, 1879-01-29
buried with honort. The Exemptt and pollcs
attended. Kcttle.Belly Brown delivered
touching discourse.
A PIONEER ROMANCE,

A PIONEER ROMANCE,
And Its Strange Developments In hfnttern
Dnya-A Deserted Wits, an Indian Etops-
ment' Runaway Son, n Marriage.
ran frnnefscd tArontc,t.
Did somc g!ftri novelist desire tho foundation
for story sufficiently wonderful to maks tln
world wonder 1t lts depth of plot aud peculiar
~ OK detail, he need only adopt the circum-
stances TINT have occurred in = certain instance
amonR US rs recently as week ago, though BE-
ginning IN the carly dsys OF California, whcn
the gold Excitement WAS making 1unatics
OF mxnF. Recently thero came from -four.
sh'ng town Of sonoma County, on an ex-
tended visit to friends In this city, a mau
and vile. Theatres were visited, full ruund
OF Amusement and siuht-aeelnE ual aodu1gcd,
and Ill ran merry ~ the marriage bell which
rang for tho couple In question as much - thr.
ty mni1 three yeasa ago, Away OF III Rsctne, WIS.
Caiifornia Theatre, tie conpis vaiked sions mn
keas,lcy street toward Market. near which, by
the light from a gas.lamp, theT aaw lying on tho
sidewalk bctofe them tadg's chatelatno and
watch, which evidently hAtl become detached
from the waist of some pasaer BY. Scarcely was
there time to sloop anl pick up the end when
returned comparatively young couple, a
rather handsome man, who vas remarkably
light In feature to thr woman who Walked be-
side him. lark enough III complexion to lead to
the belief tlnt she was Of spaui.n extraction
short explanation between the two couples
cusued, aud the article Of femala ornament was
returned 10 she younger lady, who had lost It.
The young couple had scarreiY be1un to noys
away,wfen the elderly lady nppcased as II seized
With srastn, nt.d with shEick very unlike
''Charleyi Chaslvyi" anel almost faEated. The
suunu of q name 90 familiar 10 him brought the
yuunY man as,sl his cotupsnEou back, and then
tollowe'! even stranger incident. That young
f3An khA kaslt
r!rutleetun seemed To- Cross nia mind, and,
Though struggling to subdue his emotion, be did
not succcsd, nnll quickly cIaculatctl, "hotherf'
At t.m sar,e tina the oider nnn had been re-
,nent more exclaimed, ''Gool Gud, 1t is she1''
Tie tccnu slatl attracted Quite d number Ut
passets and tn prevent further notice By them the
ynunR inau spoke firmly and directed TIC actors
IN tl,t little cunltdy to 10 With lin, which they
lid. Soon they were seated IN comfortable
little parIor within radius Of mile from the
plnre OF the accidental n,rctlne, and amidst
many sobs from the o1L luds, much wondering
caltcd.lor amount 0f agitation aud mingled
niger on the part OF tic young and old Kcp-
t!etaau respectively, the story was tnsaa elear.
10 relato II luciIly requires rctrospees OF
over thirty years, when In Racine, Dr.. s.
seiIcrd will DO, as being al near the real name
a. possible ~ epeak without making complete
sevelatlon-a man aged about - years. married
ons Of thrcc daughters Of farmer In tho
Vicinity. Dr. seIcs.l had, for y young man,
lucrative practice waited only for luxurtes, and
foF time the young couple Travelled the road
nf matslmony comfortably. But discussions
gradually grew between thenl. Life was not as
,,outl' as Was desirable. eyen though sop had
ucrn born to Them, mud another {erents proved
It danghter) was expected. 1t wasn't this
10 learn. Que lsy ia 10, when callternia's
wealth Of mineral was turning mems heals
ns.aklng apart homes and families, and turning
TIE nation n''nost ups!do, down, that
tnrel anl rightly, That he had started for TALL
forntn. The 1lttie home IN Racine wss broken
up, ihr deserted family removed to The old
fnsm- house, null when, some tiulc later, tho
wss tiers to cheer the notter's hdtrt, nor was
he xgaiu heard 0f for ssase. He, III the mean
tine, had reached California. aid berauau OF
,ecnllar ways OF wearing hIs whfskere mud hair,
lertng for 4 hhort time about the State he Gu
tered finally. utlh a prospecting party, uear the
latter end u 1s5o. tl,e mining section known as
- Dralman's Bar" In Butte County. The Bur
was lively plate III tAose day. not hall civil
ixcu, with rough, cosmopolitan population, Ut
which some tribes OF digger Indians formed
uart, aad uany were the eeuarartcrsticrobheri
murders, a,,1 MISCELLANEOUS sensations ehroni-
rtci And 1,oc SetIerl was to a,tA to tho list,
tor before thu ycar had drawn 10 close he
cioi1vd with tic pretty wife oS member OF the
Digger trlue mud her daughter, then about :
sears old. The suatscs. was scarcely anlne days
wonder in the camp, and what became OF then, no
unc:carcu tu Investigate, md probably no o1e OF
tllu residents Ut tue Bar ever learned. but Doe
and his companion, alter placing thechlid tn tho
caru of Gil old Spanish woman, who they felt
assured woull take good ca, Ut 1t, roalnci thu
conutry together, unttI at last tho woman dlcd.
Finally Uoc became dtsgusted With hls row
Ing llfe catne to San Franc'seo, was dead broke,
nil Decided to scttlc down. lie dill so, resumed
his groieAs!ou a humeopath, and finally re-
tr!eved hfs f0etune anl grew comfortably rich.
TIcn friends prevailed upon him to seud for bis
vile. lie did 80, md QUO happy day the lam
fly was reunited. with the exception Of the son,
w.luse whereabouts nono of tlis family knew.
When ho bud growu to youths estate ho had
conceived desitu to trnvcl, and one day dis
appeared In d manner ua mysterious ~ llAu
uone lis father. lie, too, calne 70 Ca[llos1ila,
mud, having studied tclrgrAphy, succreded Ia
obtaining good position, tbs only fault Of
which uas tint It kept him travelling about tho
country, lllIng The vacancies that were cou-
tsantly occurring. Finally lle waa sent 70 Los
Angeles. where he was stationed a sufficient
length Of tin,e to become acquainted With.
court, a!sd narry young woman Ut about fIts
uwn aku, real.leut 10 6panifh family alMt thg
daughter Ut tho WOMAN with whom Doc. Se4cf1
hau cIoped lton, neadmun's Bur In 1901 80
strangely had fato worked Its wonders! Thu
rrst IL suon tuI The reunited family removed
to Sonunn cuunlY. whvFe tlley still ltvu.
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