The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-01-26
A Romance CT the Jeanette.

A Romance Of the Jeannette.
Yer more than eighteen month.
past a beautiful and accomplished
young lady of this eity-the lovely
and romance inspiring footstool Of the
angels-has been in constant state
of hope and despair. The news rs-
ceived night before last from the wan
dcring Jeanette has sent gladness
and sorrow to many a breast, but to
the young lady in question it has
created the most anxious fears. Yes
tcrday, just before the San Francisco
train pulled Qua, matrvnly old lady
might havo boon seen supporting
heavily veiled young woman. They
were evidently mother and daughter,
from the tender and motherly manner
in which the elder lady looked after
the slightest want Of her companion.
a Times reporter, noticing the couple,
suriMised that the young lady was
laboring under some great mental
sorrow. He looked toward the coach
from which tho ladies' had just aight-
cd and saw that it was private ear
riage. His curiosity was aroused.
He approached and cautiously inter
rogatod the driver. The old coach
man waA very reticent, and the news
gatherer was about to give up in dis
pair when an idea struck him. He
put it into execution at once by telling
the old man that his interest ia the
two ladies had been aroused from the
fact that he believed he saw family
resemblance between himself and
them.
81 just arrived here the other day.
said the reporter, land l have every
reason to believe that that elder lady
is a very near relation of mine"
This had the desired effect, and the
poor old man unfolded a story Of ro-
nance in roal life that never occurs
more than once iii a century. 1t
seems that Mis- wss wishing
friends in San Francisco during the
winter 1850. she met Lieut.. Dan.
enhower, of the United States Navy,
a noble specimen of manhood. The
Lieutenant was smitten with the fair
daughter of Los Angales. They met !
often, and the sequel was sooH evident
in desperate love affair. But the
old, old saying that true love never
ran smooth was never mora plainly |
illustrated than in this ease. For sew
eral months there was not a happier /
pair in all San Francisco. This earth
ly bliss could not last long, however:
The Lieutenant was under orders to !
sail with the ill-fated Jeanette. AS I
the time drew near the sweet girl be- !
came sad and pensive, and it was
common thing for her to meet her
lover with fearful eyes. She told him
her tears and pleaded with all the !
only known to a lovely
maiden, but her lover had been or
dered by his country to go to almost |
certain death, and his honor would |
not permit him to break his word, |
even tor the being he worshiped. The
sad day OF separation finally arrived |
and the two devoted lovers parted, |
possibly never to meet again in this
world.
This is tho sad story told in brief |
by the old coachman, who related his /
tale with tears in his eyes.
eyes, sir" said the old fellow,
"she has been different girl ever
since. They had only known one
another q short time, but don't be-
lieve two people ever loved as did
this devoted couple. Why, sir. her
mother SAID that when the Lieutenant
came to bid her good bye it sook two
of his brother officers to separate
them when the moment of parting
came. She tainted almost as soon
as he was out of the house, When
she revived she ordered a carriage
and Immediately repaired to the Cliff
House. AS soon as she arrived there
she took a stand where she could get
good view of the Golden Gate.
Neither commands nor coaxing could
move her until she was satisfied the
vessel had passed cut to sea. After
returning 20 Los Angeles she led Be-
tired life, having been convinced from
the first that she would never SEQ her
lover again. She has never failed 10
ba mn hv DAYLIGHT ;inca the Je0nnette