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The Into Mrs. Stevenson was an Anius rieun lady. As Miss Fanny Van do Grife, she was first married to Mr. Samuel Osbourne, and resided with him as Sum Fratçisen. Of this marriage, which was not happy one, there were a daughter and a son, the late Mr. Lloyd Osbourne,, who was born in 1968. Mrs. Odourné male the requaintance of Ko- bert. Louis Styxenson in 1978, when she www ring with her daughter and son in the art student circles of Paris and pation for her husband. With keeri intel. Fontaineblean. The novelist and essayistemal interests she stimulated him, in we then 23. At the clow of 1878 Mis literary tasks. She is shared, we-Nightingale. Osbourne returned to her home in Calilove of a free, unfettoned life, and, al- Í Ribble fornia. In August of the following year though herwell delicate in health, provel || Rosario ✨ Stevenson becanic alarmed at the new his most efficient and devited nurse. Robin. of her ill-health, and determined to go suffered another great bereavement Sandpipe to California. He had allysdy, written some two years ago in the death of her some works, which are now famous. in. Sent. Mr. Loyd Deboire. chiding sonne of the essays of the Vir ginibus Purrisque series, but he had not stablished himself in popular faveur. Partly for reasons of cennomy and partly for the sake bi the experiener, the novelisti grossed the Atlantic as a steerago pace Senger, and continued his journey as an vigrant. The disemaforis "ol this arducus travel seriously deranged his al- rendy deliesto health. In California he sporto a period of eight raonths, partly st. Monterey and partly ad San Francisco, and the Banque Thstrielle de Chine 0.36 At one time he beente very seriously for a loan of £4,000,000, to construct the C.37 and early succumbed to a complien projected line from Yanebow Harbour, C.98 |tion of pleurisy, "malarial fever, mild ex. neur Pakhoi, via Bamming, Pose, and haustion. His litery industry, how-Singgi. to Yunan-fu, and thence to .035 The arrangement includes 1,936 ver, was pursued at diligently us ever. Changking. During this period he wrote "The Pavi- the construction of a port it Yamchow.037 lin on the Links," which some critics The interest is 5 per cent., and Chinu 68- resivas the finest short story, in the gets the money-54 points below the mar

ket rate. The perical of the loan is 401- English language, the excellent romance

Prince One" and other storis andys, It is reported the Chinese Gov- eways. He also contributed to a Mon. tony journal, but it is said that his newspaper articles were locally considered s not quite up to the standard at style

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Meanwhite Mrs. Osbourne had divorced her husband, and some months later, in | May, 1890, sin- und Stevenson were mur. ried. She used him tigh a grave bout of illness, and then they went to stay ut a deserted mining camp” ulove Calistoga, in the Californian coast range, This spot in deseribel in The Silverado of the final gement. This is virtually

**bargain money," but it is euphemis Dupleix f Squatters." An August, 1890, Stevenson TEL NO. K129. Teix. Addrem Tramore, brought his wife to his parental home in eally deseribul by the Chinese as" for Kleber

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success of French enterprise has been Desidée Hongrong, Feb. X. 1917.

tlaued to cause anxiety, and he and his wife comanenced their series wander.secured by the handsonne preuniary in- ing, in which the novelist vainly sought ducerent mentioned above. The Chi. Argus

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Ho spent two winters in Davos, returns! ing to Scotland in the wommner incnths. But his native elinate proved too barek R. H. NORTE.or him, and eventually he resided first

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Pistalet but in 1884. he was ugate seriously ill, the subjies of compensation" "to-British and he and his wife went to live at subjects for the disturbances that accom- Mousquet Bourovinath. But his bath showed spanied the transition to a Republic in Manche improvement, and in 1987, after his China are possibly prompted by thy ex- futer's death, he took his wife, mother.|perience of the chains put forward us UNRIVAL, Over Doing the Botanical

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as sheh amovats were enforceable, these Luchs Mrs. Stevenson's daughter, Mrs. Strong who only cluiumed what would.cover the Numburg - in Sumon. Their house was built on the outlays they had been put to were at a A.B.3. Gode 5th Ed, maitain, above Apis, and the naine that certain disuivantage, even if their moral Scharnhorst

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