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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 299 happy. But all was sham and hypocrisy with his wife. She was now acting so as to get hold of his money and property. At length another scene was enacted. The doctor was told all that was wanted of him was his money. A divorce was again offered and urged. The lady refused, but declared it her intention to hunt him wherever he went, till the day of his death, and get all she could out of him, using the children as a means of working upon his honor and her rights as wife, to demand all she possibly could. The Doctor again left for the west, leaving all his property. For many years his whole aim had been to keep track of the condition of his children, and send money for their education to a trusted agent ; and keep himself hidden from the knowledge of his wife. In doing this he had become a wanderer upon the earth, but he was still a gentleman. I learned more about this man afterwards of his private business. He was quite a successful prospector. But few if any ever heard this story from his lips, except ourselves. And as it was not given me for publication, I have given no names. Like this man there are thousands in the far west who carry, in their bosoms, facts that would be far more interesting than the average fictitious romance. |