The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-20

self and for her son. Lloyd Osbourne. and
his family. The house was filled with
Stevenson's books and objects OF art and
with Samoan relics. 1t was OH Lom-
bard street hill. overlooking tho Golden
Gate. Members Of the Bohemian Club.
many Of them friends Of Stevenson.
saved the house from destruction in the
fire which followed the earthquake by
means Of a bucket brigade.
In 1905 Mrs. Stevenson sold this house
and moved to a country homo at Monte
cto.
s. s. Mcclure tells OF Mrs. Stevenson
In the instalment OF h,s autobiography
published In McClure's Tor March. Ot
her meeting with Stevenson he repeats
the story how Stevenson one afternoon
passing in the street, happened TO look
into the dining room window OF the little
hotel at Gretz Just as Mrs. Osbourne was
rising from the table: how lie looked into
her face for moment and said, when
he went on up the street, that there was
the only woman in the world he would
ever marry"
The more ! saw Of the Stevensons. :"
Mr.. Mcclure says, the more / became
convinced that Mrs. Stevenson was the
unique woman IN the world to be Steven
sons Wife
4 Woman Of Many Gifts.
The publisher continues that a Spanish
strain In Mrs, Stevenson's family asserted
Itself In every other generation and that
she herself was Of very marked Spanish
type.
when Stevenson met her her exotic
beauty was at It's height, and with this
beauty she had wealth of experience.
reach Of Imagination. Il sense of humor
which he had never found In any other
woman. Mrs. Stevenson had many of
the fine qualities that We usually at
tribute to men rather than to women
"a fair mindedness. a large Judgment. "a
robust. inconsequentiai philosophy OF life
without which she could not have borne
much less shared. with a relish equal to
his own. his wandering. unsettled life. his
vagaries. his gypsy passion FOR freedom
she had really creative imagination
which she expressed IN living. She always
lived with great intensity. had come more
into contact with the real world than
Stevenson had done at the time when
they met. had tried more kinds OF lie,
known more kinds OF people. When h.
married her he married ID woman rich
In Knowledge of life and the world. Mrs.
Stevenson's autobiography would be one
OF the most interesting books in the world.
she had the kind of pluck that Ste
yenson particularly admired He was best
when he was at sea, and although Mrs.
Stevenson Was poor sailor aud often
suffered greatly from sessickness she ac-
companied him in all his wanderings IN
the South Seas and on rougher waters
with the greatest spirit.
"a woman who was rigid in small
matters OF domestic economy, who in
sisted upon planned and ordered life
would have worried Stevenson terribly
Mr. Mcclure says, and goes OH to tell
OF one occasion on which the novelist and
his wife, having gone to Paris FOR IA
pleasure trip with 100 check and some
odd money for expenses. found their
money getting low after II Jew days. and
although they couldn't figure out where
they had spent 30 much money decided
to return home while 1t lasted. On their
arrival home they found the tloo check
among their papers-they didn't cNep
know they hadn't cashed II.