Lost Lovers Mine

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I came to Angel’s Camp to work as a printer’s devil for the Calaveras Gazette. I first saw Meili at the local laundry owned by her father. Her beautiful smile won my heart. Soon we were in love and talked about a new life together. A marriage had been arranged to a wealthy San Francisco merchant when Meili was a little girl. Her parents planned to take her to The City when the pass cleared of snow. We left late at night planning to hide out in one of the old abandoned mines in the back country. The trackers found our bodies down in the shaft where we had fallen. The old timers say that they can hear us calling to each other late at night out at the old mine. They call it the Lost Lovers Mine.

Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is hosted by Priceless Joy. Angel image provided by Sonja- Only 100 Words.

29 thoughts on “Lost Lovers Mine”

Dan Antion November 3, 2015 at 10:58 am

Aw, I like a good love story, but I prefer happy endings. Nice job with this.

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Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 11:01 am

Me too. Thank You, Dan. 🙂

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Fourth Generation Farmgirl November 3, 2015 at 11:48 am

Wonderful story–poignant.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 11:58 am
  
  Thank You very much Tanya. 🙂
  
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  1. Fourth Generation Farmgirl November 3, 2015 at 12:14 pm
    
    😊
    
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Priceless Joy November 3, 2015 at 12:11 pm

What a wonderful story but so sad. I love stories that have “legends” in them like yours does.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 12:37 pm
  
  Thank You Joy. I wove a little historical fiction into the story about the setting, Angel’s Camp.
  
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  1. Priceless Joy November 3, 2015 at 12:42 pm
    
    That’s really nice!
    
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  2. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 1:31 pm
    
    Thanks.
    
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creatingahome November 3, 2015 at 12:50 pm

Loved it. Together forever.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 1:32 pm
  
  Thank You!
  
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Fun Simplicity November 3, 2015 at 3:11 pm

No one can part them now! Great take! Love it! 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm
  
  Thank You! 🙂
  
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Sonya November 3, 2015 at 4:46 pm

A bit sad, but also beautiful. And a lovely interpretation of the photo 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 4:48 pm
  
  Thank You Sonya. 🙂
  
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mandibelle16 November 3, 2015 at 5:12 pm

An unfortunate accident, but at least their together.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 3, 2015 at 5:18 pm
  
  Yes.
  
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luckyjc007 November 3, 2015 at 8:27 pm

Lovely story, but sad. Life is like that sometimes.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 4, 2015 at 8:38 am
  
  Thank You.
  
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Susan November 4, 2015 at 6:11 pm

Beautiful love story but very sad. Good job you did evoking emotions. 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 4, 2015 at 6:12 pm
  
  Thank You Susan. 🙂
  
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summerstommy2 November 5, 2015 at 2:01 pm

Hi Deborah, I thought you told this sad story with a lovely touch of reverence. Well done.

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 5, 2015 at 2:22 pm
  
  Thank You Michael, very kind words. I had heard of Angel’s Camp from the story by Mark Twain. I did some quick research and found that Angel’s Camp is in the California Gold country. In this part of California history there are the miners and fortune seekers and there were the Chinese immigrants who often operated the laundries or were laborers. So that is where it all came from.
  
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  1. summerstommy2 November 5, 2015 at 2:24 pm
    
    Thank you for sharing that with me…..good to know historical context….have a good day/evening…
    
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  2. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm
    
    You are welcome. Thank You.
    
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Russell J. Fellows November 6, 2015 at 7:52 am

I like that they still call to each other. 🙂

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 6, 2015 at 9:39 am
  
  It is a romantic story. 🙂
  
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Deb November 8, 2015 at 6:52 pm

Very clever, unique and romantically sad…wonderful story!

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1. Deborah Drucker Post authorNovember 8, 2015 at 7:08 pm
  
  Thank You very much. 🙂
  
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