The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30

AN yxrea6 let tsN OxA1k2 L.sll ls.a, xney eo6 hG1nnk hosu1nx - ~ - about ten yenzs aeo m knShand asd 1 lsA Sals l-ske CiN Sor tke' 'Oasasio saininr eamn oas red rsaaiae sp tAe Amsrie.a
 Fork caAysA, . 1ssp. uiid sad ruggsd gcrIe in the Oquteus mountxins.
 ls was dslightfally cool iee in tAAt climate tho ueakhsr is never excessively warm. svsn in ths midss ef snmmsr. ard in tAis beAutfal vallev, suzsounded e tAzee sides V saeu-capped msualains an1 ea tke eaAss hy lhs 6ssaa inlaad ssa, natnfs seemsa an agtoe with iss sun taaAed verenrA b Nmpid krxhlnw waserA its tAll unheaeoons tsesA nlav A Wxy easis in tAo aoooss cf askGnrAnoa saee hrusA shas szsenaoa en all sldss of .. Slowly VI wendod oas way up tAa nauow uAek, snd q each successive s1oe nsw sceaes of beauty opened te eeus vieu. Sayelys sa tAls giehe. tksEs caa he founA nssAiag guAs4a, aothing iovslies thaa she Anseslcan Fesk canyoa. The Eveae ovsshaaoina cAdA the neuatain ssrsAass And cAsaraco tAaa dAsh ed spaskle as shcugh inseinc with loyoua life. h. drill. Cd masses oa sncw piled under the shel- tessng fceks, gaeesaing b the sunligAs eosming . pictuso so gyasa tAes tho soal u hllsd vifA sws asd lcve, e Il "lools through patasA up 10 aatsrs's Cod"
 About Aa6 way - tAe mountain our atssnttoa wos assocsUd ey tho 6guss cf . usea whass seAosasing walk isdae assd eishsr illness or druakennsas. and hs was the 6rss living beiag that VI had sssa slncs lsavinE tho valley. Whea VI reached Aim hs sssunsd 70 thin aad CT hAustod tAae our sympekhios wors d oaca aroused and ws gladly compiled with his request to take him in our wAgon up ta the Ontario. AAes Sew momsn,s' ress in answss to our inquissss he gave the following acceaas ol his ssials lcr the pest tew days, not . vefy rare sxpsr,ensc ia that land Of advsatuse snd w.ld struggle for {sid
 With two companions [ started ous about week Aeo en a prospseting tour, but had struggled se ibag. and % hard, and 90 oiten. and al m van, and had neveT struck the color, thA, l had made ap my mind that # ! didn't ind is shts tune would pull up my stakes and Ke home to my w,ts and child poorer a not wises man than when l left them ten years ago. Hut" he continued, as . glsam of Joy iushed his face, ",hank God, did not fail this tune. and aow they ean come .o me tiches. far tschu than wc ever dreamed
 And the poor teiiow overcome by hts emotion and physical weakness, sobbed hke child. Recovering hlmseif alies few moments. he eontiansd his story.
 :" l and my two friends had wandered through the mountain and eanyoa searching is vain ios the precioes metal for three days. and dascoaraEsd nnd dts. hearte sed ws had turned eus stsps hcme- ward, iseliag that lu1A sss agssaas is. Aiter travelling some disianee . we sai down on . rocky deelivity so eat some dinnes. While we sat thus, sdiy kit ksne about ths ssoaes thAs lay As our isss, noucsd ons or two of peculiar conformation and ooios.
 f3oys," said l. these stones have siight uaces oi quArts-beasine silver, and l am ln favor ot not sesng home until VI have prospeetsd . liitle further Aseuad these pAsss. What do you sayf
 "Tboughts of wife and child as home. so poor ssd v, so confident of my sue cess nssvsd my heart and ssseaesnemeA my ssn fef one more haal eiloa tn shess behalf We separated, and n vas not long before stumbled upon q poekes " Ailed with the richest slses quartz. 1 cast myssaf on the gsoand, thsew sny assns around the psscieas Aois. and visions of wife and babe, of home and wealth 90 wh'fled through my ese,sed brain that ] could not speak. but lay liks one dsssd over ihs risAss before me. How long lay thsss do not kses, bss my companicss st lsss foupd me ni,ss . tedious search. Well. my fr,ssds, ws au fsli t0 work like snaniArs so drag rom the bosom of the sash the ioag -eea. csaisd treasure. The losges ws sashsA the wider and richer gTex the vsta cd moro excited grew the workass. Evsry. thing even speech vas forgotten ia the maddsniaE struggle with sur picks. Dsy dashened into sight. ssu " keps es cid ouf work, dimly guided by shs iighs ol . lev dned spruce branches. Day dAwnsA and yet we pever hAgged ios q moment heapisf up ia sa ever -incseasing pile ths nuggess thai seemed sxhaus4loss tsue ss the ss<ond day waaed ous sshassssA ene'g,es feiased io yisId any ius,hss asd. The intense excitement of gan tailed ss hss q intsases sxeisens6us of hunxes. We isy down around oas pile ed ia . momsat wsse fast ssissp, ban [ lsii ihAa vas wofkisg on .n my dteams, pllinw ue vast giisssdag hossds of weAlfA los my vt(k and ehiid.
 "We agreed. wien oar slssp was ovss, a our food was all gons, ssd VI seulAa't york any longsr without n, sDd t woalA not do to leave our treasure snEuasded, bst must wsteh ous claim iea some oas shssld iamp ss, that oss sl us shsstA v so Ostasie is gss sappl,es. Ths ios tsii upon me. ] ssssisd and hsd soae bst . short distance, when l beeasne shos- esghiy exhausted. stasssssd aiosg as bsss ] sosad, gessiag weakes every nc msas. vhss and frsvidencs thsew yss -I. L A E