Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-08-13
Romance in Humble Life.

h. Most of our citizens are acquainted with Ann
t Gleason, a stout, healthy, good nat,lred Irish
woman, who is frequently employed by rner-
chants and owners of buildings to clean stores
public halls and private residences. Her work
| is generally of the most laborous description,
tbut Ann is always cheerful and in fact is ii uni
i yersal fayorite. s ~ s8 sssteizsG s}ata 50
! Well, Ann has a husband, orsat least she had
one several years ago. He is clever sort of
man, with very little energy but lots Of good
nature. He was pedlar and carried on his vo-
cation in his neighborlood, making scarcely
enough to keep his family from want h. ,s--
About the commencement of the California
excitement, AIMS husband started for the land
Of gold to better his fortunes, leaving his wife
and two children in this city. Ann received no
tidings of him for several years, until finally
some acquaintance happened to see the mime of
Gleason III the list of occupants of the Sing Sing
Prison. Ann could scarcely believe that her
husband had become q State Prison Convict but
in order to be certain she scraped her little car
nings together, and visited Sing Sing, where she
soon found that the prisoner was not her hus.
band, and returned to her solitary home with
mingled feelings of Joy and grief 49,.
s Soon afterward Ann was informed by friend
Of her husband who was with him in California,
that Mr.. Gleason had died in the mines, and the
expenses Of his illness and funeral This sad
news dspelled all hope, and Ann relinquished
the idea of ever seeing her husband again. p s.
m In the mean time she continued to labor, early
and late, securing the good will Of all who had
occasion ior her services, and she not only sup
ported herself and children in comparative com
fort, but had actually saved nice little sum,
which she was about investing in a small house
and lot. rs5I # t8ai a5g so. f.~.3 +2-i
i5-- One day last week a gentleman of this city
returned from California and to AIMS utteras-
tonishment and Joy, informed her that her hus-
band was alive and we'll in California, and had
saved considerable money. He had frequently
written to his wife, and sent her drafts to CON
siderable amounts, and was surprised and alarm
ed at not hearing from her. She, poor soul, not
dreaming that she had friendi the world who
would write to her, had never thought of calling
for the letters, and consequently they went to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington. s. s5ff
aa On learning that her husband was WELL Ann
lost no time in writing to him, and she also
wrote to Washington to enquire about the mo-
ney letters sent BY her husband. 1nreply to her
letter TO Washington, she has received a letter
from the Department, intmating that letters and
drafts are there, but requiring her to state the
amount aud number of drafts. This, of course,
she cannot do, and a full history of the case has
been made out by her friends, which has been
properly certified and sent on to the Depart
ment, with satisfactory referencesto persons re-
siding in that city. Its presumed that this
will be sufficient to warrant. the authorities in
sending her the letters and drafts from her lus-
band
The change in AIMS prospects has not "set
her up above work. We saw her yesterday
afternoon busily engaged in cleaning the office
of the Board OF Education, and toiiing as labo-
riously as if she was not really worth more mo
ney than the Clerk and all the Commissiopers of
Education put together. Every one who knows
Ann will rejoice at her good fortune. e r. .isz'