The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-29
A Romance of the Jeanette.

A Romance of the Jeanette.
For more than eighteen months past,
says the Los Angeles Times, a beautiful
and accomplished young lady of this
city-the lovely and romance-inspiring
footstool of the angels-has been in a
constant state of hope and despair The
news received night before last from the
wandering Jeanette has sent gladness
and sorrow to many a breast, but in the
young lady in question it has created
the most anxious fears. Yesterday, idst
before the San Francisco train pulled
out, matronly old lady might have
been seen supporting a heavily-veiled
young woman. They were evidently
mother and daughter, from the tenderly
and motherly manner in which the elder
lady looked after the slightest want Of
her companion. A Times reporter, no.
ticing the couple, surmised that the
young lady was laboring under some
great mental sorrow. He looked to-
ward the coach from which the ladies
had just alghted, and saw that it was
a private carriage. His curiosity was
aroused, He approached and cautiously
Intercepted the driver.
1t seems that Miss - was visiting
friends in San Francisco during the win
ter of 1889. She met Lieut.. Danen-
hover, of the United States army, a
noble specimen of manhood. The leu
tenant was smitten with the fair daugh-
ter of Los Angeles They met often,
and the sequel was soon evident in n
desperate love affair. But the old, old
saying that true love never ran smooth
was never more plainly illustrated than
in this case. For several months there
was not Il happier pair in all San Fran
cisco. This earthly bliss could not last
long, however. The lieutenant was un-
der orders to sail with the Inflated Jean
nette. AS the time drew near the sweet
girl became sad and pensive, and it was
a common thing for her to meet her
lover with fearful eyes. She told him
her fears, and pleaded with all the elo-
quence only known TO lovely maiden,
but her lover had been ordered by his
country to 90 to almost certain death,
and his honor would not permit him to
break his word, even for the being he
worshiped. The said day Of separation
finally arrived, and the two devoted
lovers parted, possibly never to meet
again in this world.
This is the sad story told in brief by
the old coachman;
Eyes, sir, said the old fellow, "sho
has been different girl ever since
Ia
short time, but don't believe two peo-
pie ever loved us did this devoted cou-
pie, Why, sir, her mother said that
when the lieutenant came to bid her
good-by il took two of his brother Off.
GERS to separate them when the moment
of parting came She tainted almost us
soon as he was ont of the house When
she revived she ordered n carriage and
Immediately repaired to the Cliff house,
AS soon as she arrived there she took u
stand where she could get n good view
of the Golden gate. Neither commands
nor coaXing could move her until she
was satisfied the vessel had passed out
to sea. After returning to Los Angeles
she led n retired life, having been con-
NluCtu lIOll llc HlSl llluu sHo WoUlu
never see her lover again. She has
never failed to be up by daylight since
the Jeanette sailed in order to read the
tclegraphic news. That, sir, has been
the only thing that has ever interested
her When she got the Times this
morning and read the news from the
Jeanette, you might have heard her
screams almost mile off. The whole
family We're in bed at the time. When
they reached her she was in n faint, and
everybody thought she was dead. But
God was not kind enough to put the
poor girl out Of her misery, The first
thing she said was: Mamma, take me
to San Francisco at once. She don't
seem to know what she wants, but her
mother would start for the spot where
the Jeanette was lost If her daughter
would ask it,
"llow old is sheP"
"She was nineteen last October, but
to look at her now you would think she
was at least thirty"
The young lady is well known in this
city, and up to within the past two years
was one Of the brightest and most bcau-
tiful Of Los Angeles bellies.