The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
A SOLEMN MAN
He Gould Part wih Ills Watch MonxY
 and Rlng. hu, the Other. Nsvsf.

He Gould Part wHh Ills Watch Money
 and Rlng. hut the Other. Nsvst
 In some par's ot Arkansaw. the old. tune stage coach ss ,ull the enl, means oi transporting he cses festIeaa pubic. The other day one al those ansien; vs- hieles. containing A solemn company. wound its nauo~ and dangerous say along an Ozark mountain road All day the company had been tes.falne.l Early 'u the forenoon. laai as party af drum men had begun that needless cn)o,men, born of adsersity oi travel that grasp ins iessfe for fun shfeh sefses ,oit and turns II into laugh serious man, dressed in bls.k X and carrying . pair aI shafacteristts saddie-hsgs. took a .eai ln tsac eonscyaBee. Urea her." whispered one ot the dsaamrts- an all gane + ~c iaaEh agAin hc | des'ste that ~c afc drunk '
 X destl,ns ram fell t3,sk huds. shl ened ifoH iheiE retreat among the rs.s ka. aefeaned aad tlhiej Pas, the ~nda~s Inc gfuniy ,iscsscd stranger did nat en. courage An siiemp, a, les1iy shieh an adventurous gentleman attempted to pta. tnnte. \ dark evening eame Inc .oll tads was oppressive. ihc wheels. gtlnds .ns against The tough fueka, made the aesh efeep. The man sho looked like preacher s,,ll .ho~ed no di.po,tlon ,o telinqa,ah the gloom which he seemed to he holding over the Ioised company \ inooniess, rainy night set in A squirting. h,fui lamp vas placed tn the stage coach
 ''i wonder ho~ long il sill be before SC aIr.se A, ,he scat s,opping place asked one of shc company.
 The neat .f.non Is family prayers. I believe. sAid a bold young man. be. slowing hafrisd glance on me snscuin preasise
 ''1,toAn, believe, ,s sherc ~c change horses," sad some one else
 Nc, ,aid inc bold young ,naa. "io, ~c nave pAssed that pnint
 Tue stage coach stopped suddenly The door was ,hf"~n sselently open and =ss.:.l ..si"le ~efs prevented.
 Money and sainables sa.d xtsn sose. The party, taken lY ssrpnse. welded in ready compliance The solemn man ioos oa hss watch. ptosiis. ed his mosey and made shas seemed io be sn onfesusinsd assignment.
 fl, ,hs. all yoa hAscr' asked oae of the fobben.
 "All the money the .olema man re- plisd, with an involuntary ar oi cheerful ness winch sho~ed h,s hope tha, the robbers would not search hum.
 Cave me that nag demanded the robbes. and the sssious gentleman com. plled. with a snile.
 Have you given all s'
 Gentlemen, yoa have taken my h, usoBsy and f4HE What ss.ssss eaa ,.a Aski We have all complied with yosr demands. aad now ask you ,o les Us proceed m peace
 You look as though you had other vaIaable.-s
 The serioas man eshib,ed alarm -Mef. lcs's srafsh h.m."
 The 4oissna man. hitherto so qaies. so mnpesvsous io excitement. so trxAsdsesa Of SAseh. money and nng, became almost ~iId ~i,h intense anxiety. .-Gcntiemen, he sad. ''l have freely yielded ali Fray. Ies Us depart n pe-os."
 The fobbers s~ax~d him They ~ese determined to take from him the treasure .hieh he had tired % ssfesuousiy to pro. iecI They stripped him of h,s coat. and he begged them to take hss private pa pers and dessa The commercial uas- eIers looked on ia curious expectancy. Finally s-howi rSng out spoa the damp night Aif and reverbesased among the dripping rocks. The robbers had torn A bossle from the solemn victim. The bossis coatAined vhisky, and the man. though sos preacher, hvsd m psohi- bifion town. Watch, ,nooey asd nag vese soshing-a nothing which the rob- ben might saks, bat his vhisky, to be robbed of that, ,vas biov, . scalamiey from which 10 recovery could sugsese isssil