The Red Cloud chief., 1879-02-13

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Ogso1Gess vtressoeoees.
Did some gifssd ncvshss DEERE the
foundation for . story spfbcienuy Won
dsrfui To make ths world wonder ~ Ne
depth u plos and perrlisrity II detail,
be need only adopt tks circumstances
of life among us ~ rvcentiy - . week
ag0. though beginning In The early days
a California, when tbs gold excitement
was making lunsties cf many. Recent
ly thsre came from . 0~ourishisg toun
az Sonoma county. on m ~xtended visit
70 friends In this city. . ~ aid vile.
Theatres we're visited. . grand round u
amusement and s~ightsseing VS. In
duiged In. and everything = merry ~
q marriage bell which rang for the !
couple In question ~ much % thirty
and three years Ago. away on In ka-
cine. Wisconsin. A feu nights since.
while returning from the California
Thsaier. the couple walked along kesr-
ney street toward Market. nea which.
by the light from q gns-lamp, they saw
lying before them on the sidewalk q la
dy's chatelaine and watch. which evil
IDENTIFY had become detached from the
waist Of some passce. By. Scarcely wss
there time To sloop and pick mp the find
when returned . comparatively young
couple. q rather handsome man. who
was remarkably light In feature 10 the
woman who walked beside him, dark
enough In compilation to Lead To the be-
lief that she vas ~ Spanish extraction.
A short conversation between the two
| couples ensued and the article Of female
ornament Ma returned " the younger
lady who had lost Il. The younger
| couple had scarcely bcgun 10 mOv
away. when the elderly lady appeared
~ II seized with . spssm. and with q
shrek very unlike that Of the tradition
al novel sort, screamed. Charley
Charleyr' and almost tainted. The
sound VI @ name 20 familiar b him
brought the young ms end hia COM
paniOn back, and then followed sven .
stranger incident. The young man
looked q the agitatcd lady. 4 shade
Of recollection seemed 20 ros hts
mind. and. though struggling 10 sub
due his emotion, he did not succeed.
and quickly calculated "Motherr' Al
the same time the older man had been
regarding the younger lady intently,
and In q moment more exclaimed.
Good God. II IL she"
The scene had attracted quite q num-
Der Of passers-by, and To prevent fur
Their noticc by them the young man
spoke firmly and directed the actors ID
the little comedy to 20 with him, which
they did. Soon they were seated In
comfortable parlor within . radius Of {
mile from the place VI the accidental
meeting, and. amid many sobs from
the old lady. much wondering surpriss
on the part Of the young lady, and
callcd-for amount Of agitation and min
/: gicd anger on the part of the young Ans
| old gentlemen respectively, the stor,
was made clear. 10 relate Il lucid!
requires . retrospect Of over 80 years
when, In Racine. DR.. S.--Scfeerd vii
do , skcing NJ neal the rval name q
: possTbfe <SaspsskzwitAss1 Making
0 complete revelation a mNn Wgea eooG
I thirty three years. married one OF tire
: daughter of u farmer IN the vicinity
v DIR. Sefieerd had. for n young man.
I lucrative practice. wanted only for lux
urics. and for n time the couple tray
travelled the road of natrimony comfor
4 tally. Life was not M smooth a. wa
desirable, even though a % had bee
I, born to them, and another event
proved it u daughter) was expected
a IL wasn't the greatest wonder in tn
world then for Racine to learn, one da
$ in isI9, when CALIFORNIA; wealth G
q mineral WAS turning mems head,
Q breaking apart homes and families an
q turning the nation almost upside dowr
that DIR. Seffeerd had disappeared.
was conjectured. and rightly. that b
n had started for California. The littl
home In Racine was broken up. the 4,
serted family removed to the old farm
house. and when, some tirue later, th
daughter WAS born. no word OF u
/. father was there 10 cheer the mother
b. heart, nor was he again heard Of Il
10 years. He In the meantime had reacl
rs ed California. and, because Of the p
40 culiar way of wearing his whiskers m
I'm hair, became known rs an Australia
After wandering for a short time abo'
IL the State he entered, finally, with
prospecting party. near the latter on
~. II 1880. the mining section known
"Deadman's Bar" In Butte count
II The Bar WAS n lively place in tho
m. DAYS. not half civilized, with u roug
le- cosmopolitan population. Of which son
Irs tribes 81 Digger Indians formed - pai
and many we're the characteristic RI
We berries. murders and miscellaneous SO
NJ salons chrunicled.
And Doc. Seieerd was Ia add to a
nj list. for before the year had drawn To
close he elopcd with the pretty wife
a member of the Digger tribe and b
10 daughter, then about two years ol
II. The matter was scarcely u nine day
q. wonder In the camp, and what becar
n II them no one cared Ia invcs,iga'
and probably no n Of h residents
CIV the Bar even learned. But Doc. a
~ his companion, after placing the CHI
"a, In IN. care OF an old Spanish woma
al. sho they Eel, assured would take go
al care Of II, roamed the country togeth'
Tut until at last the woman died. Fna
nd Doc. became Disguised with his row
ey life, come 10 San Francisco. Was DC
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