Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-25

From TIE Neto larf T.gas,,
Here is one OF the stories that Forty
| miner told me lately IA ho dropped into
| teminisoence OF HIS pioneer DAYS. Abel
| Anderson was New Yorker, whose
homo until he waa N or move was NJ in
| the Catskille where bia father tilted
/ alumpy farm between tho limos when ho
| guuuod aud trapped through the Ulster
Mountains. Abel-a very likely Young
fellow, as the mouutaiuCere eNproeecd it
ErCW tired of hig homo aud its rather
Wild routine before he got vorv old He
| dropped down to this town oHrly In 1871
saw something Of n world that he had
! wildly dreamed OF long time. and whom
| 0jCyCueou's bravo rprintfftt sailed thNt
| year 90 hold MeNioaue In check, one OF
| the men before the mast ON ono of tho
| vessels that carried the soldiers wap
| Abel Anderson. A foyer got its craar
upon him before the Pacific slope wap Ia
eight and tho brawny Young man lay
sick and nigh unto death for months. lie
rose finally from the piCk Couch aud men
| tally ruined man, aud thouel bn Heomed
still - have capacity euilIeienl to do cor
tain camp duties, "Craly Abel" was a
| title thai nobody ever 10 tNrird aa iu any
| wise unjust. Amiable, devoted to pvpry
man in a uniform, capable M doing hard
manual work, and ready tn do II, too. the
poor fellow became ono of The camp fog-
lures.
Once in p passion n camp hnucor.on
not one OF tho regular regiment New at
Abel aud badly hput him. M cont lniut
came from the sufferer; not oven did he
presume to defend himself A dumb
beast could not have been moro Heryile.
| Nobody doubted that all maulnoRs and
| courage had departed but ehivnlrv was
not lacking out I'm thnt fu wilderness.
| and the brute who struck lha dofruqelpss
| "a - ft.Ir 80.
his sorrow that meanncas thero brought
| sharp penalties. In the stiffness of The
! night he learned good deal about the
! virtues of "a leather strap well laid upou
| a bare back He wRs ono of the rnrlioRt
| advcuturors who bad dared 10 enter The
El Dorado Territory. a man bravo, but
coarse in his mind, IT. was not unnatural
that he should swear vengeance nor nm
| natural either that he should hastau totry
to put his vows into execution.
traIY Abel had the care of AN oflicare
quarters. lie sept there like - watch
dog, always alert and watchful, and this
| officer had been one Of tbOse who hnd iu
! 1ctcd the midnight puniahinent on
| Alers nanRilant, knowing IT, had marked
The officer for vengeance But The male
VIOLENT fellow disappeared euddonly aud
| WIS forgotten. The spring of 1873 came.
| Gold was discovered over a. suffers old
7aW mill. Everybody on the whole coast
was wildly excited Wealth In piles
tempted 9teyenROu's regiment 10 quit
their service in the army with iia piiitul
23 cents q day for pay md enter on the
| accumulation of fortunes that waited
| only FOR appropriation, TIE temptation
WAS not strong enough, loyalty had TOO
| firm uOld gu those devoted fellows. who
mad already aorilired 100 much ana en-
durod too much ~ permit them, romcm.
tsriug honor, 70 tRruisb the spotless rr-
! c1r1 # tpeif patriotism by sofsbusss o.
I Hayaring now.
ltberamo neeessar7 one d8v soon after
I tno gold discovery tor ten stevenson to
s8gd dispatch ncross tho country 10 y
detaCbel part of bis command nud the
| officer WBom Crnzv hbal attended wns
chosen for tbe mission. ltNas not con
a.J-rrd a dangerous ua dorfakiuI. and The
solder with nis ward sot out alone. But
tueY ga not QO far inryuxh the wild
country before they found themselves o.
/ ambush. That man with his peDt-uD
longing for revenge, supugriad by savage
! aliiea. made the two rnrn from camp fact
prisoners. Tho eyes OF tho captOr spar
/ klad with an unhoiV delight. and bis
threats Of torture were such az only de-
I Wis could CONCEIVE, tlp On Cliff, whose
PERCEPTIONS Sides seemed - reach down
20 the very biagkuess of The sarfh's' cen
ire, there he went on win bis giee over
the disarmed men in his presence. r.
| lent cheerful rseoiigcsiou, t1e stOrY Of
! what officer and man endured there tin
! finally the last scent w fue terrible eE-
/ perieDcc came. CrlZY A Dal held Nv one
! .ftne Indians, seemed regardless Of Wnat
went on. His chronic smile did NOT leave
bis cyuutenaDCe; he seemed quite ~ con
t8nt a. though ~ the camp rness table.
over against 2 tree tho soldier finally
Wa placed. and while tha savaVos dane Il
Economically the vnngpfui white skin.