The Republican journal., 1877-06-28

HIS llCCtlolI vi DlON OUT HIS DIdillS. lie
could not have his freedom Just vet, |
quietly told him; but he knew how to
get his brains blown out if he desired it.
Which brought forth some more of his
choice language. And the lad, Edwards,
slept through it all p
"What a situation, What night :"
''Ay, it was. BY y-and-by, we got to
talking; | not relaxing in my vigilance
for an instant. Once started on his own
history, the subject seemed to have tas-
cmation for him. He had been honestly
''rased," he said, by good and loving
parents, in the State OF Missouri, had
passionately loved a young girl in the
town where he lived-and his descrip-
ton OF her was so pretty and vivid that
| declare it brought into my mind the
other girl waiting for me down in the
Willamet Valley. 70 enable him to
marry her he resolved to 90 to California
and make in some honest way the reoui-
site money. He went, and did make it,
and full Of joyful anticipations, returned
| The man the husband - had PLAYED
them false. told the girl that her lover
was dead, and married her himself
When he came out of the brain fever
which this news gave him, he was inyit
ed to an evening party in the town, one
| given in honor Of him. 10 this party
| came his love and her husband: when
| he put out his hand to welcome her their
! eyes met, and each knew then for the
first time, how they had been betrayed
| From that hour the man took to evil
courses, and his first victim was the false
husband. His hand was against every
mans, and every mans against him :
and he became desperate outlaw. Once
again he saw his love, meeting her in
! the streets of Sacramento: she was mar
ried again, and she turned from him with
Il cry of aversion. Yes, he might be ,lcs-
| pcrate now, he added, but he had had his
trials. | asked him what his true name
was. Hiram Creddin, he answered: but
the one he was known by was Boone
Helm. That made me start
.Why did it ?"
'.Bccausc | had heard Of Boone Helm
before and knew he was the greatest
terror of the time suppose | should
| have done society Il benefit had | Shot
him rs he sat there but did not
| Perhaps YOU won't believe that | felt Il
| SUI VI ply lpl lHt ltiltN"DUl Ultl.
Well morning came at last. | sent Ed
wards to get the gate open, and escorted
myVisitor out, telling him that there was
not room for him and for me in that part
Of the country, and that he had better
quit it for another"
''And did he :"
Il suppose 50. He never attempted to
modest me again. Not long after heard
of his death. He met his fate up cast Of
the mountains"
And what Of that pretty Amazon,
Elam +! I'm sure she was almost as good
To you as a guardian angel. Coming on
| horseback to give YOU warning.
"Was she not! And had returned
| it by behaving so unhandsomely to her.
But now, Just ask You Would it have
been proper to have let her come in ON
that weeks visit and u Young man
with reputation !"
Again we burst out laughing. Elam's
phisticated air possible.
AT any rate, You did not
"No," said he. Il did not. And, tax
| inc all things into consideration, | think
| did right.
''llaNt YOU ever seen lltf SINCE
''Once. / was at san Francisco She
was married. and staying at the same ho-
tel that | was. Her husband was fine,
| tall, dashlng man, what with YOU would
be called 4 gentleman, and very wealthy.
| she had been lucky, YOU see. knew her
as soon as she came into the draWlny-
| room, and in Il few minutes | saw that
she recognized me; but she did not take
amy notice, neither did L. She told me
| with her eyes that she remembered but
there was an appealing glance in them,
which | interpreted rightly. After din
ner she went to the piano and sang Kate
| kcarney.' We had cot into conversation
| before that, the three of us, Just as Stran-
| gers will do in Il hotel, and | found The
| husband Il very intelligent, educated.
Wcll-lntormed man. I'm parting ! cot
| lust Il word aside With her. / am glad
to meet You again. and thus 'Iush.
| she answered. 4 thank YOU for your ret
icenee. In the past Of Il life that has
| been composed of ups and downs, there
| is generally something on other lying ON
| the memory that we don't care to recall
or proclaim to the World.'"
And about that Young girl in the " IL
lamet Valley ,"
Il never found her" replied Elam,
shaking his head thoughttully. "I'ruth
to say, | never started fairly to look for
| her. Life is composed of ups and downs,
you know, as that other lady observed,
of blighted hopes, and all that Perhaps
| it's as we'll
\ WOMANS IOARDlNGS. The Dover
| On. H,) Democrat has Il curious story Of
Miss Joanna Farnham. who recently died
ut the American House in this city. aged
80 wears. She had long been house
keeper there, but was supposed 10 be
very poor. When her trunk was opened
however, it was found to contain va
ricty Of dry goods, notes for $1,000 against
the proprietor Of the American House, 4
| handbook Of the Blackstone Bank show
ing deposits Of $1,000, Il small sum of
money, and also IL piece Of paper having
Il trunk key wrapped up in it, and on the
paper WAS a writing stating that the key
belonged to another trunk, which could
| be found at the house of Il relative in
| Milton. This prov 'd to be true. and this
second trunk was packed full OF all sorts
of fine wearing apparel. and contained
also Il key III a piece OF paper, upon
which was the statement that this key
belonged to another trunk at Il certain
other house And so this thing was fol
lowed up until 20 very large sized trunks
and three huge packing chests We're found,
all crammed full Of the most expensive
articles of ladies' wearing apparel and
house furnishings that the Boston market
| afforded When these trunks and boxes
were all collected they loaded down Il four
OK team, and were drawn to a large hall
in Milton, unpackcd and inventoried, pre-
paratOry to an auction sale for the ben
eft Of the heirs. Among all these valua-
bles We're - dresses, new and perfect,
made of silk velvet, satin, and all kinds
of plaid silks, black and colored thibets,
poplins, alpacas, brilliantines, cashmeres,
etc, three silk velvet cloaks, 10 shaWls
from common to the richest Paisley and
wrought Grape; los skirts Of all colors
Ia pairs of hose; undergarmcnts too nu-
| tn t.1, Is,