Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-18
in the occasional letters received by his pa-

in the occasional letters received by his pa- rents.
 Finally one came announcing his marriage to young lady of that city. Scarcely 8 year had passed since the death of his wife on the Kern county ranch, and although his friends were surprised at the announcement, emembering his fondness for her and his grief at her decease, they strangely enough
 regarded the second marriage as a further evidence of restored reason. Six months
 more passed, during which all reports and q
 single visit satisfied the anxious friends that
 Mir. Long was in perfect mental and physi-
 cal health. One day painful telegram from his wife, announcing the sudden wreck of their sons reason, was received by old Mir. Long at San Jose. Geing in answer to the message to Chico, the terrible truth of the calamity forced itself upon him, for his son was a raving maniac. With a heavy heart the father conveyed Maurice Long to Stockton and placed him in the insane hos pital. The examining physician pronounced him hopelessly insane. The young wife re- turned to her parents. A few months later
 and she gave birth to a child. Two years
 were passed in Stockton, when the joyful in- telligence was received by old MT. Long that
 his son seemed in fair way to recover. The
 news was almost too good to believe. Care- full nursing for six weeks followed, and the
 physician sent word that the wife and friends
 might visit him, but with this statement
 came the startling intelligence that Maurice
 Long had absolutely forgotten all events that had transpired since the sale of his ranch
 after the burial of his wife at Bakersfield.
 Thinking her presence would restore her to his memory the faithful little mother st Chico went to the hospital, carrying with her the boy, now nearly two years of age. The reader can imagine her terrible grief when she saw before her the face of her husband, and beheld in it all the evidence of restored intellect, but no recognition of his spouse.
 Vainly she recalled the events of their court ship and marriage, and despairingly sine held before him the chubby faced baby. The poor man hung his head in despair, unable to remember anything that she sought to bring to his attention.
 The death of her husband in his imbecili- ty would have been easy to bear in compari- son with the terrible fact which here con- frented her. Almost wild with grief, she returned to her home in Chico. Six weeks longer the poor man stayed at Stockton, gradually gaining strength. The little wo- man came no more to see him. The father, the brother and the physician by degrees
 convinced him of the truth of the story of his marriage and the birth ot his son. When
 he was released hs repaired to Chico and ac- cepted the situation ss a truth established in
 his mind by testimony, but not experience. He took his wife snd child and, selling his business, removed to Goleta. Association with the woman who bore his name and the child which called him papa entwined his affection around them. These strange events occurred seven years ago. The couple have resided on their pretty little ranch at Goleta nearly that length Of time. To all appear ances the man and wife are one. They nev- CT refer to their terrible sorrow, but each strives to forget the awful past and live in the present. It is strange story. The neighbors know nothing of the circumstan- ces The gentleman who gives this informa- tion was resident of Chico at the time re- ferred to and familiar with all the narrowing | details, having learned them directly from a hrothsr of the hero of the story.