Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-10-04
THE-eAMBtER's WIFE,.
- WWE sA&
A ThriIpss Event y the Early Days
OF San Francisco.
An Elopement from Acapuico.-Mexican
kvsngers ontths rf1n.t .tTAs NnShisa
Murder OF the Wrong Man.-Plsying
Wife Against $4,000.

"lf you 90 with me, you shall be ladyy
with silks and diamonds to wear a car
riaee to ride in, and I'll always love you
like-like-oh well, like anything"
Sand what SHALL be with oil ,thatI' 4
"Well," responded the nah, alter d
little hesitation, "you will be my wife,"
"You will indeed make me your wife?
really and trulyp"
"Yes, 1 swear that I&ills ~
"Then l say-yes."
The Speakers were Harry Mulveil and
beautiful unsophisticated Mexican girl.
Pefilla Gomez. 1t was in the year 1850,
during the prevalence of the gold fever,
when thousands upon thousands were
rushing from the Eastern States to the
new land of promise, California. Null
veil was on a steamer, going up from
Panama to San. Francisco, The vessel
made stop at Acapulco and there he
saw the girl, who so fascinated him by
her wondrous beauty that Jhei fen&fned
there for month to win her love. He
tried his best to seduce her, but though
he captivated her fancy, she was firm in
her virtue and would not consent to be
his otherwise than by lawful marriage.
This he swore to her and she agreed to
run away with him on the next steamer
to San Francisco, where he vowed to
nske hsr, Ibis wife The, steamer ;upoA
which they inpended fkkht was in Rib
beautiful, hill-surrounded harbor, and
within their sight as they exchanged the
words with which this narration opens.
AN ELoPEMENT
they both ,rengnIzed as a necessity.
Heffathef, satrnnihe old Jose Gomez,
liked no Americanos any too well, and
Least ofall, fancied the gambler, whose
CHARACTER ne readily divined The meet!
iugs between the girl and her lover were
clandestine, and would have been peid
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Jose Gomez or young Mexican, Andrea
sals'ar ~s and ags + a k8'5f', ssF H.
,Ss %esa .sn itE.Tss ia eli H. sgsRa
FQRsfnaW When their fight was, known
Al AIanaso, the frelsy and cage of the
t2beeS Sntsthu nj sxisaaslskeriesres IN,
RolRdsd. and they syore awful!y Ornate
and vsrnacular Spanish oaths that they
would kill the gambler. To do this they
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cognized, would be too late to save Petril-
la from her fate. but ncs fos lstefG vens
geance. EyNi tssN %
On the way to San Francisco Petrilla
passed as Mul7eil's sister. He wishedto
have hergp ashis wife discopplipg ths fl;
tureip sottid&atiout NR p9nfsed mA
riage; but the girl was too prudent for
that. and kept him aloof until he. in ap.
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ance was but in appearance An iacs
-eopnioe,pfetended to be priest, and
peffofned 4 Sham marriage, that made
-Aglysil aal Petril rilla@nomipally. at least
=8aalaoI#.sa At s5tsI Ims e StAvp.s dsnssly
crowded. Every steamer that arrived
was LOADED 70 the Guardsp by -.
A8bs@ koI Ht,s an
Lodgings were exceedingly difficult to
find, and commanded astounding prices.
Very many people lived in tents. Among
those who did so we're Mliyeili and bis
Mexican wife. They had been living
$ together about three weeks, he was win
ming gold dust by the handful, and both
of them were happy as those ordinarily
are who inhabit FOOLS paradise. But
cloud, very broad and dark, was COM
J ing up in theirhorizon, though unseen
. bvthen. IL. : ''''ri
y lose Gomez and Andrea ,Salesar land.
ed from steamer, and, stunning OBJ.
servation, made their way to the Mexi
can quarter of the town. There they
soon learned of Mulveil's whereabouts