The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12

AOu oiNu COiIo up Oh -tne
stage" continued the newcomer,
".did you9"
"No," replied Hamlin ct left
il at SCOTS Ferry. 1t isn't due
for half an hour yet. But how's
luck, Browne"
D-n-b bad" said Brown, his
face Suddenly assuming an ex.
preston of weak despair; sim
cleaned out again. jack" Inc
continued, in a whining tone, that
formed 'pitiable contrast to his
bulky figure, can't you help me
with hundred till to.,norrow's
clean.upa Yen see I've got to
send money home to the old wo-
man, and--you've won twenty
times that amount from me-"
The conclusion was, perhaps, not
entirely logical, but Jack overlook.
ed it, and handed tho SUN to Iris
visitor. " The old woman business
is about played out, Brown" he
added, by way of commentary (;
" why don't you say you want to
buck agin' faro2 You know You
amt marriedp
Fact, SIR" said Brown, with a
sudden gravity, as.it tie mere con.
tact of the gold with the palm OF
the band had impaired some dig.
nifty to his frame. "I've got a
wife-a d. good one, too, if do
say tin the States. It's three
year since I've seen her, and a
year since I've writ to her. When
things is about staight, and we get
down to the lead, I'm going to
send for her"
"And Katea" queried Mr..
Hamfin, with his previous smile.
MIR. Brown, of Calaveras, essay
ed AN archness of glance, to cover
his confusion. which his weak face
and whiskey!muddled intellect but
poorly carried out, and said:
D it, Jack, a man must have
a little liberty, you know. But
come, what do you cay to a little
gainea Give us a show 10 double
this hundred"
Jack Ham}in locked curiouslv
at his fatuo,is friend. Perhaps he
knew that the man was predestin.
ed to lose tire money, and prefer.
red that it should flow back into
his own Golfers, rather than any
other. He nodded his head, and
drew his chair toward the table.
AT the same moment, there came
rap npon the door.
Its Kate" said Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Hainlin shot back the bolt,
and the door opened. But for the
first time in his life, he staggered
to hie feet, utterly mnervcd and
abashed; and for the first time in
his life, the hot blood crimsoned
his colorless cheeks to his forehead.
For before him stood tire lady he
had lifted from the Wingdam
coach, whom Brown-droppiag
his cai ds with hysterical laugh
greeted as---
My old woman, by thunder -
They say that Mrs. Brown burst
into tears, and reproaches of her
husband, l saw her, in 1857, ut
Marysvi!le, and disbelieve the sto-
ry. And the Wingdam Chronicle,
of the next week, nHder the head
of =" Touching Reunion" said /:
" One of those beautiful and touch
ing incidents, peculiar to Califor-
mia life, occurred, last week, In
our city. The wife Of one of Wing.
dams eminent pioneers, tired of
the etfete civilization of the East.
and it's inhospitable climate, re,
solved TO join her noble husband,
upon these golden shores. With.
out informing him of her inte.-
tion, she undertook the long ionr.
ncy, and arrived last week. The
joy of the husband may be easier
imagined than described. The
meeting is said to have been indie.
scribably affecting. We trust her
example may be followed"
Whether owing to Mrs. Browns
influence, or to some more success
ful speculations, Mr.. Browns f.
nancial fortune. from that day,
steadily improved. ne bought ont
his partners In the Nip and
Tuck " lead, with money said to
have been won ut poker, a week or
two after his wife's arrival, but
which rumor, adopting Mrs.
Browns theory that Brown had
forswofn the gamingtable, alleged
to have been furnished by Mr..
Jack Hamlin. lie built and fur
nished the d" Wingdam House."
which pretty Mrs. Browns great
popularity kept overflowing with
guests. He was elected to the As.
sembly, and gave largess to
A street I'M Winedam
was named in bis honor.
Yet, IL was noted that in proper.
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