The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
MIR. HARoRAvE'S EFFORT.
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MIR. HARoRAvE'S EFFORT
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 William P. Hargrave was an exponent of the higher culture, and he had but lass completed the postgraduate course 2, Harvard before he arrived ID Steel Plate. Arizona. His alma mater had en- doved him with a fine appreciation of his intellectual superiority and good taste in the selection of neckscatfs, and the remainder of his outfit, when be reached Steel Plate, consisted of high. moral purpose and a return ticket to Boston, good for one month.
 It had been Mir. Hargrave's belief that the vest presented hoer field for the development of the intellect and the ad- vancement ot the species than an efieis east. Therefore, when he learned that the proprietor of the BrW6 Asife, the only ne~spapex in Steel Plate, was ofief- ing that property for sale, he at once closed a bargain with him, and started for Arizona. -
 Mir. Hargrave's outfit at the beginning of the journey was somewhat more elabo- rate than it was upon his arrival at his destination. He left Boston with two trunls and few hundred dollars; but, when ha stopped over few days in Chi cago. he left the money with n acquaint- ance he had made on the cars, so that hs should not he robbed on the highway, for Mir. Harxrave had read about Chicago i; and when he was ready to proceed on his journey his new acquaintance was unable to find him to return the money. There fore. Mir. Hsrgrave left his trunks with the D. p.oprietor of the Palmer House as . guarantee of good<aith, and went on to Arizona without them. At first the sen- sation of wearing the same linen contin- uously was iIksome, but he became &C., customed to it by degrees, and found It a great saving oftime and labor.
 Mr. HarRrave had informed his amt, when she begged him not to court cer- tain death by publishing paper in Ari- ,ona. that the men ofthe free untrammeled west vese simply children of nature, who despised shams and loved the truth, and that when they learned that he was laboring honestly for the;z advancement they would love and respect him, while his intellect and erudition would cem- mand their reverence and admiration. Mind, be told her, vas always powerful and would ever triumph over mere force Mir. Hasxrave's aunt did not knew what her nephew meant, but she was deeply impreased with the force of his argument, and imsissed upon his purchasing a re- turn ticket before he le4t Boston
 Destiny arranged that the Bssvss ksifs should be given . sensation the first week of the new editors arrival in Steel Plate A gentleman, who formed one of the par v vho vas escogting drove of cattls to another section of the territory, dropped into . local faro bank and suffered a financial crash. He chose to be offended when the cashier refused to permit him to play on credit. and revenged himself by shooting prominent citizen who car ried on a branch of the Occasional Alb stiuence Society in another street. The police were called upon, and the stranger Rallcped out to his friends, who left their cattle and came into Steel Plate to pre- serve order. They quickly decided that the only method of preventing riot was to clean out the faro bank, and they puri- 6ed it accordingly, much to the grAtihca- ton of the local undertaken and the aggrandizement of his finances.
 Mir. Hargrave was not slow to recog- nire his opportunity, and he turned him self loose on an editorial which, as he wrote to his aunt that night was calculated to have an instantaneous and remaTka- ble effect. His prediction was verified.
 The morning the B0vi< Ks/s was is- sued MT. Hargrsve came down to his office early, that he might be ready to re- ceive the congratulations ofthe prominent citizens and municipal officers to whom he had sent marked copies of the paper. He vas reading his editorial tor the tvensv-foursh time, and had marked one CT two sentences that be decided to re- vixe in case the public insisted upon his publishing the article in pamphlet form, when the door opened and the mayor of Steel Plate strode In-
 He wore a blue flannel shirs, and a frown % terrible that Mir. Harsraye ai- most shriveied up under it.
 .WhaS,' inquired the mayor with toseed ezlmnes, posnting b Mr. Hargrases edisoriL vifh the ed of . ravhide, is the dasAed blank what wrote that"
 Mr. Hssrravs afterwards coEfessed to his anns hat at this moment all his ideas coocsEnizx ths sopeEiosity of mind ovW msxse uo4wwonta . comp1seo rssulsios, snd he realised yhas noehing bat prsssDcs sf niad coahinsd, if pos6hla, .ith ah- sencs of body, would save him Sor fur ther e0neoin tAo adsancemene of his race.
 ~Ths sdisos," Mir. Haxgrase replied nEumpsly, shas goae out.'
 %Ih sce untf he gits back, said the nayus taking . chair and putting his fnne = the edifcg,s desk.
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