The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-08-19
The Romantic Story Of a Long Lost Hus-
band.

A Mount Vernon (Ohio) correspond
ent of the Cleveland Herald tells the
following: A case coinciding with the
romantic incidents narrated in the story
OF Enoch Arden has been brought to
light in this county. Although the par
ties most interested have tried to keep
the matter quiet, yet your correspond
ent has CLEANED the facts of the case,
| which are as follows: In the month OF
February, 1854, Madison Robeson mar
ried Miss Hettie j. White, of Howard
Township, this county and lived happily
with her for five years. The fruits of
the marriage were three boys. During
the gold-mining excitement of 1859
Robson got the fever and left for
the West to seek his fortune-his object
i've point being Pixies Peak. At first
he wrote at regular intervals long and in
teresting letters, giving glowing descrip-
tions OF the country and his prospects;
then his letters came less frequent, and
finally ceased to come at all. Years
rolled by and nothing was heard of the
derelict husband or his whereabouts.
His family concluded that he was dead,
and had either met with some mining
accident, or had fallen victim to the
vengeance of the red man.
Then a Philip Ray put In an appear
ance and sought Mrs. aRobeson's hand
in marriage. She finally consented and
after lapse of fourteen years from the
time her husband left was married to
Philander NARROW and left with her new
husband and her children for iowa,
where they purchased small farm near
Decorah and took up their residence
there; her second husband died two
years after their removal to Iowa.
Her sons have grown to manhood;
one of them is married. and, with his
mother, is still living on their little
farm near Decorah. A few days ago a
stranger arrived in this place, who
proved, Enoch Arden-like, to be the
long-lost Robson. From his brother
in-law, Mr. j. H. Milless, business
man here, he learned the whereabouts
of his wife and her second marriage.
Robson tells romantic story of his
wanderings and adventures and of his
luck and ill-luck. He says that after
leaving this county he went direct to
the Pixies Peak; country and engaged in
mining there, but after short stay left
for California. There he was not sue
cessful and left for British Columbia;
but in short time returned to CalifOr-
MIA. From there he went to New Zea-
land with miner chum, but meeting
with bad luck again returned to Califor-
MIA. When he arrived in San Francisco
he found letter there for him from
former mining companion who had gone
to Australia. He acceded to the re-
quests of his old chum and left for
Australia, where he resided for several
years, was successful and accumulated
several thousand dollars. He then de-
termined to return to this country and
to his family. Arriving in California
he was led into unfortunate specula-
tions and lost all the money he had
saved in Australia. He then returned
to mining and worked for seven years
in the mines in Nevada. Idaho and
Wyoming. Two years ago, when the
Leadville mining excitement broke out,
he left for that place and located and
worked what proved to be rich claims.
He now owns twenty residences in that
city and runs large hotel and livery
stable and is worth 5000
He claims that he wrote several let
ters home but received no answers and,
concluding that his family was either
dead or had left the country, he ceased
writing. l..s
He left yesterday for Iowa to see his
family, make atonement for his conduct
and have them rejoin him and enjoy
the luxuries attendant upon his large
fortune. u
A London firm advertises that it
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