The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-17

Il have. have thought of her charms and-and her money"
 Then suppose that nothing can dis suade you from your purpose"
 "Nothing-thaf is, nothing but hand somer girl with more money
 "You seem to treat this as the frs, opportunity you ever had"
 "Oh, no. lhave had many an oppor- tunity, and beautiful maidens have lav- ished love on me, but money has been scarce. Was engaged to a beautiful widow not long ago, but we are strangers now, that is, to those who never met us. She was beautiful and l thought her true. but she deceived me"
 "How?"
 Had no money
 !" Did she tell you that she had m oney .n
 No, oh, mo-"
 Then hoy did she deceive you?s
 < By allowing me to believe it, but oh, rapturous, divine love has come at last. Stay ye in the shady background until know my fate. hear her sing among the trees. Bright bird of silvery wing"
 He walked with her. and even the oc- oasional downpour of rain did not drive them to shelter. That night VI hile we lay in the loft, he reached over, punched me with tobacco stick and whispered:
 The Choctaw princess is mine
 Succeeded, eh?"
 "Oh, if it were l:gh, enough would smile. Didn't kick-I mean didn't de- mur 10 the indictment Noke byossed the case al once and declared that the suit was ended, that she was mine We are to leave for the north immediately after the marriage ceremony. This is her wish, in fact she made me promise as much. said nothing about money, for she is shy and l was afraid of frightening her. We arc to be married on the glorious morrow
 50 soon?"
 '. So late, you mean. for VIC should have been married to-day
 IL was useless to protest and crawling beyond the reach of his stick, soon drop ped 10 sleep. When awoke the sun was shining, and the trees around the house were ihickly set with lewel-lke birds, chatterIng to the Princess of Choctaw wedding climbed down from the loft, after surveying the country through the cracks where the " chinkin'" " had fallen out, and went down to the spring that gushed with silvery leap into the golden glow of Autumn. Here found Woolsey and the princess. Some how had lost respect for her. and her face. which to me romance had rendered handsome. now seemed bra1en and soul less.
 We are compelled to go back to For, Smith to have the ceremony performed" said Woolsey. " for although 1 love my princess dearly, yet do not care 10 con- form to her fathers idea oi marriage ceremony. My princess objects to this, preferring not to visi, Fort Smith, but to leave the territory at once, and marry in ssme other town. No, my princess" and closing one eye a, me, but opening i, when he turned to her. he passed his hand over her hair. and whispered to her.
 :" But we will hurry through Fort Smith, won't we: don't like to look a, the place for I, was once owned by my fathers
 "ies, we will hurry through the town. only stopping long enough to have the marriage ceremony quietly performed.
 She finally consented. and after break fas, we saddled our horses. and accom- panied by the old negro and his wife, be- gan our matrimonial journey Arriving. we went 10 wha, seemed to be an almos, unfrequented boarding-h house and en- gagged rooms. The princess was im- patient, and Wooisey went ou, and soon returned with a preacher and all other oFfhoHNS1 AiNNSSSaiy AOi tAC of marriage ceremony. Woolsey and his divinity took position, the former looking very much as though he were going into game of croquet, and the preacher had just stepped forward. when some one threw open the door and ex- claimed:
 '' Hold on .''
 Whats the matter :' demanded Wool sey.
 '' Don't be excited" said the man ad- vancing. Il want this woman you are about 10 marry. am Detective Dave Adams. of Little Rock. and this woman. whom l have been watching for some time, is Slick Billy. ,he Indian horse thief
 instead oi shfieA.ns and clinsins ;o her lover fhe vOmau p,feyed 1, ,.,olan,