The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-20
BUTTE BOYS ROMANCE
~.''''' another Enoch Arden Ant.

y Arden. Affair.
"a gentleman who arrived fron !.
st"s. yesterday gave US the f%oiiow;n Tue
q liz. wxnico, though more nhs
vo,oh.s o1t OF romance than truth he
sSc - tor as correct. Five vs.rs
u.s. young man wht m We w;H Ell
1mnltn-as 1t makes no d,frsranna
wnat his real name is-marr;ed :
Heautilul girl in Wisconsin sos;n.s
~ o'tter protests Of his nar.nts o.
que was q Catholic. Thew lived h.rs
t,y together for q couple Of vesrs. hut
.ue young mans parents. VINO were
tne most bigoted of Prote .tsnts
sowed the seeds of discord hot %
Tue young couple and one morninr
omit0 suddenly disappeared. His
we who loved him with ali Tho ;n'
tensity OF young love awaited his 70.
ourn until broken down with sorrou,
Sne gave him up for dead. Inst he.
fore our informant left s~;, liz. w.
.Srned and without warning entertd
me mouse OF his father-in-law where
ms wife bad Llade her home during
ms absence, and making himself
known to the family, claimed her.
But now comes the most interest
ing part of the story. It seems that
when he left his wife aud home me
intended to 60 to Montana. make a
new home, send for his wife. and
sway from the reproaches of his
parents and some of bis other rajs-
lives spend his days peacefully with
the companion OF his choice III
came to Butte, engaged in mining.
took up some claims and in the
course OF y couple of years sold them
put and found himself possessed of
quite q little fortune in ready cash.
Happening in one of the Main street
saloons one evening he met an old
friend from his native town who had
left there = few week before. In the
cuurse of the conversation which en-
sued Smith asked his friend how
s Hattie" meaning his wife was
getting along,
ION, Hattie is all right. She has
obtained y divorce from you and will
0e married again in q few weeks"
replied the friend.
Smith turned deathly pale, clasped
his hands aud without u terlng a
word. turned upon his neel and left
the room His friend immediately
followed, but Smi.h was lost in the
crowd which always lines the street
ut that pOint aud he never saw him
again. And now it WAS he friends
turn to feel ANXIOUS. He had told,
Smlth a talseh0Od merely to s-e how
ne would take it. He knew Sn,ltu'> |
wi e was rue to her first love, and
was dying for him 1t Was his wish |
to lind Smith and tell hun the cru-.
joke he prscticed upon him. He
hunted over the hills and visited
every rsbln upon them, but Smith
couldn't be found ae had changed
his name when he left his home. aud
tue friend had iuqui ed for him
under bis true one. An ADVERTISE
ment was inserted in the MINER
stating that "if Mr. - would call
upon Nj. - at - house he would
hear of something to his advanta. e."
. No response came to che ad vertise-
ment. In the meantime the friend,
who was realIya warm hearted young
and waited to make every
in his power fu
the mischief he had done,
wrote to Mrs. Smith, informing
her of his seeing her husband in
Butte and related what passed be-
tween them. Here, nov, Was another
and unhappy party. she
to Butte, addressing her letters
IT, her husband by his right name
they were never answered.
Another year had almost passed
and hearing nothing from her hus.
the p or wife had zig gain sunk
iuto despair. In the meantime Smith,
who firmly believed what his friend
told him, and who had left Butte
within IN hour after hearing the-t"
Misunderstanding news, went down
in the Yellowstone country, bought
no a large lit of fat five-year-o d
and shipped them to the
Chicago market. Selling them al
goo 4, prices, he found he was worth
Just SIS, 600 in cash ; but soured and
disappointed. life In the tam- hunl-
drum East had lost all charms fo'
him. He longed tor the excitement
of Western life, and h ID made UP his
mind to return t. Butte when lie
met another old friend from the home
of his wife, who told him the truth.
His wife was still true to- HIM but as
:. hnpe deferred maketh the heart
and rs " Hattie T" was 8 III
beautiful even in her grief, and sur
rounded by pleading admirers, tn"
friend advised him to LOSE no time in
b 9 old home. the advice
was not needed. He to k the first
train from Chicago, and fund and
claimed his wife ~ above-stated. II
ia the INTENT III Of the happy couple
to come to Butte next spring IT, re.
side permanently. Mr.. Smith tod
our informant that it was here ne
made his first raise. and that he in-
tended to invest al hi, means in this
thriving. prosperous city. Should
Mr.. Smith learn w0en he arrive"
that this little story preceded him,
:. For goodness sake don't say l told
you"
Ranshaw Hall,