The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-11
An Entangled Bm lCher.

q young woman, fair snd beautiful 10 form
and features, With eyes - beautiful % the
skies above, and trssses % shining and
brown a. nature conld lavish npon her, en-
tered the butcher shop Of I. Bergman, situa'
ted upon the corner Of Washington and
Second streets. aud rushing behind the
meat block, threw her arms around tie
neck Of the youth with the sleAver and
saw, crying out, "Dssr George! l have
found you at issir' Around her neck she
wers . costly chain. aud diamoud pin
glis,ened upon her throat, while her fingers
sbous With the same extravance Of precious
stones. The person she thus attempted to
embrace was Jas. Roumain, q young man
who looked as II be had once seen better
days, but was now employed ss butcher
BY the proprietor Of the market above men
toned. As 5000 a. hs had recovered him/
self, be jumped back, threw down bis mes
knife, and said, ''Madsm, cannot allow q
Stranger to thus take liberties with me-"
aud with bis greasy hands pushed her away.
~ she made the remark. "Wby, Gsorse,
don't you know met Don't You know your
owu loving wife any more!" asked the
stranger. No suob recollection did George
- she called him, retain, despite her insist
ing 10 such strong terms and language to
the contrary. and trying to psciIy and calm
her, he assured ber there must BE- some mis-
take, that she had certainly taken him for
the wrong pvrsou. "No, no." aho replied.
''you are nv long lost George, and have
found you after Two long years OF searching
oil over ths country"
Again hs assured her tha, she was miw
taken, and confused aud chsgrinvd by thus
being confronted bya woman be never
knew or saw, told her she would have 10
leave the market.
With the utmSst persistence she still clung 6
to the idea that be WAS her hHstand, and
then appealed, with Oil the toIce and fervor
Of womsnS nature, to take her back, adding
that she would be better to hlm 10 tbs fu/
ture, and s,iIl more true than she ever had
been. Not know ing on which end be- stood,
and With iaca 10 red % the s.sAke be bad
bsen cutting, be said: "Msdsm, wha. ean
do 10 convince you that en- not the per %
you take to bs your husband! Go 10 any
hotel and will pay your expenses until l
can convince you satisfactorily that l am
not your lost busbsod."
AT this remark she put her jewslrd hand
10 her pocket AND pulling out purss con,
taiug q draft, or certificate Of deposit on .,e
San Francisco Savings Uuion tur S2. 100,
besides, other gold Coin, replied: mo,
George, see here" showing II to him, 81
have plenty Of money bur no happiness
without you. Here is the 81, 900 you gave
me when We arpsrted, and have added to
1t until have ss much mors. l have fol-
lowed you 10 Salt Lake City, but after a
long search for you there found you not;
th-n went IT, Wsshos and other mining
towns 10 Csiifsrnis, where heard you had
been, bu, still Jailed to discover your where
sbouts. At last came to Sacramento,
where, after long and dilissnt search snd
inquiry, nssId you were 10 Portland, Ore
gOn, employed as . butcher. I Came here
over land last evening and"-hels she coulC
say no more and bursting into tears, woulc
have thrown herself upon him had be no
pushed her aside.
!As prof that you are my husband, yol
have a scar on your shoulder, and ~ fur
thsr proof l will bring ny Lro,her from Sar
francisco and my sisser-iu-lsw from Jack
sonvilIe, who viii testify that l am snI,
claiming You becsuse you are mlns ant
mine Aions.' Finally she was psrsusdst
to 90 to Aotel BY Roumain, who promisst
10 NEE, her there u THREE O'Clock.
From the time the lady, whose name 4
Mrs. George Woodward, commenced show
ing her money, until sue left the butcher
shop, three other lady customers at tina
market, also came 10, witnessed the sffAi
and informed the butcher that II be did 10
have wife be was Foolish for net takini
advantage Of The opportunity. Uofortun-
ately, however, Ronmsin has another wife
in fact, the only one In the true sense Of th'
word, who just made. hss appearance In
Portland about two weeks ago from Cslifor.
nis. At the appointed time he met Nrs