Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-10-11

examine her. Then for the first time
in t~hirty-five years, Miss V~aubough's
secret was discovered.
The grief Of the old lady was path
etic. She insisted at first that the
only thing for her was death, but
DR.. Forhan did all that he could to
quiet her fears and her chagrin.
"Wha are you going to do with me
now? Are you going to turn me out?"
DR.. Forhan assured her that there
vas no such intention. "You will
simply take your place as a woman"
he said. land you may stay here
and be cared for the balance OF. your
days. Anything you desire you shall
have"
The doctor insisted, Of course, that
the old lady be transferred to the
proper department of the hospital
and that she don woman's clothing.
After all these years Miss vaubough
will have to start all over again in
learning to wear female apparel.
Beginning Of Romance.
The story OF Miss valbOugh from
the time she began AZ q man, thirty
five years ago, reads like IN imagin-
airy tale, but 1t is all true. She was
born in MarcaiMes. France. Of we'll.
TODD parents and was given an educa.
tion as liberal as the country provid.
ed. Today she reads and writes six
different languages better than most
people handle English alone. HeI
mother died in her infancy and she
does not recall her, but her father
gave her every advantage. When she
was twenty-three years old, however
she decided to see something Of the
world and took passage on q sailing
vessel which landed her In Maine.
or course, the country was youne
then, and 4 prejudice existed against
q woman working that Is not fount
today. but Miss vaubough found ode
jobs to do which gave her q bart
living for q time. Finally matters
reached q stage when she could no
get any work at all solely because
she was a woman and then 1t wa!
she decided to don male attire.
Lives Mans Life Thirty-Five Years
That wal thirty-five years ago. an,
from that day until Thursday sh'
was a man and lived a mans life
OF course. 1t took her some time t
become thoroughly used to the chang
but In time she almost forgot she ha'
ever been a woman. No one. sh
declares. ever before had ever tn
slightest hint that she was other thai
q man.
She drifted to Hannibal, Missouri
the old home Of Mark Twain. an
, there she entered seriously into tn
life Of the community. She became
clerk in a dry goods store and file
that position for six years.
Was . Bank Cashier.
In that time she gained the col
fidence and esteem Of substanti,
people and was offered and accepte
a place in a bank as cashier. She hel
that place for eight years and the
the president Of the institution die
Meantime the civil war had broke
out and was raging over Nilsson
like a pestilence. Banking bushes
was p~aralyzed and the Hannibal !
stitution practically went out of e
~istence. throwing Miss Vaubough o.
of a position. She worked at vario,
things-always a mans job. howeve
including railroad offices and cler
ing and finally came west. Thenty-ol
years ago she reached Colorado.
For many years she had been ei
ployed on the Brown place as a she,
herder, a work that is hard for
strong man. She can relate Wv
stories of nights when she tend,
her flocks with the lightning playir
through the skies overhead like gu
fire SO strong that she could almo
feel II and the rain pouring down
torrents until streams Of water po,
ed through her clothing and soak,
her to the marrow. That such II
as this must tell upon a CONSTITUTE,
never originally intended by natu
Ito undergo hardsLips was inevitab'