The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-03

until he could 20 a rich man. His uncle had long since relented, and was willing and anxious to start him in business if he would only return but, notwithstanding all this, he was proud and ambitious, and never wavered from his determination. He was working hard had won the con- hience of his employers; was receiving fair salary, and by frugal living was con- stantly saving money
 When had but barely knew him had admired from distance the qualities ;aa; had made h;m pnrnlar al Lone Horse Gulch. Now that he had made me acquainted with hts shortcomings in the pas, the brave battle he was then fighting. and his noble resolutions for the future. respected him as one in cve,y way d man. From that time on we were stronger friends than ever. We became ruom-matcs. and Tn our leisure hours were constantly together. He read me letters he received from his mother and sister and one day hurried in delight to snow me their photographs. which had oeen set. han as reminder of ''Merric Christmas. 0ac Mas that of woman who h1d once been exceedingly hand some. aai who nog. egea in her old age. -ss.sleiy s.nG noble looking the other WAS n hlt ot g'ti. whose surpa,siu. beauty reflected oaly pure thoughts and noble character. Often afterwards l s.,H ID it,cnd, when he fancied that no one @4s nsar. take the photographs from ,ae drawer where he always kept them. md as hc looked d; them. lock ten dctiy sad and wisiful would come oyer hta handsome face, and. creeping up n te hls blue eyes, would cause the tears ;o start and wander Il will until lost in his neayY beard. lis letters from home were ;ul! of love and hope and cheering words: bu, as time passed on the en- treaties that he should return became more earnest than ever. His uncle had failed Ia bgsitsess ss.sd the scAnty- res malnder oi his fathers estate had gone IT the general crash. ttpen Bob.S eNcr- lions alone VAS now dependent the sup port oi his mother and sister. Two years had passed since we became fas, friends .tift fit,e wsts iie,%-t r,.fttidentiar clerk of lis frm. and ,hc prospect of his be- coming | partner wa> not lar dlst..nt. here renamed nothing Tor hin tp do oet ta btln nis loved une, to t tlifof.fia aa6 iaete make them nome. Ems he des cfHiued to dc. and Y hen hi> sls.er Wfote hiln tit. h ,uuihers health was ..aans aad thai she had hu, few years ;o llsc. he fcdauhied lis cxer;lons. hopin,, las, thc pure a.r aad sunny skies c; Ca.i- f5rn.,f watld win back the he.iih ef He iassts4. Ills s.,,ary had hcs.. iazrc 4scd aa hc Has sci sacrificing IL hls efforts ;o sasc: lat notwithstanding, these facts. months, pethd95 year, would have to I.. ..,t.tf f9,.. wlth hun. He began 10 prepare hone for them. A neat cottage was rented. aad all his spare moments were spen; in making Il cosy and inv.tng. The care le rambler ot seven years before. had now changed to an earnest, self saCrt:c- iaS man With bui one purpose and that Ia m ike those whom he loved happy. Ai !.st eYerl thing was made ready Ter the.r eomius: and then he began to coaut inc months and weeks before they would be with hlta. In all his p!anninss WAS =;.e- deeply inlcre2;ed as he, tor Il had been. J'l-e1 thar >ncuitl make my hen,e wl;h them tEd becume d menbct oi her lttlc family.
 bnc nisAt Bob came to me, and with tears iu his eyes and with 4 ircmulous husky voice. told me lhA, the bank Tn which his money was deposited h. d failed. and that the hard work oi years was gone. A long ,ime would now have to pass before he could send for his loved ones. and this though, made him sad and disheartencd. For several days he seemed entirely discouraged. and then with returning hope he wen, to work 10 repair what he had lost. Bu, in the meantime bckle fortune was preparing to do, in few days, what the hard work ot'years could not have accomplished.
 My friend and both held stock in the "Toalumme Mining Company" whose veins of ore had long since played out and been abandoned as worthless. The stock was not even worth the paper on which il was printed and the world had forgotten that such a company had ever existed. But the original proprietor of the company was one of a class of men. to whom many a wealthy man of to-day owes his sudden rise 10 riches and affiu- ence He had energy and perseverance and unbounded faith in the possibilities of his claim and kept working away long after his fellow stockholders, having wasted their money. had given up in dis gust. At last the labor o! years had been rewarded. and he had struck vein of ore of SO rich quality and capacity that the stock which had long been salae.ess leaped !, once to par. and began steadily climbing, The papers were filed win accounts ofthe rich ind, and ihc stock exchange was crowded with eager, excited men. anxious to buy the loDg-neg iectcd stocks. Daily VIC eagerly scanned the reports and noticed with satisfaction the rapid rise of roulumne Mining Company's stock. Al last when i, paused and stood still at seventy-tve above par. VIC sold and found ourselves each seventy-five thousand dollars richer than We had been one month before Bob seemed but iiitle clated by his sud- den rise to wealth. anc only thought of the happiness it would bring to those whom he loved. The modest little cot ;age which he had rented was gwen up and handsome mansion purchased and ht,ed up with the utmost care. Then he