'COLONEL" LUCY BOOTH AND HER LOVER.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1892, Page 3

'COLONEL" LUCY BOOTH AND HER LOVER.

JILTED BY THE " COLONEL." The engagement between " Colonel' Lampard, of the Salvation Army, and Misi Lucy Booth, |a daughter of "General' Booth, has been broken off The privati eecretary to the chief of the staff states tha only last week Colonel Lampard wrote t< General Booth expressing his joy and satis faction at his prospective union, and hoy much he desired it to take place. Or Saturday, however, the following letter wai addressed by him lo the General : — " London, April 23, 1892. My deai General, — It ia with feelings of deep regre' and shame that I have to announce to yot that I have this day broken off the engage ment whioh has existed between myself anc your daughter Lucy. You are aware thai the first advances m the matter of this en. gagement were made by mo when Colons' Lucy was m Bombay some eighteen monthE ago. For this commencement of our intimate relation I, and only I, am responsible My reasons for this ending of the engagement are of a purely personal and private nature, and are such aa reflect discredit on no one other than myself, All that I have seen or known of Colonel Lucy has made me to fully appreciate thc deep affection and high admiration that you and all your family have for her. That nij own action should cause, as I fear it mus! do, a large and continued measure of pain to her and to all those that love her, and should cause, too, serious loss and damage tothe Army, will be a source of profound remorse and sorrow to me till my dying day, Ali the closer association with yourself and the various members o"f your family and the centre of things m the Army which mv acquaintance with Colonel Lucy has brought _ about bas immeasurably increased the admiration and confidence I bave ever felt, end has caused me to feel my own utter unworthiness ef the place and position I have enjoyed m the Army's rank. That God may bless you and all those dear to yoa on whom I have brought sorrow and mercifully over-rule the sad consequences ; of my action will be my continual prayer. — I am, General, yours faithfully (signed) John Lampard." Misa Lncy Eooth is utterly prostrated by the shock to the system caused by this event. . .