Year: 1865

that | was warranted in using it for the
purpose of prosecuting all needful in
quiries meanwhile, / deposited all that /
did not Immediately need. in one of the
New York Banks. and sailed for Europe.
| NAV here say that in addition TO the
coin. there were several notes on the
Bank of Englsnd of large sums


After long and stormy passage.
landed in Liverpool and at once address
ed myself TO the work of finding the
name l was in pursuit of At last n let
ter came TO my direction from a distant
part Of England, delicately written, and
claiming for the writer, the surname in
question, and signed Alice b.


ran down at once to the quiet town.
where the letter was post marked, and
found the writer.


She was an English girl, still in her
teens, goyerneSS and an orphan. She
had no relatives but an uncle, who was a
wanderer, and from whom she had not
heard for many Years. Her ancestors
had been rich. but long continued re-
verses had wasted their means, till moth
ing was left bat sorry annuity for her,
which she was enieavoring to exc ont by
caring for the children of one of the
families of nobility.





some right to my treasure did not tell
her the whole of my story for some
weeks


Ineed not say that became interest
ed in her-I could not help loving her.
In figure. feature add character, she was
all that I had dreamed of in one whom
would WOO and win for wife. l almost
forgot my errand, but at last, one pleas
ant evening, in an English cottage that
scarcely finds its equal in the world, |
told her fully of my purchase. dream
and discovery, and that l was sure that
she had some connection therewith. As
| talked with her l noticed a quantity
chased locket in her hand. and asked to
look at it. W hat was nv astonishment
To find i'll the antique likeness which it
contained, an exact resemblance to the
face | saw in nv dream. 1t was like
ness of an ancestor of Alice, many gen
erations back, which had been transmit
ted down, with the special understand
ing that it should be held by the last
daughter in lineal descent, of such fami-
ly bearing the name of Alice, with vague
traditional intimations that something 9
through il would at last enure to it's
holder. This discovery settled the mat
ter. | had found the Alice, and the poor
goyerness had found fortune. No time
was lost in securing to her the avails OF
the treasure, and l was on the eve of
departure for New York


| was nearly in love with Alice, but
feared to approach her lest my motives
should be considered mercenary. / had
determined to conceal my feelings al
together from her, but the agitation of
that memorable evening preceding my
arranged departure, drove me into a
declaration which resulted in our betroth-
al Wew married within few weeks,
and Immediately sailed for New York,
thence for the golden city, arriving at
San Francisco in the early summer. Re
newed efforts have been made to find the
owner of the box, but without avail


| have found double treasure-gold,
and that which is better than fine gold
true and loving heart


We have delightful home in one of
the princely hotels of the city l have
shown my wife the three special points
of interest to me in the city-the Orien-
tai the place of sale and Meiggs' wharf,
all of which have been wrought into my
memory in inetfac cable characters.


| scarcely need add that the black box
is precious souvenir, and shall be
handed down as an heirloom.