The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-04

thing was rush and glare and brilliancy.
He was not bad man. He was simply
an utterly inscriptions man. He didn't
know the difference between right and
wrong. But with all that, he was gen
tie, liberal, generous and kind toward
those about him. He told me once he
was an English sailor, and that he had
deserted his ship. 1t might or might
not have been true.
"Women got the better of him at last.
II was kind of retribution, for the
Lord only knows how many women he
had got the better of himself. | was do
ing the Garfield assassination for the
World when Ross was doing it for the
Herald. He used to get $40 a column for
his matter, and thought nothing of send
| ing three or four columns day. The
! bills he ran up were enormous. The
| Herald offered to give him $50 week
and pay all expenses. but he indig-
! nantlv refused. He said, with his grand
| air, that he would not work for such a
beggarly salary. Ross had little
| black-eyed woman with him in Wash
ington whom he called his wife. 1 he
lieve he had a wife in every city he Wis
tied. This little woman loved him pas
sionately. She got him out of prison in
New Orleans once, in mysterious way
that have never been able to account
for; and absolutely worshiped him.
They were both Jealous, and many
II stormy scene have witnessed
between them. Ross got into some
trouble with the Herald and was fired,
Then he drilted to the bad, and forged
Il lot Of orders on the Herald, for which
they had him arrostc. His wife got
him out ON bail, and advised him to
Jump over to London. He forfeited his
bond, and, while he was hiding around
New York, something about the mans
career was published in the daily pa
Lpcrs. They particularly described his
FWiie, who, they asserted, lived in Brook
Ign. Then, for the first time, the little
Olack-eyed woman found that Ross had
mother wife across the river. | never
saw so mad woman in my life. She
fairly fruthed nc the mouth. How she
did abuse him!
"After Ross went to London, | heard
from him only once. He sent long let.
Jor to me to get int" the World. 1t wa,
an adroit puff of some new manufactur
ing company. My regard for the fellow
was so great, that tried to get it in t.
help him, but the managing editor saw
what it was, and very properly killed it
"Ross had hard lines in London. lie
got on the News after long time, anC
what with his brilliant writing and win
ming ways, he worked himself up tc
high position. They sent him once t.
Egypt as their war correspondent. HC
lOunged through the east, sending Occa
2 sional dispatches, and having an easy
RI life oft. This got WcarisOmC to him an(
he started back to London. ON his wa,
y. he stopped over ut Marseiles. He wen
to the best hotel in the town, and an
nounced himself as RAYMOND Bcy
p the ambassador of the khcdiVe, VIII,
70 was coming ON in Il few days. lie hat
g preceded the Khcdive to arrange things
q He rented an entire floor of the hotel
q and had it fitted up i'm the most princel
[ style. All the uphOlstcring and furni
y turo stores in the city were cNhauste
q of their finest articles. The soltcst o
k velvet carpets were put down on tn
4 tluOr, the rarest pictures were hung o
q the walls, splendid new mirrors RI
/ placed the old ones, and nothing wa
g neglected to make the place fit for tn
II great eastern pOtentate. Ross was eN
II erywherc, uperintending, ordering an
I. arranging. At last everything wa
r prepared, and then for two days Ros
/, enjoyed himself rs the ambassador
the khedive should. The rarest
wines, the finest viands were his. Or
morning the proprietor of the hot
awoke and found his guest misSin
,e lone with him was $1,000 francs of ii
i hotel Keepers good money and 9th,
B" sums Scraped up around town. III
n papers made great fuss over il. Ro
}, Raymond's history is romance, an
4, the world will hear from him again.
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