The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-17
A PRINCESS OF cHocrAw.


 kansaw, and had just taken up a pen to twist out semblance of chirography on dingy register, when some one ex- claimed:
 aWell, by the deuce. lfhere ain't an old friend.'
 Turning around was confronted by 2 tall, lank fellow. with long hair and stubbed beard so thick tha, his broad smile could scarcely force it's way through into the light.
 Don't you know me " five seen you somewhere"
 Don't you remember when you studied law in Nashville :''
 "Oh, yes, l remember studying law, but don't remember that 1 ever made anything at it,"
 Il suppose not," he replied, with an- other broad smile that broke its way through the stubble field of his counte- nance. Don't you recollect slim rooster of a fellow who used to come around and try to get the iiru's influence in"
 Helping him onto the detective force "' suggested.
 "Yes. Remember his name -
 George Woolsey."
 Well, what has become of him =
 Was killed in the army, believe" Il guess not. I'm he," and he broke into laugh. so like pleasant echo of a pleasant past that he was no longer to be mistaken. and shook hands with an energy not in strict keeping with a lan- guid climate.
 What arc you doing here v at length asked, trying to get on the detec- tive force!'
 Never mind what I'm doing. Put your name on that personal ledger, and after supper we'll have a talk which, if you have not lost your old time enter prise will tend somewhat to open your eyes"
 We went into what the hotel proprietor called supper, but which was really a very poor excuse for one and after laboring with undlgestive bread" and an obnoxious stew, to say nothing of charcoal coffee with light supplement of delicate milk and sugar, favored with wet barrel slave, we went out into a Y,,Nn,, I,, I-d;a. s.,,,.,,.. anJ ..a.ju.l among the massive stone walls which years and years ago, were built for pro- lection against the merciless savage. We sat en granite, coping, made soft by moss and vines. Owls from the Indian Territory came over and hooted in seem- ing contempt of the grim sentinel who walked his brick-paved beat Hi iron, of the government prison.
 "The reason why did not come back to Nashville after the war; said Woolsey. putting pipe of natural-leaf tobacco, so unrestrained in strength that l seriously contemplated leaping from the wall and sharing the contempt which the owls hooted at the sentinel. was be- cause had reason for believing that my life there had not been crowned with success. and instead of again taking up my line of failure, decided to remain in this country and make a name that would cause my former associates to grasp my hand eagerly when returned and say: By George, old fellow, l did not believe tha, there was so much in you. and then you see. with a majesty that would still further heighten the respect in which was held, would say, Ah, my friends, you never know what kind of seeds watermelon has until you cut it. The time for making that naae has come. The government, has offered ten thousand dollars reward for an ln- dian marauder named Slick Billy. For some time he and his band have been stealing horses, and treating deputy marshals in manner calculated to in- spire dread. Now. what propose, is to capture this rascal, secure the reward, and see my name in the associated press dispatches and return as hero 10 the city of my nativity" and with blue streak he iiourished his strong pipe in the moonlight. :" am not selhsh," he continued, and want you to share this glory and reward with me. We can get couple of good horses, arm ourselves with repeating rifles, go into the territory and capture Slick Billy"
 Didn't you say tha, the deputy mar shals had tried the experiment, ?' asked.
 Oh, yes, they Aass tried ii m their eff-hand manner, but you can't rely on one of those fellows. They haven't go, that particular snap which we are sup posed to possess"