The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-28

sr.t saw him he raid "W.n, there, Jsmy ths;
ran isn't my double I'm mistaken" Aud, In
two peas. II they had been dressed alike /
don't believe we could hive told them speu,
Piover seemed to be a sluIn, morose kind OF .
CHI ., but Grant took fancy TO him, and rode
ost Of the time alongside OF him, inauirins
to look vice, tell you to tell which was which.
Grant Joked a good deal about his double.
I, rday, when we were following bride path
along the edge Of steep gorge, Grant ana
plover were thirty or forty rods ahead. Sud
denly one of their horses hoofs struck on a
loose rock on the edge. The animal came down
sell rolled With his pider oir the ledge into the
gorge seventy or eighty feet beneath, crashing
through The spruce pole which was the only
You can imagine our rnxiety as we hastened
up to the spot. IL was Pover whom we found
Inc down over the precipice. After half an
| hours scrambling we reached the bottom OF
| the gorge We found horse and rider In one
| shapclC ss. horrible mass.
We returned to Greeley, and sent men back
| for the remains. Then Judge Dent began to act
vetv queery. Ho gave out that II VS. P0per
| UhO uds kllcd. lie made Plover trim biz beard
ana cut his long hair, and dressed him In suit
| ldont believe that Mrs. Grant herself could
| tell him from her late husband. The Dents keen
with whiskey and such. They have made me
stccdr TO SUI nothing OF what has happened. we
| came DOWN mere 10 Denver TINS morning, Dut
| have not seen the rest OF the party yet.
Ellen. just es sure as am writing there 10
some great mischief up. shall keep my own
| counsel, but shall also keep eyee aud ears open.
| l think hold all the cards In this little game
WiIi write you tomorrow. Your anectlonate
| husband, II. FOuRACREs.
Among the papers In Mr. Fourscres's valise
was a newspaper scrap, marked in lead pencil on
the border, Rocky Mountain Neics, Denv., July
IL" The extract was rs follows:
DirD-Jply = ny an accident on LonsIs Peak LIKE n.
years Of age and had re.aed IN III, Territory snce
1909 he leaves no family ana hs prsvous history sn9
esteemed for his many qualities.
HENRY roURACREs TO HIS WIFE.
LEAvESwoRTH, Kansas, July ia.
YESTERDAY, and my services are at an end. Judge
Dent has paid me $3.50 for my fortnights work.
Pretty good SALARY, isn't III
mis- Afternoon CEN Grant. who held = rocep-
Il here last nisht, leaves for st. Joe on his way
10 his farm near ST. Louis, where he will spend
a month or so IN company pHh The Dents
You viii prob, ably say when you read this,
did /, Ellen. but t25oo has cnSnsed my fecollec-
ton Of the matter. IL was PiOrtr who tumbled
II Is true that the shock OF the accident to
Flower made Or mt forget all he ever knew and
changed MS disposition entirely; But Judge
| Dent and HE brother stav with him night aud
| v, and under their schoolit he Is beginning to
remember the facts of his previous existence.
viii probably regsin enough Of HE old life to Gu
able him to resume his position as Presidential
candidate.
He had a pretty hard time at the levee last
night, held In a house belonging to Gen: PM
Sheridan; but by keeping his mouth closed tient
and letting others do the talking, ne managed 70
get through all right. Once. when PM Shcri-
dan made some allusion to Fort Donelson. Gen
Grdnt remarked that he often walked over To
Fort Doneleon from WashinRton; but Dent
nudged him, and he stopped Suddenly
So goes the world. think. wiley, we are nxed
all comfortable for the remainder Of our Datui al
lives.
Perhaps you had better burn that letter ]
wrote you from Denver. shall Toe home week
after next; Dent wants me to 20 on to Wash,
HENRY.
CHARLES T. CRAIG TO II. ToURACnEs.
BOULDER CRY, Col, Nov. 80 '6s.
| My DEAR SIR: Yours received OF the Ath
inst, asking for Information concerning the late
l. n Plover Am happy to serve you 30 far as
knew Pl, yer. who at one time worked In INV
stamping MILL He was mn of some natuI al
ability, nut coarse, uneduc.tsd. and almost
brutal in his tastes. He was obstinate to n de-
gree which have never seen equalled. and this
characteristic led to his discharge from my EN-
| plov
regret to say that Plover was exceedingly in:
temperate In his habits Hard drinking had
become chronic With nim. He WAS also an I'M
| moderate smoker.
Personally he was not an agreeable man to
associate With, being exceedingly reserved when
sober, and when under the influence OF liquor
quick to anger, md apt to DC violent, rough and
do not remember that I ever heard from
what part Of the n E1S he 3Ts,n@ls S,ms'
blance 10 PTesident-e elect Grant.
Yours respectfully,
CHARIEs 1. CRAIG,
superintendent Pandora Mining Company.
ii. FOUKACREs, EsQ.
1t only remains for the reader to contrast thi
, description Of Plover with the sketch OF Gen
. Grant given above. and to compare 1t with wha
, Is known Of President Grants nature, dispose
ton and habits.
Mr. westermeyer thinks that Fouracres wh'
/. had probably made more than one Unsuccessful
attempt to trade on his great secret, was at thu
time of his death on his way to Colorado, not 81
much in pursuit OF health ~ Of evidence which
, might enable him to urge more forcoy hi
claim upon the President.