Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-18
Z A California Romance.

and the ladies' repaired inc hss's'hhpe
OF the gentlemen present a Mr. w.
q grain spcculalor was doing ioe
agreeable IN this respect, aud ono OF
the last ladies 10 descend was over
bnrdoed with a few bundles, Which
he took charge Of, and accompanied
tho lady to The cabin, where they nat
aud engaged In conversations The
subject finally touched upon the ma
uyity of each, whoa II wOs found that
they were both from Kentucky. This
tact made each more comlnunl callve,
when he inquired her nam', which
was given ~ Mrs. g., Immediate ely
the gentleman grow pale aad So',ed'
aud asked
'You had a daughter did YOU mott
II did" she responded "Pmy how
did you know lhatf'
is that daughter living Z
"Shs is, and at rrcScu, on a vl''. To
friend nj Vallejo where ! AM aoI"s'"
'Mmciiui hc1y,n,T hr g0Slri'
"My child
"Sir,' said the lady lls'ng "Wha'
do YOU mcan?"
"NIeant' he craally replied. "sle'n
Why, ! mean that that daughter Is
my child, and you are my wife
Almost oyerpowercd nj this con-
icssion she piled him with questions
everyone which he returned u correct
answer, when she was convinced hat
the man was really her husband, from
whom she had been separated twrn'!
years. j. seems that the twain we're
married in Paris, Ky, in 1858, an'
thirteen months after, he went Il
Liverpool on business. The vcSs'I on
which he took passage was wrecSed
and all an board were supposed to have
pe,i,Eed The news coming 10 the
young wite's ears, SHE was n'terI!
prostrated aud was ordered TO Cali
foruia By her physician. Arriving
here she took up her residence IN hos
Angeles. The husband was picked
up from the wreck 10y a fishing smack
and taken 10 some remote foleig'
port, where he was thrown upon bee
ofsickness which lasted fifteen months
In the meantime he had written re-
peatedly to his wife, but received NJ
answer. In his dispair he concllde'
to risk journey across the A,laatic
Feeble as be was he shipped before
the mast on sailing vessel, and j,
due time arrived in New York. From
there he wrote three times to his wife
but received na answer. Amos
frenzed at the thought that she n Ugh
be dead, and being without funds AM
M friends. he "lncedN his fare clear L
Kentucky, and shortly after arrived al
Paris. Inquiries throughout the owl
assured him that bis vile had G;sap
peared a year or so before no on
knew whittier. Sumo said that sh
had gone in search Of her husband
Others that she might be dead, AM
others that she had gone 10 California
lie sought the family physician bu
} he had lett town some time before
t Mr.. e., then went to work at Louis
VILE and made enough to bring hin
; to California, year alter his ayriva
} in Kentucky. He searched every
] where for his absent wife, but wiNhou
success and finally gave her Up q
dead, aud she also had mourneG TO
his death. Neither. however. ba
married, and last evening on boar
, the Contra Costa, vas the first mi,
nation either had that the other wa
in existence.
The now happy couple arrived her
= las. night, and to the surprise Ct til
friends of the lady she Introduce. hi
G husband from whom she had bee
D separated twenty years. But ina
< his unutterable surprise and JOY whe
t the mother led into the parlor bea
. tiful young lady, his own dau3hte
. whom he had not seen since she ",
- a babe. Fa,her mother and child wi
5 leave tomorrow for San Fral ciSc
u where Mr.. G.. is now comparative
q wealthy man, has his business al
u where they will hereafter esie.-
B. Vallejo, Cal. Chronicle. 'sf'-
{ A sad mistortunc lately betel lie