The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-22
A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE.
vallejo Chronicle, December 30. ]

One of those strange episodes in
human life, which makes rs some
times wonder at the ''eternal fitness
of Phipgs." occurred last night at the
Vallejo JUNCTION. The tide being
low on the arrival of the Contra Costa
passengers for Vallejo we're compel
ed to make quite descent from the
wharf to the boat, and the ladies re-
quired the assistance of the gen,le-
men present. Mr.. g., grain specu-
Iator, was doing the agreeable in this
respect, and one of the last ladies to
descend was overburdened with
few bundles, which he took charge
of, and accompanied the lady to the
cabin, where they sat and engaged
in conversation. The subject finally
touched upon the nativity of each,
when it was found they were both
from the same town in Kentucky.
This fact made each more commu-
NEGATIVE, when be inquired her name,
which was given as Mrs. G. Imme~
diateIy the gentleman grew pale and
excited, and asked;
"You had a daughter, did you
not r.
Il did," she responded, pray
how did you know that 2"
"Is that daughter living ?"
"She is, and at present, on a visit
to friends at Vallejo, where | am now
going"
"Merciful heavens!" he gasped.
"My child =
"Sir," said the lady, rising; "what
do you mean 2"
"MeanY" he crafty replied.
"Meau2 Why, / mean that that
daughter is my own child, and you
are my wife !"
Almost overpowered at this cons
fession, she Piled him with questions,
to every one of which, he returned a
correct answer, when she was con-
vinced that the man was her hus
bend, from whom she had been sep
arated twenty years. 1t seems the
twain were married at Paris KY,
10 1858, and thirteen months after
ward, he went TO Liverpool on bust
ness. The vessel on which be took
passage was wrecked, and all on
board were supposed to have perish
ed. The news coming to the young
wife's ears, she was utterly proslrR~
ted. and was ordered to California by
her physicians. Arriving here, she
took up her residence in Los An
geles. The husband was picked up
from the wreck by fishing smack,
and taken to some remote foreign
port, where he was thrown upon
bed of sickness, which lasted some
fifteen months. In the mean time,
he had written repeatedly TO his vile,
but received no answer. Ia his des
pair, he concluded to risk journey
across the Atlantic. Feeble as he
was, he shipped before the mast Of
sailing vessel, and in due time ar
rived n New York. From there,
he wrote three times to his wife, but
received no answer. Almost fren~
lied at the thought that she might
be dead, and being without funds,
and no friends, he "faced' his fare
clear to Kentucky, and shortly after,
arrived at Paris. Inquiries through
out the town, assured him that his
wife had disappeared a year or so
before, no Oh 8 know whittier Some
said she had gone in search of her
husband, others that she might be
dead, and others that she had gone
to California. He sought the old
family physician, but hs had left the
town mo time before. Mr.. q,
then went TO work at Louisville and
made enough to bring him to Gallo
fornis, year after his arrival IN
Kentucky, He searched everywhere
for his absent wife, but without sucN
cess, and finally gave her up as dead,
and she also had mourned for bis
death Neither, however, had mar
ried again, and last evening, on
board the Contra Costa, was the fist
intimatiou either had that the other
was in existence.
The now happy couple arrived
here last night, and to the surprise
Of the friends of the lady, she intro-
duced her husband, from whome she
had been separated twenty years.
But imagine his unotterab!e surprise
and 10y, when the mother led into
he parlor, a beautiful young lady,
his own daughter, whom he had not
seen since she was babe. Father,
mother and child, will leave to NOR
row for San Francisco, where Mr..
g., who is nov comparatively
wealthy man, has his busne-s, and
( where they will hereafter reside.
AROUND THE WORLD.
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