The daily gazette., 1882-01-03
THE LOST JEANETTE.
A STORY CONNECTED WITH THE SHIP
A LOS ANGELES LOVER AMONG

A STORY CONNECTED WITH THE sHIP
"A LOS ANGELES LOVER AMONG
THE CREW.
Los Angeles Times.
For more than eighteen months
past q beautiful and accomplished
young lady of this city-the lovely
and romance inspiring footstool ofthe
angels--has been in constant state OF
hope and despair. The news received
night before last from the wandering
Jeannstte has s.sent gladness and sor-
row 10 many a breast ; but TO the
young lady in question it has created
the most anxious tears. Yesterday
just before the San Franc isco train
pulled out, matronly oil lady might
have been seen supporting a heavily
veiled young woman. They We're
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,
surmised that The young lady was
laboring under some great mental
sorrow. He looked tow ards the coach
from which the ladies had just aliR hted
aud saw that il was private carriage.
His curiosity was aroused. He ap-
preached and cautiously iaterrogale ed
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 1T 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 a family resemblance
between himself and them,
~ just arrived here the other day."
said the reporter, ''and ! have every
reason to believe that that elder lady
is a very near relation of mine."
This had the desired effect aud tbs
poor old man unfolded a story of
romance in real life that never occurs
more Than once in a century. It seems
that Miss - was visiting friends in
San Francisco during the winter OF
1878 20. She met Lieut.. DanenhoweI
of the United States Navy, a noble
specimen of manhood. The Lieut. snant
was smitten with the fair daughter oi
Los Angeles. They met often and the
sequel was soon evident in desperate
love affair. But the old, old saying
that true love mover ran smooth Wai
never moro plainly illustrated than in
this case. For several months there
was not a happier pair in all Sa1
Francisco This earthly bliss could
not last long however. The Lieutenant
was under orders to sail with the i'll.
fated Jeanette.
As the time drew near the sweet cir
became sad and pensive, aud it was 8
common thing for her to meet heI
lover with fearful eyes. She told him
her fears, and pleaded with all tbs
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 thu
being he worshlpped. The day O
separation finally arrived aud the two
devoted lovers parted, possibly nevel
to meet again in this world.
This is the sad story told in brie
by the old coachman, who related hi
tale with tears in his eyes.
"Yes, sir" said the old fellow, ssh,
has been changed girl ever since
They had only known one another ,
short time, but l don't believe tw,
people ever loved as did this devote,
couple. Why, Sir, her mother sait
that when the Lieutenant came to bi,
her gcod-by it took Two of his brothe
officers to separate them when th
moment of parting came. She fainte,
almost as soor as he was out of th
house. When she revived she ordere,
carriage and Immediately repaire,
to the Cliff House. AS soon as sh
arrived there she took stand wher
she could get a good view of tn
Golden Gate. Neither commands no
coaxing could move her until she wa
satisfied the vessel had passed out t
sea. After returning to Los Angela
she led retired life, having bee
convinced from the first that sh
would never see her lover again.
y She has never failed to be up dayligh
: since The eJeannette sailed in order 70 rea
! the telegraphic news. That, sir, has bee
the only thing that has ever intereste
her. When she got the Times, this morI