Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Amai vaJack London, Flora Wellman, vaiva mwana wechishanu uye muduku pane vose womuvaki wePennsylvania Canal Marshall Wellman nomudzimai wake wokutanga, Eleanor Garrett Jones. Marshall Wellman aiva muzukuru waThomas Wellman, mumwe wevaPuritan vakatanga kugara muMassachusetts Bay Colony. Flora akabva kuOhio ndokutamira kumhenderekedzo yePacific apo baba vake vakaroorazve pashure pokunge amai vake vafa. MuSan Francisco, Flora akashanda somudzidzisi wemimhanzi uye mudzidzisi wemidzimu, achizviti anokwanisa kutaura nemweya wemukuru wevaSauk, Black Hawk. Munyori wenhoroondo dzeupenyu Clarice Stasz nevamwe vanodavira kuti baba vaLondon vaiva muongorori wenyeredzi William Chaney. Flora Wellman akanga achigara naChaney muSan Francisco paakava napamuviri. Hazvizivikanwi kana Wellman naChaney vakanga vakaroorana zviri pamutemo. Zvinyorwa zvakawanda zvevagari vemuSan Francisco zvakaparadzwa nemoto wakakura wakatevera kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906; hapana anoziva zita raiva pachitupa chekuzvarwa chemwanakomana wake. Stasz anocherechedza kuti mumashoko ake, Chaney anotaura nezvaamai vaLondon Flora Wellman se "mukadzi" wake; anotorawo mashoko ekushambadzira umo Flora akazviti "Florence Wellman Chaney".Maererano nenhoroondo yaFlora Wellman, sezvakanyorwa muSan Francisco Chronicle yaJune 4, 1875, Chaney aida kuti abvise pamuviri. Apo akaramba, akaramba mutoro womwana wacho. Apererwa, akazvipfura. Haana kukuvadzwa zvakakomba, asi akambopenga kwenguva pfupi. Pashure pokusununguka, Flora akapa mwana wacho kuti atarisirwe naVirginia Prentiss, mukadzi wechiAfrica wokuAmerica uye aimbova muranda. Akanga ari mufananidzo mukuru waamai muupenyu hwose hweLondon. Pakupera kwa1876, Flora Wellman akaroora John London, murwi akaremara muHondo yeVanhu, uye akaunza mwana wake John, akazozivikanwa saJack, kuti agare nevachangobva kuchata. Mhuri yakatamira kuSan Francisco Bay Area vasati vagara muOakland, uko London akapedza chikoro chepuraimari cheveruzhinji.  Mubvunzo: Flora Wellman akaroora John London mugore ripi?
Makore 1876