The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02

 and unexpectedly such rfehes take 10 themselves wings and fy off to somebody else 4 good deal has thus flown to him. and he had managed 10 keep ugh, hold upon the greater part of IL There were times when, if he had no, been able 10 plank down.. as II was called, an i'm mense sum of money-say million or two--he would have been caugh, n a trap from which he might never have es- caPed, notwithstanding all his skill. The life of millionaire is by no means to be envied. if people only knew i, and yet VIC would all be millionaires If could. and calmly face the consequences.
 Dexter finally goes 10 England. leaving l trusty iiea,cnan, here, who Is to cable him long letter every day about the market In England everybody Is anx- ious to sell the hnancier or mlne CT two, i but he leaves the vessel and disappears i suddenly. and Is not seen for two or three days, when he drops Tn upon an editor to whom he has letters Of introduction. Al ] the editors house he met cabinet min- ister. and a young statesman observed of the millionaire that he never made any allusion to mouey. and that
 HIS NsbkhC> NCfS pi kTC pia@Dtst hinu . his square ,oed boots were even a tnhe the worse for veal. and h,s hat looked as If he had slep, n Il all through the voy- age to England \ veN thin gold watch cham was the only eselD to be seen abou, hum. His manners were as plain as his dress there was no fuss and no pretenslon. Riches must have afforded hIm some kind ot pleasure. as they do ihe rest of the world. including philoSo- phers. but ~ha, this pleasure was did no, appear upon the sG;'tce. The mere piidc oi wealth. so dear te common minds. was a thing. as we have seen. the very meaning oi which would ne, have been under stood bs Dexter tlle l; WAS with hum. as Montague declares Il Ys with all ei us. est ic lonI. non ie ppssedcr. gu! nous terd heuieuk
 Further on m the story as an llldstta- uon of the great millionaire's way of ,on- duc,,ng srea, transactions III moment. and striking surprise into the hearts ot ordinary people. the following es ents arc recorded. l. is d question oi ,he par- chase oi an estate III England lie knows ,ha, the u,ie IS perfectly good and the papers correct Stodgers tho lawyer, sss- inc price is Sooaa. though some of tha, amour, may remaIn on mortgage
 While Stodgers was speaking ile had taken small piece of paper from his walstcoat pocket. and was writing some thing upon II. Calculating the inter est he will have to pay. thought the law yer Ru, in q minute pr two fIle handed the paper ,o him. and S,odgers saw that II was draft upon his bankers. an Amer ican house. for Iao.ooo
 guess I'll take those papers wi,h me" >aid Fife. pointing To the paeke, which lay by the lawyers side. and go , There Is nothing more. believe. reckon VIC arc through with our busi- ness =
 "Yes. suppose i, does bu, oi curse l; IS not the ordinary way of aoing such business replied Stodgers, looking <, the piece of paper in hls hand Wllh some embarrassment
 a never do business in wha, you call the ordinary way. You would have had this money sen, through my lawyers. and kep, up correspondence ioI a month that Is your way. hand a8ci the money on the spot and take of the papers tha, ls my way ] prefer my pNU. IT Sol nave iiD biitt iEtffa+ IT you like" added lie. seeing that the lawyer was still looking A, his siip oi paper, ;" will sit down and wat uil you send io the bank. |, Is close by
 .' There IS not the leas, nce essi,y." sad Stodgers. with laugh :" l was not in any doubt ahou, your check bu, the fact , tha, this shor, and sudden way oi winding up a large transae;ten rather takes one abaek. There are he deeds.
 Thus the whole book IS filed with startling surprises and bts of character painting. all oi which recall ay Could Dexter File is ay Could. He goes to England 10 help his grand-daugh,e and rescue his own relative from wandering lie as an actress in 4 stTolling players company. Of course ,ha, IS the fiction. bu, around |, is veaved a very interesting story which no one but fan AmerleaR could write. There IS A dashing Ameri can widow m II. Sally Peters. the widow of the Skinner who conquered Brother Nathaniel: a short sketch of Colonel B!a,herskite, 4 hero of :he war. who liscd on his wounds and who apphed to Des- ter | Ile for pass ,o Denver then there IS very amusing description of the methods of two Washington iobbyis,s, and pen picture of one of them, Don Pedro by name.
 From close inspection of the work and comparison of II wI,h Mir. Hurlbeus knosu work. have been led ,o the be lief Ina, the formcr editor of the HoyM IS ihe author Nr Hurlber, can write anytAing. Many of the hymns he com posed when 4 young man are siili sung m Congregational chgrl hes l. $ only two years since t was discovered ,ha, the third act of new and popular play was the cond ac, of '' Americans m paFis.n which had been great success al Wailack good many years ago Mr. Hurlbert vas the author of Amereans Tn Paris He $ essen,iallyA 4 man of the world. who has seen everything and kno~s everybody. He has been for the past few years great friend of Mir Jay Gould The Millionaire could have been written only by mar -ho was a finished writer, z close observer and a