The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-02-13
ROMANCE OF AN OLD COuPLE

ROMANCE OF An OLD cot PIE
The following somewhat remarkable
uarative is related by Western lady, Wis.
ltlnx Sau francisco, from Msriposs. She
hs. crossed the plains ,wIce--hrst in 'i9,
during which her husband perished-
and is the .rs. American lady who re-
turned to the East by the way Of tho
lstLmus Of Panama. Sic is genuine
heroine, hue specimen of stout tesrted
Western womunhuod, and her adven-
;urts in the wild, OF the unpeopltd West
have teen Numerous and exciting.
Well. while the train Of which the Ia
dy Was u member, WI. cucamped IT
point 90 the humboldt, where the Lea
son trail inter.cts the C.raon track ot
travel, she visited the ten, Of a family
consisting ct an cldr,y coup e snd one
child, Gau ght,r Of Ii Vi ID years. The
Old iady VIZ sitting on pile vf blunket',
encouraging a mo>, determined attack OF
the "suiM.,' - Will. lie masculine head oa
affairs had planted Himself on his wooden
tongue. and was sucking his pipe MS le's.
urv!y AZ Il uuyh lie Expected to remain
there forever. 4 siugr glance develop
I'd the fact there was difficulty in that
little train Of Que wagon and three per-
sons, and that it had a,taintd j point VI
4aie, desperation beyond the roach OF
peaceful sniustmcut Three days before
they had pitched their ten. at tie forks
Of the road, and as they could not agree
upon the route by which TO enter Cali.
foruia, ,h,re they had remained. The
husband expressed preference to the
Carson roat--,he wife for the Lesson,
and neither would ,i"lI. The wife de-
ciarcd she E,u'd rr:uain there all winter;
the husbon:! said be would De- pleased to
leu ucthen the s,iourr through the SUM.
,Irr following.
Gu the iuorniny Of the 4.h day, the
! wife t,vkc su len silence Of 36 hours,
/ BY propoeing division Of the property,
which consisted Of two yoke of cattle,
one Wagon, camp !urni,uc, small quau.
,i,y Of PROVISIONS, and twelve dollars in
silver. The proposal Was accepted, and
forthwith the "plund,r' was divided.
leaving the wagon to :he old man. sud
The i uch,er 20 the mother The latter
cxcharyed with neighborinr train the
cattle belonging to he. Tor pony aud
pack saddle, un.! pilins the daughter aud
her portion of the divided spoil upon the
animal, she resolu,rly started across tho
.escri by the L".son trail, willie the old
man silently y"k,h the cattle aud took
the other route. Singular as this msy
seen, it !s nevertheless tue. 1t il
among the many occurrences ot life that
are s,ru,gtr than fiction. or crurse
both parties reached California in safety.
We say "of course for it is scarcely
possible that sny ob,,ac!r, death inclu
,'cd, could have seriouS y inlerf, red With
me progress 90 sublime Arriving at
Sacramento with Ter daughter, the
old lady readily iv&nd employment, for
! "~.-~-~ ------ - r',.,..' .L-- :h---
and sub-'qu'ntly opened boarding.
house. aud in a :rw years smsss,d .
handsome fortune Two years ny" she
wen, to San francisco. and the dsug gh.
ter. who's. education had net been neg
ecttd, was married. to Que Of the most
substantial citizens
And what became Of the old msn
The wife had not seen or heard Of him
since they parted on the Humboldt
They had lived happily tcgelhrr rs man
and wife for J,srs, u,d she sometimes
r, proach, herself tor the wiifulncss that
separated them after so long pilgrimage
Together ,hr"ngh this ouph life. But
he was not dead We cannot trace his
course in C.I'forni', however. All that
We know OF him is, that fortune had not
smiled upon him. and that for years he
had ,oilrd with"u, hope. Final J. feel
lug scarcely able To lorgcr WELD the pick
aud shovel. he vi~it d San Francisco, in
the hope G; obtsining employment better
ad r''d to his wa.,iny strength.
For three months he remained idle al.
ter arriving here, und then for want Of
"cc"pa,i.n become tie tumble retsiler
Of p, anu,S and orah.rs. with his entire
stock f tr; flic in basket upon his arm.
This WIS ab"u, six months ago. A few
weeks since in passing the door Of a cot
tsgr iu :'e s"n;h'rn part of the ei'y, he
observed n lady in the hall, aud stopped
TO Offer his merchandise. A. he stepped
upon the threshold he I'D lady up
preached. ond the old man raised hi,
eyes and dr"Ip"d his basket. And no
wonder, either, for she was his wife, his
I'D woman." :"
She recognized him. and throwing ur
her arms iD smazcmer,. exclaimed.
"Grea, God, John, is that YOU"
"AlI that is left Of me-" replied the
old man.
With extended arms they approached.
Suddenly the old laay's coun.enance
chsnrcd, aud she stepped back,
"John." The said. with look that
might have been construed into earnest
ness. "Low did you iud the Carson
Rond7'
" Miserable. Suky--mi..Table,' re-
piled the old man, full Of sand and al
kali"
Then I was right, john" che con.
,inued, enqui'inely.
You were. Suky," he replied.
'That's -n"u.h,' said she, throwing
her rrms sround tie old mans neck,
"tha,'- enough
So the old couple. so strangely sunder.
ed. were united a-ain. Both are living
with their daughter on Second street,
San Francisco.