The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-03-31
A CASE OF PROVIDENCE.

Slate creek, In Kentucky, divides Bath county in half, and where Slate empties into the Licking river stands a village with tho poetic Indian name of Wyoming. On the other bank of the river lies the notorious county of Rowan, concerning which much has lately been written of the Underwood family and their feuds. This town of Wyoming, which, among tho inhabi- tants is more frequently called the Mouth of Slate, has been the birth place and breeding ground of moro scou ndrels than Rowan county ever know, many of whom, however, have carried on since their birth within the last fifty years much os their ne!.r!oas work in devoted Rowan. Its people have been associated by kith and kin with desperadoes of that county, which received It's name from one oi Kentucky's ablest and purest judges of the court of appeals, a court which Is synonymous with the supreme court in other states. know this country like an open book, and last night met man In this city, mem- Der of pleasant symposium who strangely enough told me the story, h. .,f l,toh l.I to me in detail, were familiar In char acter. Said he:
 "When was boy oi fftcen," and that must have been long time ago, for he Is now an aged and white- haired man, fer Rowan was yet a part of Fleming county,w was sent out from FlemIngsburg to make collec- tions for house which dealt largely through that section of the country. had been far up into what ia now Rowan county, and had pair of sad dle bags filled with money. forded Licking river at the mouth of Slate and rode up through the village to the first good looking house that saw and yelled 'Hello r al the atile- -block. A pleasant looking man came to the door and asked me what wanted. l told him wished to stay all night, and he bade me dismount and hitch my nag. The mare which l rode was one which was very fond of, so 1 told him would go with the boy to the stable and sec that she was well cared for, q suggestion which he highly commended, and in his hospi. taiity went so far as to follow me to the stable to sce that my wishes were thoroughly carried out in this partic- ular. Having seen the mare well cared for and bcdded, returned with my host to the house. It was raw and clustering night, and piping Kentucky supper that was set before me with its accompaniments of hot whisky punch, quickly threw me into the most communicative mood. My host was handsome man of fifty, his wife was . rosy, buxom woman, and at the table sat with us his beau tiful daughter, whom am informed after ward married . gentleman who be- came a colonel of Kentucky Federal regiment during the war and who has attained s high civil position in the state suggested. Eventually 1t came about that my name was mentioned. Said he:
 "'Are you the son Of my old friend, the prosecuting attorney of this cir- cuit?'
 "The circuit then comprised the counties of Fleming, Bath, Morgan and Bourbon, and having replied thar I was, my host became more and more dcmonstrative in the oral evidences of his hospitality, the material evidences having been already quite sufficient. In the meantime had told him of my mission and of my ssddle- bags filled with money. Finally 1t occurred to me to ask his name; and when he re- piled James Arnold, I was Aghast and my hair must have lifted iike fsiicn 1 grasses before . gale. James Arnold was known in that country e des- perado and oounterfsitsr, and his name was . terror to the people of . dozan