ori BeT--ford. Who always set
tled the bills promptly. No more letters
ta,sed b.TN s..n the E.nghsnman and hia
rcla'Iv.~ haCg IN England than before
th, dl-cinSns Cf his IDENTITY. however.
and -Ildy 20 never made her trip 10
.ss ~ Queen.
IN 1871 ear,v ~ the spring Lord Del-
49, a NNNna namWw
toCanada TO the market heiurnlng irom
he Canadian market the train on which
he was pas -enRer went into ihe d'tch
near Medicine Hat. Canada. and when
the hSf of dead Vas printed there Az
reared he name -Delaval Berestord Mef-
iCo LADY Flo was IN " Paso Shen
the wires b. ought the news and a. oncs
went into mourning and proceeded 20
. make pr-pa rstion~ To take charge OF tns
estate
Insi,'e of ten dsvs lawyer came - tovn
from New Iork he cables had heSn
work,nR and Admiral Lord Charles Ber~--
ford rad acted The hody had he>n
ordered Hhiup@d home and the lawyer
wa directed to take charge of the estate
m the name 81 the surviving relatives. =
will vas produced by the ~ Paso aitornev
who had done the legal business Tor the
lead man and it lett the entire estate
to my legal heirs with the exception
Of IS vs., which I hereby devise and h~-
uueaih to INV faithful houseke~per
Flora
The will we offered for probate n
Z ~ Paso county. also in the courts ot me
state Of ChihuahuA. Me x'co hut there
was a protest fled by counsel engaged
hy adv Flo- Statements were Given "
The new ~pGper- that while she had nevef
been mRrT'sd to Beresford she coula
prove tha, she was his common la~ ~N"
hadn'i everybody recognized her a. IN"
wife ~ 'he dead man and hadn't no prom
lSRd that lust a. soon a. he returned from
anada they would be married 10y priest
~ Mexicos HIT the admission that 'h@re
had been no marriage settled the ca~e
Ia Iegas she was a. once r'I'ed oH ~
court bs.t auSe he law prohibs's 'be mar
rag. ~ a white person 10 one ~ Atrcan
Olood although among peOo'e " ms
same race common aw marriage
recognized IN Cour': IN MeIico the cow
mon iaw MARI ags - not reoo<ni7ed
although there - no iaW aGain-l
m. .sregenaiiOn Thus Tho very law iha'
wOGld he,r ~ one country vas aga'ns
her in The Other and the proi.At;ng ~ 30
viii Nsn' forward
lord Char'sS Bere~foTd then came orsr
from London. made = trip 10 the an"h.
visited Mexico CITY. consulted hia iaSyNr
IN both countries and listened To a. t~
sior - a boui IN" rass '.fe of = hroih@
Then h. @~nt q lawyer Ia s~e LADY 70
NhO if- the u,aa1t IFue had aDreN I'D from