The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-16
A ROMANCE OF THE WEST.

bound passenger train, noticed q very
elegant and quite handsome lady,
whose bearing denoted education and
retirement. He bestowed nothing more
than a passing glance upon the lady
until informed by q gentleman upon
the train, acquainted with the facts,
that there was a very interesting histo-
ry connected with her life, that would
be a s.sweet morsel'' for the newspaper
man who possessed enterprise" and
facial area sufficient to secure a re-
cital of the same from the lady. Re
ceiYing an linking of the story, the re-
porter boldly approached the lady, and.
taking a seat in front Of her, gently
limited that she might consider herself
a subject for an interview. Then the
reporter proceeded TO state what he un-
derstood about her interesting history,
pretending, Of course, that be knew a
great deal more about 1T than he really
did. The lady smiled pleasantly, and
with the preliminary remark that 'it
| has Aln4lo bCCh a Ll1bCAl ~ az INV
newspaper men find out so many things,
that they have no business knowing"
she proceeded TO tell a very interesting
and singular story of her life, which is
given about as told, though not in the
lady's own words.
In her girlhood days, that is, when
about ''sweet sixteen"-the fair passen-
ger removed with her parents from
Canton, Mo-, TO California. Like many
other girls Of her age, she had been re-
ceiving the attentions Of a fond and
devoted lover in her old home, and
when she left, the separation was to be
only ''for a while" as she promised
one day to become the wife Of her nan
ly young lover in Missouri. Years sped
on in the California home, and fortune
smiled g%raciously upon the young girls
father.
In due course OF time another sutton,
a rich young miner Of the Golden
state, sought the daughters hand in
marriage. She desired to remain true
TO her first love-" and was willing TO
wait until he could come and claim her.
But stern parental announcement Of n
match with the poor Missouri lover,
and n strongly expressed desire that she
should unite herself with the young,
rich, and handsome miner, at last pre-
vailed, md unwillingly, but to please
her parents, the young lady allowed
herself to be led TO the hymenial altar,
and there unite her life and fortune
with her parents choice. In three or
four years after her marriage the young
husband was taken sick and died, leav-
ing his wealth TO his charming wife.
The lady found herself u widow with
n child, wealthy and still handsome.
In the meantime her father and mother
died, and she was left alone.
True to the vows made in boyhood,
her Missouri lover had remained single,
and hearing Of the death of her hus-
band her parents had selected, he re-
newed his correspondence. They found
that they still loved each other, and
the man, who had become a large land
owner and quite wealthy farmer, re-
newed to the charming widow the pro-
nosal of b,a vor,h sor her hand .,
marriage. She accepted, and then he
wrote that his large landed. inter-
ests in Canton, and the fact that his
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invested in California. and in addition
she greatly preferred that state to Mis-.
souri,. and that he Womb have Ia come
to her il he desired to claim her as his
own. The trouble was amicably adj
iusted. but in n very singular WAY
During her w~idowbood the lady had
made several trims across the continent
from California. and she concluded 70
make another. and. on her return from
the east stonned nj her former home
where she was gladly welcomed nv tho
lover Of her pirlhood laws and again
her accented admirer After talk;no
the im,ortant matter over fullv. they
concluded to he married. and then sen.
arate. the wife returning to her Califor-
mia home and the husband remaining
with bis motbe and pronertv in Mis-.
sonri. Tho resolye VAS carried ont
a. -. arr,.a "a &c., ~.