, 1879-06-05
KATIE HANSON'S FORTUNE.
Twenty-Five Years Awny frnln finne-Cook.
IsntistaI,out, Soldier, nnll Surse-3fnrryInE
tho Captain OF Her Co,npany-t'rosperlty In

Twenty-Five Years why frHln HnHle-C0oks
to,istaI,out. Hoitiler. nnll Surse-1fnrryinE
tho Captain OF Her Co,npany-t'rosperlty In
Culnt.
corrttponaenee .St'o lark Times.
ELM1HA, May 3l.-TwcntY-two years ago Katie
Hanson disappeared from her tpmn IN Tioga
County. Penn. She was oniy ~ years Of age,
nntl lut1 grown up among the lumber wuo4ls Ut
Northern Pennsylvania. She had prct!llcctton
for MASCULINE ways. Sho wns expert with
The rifle an l.liiugrou. ai1 spc,,t much OF her
time In the wootls. Her family was highly re-
spectacle, and she was niorc tlan usually intel
iigcnt. III spite ot her dislike for the pursuits
at her own sex, she bore an uss,slted reputation
She lett houie oHe day witt, her rifle, which
her fatlier hail given a'cr. She nerer ca,no
back. Nothing wus ever heard Of her. Her
father advertised throughout tho country for
trarcs OF her, aiIti visited nll The urgo cites In
tho State seeking for tilings Of her 1t hcfng
known In I'll. ilcrhburluod wllerc tho iiansut,s
strcd tia. Hattie Ind formed III attachment for
n worthless yourg mnn named johnson. ntnl
that her parents int! positively torhidlcn her
lIarue anything to 10 With hin, slany believed
that she tIad rim away from llonu for tiut real
sun, 10 lead Iile Of shame, others held il,nt
she had either accidentally STINT herself iii the
woods, " had bccou'c 1ost alnl died III sou,u
out of tllf way part III the frrcst. Her pnrcnts,
attrr searching year or two, gave her mp as
dead. S..
Col Grant Wilson, Of PhtladeEpl.ia. was
epep4iin:t tho winter, Il, 1915, III Cnbn. During
lis stay there lIe mt Ma }AtIgs Hopkins, fnI-
rlY Of .ho wlo 81, Ssrscd v t ecn; Ttonas, ,aa,, d.
owned n ,i,n r!nfltu.iu It, the interior Of t,u
isia,u md Col. Wilson accepted lis Invitation
10 ucro,uu @ bis Enrnt during Ills stay III Cuba.
The alaiors family constssea Of hnNasou.o a''u
cldrcn. When Col. Wilson left Cubn fle wus
ntrustl with IN errs,, Il, this country by Mrs.
Hurk,ns On arriving In New Yo:k liz STATED
fnr Tiugu County, penn, nHl found tl,t, ta1ully
If Eltlai. ilanso,, itu caused great rejoicing
hy th,; announcement That l,c kruw their long,
iost tnuclltur, Katie; tlult sto wlls aliye and
wr!., n.A prepas!ng g PAY sl'u atd hone1ssaI ~, =
Hn,,s.,n n,u Mrs, MAI Hopkins were et.e and
tilr sane, and tlp following was tlIc s,raogu
storr she told to The friend sl,o found In Col.
1ri,,. yo,,p,, maj, ,fohnso, referred to aboye
wn, Il, tle ,,nilt Of acro,npan VIM KATIE Hauson
~, nor innti,ur ,,x,r,I{,lt,ns NM. bctur an cx-
cellont wootisii,n ntll hunter, was ntenst co1,-
reniu. yonnauiou 10 her iii fns.,t.y was tl!sso-
m" an i,nornnt. Wien hor father 0rlcred
sr Il, rt.ast ,Isswiattur will johnson, Katic 70
lrited nvuiast tlc orlcr for q time Tho last
cl,i,l,d tit tlw asstcatio,l was not proper ono
fnr hcr htt shr .Yl,! st., no 3yny for jte dfsso.
initn, in,t III Iy lrnyiu,s home, Sic passud tItlt
nis,t III lis 'wooas, and tAe next asy went to
h,t.rs yrrn mt in Tia hin. but do nnt,rn-
nrtn,su NIT 81 ;hs,r s,ot,scs, m.,I dssuIsel
,erseIf In them. iicr features anl siort hair
IN M ner ,yat,eriups She seci1rcI tle no.
si;tnn uf r"ol, In n luke liant ruuuln: bctwect,
1hsr.It md Ihtitn,p. This w,slt!o,s g,d lie were
ont,rrlr to t,rf liking,
n-ra ~, aIyrrttsn,nrni oirerInr II reward fnr n1,y
,mlnrm.ntI.m, nf wlsrn .llo IN. anI Giving I
,ninuto dissertation nj hnr. This alarmed Ear.
s,r I'm fanr:,I tinr shs wo,,jd ba apnrr51rpdnd
ar,, mn m r,.tur,si },u,mc. Ou ret,lru,n, t, Dutrot,
at.. u,y,. uu l,.r tx,sttLu ulul Hrut tn Cs1trtr.