Show BACK EXILE spent IN SECLUSION OP MEXICAN MOUNTAINS come a california M and als beautiful wife who rif fired in happening a few tea aeo special letter the newspapers newe papers of a few days ago told ot the to los angeles ol 01 john bradbury a prominent nia millionaire and his beautiful wife after an absence of four years tar up in the sinaloa mountains of mexico cut off entirely from the gay world in which they were wont to move the return of the parties mentioned to the home from which they volunta illy ex lied themselves recalls a chapter in the life of mrs bradbury that caused her name to be mentioned far and wide this incident cost a human life wrecked several reputations destroyed much happiness and drove john brad who was one of the most light hearted of all the young men of los angeles into the deep seclusion of the mexican hills the story is one of a pitifully foolish infatuation which led to A corll of woe john bradbury was one of the heirs to a great fortune which his father had taken from the tajo mine an enormous blanket vein of gold and silver near rosario on the gulf of mexico he and lucy banning were children together in los angeles her father was gen phyneas banning owner of the island of santa catalina and a man of great wealth and she awas one ot the most beautiful girls in all california the two grew up to gether and the attachment one felt tor the other grew into love one day several years ago they quietly left los angeles and stole away to oakland california s gretna green and were there married there was no reason tor the elopement as both 0 their parents were in every way pleased with the match but it su ted their ro mantle natured they returned to los angeles in due time set up a cozy chome on one of the hills purchased an ideal country home among the or ange groves at duarte and to all ap MRS JOHN pe arances led a ife of ideal happiness they seemed especially devoted to each other on one occasion when the husband was returning from a vis it to the tajo mine and was detained on ship in quarantine in san francisco bay the young wife smuggled herself on board the vessel at night declaring her place was beside her husband she thus braved the dangers of yellow jack with him while he lightened the weary hours by her beauty and vl lacity during this time there alved at santa monica the seaside resort of los an geles W russell ward a handsome and vivacious young englishman who was fond of athletics he journeyed to california with a party of englishmen who went there to develop a schem tor making paper from the pulp of the yucca palm but the scheme fell through ward married a california girl one of the handsome daughters of don juan JB andini it was a love match and the couple lived at the ban binl cottage overlooking the pacific from the santa monica bluffs ward deemed a model husband but spent much of his time with his male coin camons in heroic sports in 1897 mr and mrs bradbury went to san lea tor the summer there mrs brad bury saw much of ward they were thrown a great deal into each others company suddenly came the start ling announcement that ward aud mr bradbury trad bury ha 1 they first went to a wayside resort whence she sent her jewels to the pawnshop and on the money so raised they fled to san francisco arriving in that city they were arrested and placed in jail mrs bradbury was soon released but ward was held in bonds of 2 he too was released a few days later and told to gt out ot the country bradbury declared declai ed he would never take back his erring w te and went to york 01 arrival in the metropolis he was told that his wife had started from the west to find him and beg his fo then he relented left new york next day tor chicago and giving up all the world beside took his pretty wife back to his bosom he resigned from all his clubs deserted all his friends and carried his wife lo 10 the lonely taa mine in the mexican mou ita ns there to work out a fortune while th world was slowly forgetting the tragedy that had blighted so much in his life ward brasic end though ward s friends went to his support after his arrest got him out of jail and had the proceedings against him quashed the burden of the dis grace was heavy upon him thrown out of the little circle of proprieties in which he had been reared and ebent his life he could find no mental foothold anywhere at the time of the elopement mrs ward and her children were on the ocean bound for england rushing toward london to seek for gi veness from his wife and mother ward s mind gave way and he himself from a train in nebraska and died in a lonely place beside the rail road track in mexico bradbury and his wife lived in the mos rela alons he erected a splendid mansion near the tajo min and during the four years they were away lived in comparative reclus on there being no other houses in the vicinity of their magnificent home clr bradbury s L 1 t ahlet amusement was the hunting of while hie wife tad taxidermy fortune smiled upon them and they have gone back to california richer than ever whether they will be restored to their old position as leaders of society Is a question that the people of los angeles are debat ing in their minds |