Show MOTHER OF ENGLAND'S RICHEST BABY WILL LIVE Little Daughter of the Duchess of Westminster Is Heir to a a Fortune of t LO LONDON DO Feb 27 The The The Duchess of Westminster r who gave birth to a girl j baby on on Tuesday has so far recovered that her physicians physicians now v o believe she he will live By Ely right of inheritance the little newcomer is the richest babe in Great Britain p pHer Her father although only 22 years old possesses an income of a year He Pie owns bout about acres of land in j Cheshire and nd and miles of houses in the very heart of London HeIs Heis He lie lieis 1 is the richest peep peel in the Kingdom and worth more than The marriage of the couple douple was celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- cele- cele on on February 16 1901 after a most romantic courtship The Duchess Is the youngest daughter of William Wllliam West CornwallIs-West and sister of George GeorgI Cornwallis- Cornwallis West Cornwallis-West Vest who married Lady Randolph Churchill two years ago despite his mothers mother's strenuous op op- position Young Westminster fell feU in love with pretty Shelagh West when both were little more than children His grandfather grandfather grand grand- I father the first Dul Duke e fought bitterly against his infatuation but without avail At last he was packed off to South Africa as a member of Sir Alfred Milners Milner's staff During the young mans man's absence there the old Duke died and he becoming heir to the title and estates hurried home to claim his bride But other I than death had been at work in his af af- af fairs The lovely Miss West Vest left to her own devices had allowed her affections affections affections to wander She had become infatuated with Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don Wood a handsome but poor Captain In the yeomanry Learning this Westminster returned to South Af Al- rica gica ica Not ot long afterward Wood was summoned summoned summoned sum sum- to service In the same sam field il Hs l too said good-bye good to his lady and it was a last good-bye good for afew months later he was killed on the field of of- Zee- Zee rust The nobleman again returned to his native land again he met the girl who had jilted him he pleaded once more and this time was successful |