The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-04-26

af difsG umatist who is now Ssr Edwar Q Mafcs occurred almost within the firs l- zone ot the cannon of Fort Nogen,. whe '- the frcn esecr; ~k, bsougt, him ou c from ;he eeantifal capital nser which be !. leagnrmens srnpended. handed h,m oxe ( to A slohd eoTporal of Silcs.an l'hls ans
 whose nle was patroIling the load te , tween Torcy and CiAye. Bu;. alas. | might have -hcen tn another world thu z all th's good fortune of cppcr1nenes = had betsllen me. fos all that Il made ia | any prestige to me Tn the character of war correspondent. There had beer one chance. indeed .o emerge irrm ths | tuf oi ohsCaritV. but ot that chance . icyaty and honor forbade eae io take svad. After Seaan met Sathetl .nd < Edsards. who VAS acting ts.s Inc Iis-s. , as William kasselfs colleague l had ! told Edward. something af the snsula, , luck n eeing m the heAt, ci the ,hl.,r. , ot nsoincs;eas events, @h.ta had c.aac , ,o Us n the adv-ulaI4,u hs9h !. .fd ls',. , ~e ~efe lsAssins au.. he haa spokci. II out C1uVctsatiun Ia Hu>se,l Whe .i~aXs
 full ei sung ie-he.lr,cd .e..! tar .s- ln,strsss
 ct the Hsca; 1outna. whose nt C, ass
 genus has so ot,en ,tiadiAicd. made me stS t=.St AR aCA iNAN itaf AHA4A AIE AAANSdk ts
 which he WAS the sptAin. | was with \ pans the pnisran ci wh,ch vr,ng me
 >ofeiN. 'ha, @as forced gtatelasIy ~ tel
 him shat not even tef such fnsmo,ian
 could dcseu the eeteFs under when
 had taken Sepice. taulc in the way es making name for myself aa had come tc IcaaIc th4. seruite io be
 |. Nas on the same day we had met
 Male the hrcposse that there safae-
 he~ saine ie n'r letter which M, t,rsni had written h He. The oa>nal held.
 post wagons had mol earned my oot- respondence either a,h speed ar CeIs tains Probably he had expected
 sieater 'has than the means he h .s
 aSeetacd ie his te;af eeet ta,tse had en-
 abicti tka, tepfSsr '4f5se to accomplish i htd ~iit;eu Nta enptousne>s and , AiAetaN >HEu u .t.tNc ncye4 &.ne eRs eeiie8. bat letters tsai mss stBed and othess haa tsftaed cruelty long by the
 ~aY. Anyhow. his letter was Il re, all. the saecihe feason assigned beng that siner Inc Russian troops had aaw al. VAneed on, iaps. and siege ot that capital beng imminent. his costespond
 en, inside Fans would now sufii,e ta 1 keep him informed oi the progress oi event. The German environment IS might have been iorscen. dtd not long delay to out of from hlm the channel of 1 supply on which the worthy editor pm !essed to rely. u w.ts Cuuaas irony of fortune that when penetrated into Pans immediately after the eap,tuisiion, one oi the hrst Eaeltshmen ioand there. eating hor.efiesh and seanty bread that 1 WI hati s.tsI tt whose existence iptmed the pretest taf my snperCession, eager ta gather from me some scraps ei intelligence concerning that outer world from whiC h he had been so long ont on. Mortiicd by the tone ot
 MI ''iani-s letter. my heart sAnk. The moon ths, had fallen inio my arhl4 had tound mere dust and ashes. My es>..y in ,ke profession alter which my soul had longed was an Ignoble failure The iron of disappointment and shame ale into my soul As l rue'lly owned tha, had tried ,o soar too high and tha, my proper sphere was petty paper sta,nin. foF the Iosasss .stsfJ,s1s and su, like kindred gFovel'ng
 would not llnkrf Tn the arena of my dis ofrhture. l happened to make the aeqasintancr ot A t.ermaa k,ngs mes sengcr, who tine sAm~ night was leaving Means with des2aiches tor the German embassy m london lie WAS ,o travel with al! speeh. and he s'nd,y ac ep,ed me AS hls compaason. The yo1fney was through thclms, Sedan, Bpu,ilon. and 90 to tho railway Ai i4bsaraoni On the ! ,hifd day from that afternoon when ln the d,ta heat-aa1e saw aiAr of the glitter of the gJaed dosae of ihc Laxnln boutg, stood .orlorn and ,ilscon.olate m Fleet street. liaIeiy six weeks had elapsed since |, had tEsdden iha, pave ment hnoyant with high hope, Tn A qaiei deiifium of roy Iha. dad at length goi my ect aai Do~ iaat pavement VAS agaIa under the fec, of A nan over ! whe.ned wItn shane. trushed by the sombsc cons nse'ousness of having proved uns i sal io ti.e earcef shle h spT,uBe, con seto4s of his tnaplt,uae. had ms, ked h,,s with. Inundated now in the suyeYse rsiio of is fofrser confidence m hIs o.n po~efs. One drop was vi wanting ,o the at:er osp. u seemed my duty to oites to Mir Grant ! anal ieier on he msl.aty sii saiion had so ,eeen,Iy tursei my sAck ca. Ina. letter h< eoidly and cufsiy decrned. | was tsoaght so an. wcuht!y o, that a letter hosn my pen ~sR sumu arily de<.,ned, aat ~1lhs'aneiink that II ~oaid have been gfsluifogs. and wSa.d hAse coBts-ned ext4sis ol the most usnosi moment fDE @ss b, AS 4 mater { of iact lac world was aaxlou3ly xAntng. ] 1 th,nl. thts cEt me deeper than any ! JIeHsour- ssroke Dt m.. b2n fate. isai as
 walked and sfsoked there beicn ne a reee4 rUin u'.er proslfsi4oa, Ny sar tCoffcs csf 1Dudegf Geiu sso1 ~4. dead but ~as 'a2s coilsS$e .o reduce ,ac so dfise. ing lesocy, II Had so, eff snli, ,her-. some fAc gliy s. perception Dtd BtA si4ac here, E thssr SofneAi al dliafA- dated boots. tae -s4e faas fn - thA .as.
 cHpe-ia ia1t isnfoD outslce ia- sefrsan CIT. s. ssy. io whom belonged inc k,<,~-
 ie1se of ias dist~,sitions oi ihe t.rzrsAn iiT~sps engaged. IT. ~etysBg foBad rAfIs isz.t eT4siT sasEssi nt blood and iEaz
 ~As 4 fsllsEs, b8t ali the sAme l~fare