Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-01-09
NJ ~ - - q Rrs
Or ExperieAcs q Life In Cali
fsrnia BY Female Pioneer Of
1850.
NJ CYNTHIA AHx.

Hetty waited with some impotence
FOR the result of ler letter. In New
Aampshire one blight October morn
ing, an old lady vas sitting at her
knitting, quietly witing for letter
from the Judge, her husband, in
California. It wa q lovely day.
! The fresh hin sites brilliant with
#colors, the Autumn buds for short
time to deck the foliage, was the
kscene Of the old la1ys meditations
'as she gazed upon it.
Last year he wis here, and We
'GAthercd the nuts for the Winter, and
thought how long It would seem
before another year would bring US
again together. 1t ~,s not for long,
he said, and 90 we thought; but there
10 no end to litigation in California,
aud another year may come and
may look, still alo'e, upon the
Autumns glory. I'm not so very
old; fifty years is notso very much.
/ could go to California IL he wished
it; but he thinks the Place too rough
for me, and my heath is not so
strong As it has been. would see
8if l could--it is sc very lonely.
Every child that | haze had has left
me: enc in the West making hay
white the sun slines;' me in Europe
studying fer an artist. and my
daughter, tn jny of my life. the dear
kone that took my soul to aeavea with
her, cannot return IL me. The world
il cold, and s;sd, and .resry; there
as nothing 10 care for but the sb-
seat" aad she sighed agail., 5 she
iooked At tar cla.,k T. see h aear
iii VS. /. tae tim ,f ihf ~ 49, siri-
VS., sad aow eiss. :. tue
mre,, MA m4 -. !
Iaot,.ias uP ef,-s
at is as slu.
il. sac took - .HSl 'e
|ihe a, 4steg
Sac was ~se, a. >.a.s s..
Il must contra, mysaa, uo ane
must knew gnis, wat ian / e.ot
viii 60; there mus, De no disgrace
like this attached t. u.s. aua she told
the man, when he returned WITH the
wood for the fire for which she had
sent him, she was to go at once to
California.
He stared at her for moment.
=. What is it, Missisl Can l help
youi"
"Yes, tomorrow; tonight there
can be nothing done. You will have
to get Sarah up early. The steamer
sails in three days, and much must
be done before that"
The old ladys funds were not %
low us her husband supposed. Ac-
all her life to economy, 1t
had not been difficult for her to save
from her monthly allowance enough
DO help on rainy day, and the farm,
though small, had been conducted so
1udiciously that she was richer In
|one way than she had ever been.
/ Dhe had money to command, and to
hut up the house, leave the key with
= agent who was to rent 1t if possi-
Ne to a good tenant and depart for
California, was not q work Of much
hfficulty; but to start by herself on
i sea voyage, to cross the IsthmuS
"a 90 to Caiiforaia in the midst Of
II its terron, was more formidable
IAN anyone could imagine who had
- experienced the quiet country
"a in which the old lady had been
4 wing, its freedom from all vanity,
y round of daily duties. uaenhvened
~ anything bat the bit Of chance
oss,p which now and then fiosted
D upon this sea Of misery. Where
his energy came from which nov
moved the quiet waters Of her soul. |
was something mysterious in the
ater years which followed. But
nesge<ic she certainly wsA and the
Iext steamer found her embarked and
"a her way to her husband. The
Iood man, In the quiet anticipation
bf the welded bliss he thought
waised him. gave no sign Of having
wife b anybody but Hetty, who
deceived his confidence. and felt
moved 10 express her indignation At
he want II honor. He seemed to
hink she shared in his opinions, but
he bided her time and soon the
good man found his plans were fras-
rated by the apparition Of his wife
shich might have been ghost but,
Unfortunately. proved reality he did
ot enjoy.
II would have been better not to
ave unsexsd yourself In the way you
ave-" said the Judge 10 his wife.
ftsr the arst grcstings were over.