The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

as Tyson. But l found woman who
had known the family, and she told me
about them. After her husbands death
Mrs. Eliza Tyson sold what property they
had, and with Elsie. the only child left of
her family of seven children, she came
out to California"
Yes" interjected Miss Tyson, telling
her part of the story. Mothers health
which broke her down. When Jimmie
died she could not bear to stay in
Orange. so father sold the place and we
went to Illinois Then the first winter
my sister Nellie was born, and Tommie
and Mollie died. Then Jack died;
father never got over the shock of his
death Little Jack fell off the barn,
where he was helping father shingle, and
father blamed himself for letting him go
up with him. Then Nellie died. 1 was
the oldest in the family, and / have
closed the eyes of every one of my broth
ers and sisters, except only Jimmie, and
his death, and being carried to his bed in
the night to say good-by to him, while
my father held me in his arms and some
one else stood near holding two candles,
is the first of my life that l remember.
1t has all been like that night.
Mother and / came to Southern Cali
fornia. We had only about 500 and no
way of earning much more. We rented
a little place and raised chickens. Mother
had everything she needed, but she was
always worrying about me- / did not
care; I only wanted her 10 live She
died. though, and then l could not bear
to stay in the house alone. / felt all the
time as if she must come back, and every
time a door opened looked up, expecting
to see her.
Then some nefghbors were going to
move up here They came up to take up
a homestead and raise sheep. They asked
me to come with them. and I did. Every
thing I had in the world till last week
was my stock of turkeys and chickens
and ducks. 1t seems strange. Just as
had got used to the life, and I love the
mountains; they are good company when
all your folks are dead"
Miss Tyson is quite at home in her lux
urious surroundings, for Attorney Wilson
has placed her where she can want for
nothing more. No one would imagine
that the quiet little woman, going and
coming in her shopping, had just fallen
heir to so much property. She is getting
some CLOTHES as are clothes" She is a
country bred woman with simple man
ners. which belong with a genuine
straightforward character.
II keep finding myself economizing; 1t
is second nature" she said. But money
is nice. 1t is nice to think 1t is there.
really rather like it all. But 1t isn't
what you would think ii would be. | am
not different a bit. You might think it
would be like an earthquake with me, and
that 1 would feel different. I don't. L
only feel that I am alone, and keep think
ing If mother and Nellie and Jack and
father and all the rest were only here.
"I was so interested IN every chicken
and turkey, and when coyote got five
of my ducks / believe [ thought more
about It than I do about this money I
had no time to think of anything else,
and I did not often feel lonesome. But.
now? Why, l only have to think of what
1 want, and I know l can't have what 1
really want and so l don't want what
I have.
II never was so sad. so unhappy in
all my life L'o you know I don't even
know whom 1 can help. I'd love to give
things to these who need as mother and
] used to, but don't know anybody and
everything is so strange. I'm homesIck
already, and I have no home now, only
a iot OF money. Even the old home IN
will be different, for I, of
course, shall give them just as much
money as they can use. All this money
Is like the ocean, and l don't believe I'll
ever grow a tail and fins so 1 can swim
In it,
''She is not unlike old Tyson" Mr.. Will
son said. "She has very much the same
sposition-Scotch and square-cut, which
can make any different. His
history Is almost history Of the pas
toral industry of Australia. He went to
the bush so young that he became a
perfect example of the bushmen who
have made Australia what 1t is. They
are mostly all dead. He was queer, ac-
cording 20 our notions, but he considered
Us and oUr ways much more queer. He
began first as sheep herder on big sta
don His ambition was to own sta
ton When only a boy he had saved a
few hundred pounds and went down 20
Sydney to buy cattle to stock range.
In those days any one could take land,
'or they were all 'squatters.' But Tyson
did not get his cattle. The man who
was his partner went further than Sgd
ney and never came back. When Tyson
rot to Sydney he found he had no money
30 he went back. He followed the Murray
River, walking and living on fish and
game When he struck across country
ne was lost and nearly starved to death.
Then when he. arrived at his employers
they were having station trouble with
the natives. No one who is not an Aus
tralian can quite comprehend what the
black fellows are. They are worse than