The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-03

coach for 'lr go. As we climbed tec hnl leading ol, ef Lone Horse Guieh the ca1ias in the Ineonl ghl looked ts thoas h they had been elcsef.cd ier many setis. Only ore of newly made graves by the roads de stood uu; as silent. -ad re uaiers ci the prospe i.y and life that friend and e8rfid4at ,s.!4 me frankly of had "a lately lied. 4 sharp turn IT the roa,. soon Ind evca this from view. asd we had left Lone Horse Ga!ch forever. Iae next evening NC pared ai ihe s,as, office in San francisco.
 Iiveycars had passed and was la- boring OF one oi the wcil-knowa 9aera- men,o d.uiies as city edter. In the hurry and yash of daily journalism the old lie al .Ge Horse Gulch had long since be come distant thing of the past. when suddenly several things aceu1tca ,a bg53s II buck fresh and sivld lo my n.!nl h! gong 10 my duties at ali carly hour one morning. chanced io eYeftAke l4y ed friend Monte Bah. The ifgai ot tune had !et, .is shadow upon him. and hcAsas changed. \ heavy mGstae he covered tiic onee smooth }p: tbe 9ns et di,>lps,san taa.t had marred the eil-tme boy,sh face were gone. bu. deeply sraseH lines of cafe lad taken their place. The 2tks5h h5eh hat had been ,h-1a1ded, tAc >4iay ,4. u Dfoade oth had i'ccn supplemented by plan bdstnee, stat, aad the diamond. whose daltlas bffiltanev aaI icd e.,i- ti4c ;hc fair sex ot Lone Hose naleh. a, iesg as they were tfat had disappeared. He was taller. a.> shoulders broader and hls sep i.Ae. than when We l4st mel. l ac dasAlu-, re ktess s,aaOiet ei i4c years before Was gone. and his place had been taken by quiet. earnest. aohic- looking man. He knew uc, anu by the Learty, cordial pressure of his hand | knew was glad to meet me. He talked f eely of our old lie l, the Gllch. and of those who had been cur companions there We eha;,ed for Il few moments. and then | lc,, him at the door oi a we'll known buslne,, house with an invitation Ia co.nc and zee nc. That very ai;"t- 0oan l learned from another old citizen n; the tfa,e,i tea, he had ions since abandoned thc life ot 4 gambler. and MI, at.=.aad had heeA i1t two years working -l.--t t...et-reepeE. .&Ra-!e; ne-s,,A ,l...t HIN informant, Was none c:he. than Mon .c h0bs Wum friend. the old-,lme cN- press agent t, ;hc t,alCh. a,so had it iton ,h1, gentleman that larger por- ton ot the young man wages was reg u,arly sent to his mother and sister in the east. bu. how he had gained h> ntorna- uon he did not say. The whlom cX- press agent was still an ardent admlrer of the cN-iato banker. and concluded the i conversation have referred Ia in his usual characteristic way. Yer may bet yer pile on il, Bob always done things on the squar. He was the sllckest teller at poker yer ever saw. but he hain, ,cched pack o kecrds ln nigh onto four years. and dern my skin if he dont say he never will agin. He's strange, Monte is. He ! could have made twenty thousand year fair and squar. if he would have stuck ,o faro. but instead of that he hires out as a ook-kecper d, hundred dollars a month: and do you believe think il is ali on account oi that old mother O hls back in the states: Monte Bob is currus fcller, but he is squar. and will stand by man who does him good turn; you bet,
 Contrary to my expectation, Bob availed himself of the invitation hac extended to him. and soon af,er spen, an evening with me in my cosy bachelor quarters. found him an lntelligen, and pleasant companion, and was led to marvel greatly that a man could change so much iu a few short years. Besides reading much he had been shrewd ob- server ei men; and sn the flow c; con Ncrsltien the evening slipped away be- fore We were aware ei Il. When he arose to go < had been arranged tha, he should spend an evening ot even week with inc. He was a> vond as h.s word. and in the !aoat..> that ;u,aW>. GIT aeQua'ntance .lpeaea !n.o tfeudsalp; tram irlends NC became lonnGGn.s. and eie loa, Naes tie history oi hls pas; life.
 Ills father had dled when he was a mere boy. leaving him to the care et an uncle. Up,,, twenty his ife was passed q, his uncle's house and a; school. Lack ins the kind and wa,ehiul care oi a father and deprived by circumstances of the loving thoushitulness ot mo,hcr-he was early led as,ray by the influences which surround the youth of great city. In the course ot time he became heavily indebted io a gambler. and fearing eN- posture. he had toig ged his unele's check 10 .hc amount O; several hundred dol lars. hoping 10 replace the money ere his uncle should learn wha; he had done This he failed 10 do--and when his crime became known he was torcel to ice the country to save himself from a felon's cell. By his mother he was given money to aid hiln in his flight. and following the ;ran ot gold hunters then hurling across ,he plains ;c the f,b'ed country beyond, he had come to California. Made reck- less and desperate. he had frs, adopted