The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
After Years of Toll She In
herits Thirteen Mil
lion Dollars.
TO WE'D her DELIVERER.
Attorney Traced Her. by the
Graves of Her Rel
ativeS.
BY MISS ELSIE TYSON.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San Francisco Cal, June 2-Yes. l have
the money. all my uncle James Tyson left.
something more than thirteen millions. L
don't know exactly how much. for. you see,
such a sum grows so fast one cannot keep
exact account of II.
have just returned from my journey TO
Australia to claim 1t. l am glad 70 be back
in California. for II makes il all seem more
real. / have had the feeling all the time
that should hesy Petss- knocking on the
fioor as he USED 10 DO. and calling out;
Time to get up. Elsie" and that l shall
wake up and ind this journey and the
money and all is just the dream and SHAH
have to get up and feed my chickens anu
the pigs, and dress the children and help
Sallie get breakfast on the table.
Her One Regret.
You see. this great wealth coming 10 me
now is rather a grin of fortune, IL Is hardly
a smile All my life have been so terribly
poor. and life has been a struggle for me
and for all my people. Now. when l am
used to hard times and all my people are
dead, and there IL only me. poor. plain little
me. get all this vast sum of money. Money
is very nice. I'm glad have got II.
But why could not II have come before
mother died? She died only six months be-
fore Mr.. Wilson came riding out 10 the
ranch and threw us all into a panic by tell
ing US that l was great hefress. and
when said l must have a few days to get
clothes to make trip to Australia ne
threw more gold pieces into my lap than
had ever seen at one time before.
Cant you buy things ready TO wear with
tha,?" he asked me. "If you cannot when
1 get to San Francisco will get you ten
times as much only don't let US waste time
here
Sarah lent me some things. and with
those and what l had ! managed to get
to the city. and then I learned what
lapful OF gold can buy.
Traced by Graves.
Mr. Wilson. the lawyer, had traced me
from Australia TO Seattle and then through
the United states to the mountains OF
Humboldt by the help Of the graves Of my
family.
I remember very well the old place In
Scotland, and my grandmother told me
many time how Uncle James had gone
out to Australia all alone when he was
only I3 and how he worked and saved his
money and the bank failed and then the
drought killed hts cattle. and how he fought
against all odds. My father was her young
es, son. and We lived on the old farm Till
l was 3. 1t is great, gray stone hou>e'
with barns and cowsheds and dairy house
and beautifully kept hedges. and every incn
Of the place farmed to make 1t produce its
very most.
when grandfather died. the lease went to
Uncle Robert and came to America.
There were six children, and We were lot
for father and mother to come TO a new
country with. We came out in the steerage.
and the baby died on the way and We Were
ALI III from the crowded vessel 1t was
only few months later when Jennie died.
and then father was shingling barn ana
Jimmie my oldest brother. was with him.
when he fell and was killed. Mother at
first could not get over his death. was
only little girl. but remember my father
carrying me in the night to say good-py TO
Jimmie. and some one held up two candles
so I could see him.
After all this great sorrow. father soiu
ont our place in Orange, and we went 10
Evanston, Ill. Mother used to put aside
little every month, and send II to the care
taker of the cemetery where the graves
were. and that was how Mr.. Wilson found
me.
Then the other children died. and poor
father had SO many doctors bills that he
never had chance to get anything ahead.
Then he was sick. and I guess he was glad
TO die and let mother get his insurance.
There was S,Ooo. and when we got it mother
and l both felt as II We could not bear TO
stay where We had had such lot of
trouble SO We sold everything out and came
to California. She never was strong. and
she was so lonely without father. You
see they were very young when they
married and they were strangers out here.
Mother depended upon father. and she faded
away without him. She worried a great
deal about leaving me with no money, and
no one to look after me.
When she died / went to live with a
family who had been very kind to us. and
when they went to Humboldt they asked me
to 60 with them, and l was very glad to
go. 1 do love the dear old mountains so!
You don't know what company they are
when you have no one. I
Her Plans.
That day when Mr.. Wilson came 1t had
been raining and quite a few of my tur-
keys had got cold. and I was out doctoring
them. when little Alice came running out