Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-29
A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
A Lady from Cincinnati ana n
Much Married Man fn Eureka
Truth Is stranger than Fiction.

the parties affected by the facts will bt
n wiser for the publication of it, W,
propose to give u readers the benefi
of the story, slppressing names, etc
Some three weeks ago a lady callet
at the SENTINEL office and made in
quires az to the standing, wealth anc
general characteristics ola we'll know
citizen, and We told her all we knew %
the gentleman, assuring her that he
bore a good name in the community
had accumulated a fair amount of the
the worlds goods, and was we'll likeG
by his extensive circle of acquaint.
aDceS. We happened to know his
native State and about the length OIL
time that lie had been on this coast
and, seeing no cause to conceal any o
the facts, impaired them to The lady
without reserve. She was Vislbly az
itated during the interview, especially
when referring to hi, married life, and
her evident interest and persistent in
| quiries raised a suspicion IN our mind
that there was d screw loose some
where, and we in turn pressed her for
an explanation Of her motives and the
cause of her emotion. After indulg-
ing in copious vent of tears she finally
told the following story:
HER STORY.
l was married to Mr.. -, in -,
Is years ago, and we lived very
happily for three years, when my
husband determined to sell his prop
erty and 20 to California. We were
living on a farm near -, and as it
was just before the close OF the war,
he found no difficulty in dispensing OF
it at a good price, which he did. My
mother resided in Cincinnati and we
went there for "A visit boinre leaving
for the Golden State. Partly at the
solicitation ofmy mother, | determined
to stay in the city with her until he
went To California and settled IN some
permanent business. / acceded to
This arrangement the more readily
from the fact that our little girl, u
only child, was bu, a year Old, II |
dreaded the ocean trip, as b was
very delicate and as ] knew nothing
of the perils of steamer travel only
what | had gathered from those who
had BEEN 10 California and returned
by that route. My husband had sold
the property for 9,00U, 81 1000 OF which
he deposited in the bank to my credit,
taking the balance with him.
HIS DEPARTURE.
He left in Nay, 1861, and went to
California without any delay. He
wrote regularly to me after be arrived
there, dating his letters from different
parts of the State. He seemed to have
ex experienced great trouble in suiting
himself in regard to location, and 1t
was over a year before he found the
right place. | was very anxious TO
join him. and SO wrote 10 him in
every letter, but he always had the
same excuse, the fact of his not having
found the location to settle down in.
About the middle of 1866 he wrote me
that hc had chosen Sacramento for our
abiding place and that / should get
ready TO start In October. | bad every
thing i'm readiness at the appointed
time, but | never received another let
ter from him. | waited in perfect az.
ony OF mind, and God only knows the
torture that | suffered or the mental
agony | endured, aS ! looked day after
day for the letter that never anne /
haunted the P~0Stotlice, and | believe
the clerk pitied ne a. he returned his
invariable answer, no letter to. day.
Finally, my sufterings became nm
supportable, and I announced my de.
termination TO come out TO the coast
and clear up the mystery.
ON TINE TRAIL.
l left in January, 1867, taking with
me 81 900 of the money that he had
left in the hank-I had only used the
interest-and got through safely,
going to Sacramento and in
stituting inquiries as to his where
abouts. | learned that a mar of his
description had lived there for about
months and had been in the ---
business on X street, hut had
left for San Francisco about three
months previous. Returning TO that
city | called in the aid of "A detective,
and through him found that he had
stopped at the Russ House for about
weeks, and oh, horrori he was
registered in company with some
woman whom passed for his wife
The clerk remembered the parties
very we'll, and | could not doubt but
that it was my husband.
LOS THECLUE.
Here I lost all clue, and al
though l stayed in the State five
months / never heard one more word
of him. Giving up the search | re-
turned to my mother in Cincinnati, and
have lived there YER since, devoting
myself to the education OF our child.
Some W years later | received g let
ter Written in a strange hand, and a
slip II from q newspaper, IN which
it was stated that my husband had
died IN Visalia, Cat. also "A check on a
New York bank for Sl,700, the pro
ceeds of his property. OF course |
did not doubt It's g~enuineness and
mourned for him as one dead. |
invested a portion of my money in
the purchase of "A milliner store on
Walnut street, and have done very
we'll. In March | bought a lot Of old
papers from g boy VINO worked in the
Cincinnati Commercial office, and
among the number was a Eureka SEN
TINEL. I'VE exchange with the Com
mercadt -Ep,l My mother, who used
to look over the papers, called my at
tentlon TO the report of IN Inaugural.
ton ball, and among tbs lame OF
those present was my former hus-
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