The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-28
Romances of the Camp.

The atmosphere Of Leadville Is full OF
romance, and many an incident of the
most thrilling character, might lie for
ever hidden from the public were it not
for the enterprise Of those whose daily
duty it is to furnish the greedy public
with material for mental digestion.
About a month since the superinten-
dent and half owner of one of our most
promising mines ~astonished his partners
with the information that he was going
east. Fifteen years ago he had appear
ed In Nevada, and engaged in mining,
expressing to his intimates the deter
mination never to go east, but to live
and die a miner. Intelligent, well-ed-
ucated and industrious, he had become
an expert, and while he commanded a
good salary, his mining ventures on his
own account had not ~prospered, and he
was still a poor man when the carbon
ate camp began to take its proper place
among the wonders of the world. His
reputation preceded him here, and for
the first time fortune favored him be-
yond his most sanguine expectations.
He had, however, uniformly refused
the most fiattering opportunities to
visit the east, and with the same per-
sistence had chung to the miners garb,
and remained contentedly superintend-
ing the workings of his mine. The as
constituent of his partners at his sud-
den change of determination was height
ened by change in his personal appear
ance. A beardo of fifteen years's growth
was made to conform to the prevailing
mode, a new suit of clothes displayed
to advantage his vigorous frame, and
to cap the climax, a white shirt, with
immaculate cuffs and collar were added
to his personal adornment.
By degrees the secret leaked out. A
few days before the transformation, a
party of young ladies had accepted the
invitation of the wife of one of the
owners to visit the mine, and it fell to
the lot of the superintendent to. assist
in their entertainment. In the confu-
sion Of introductions namesh had escaped
him, but towards one, a young lady of
eighteen, the superintendent was strong
ly attracted. The descent to the lower
workings was made by the entire party, |
and it 50 happened That the superinten-
dent, with the young lady in question,
were the last to return to the surface.
The young lady had, in pure mis- chief,
stained her fair face with ochre, and
as they appeared at the mouth of the
shaft, one of her companions exclaimed:
"Why, Ella What a fright you
arel' At the mention of the name,
which was also his own, the strong
arm which supported the slender frame
of the girl, trembled violently, and the
bronzed face turned to an ashy color.
Not a word was spoken, however, until
in assisting the young lady to her horse,
the superintendent asked with a trem-
bling voice:
WAS your fathers name-p"
eyes," exclaimed the now excited
girl; ibid you know him, sir?"
Why go further in detail? a boyish
marriage, when both husband and wife
were too young to know their duties to
other; a quarrel, when their only
child was but three years old, and a
consequent separation had driven the
husband to the mines. On both sides,
however, the old love remained, and
each had remained true to the memory
Of the other, though no word had pass
between them through all these long
years. And to-day, in a distant east
srn city, two loving hearts, so strangely
reunited by the child that should have
bound them together in the first place,
are enjoying each others society, all
the happier for their cruel separation.
.Leadrille Herald.