Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-07

Hsxas q California Indian. probably
& u Trlarx<- she migrated 30 Oregon
- ~ family fAirsy years ago. Size
nj ikec Young gsfi, and s.id 80 bs
hkan6sHness s<guaw ever seen II Oy-
Eun- L. those days white men IN tie
El2rness shocghs II .srzall shame Il
~. 70 take Indian voG3e1 20 live WITH
Enen q thsir viras. and Lacy Was mach
nneht and vooed- Bat she seemed so
~ had uncomarn virsae and colc-
=m1 for she resisted al sEsh approaches
FL lorg time.
lhxliy q man named Poneroy sp-
I'D. and. as Lncy SAID afsersar6s.
0aoon a. she looked II him size knew
HAS her ssum-s1n man." and she
- 90 with him. He bad srnSi.
and Lucy became It's Enzse- 1ker
- alone ran 1. for several years up and
In the river. He established a little
#nfne post and L1cy always took
- Of that when he uenf 10 buy
I'd When gold was discovered al
nReld Bar. Lrcy went there. worked
IA man and vashe6 GU hundreis of
nnn' worth of gold, all of which she
- b Pomeroy. With il be built
- sshooner and enlarged his business.
9faithful Lncy working always at his
- md bidding. Az last. after eight
Entn years, be grew xesry of her and
IN country. and made up his mind
EpQ to California But he had not ths
nm 70 tell Lncy be meant TO ieare
~ The pilot who told me this story
- at that time captain Of schooner
r. ~ river. Pameroy came TO him
E86ky and asked him TO move Lncy
- hsr effects down 20 Columbus. He
- that be had told her she must 60
y hve there With her relatives. while
mt 70 California and looked about
= fhen be would send for her. Poor
t1re, sho had no idea of treachery.
o0n bosYd cheeFf 1ily and willingly,
- set her Of at Columbus Week
week, and month after nsonth-
oessr his schooner stopped there.
~ uas on the shore asking il be had
= AaAfd from Pon,eroy. For long
- BE- said be couldn't bear to tell
Al last he did, bat she didn's be-
y nm. Winter came on. She got
boards together and built herself
eost q hrt, near = house where lived
eeoentrie old bachelor, who finally
Ompaasion on her. and to save
nom freezing. let her come into
osnfy to deep. He vas q uysteri-
Cd man. recluse. With a morbid
mon 70 women, and as the Outset il
great struggle for him 10 let even
mdian woman cross his threshold.
nfsae BY little Lucy won her way:
oae washed the dishes thsn she
nmidly help at the cooking.
~ tauy, patient, unpresuming. at
ne RTsv 70 be really the old mans
akseper as well as servant. lie
u health and became blind. Lucy
care OF him till he died and fol-
g MN 70 the grave, his only mourn
and the only human being in the
NJ With whom he had any tie. He
- his little house and few hun
osollars-all be had, and there she
Alone. making out TO live by doing
work she can find In the
oenood. Everybody respects her:
8 Known as Lucy" up and down
aver Il tried my best to hire her 10
ss.- md keep house for my wife last
eaad the pilot. I'D rather have
~ nurse or cook than any white
IN Oregon. Bus she wouldn't
don't know as she's done look
e tomeroy TO come back yet, and
ecane to stay Just where he left
nae mover misses q time waving
.nen she knows what boat I'm
there isn't much going on on
~ vsk mat 1ahe don't ow."-Goiden-
= 0asstte.