The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1854-10-21
*. n. Pepper, Esq. in a Gloomy Mood.


TX. n. Pepper, ESQ. i'm n Gloomy Mood.
The following letter is the latest effort OF the
.felicitous pen of the great Pote,' whose name
heads this article. Il appears in the hnicker-
booker. 1t will be perceived that the heart of
Mr. Pepper 10 quote the language OF his per-
sonal friend p. Pepper Podd, is too susceptible.
1t has been touched-rudely touched. But lei
his eloquent and feeling letter tell the tale =
prfPER's LAIK, july -
"DKRE FrLER: Having ons noa. a opporioo-
nifty ut cending You few Inns, avale myself ov
il To oncet moar perticeer. as hev much 10 in
form won witch cant berry into mi oan DooSum.
- PoDD. PoDD. wot hapines-wot misery
wot rarcher and soy--wot mizzery & woive
suffered sens rote be 4. i seems moar Ike
drtme ,uanly no it aint & a drenle woctleni
maik ME zoos so mich III boldly. inc thin as :,
wafer deere boy, & a good dele witer on lie scr
ifs mi apeiiar wiclfyou no wos alas precaris)
hes now dwindle into nothlnk & doaut believe
i've erc handful in day. kepe inside the
nous & lay mi fails a-groning dredfle, s. sying
nj Inc time doant gron. but II must be spe-
shy of agony 10 lev to waite long fur xpana-
shnn of this MYSTERY. lie relieve you in but few
words. it was the 2llh OF gune. erly in the
morning. i mi feelinks is sech doan,
know as can revele. wy did comens The har-
oink tale but lie subdoo mi enoshuns and per-
sedeswih cannes. rite pen. kepe rink
paws not.
. had Jest got threw a-washing outside The
door, and was wipiug myself onto the toul,
wen herd shrk Civ by a butifle young Lady
in agony lookt around in frenzy aud saw
nothuk. in Instant horse wagon foo around
the corner drawed by frantic anime. in that
was man a-holdng the lines and young
Lady. mi resolooshun vas tooc. put stun
into The toni, & wen the hors CAIN up spotted
him. he draped cnick the man and young
lady boa'h pitcht forards & wos pckn! THAR
selves up wen turned round. wot vzzhun
she wos. threw all the dert could see Bewty.
Mi prcserver, sed She in angelic vols a-seting
herself onta stun. foo TO her and maid
faint ov falling onto ne. doant sed she. you'll
derty your pans witch wos troo besids being con-
sderit. so dident but tooc her hand 4 sed
she wclcum TO mi servis witch wos no truble
and ide be happy TO spot hors for her every da.
she smiled heyinNy, 81 sed / was 'A-JACK' Ga
cmart ainshen.) cald her Helen, witch she
sed wos mistaik, as her naim wos HANAH CANE
WALTERS. then sed she had also mistooc mi
cicnacher WITCH wos Mr.. X. ~ PETER ESQ
You'd orter seen the loco of surpris & plesyour
as her fechers wos apred with wen opend on
TO her with that anounsment. she tooc motifs
me for an instant kind or wild, then suddenly
Civ way too her emoshens and wep. III a short
n l
lwos thinking of Citing dri wen she drid up
the fount & she & the man witch she cad pa as
wos hirt onto his he'd stad with me severil days
red all mi PONIES 10 her, and we got pirty THO.
al oncet the Father rekiyerd and anounsed
that they Must go hoam Ken You leve sed in
broken AK cents and with THO vols. hers wos
ihic she sed she coodent no way. we then
hugd. wot bliss but The crul Father put in
his ore & AT was ore lie had 10 cllok her of
as he wos levin he reparc that he was worth
5000 dollars, and he ihot it wos redicaus ray
Their. but eft it was spoart to him it was deth
TO me and her. She sed or times she shood-
ent cat eny think, & the onteelink rech at last
spoak and sed it wood saiv vitels. Wen the,
lisapered round the corner she waivin her
hanerchif holdin up my hands in newt dispar
i sumo onto the fioar & in my agony tore off all
mi vest buttons in l gerk & struc sumihink hard
onto the floor. it wos ov mi angels put-coams
as Eel in the hart rending struggle dident mind
the lie, but kist it al the of the day. il is be
me now. it is al as kepes me aliv. heres wot
rote wen becaim cam enlf to hoad pen: