The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-22
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 In iSs the young Argonaut returned 10 San Francisco To follow he printer < etai:. Fortunately ;here was al ,ha, tune aNlcanoy m tne composing room oi the GeFtsH E,f. literary paper ot high character. which young Harte accepted. several oi his delightful Bohemian sketches, written as copy tor hls fellow pfiniels. came under the notice of the eG!ior oi the {. 5!i.a Ly, anu their author N1s aI once promoted from Inc case !" To the edltoual desk. Daring these d1vS were written his " Bohemian pa,erS. which fully established his claims to a,- iention and added piqnaney 10 d t.ld ai journalism now gone forever. some of these appeared Tn the GsI.fo,H!.ia, a weekly paper which Hatie for t.me eo''ed. while many were published anon ymously ln the columns of the aaly press.
 Marriage and the cares of d family had ION changed hlm into an earnest. thoughtful man and lad the foundations oi lassns success. paans the eafly p4Et oi the civil war he served ., s soidiet on the frontier, and some of the incidents which then came under his notice may have suggested such po- ems as " Relieving Guard and The Story of the Bullet Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, one of the most refined and cultivated of women. took a warm inter est Tn his future, and II was through her influence that The Legend of Monte Diaole was accepted by the editor uf the .9HsStie .hGntalr; although critic like James I. Fields must have at once de tected worth in the writings o, so brlliar, young man. In iSo4 Harte was ap- pointed secretary of the governmen, min, at San Francisco, position lthe duties of which he performed promptly and fAithtully) affording him abundant time ior study and more careful literary work. During the period and while he was free nom any editorial engagement, were written many of his best poems. among them being The Second Review of the Grand Army" and The Society on the