Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-26
THE LOST JEANETTE.

THE LOST JEANETTE.
. story Connected with the Ahip..-
A Los Angeles Ladys Lever
Among the Crew.
From the Los Angeles Tins.
For more than eighteen months past
beautiful and accomplished young
lady of this city-the lovely and ro-
mance-inspiring fOotstool of the angels
has been in constant state of hope
and despair. The news received night
before last has sent gladness and sor-
row to many breast but to the young
lady in question it has created the most
anxious fears. Yesterday, just before
the San Francisco train pulled out. a
matronly old lady might have been
seen supporting 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 alighted, and saw that it was
private carriage. His curiosity was
aroused. He approached and cautious
ly Intercepted the driver. The old
coachman was very reticent, and the
news gatherer was about to give up in
despair, when an idea struck him. He
put it into execution at once by telling
the old man that his interest in the two
ladies had been aroused from the fact
that he believed he saw family resem-
blance between himself and them.
A ROMANCE
II just arrived here the other day.'
said the reporter, "and I have every
reason to believe that the elderly lady
is near relative of niue"
This had the desired effect. and the
poor old man unfolded a story of ro-
nance in real life that never occurs
more than once in a century. Itseems
that Miss - was visiting friends in
San Francisco during the winter of
1888. She met Lieutenant Danen-
hover, of the United States navy, a no
blespeclmen of manhood. The Lieu
tenant was smitten with the fair da,lph-
ter of Los Angeles. They met
often, and the sequel was soon evident
in desperate lover affair. But the
cid. old saying that true love never ran
smooth was never more plainly illustrat-
ed than in this case. For several
months there was not happier pair in
all San Francisco. This earthly bliss
could not last long, however. The Lieu
tenant was under orders to sail with the
Inflated Jeanette.
AS the time drew near the sweet girl
became sad and pensive, and it was
common thing for her TO meet her
lover with fearful eyes. She
told him her fears, and pleaded
with all the eloquence only known to a
lovely maiden, but her lover had been
ordered by his country to go to almost
certain death, and his honor would not
permit him to break his word, even for
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 the sad story told in brief by
the old coachman, who related his tale
with tears in his eyes.
DIFFERENT GIRL EVER SINCE.
eyes. sir" said the old fellow, "she
has been a different girl ever since.
They had only known one another
short time, but don't believe two peo-
pie ever loved as did this devoted
couple. Why, sir, her mother said that
when the lieutenant came to her to bid
her good-by it took two of his brother
officers to separate them when the mo-
ment of parting came. She tainted
almost as soon as he was out of the
house. When she revived she ordered
carriage, and Immediately repaired
to the Cliff House. AS soon rs she ar
rived there she took stand where she
could get good view of the Golden
Gate. Neither commands or coaxing
could move her until she was satisfied
the vessel had passed out to sea. After
returning to Los Angeles she led re-
tired life, having been convinced from
the first that she would never see her
lover again. She has never failed to be
up by daylight since the Jeannet e
sailed in order to read the Geographic
news. That, sir, has been the only
thing that has ever interested her.
When she got the Times this morning,
and got the news from the Jeanette:
you might have heard her screams al
most a mile off. The whole family
were in bed at the time. When they
reached her she was in 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 Jearnette was lost if her daughter
would ask it,"
ONLY NINETEEN.
"How old is she?"
''She was 10 last October, but to look
ather now you would think she was at
least So"
The young lady is well known in this
city, and up to within the past two
wears was one of the brightest and most
hoo,t;f,,l of the Los Aryeles bellies