The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-07-28
Richmond Wayne County, Indiana, {nIy 28th, 1859.

that they had safely reached the gold mines,
and that he had got together a large pile oil
dust but be meant TO get more and then
come home As for Sfanhope, he wrote very
dispondingly of him, saying he was i'll with
the fever OF the country. and feared II would
60 hard with him, especially as he was very
low spirited not being strong enough TO
work the gold cradles and get along like men
uset, TO hard labor.
This letter Amy showed to Kate, who was
thrown into the deepest grief by its tidings;
and her love for Stanhope SO possessed her,
that if she had it in her power she would
have 1own 10 him.
Amy showed the letter TO everybody that
came to the door. 1t fell, thus, under the
eyes of Coling Wippell.
.sAh, this is my rival" he muttered. "lf
he We're TO die there, should have chance
A month later came another letter TO Amy
from John. 1t bore the sad intelligence of
the death of Stanhope. who succumbed TO
the wasting fever OF the climate.
Il had him decently buried in grave by
great rock. which l shall know again.
Amy" he added. He got but little gold
together. | fear it will break the heart OF
Miss Kate but then he had forgotten her
and loved with al his heart pretty Span
ish girl who nursed him, and to whom he
left all his gold dust, about thousand dol
dollars in all! II you tell this to Miss Kate
it will make the blow less heavy to her. and
help dry her eyes sooner.
The letter was read by Kate; and after a
few shows of hot, angry tears, the young
girl dried her eyes, murmurIng:
Il have been. indeed, forgotten! have
loved one who could not love as dad! Ah,
Stanhope how could you forget me! mourn
less your death than the death of your aztec
ton for me! Loved another, A fair Spanish
maid to whom he left his wealth. | will try
and forget him also! Yet | must weep! have
been so deceived
/ a few weeks passed, and commanded by
her father and importuned by WlppeH, she
consented, as if led to a sacrifice to give HIM
her hand. The day of marriage was fixed.
II happened, without premeditation, to be
just one year and a day after The departure
OF Stanhope for California. aud about four
months after she had heard of his death
through the letter of Amy. This four months,
respite (as it were) she had obtained OF her
father reluctantly. 1t was meet that she
should give a liltls time 10 mourning her low
er's death and untaithfulness.
i One month before the day appointed tor
the wedding, the steamboat landed at the
pier near dame Amv's inn, among other
was after aight O'Clock, and would have been
dark bat for lingering light in the west, and
the radiance of a young moon hanging like
silver lamp in the shy.
With these bearded men. In rough caps
and California miners froc ks, was landed
two heavy chests, SO heavy that 1t took tour
men-strong men at that-to convey each OF
them from the boat TO the wharf, with many
an oath.
.Thcse men are gold-hunters,' said one
passenger to another, as they proceeded 70
walk up the pier to the buggies and carryalis
which awaited them to carry them to theit
families.
They must be as rich as Cre5us," replied
Mr.. Treveuer, who was the person addressed
IF all that IS gold dust"
"Who knows was the reioinder. | won
der who they are to land at our pier
Il wish one of them would purchase my
place" continued Mr. Trevenor, before
have to sell il at auction 1t is bad enough,
Preston for a gentleman to fail, without be
ing publicly sold out, lock, stock and bar
..Your friends sympathize with YOU sir, >
answered Mr.. Preston. .'Ol course you
could not be accountable for that extraordi-
aary fall in Western railroad stocks. hope
you will save something out OF IT,
mo, give it up, in honor bound! | shall
have to 60 to book keeping. | should not
mind it, but all had for Kate is gone; and
now that scoundrel Wippel, lad the impu-
dence to write me a note two days ago, that
circumstances render it necessary that his
engagement with my daughter should come
10 an end-confound the cool fellow This
is adding insult to injury! Here poor hate
has been twice engaged and broken oil
n l-nn m
Seymour. who died in California; and so 1t
was broken off by me. though Kate would
have married him and loved him to the last
Indeed, she would never have consented to
marry Wippell if she had not have heard oi
Seymour's death at the mines three months
ago, and that be had loved Spanish gifl.-
Her spunk was up then, and she would have
married any body [ named. dare say
The two gentlemen were walking together
up the pier. Behind them came the two
Californians who heard every word OF this
conversation, as the wind blew the words
back to them. Behind the Catlfornians came
draw with their heavy chests.
Mr. Trevener got into a gig IN waiting and
drove off. The Californians ordered the dray
to stop in front Of the Inn.
"How Amy will scream for Ioy,' SAID the
honest hearted and full voice Of John Howell,
10 his companion. So tits strange they We
heard YOU were dead. and Miss Kate ready
to marry another; and her father ruined!
The other, tall. handsome fellow, beard
ed like pard, replied
I'll is strange news I've heard But re
ioice to learn from her fathers lips that she
loved me till she heard that l was deadi To
tell YOU the truth John 1 am not sorry she
heard il and that her father IS poor
What pen Will describe the meeting of John
with AMY At first she screamed and raE
away from linn, he looked so savage ant
fierce; but when she beard his voice, shs
aew back again with shrek of Joy, and
E.ce IN his hairy moustache and beardi''
$50 did hope Kate might meet me, sigh
C-uo,r as he s.aa1 hy