The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-07-27

A few days later a delegation of the miners waited upon the superintendent in his cabin office paid In counterfeit money. Tellson repeated what he had said on the former occasion and added i'm pressively
 "Boys, this thing has gone far enough to require investigation. There Is undoubtedly some one who is showing the queer right and left He may be some one who Is shrewd enough, and has fAcili- ties for robbing me and replacing 1t with his own bad coin. Keep your eyes open, and if the scound- rel is caught he will get swift justice"
 The men departed, growing and dissatisfied, but determined to keep on the alert and capture the counterfeiter If possible One look at their faces would have satisfied any of the horrible fate in store for the unknown rascal when he should be detected. Another pay day came around, and sev- eral thousand dollars more of the worthless cur rency got into circulation despite the great vigi lance exercised by every one concerned. Excitement and indignation grew to feverish proportions and on the following morning strange stories got ahoat about the guch. It was said that solitary horseman had galloped into the camp
 late at night, that he had gone straight to old Dob bes' cabin, had remained there for upwards of an hour, and had then gslloped of again at a break neck pace. The visit of the mysterious stranger, coupled with the circulation of spurious money, assumed a dark import in the minds of the miners when these rumors became generally known. About four o'clock in the afternoon old DobblCs, apparently feebler than ever srolled in the vicinity of the Marjorie. The men regarded him with the backest of looks, which he dii not seem to notice He tarried for several minutes speaking to no one and spoken to by none At last he turned to go, when as if by common impulse, the miners roughly seized him and threw him 10 the ground. Old Dobbles lay there if dazed, and asked no explanation. Twenty or thirty men bounded off to his cabin, and came back few minutes later with several small bags of specie The storekeeper who had been attracted to the scene by the unusual proceedings, examined the bags one after another and pronounced the coin as all bad and spurious.
 up with him! Short life and speedy journey for the rascalP' shouted the infuriated miners.
 More dead than alive, old Dobbles was dragged for the distance of half mile, out upon the Pay son City road where there a convenient tree for hanging. The storekeeper brought an empty barrel upon his shoulder, and on the head of this the old man was made to stand In few moments & halter was tied around his neck, and the other end swung over a low projecting limb of the tree The proportions of the crowd had steadily in- creased until there were hundreds of men upon the scene. Maurice Tellson was there, and evidently reshed the summary justice to be dealt out to this poor, intirm wretch. "I hope they'll make quick job of 1t" he said to those around him. The scene that followed was wild, indescribable one. Cheers went up from hundreds of throats 1t became evident that their victim had but a few minutes to live. Old Boobies was seen wildly gesticulating for silence and gradually the noise snbsided sufficiently for him to make himself heard.
 "Men," he began, in & tone that was weak at first, but strengthened and became clearer he went on, "I have little story to tell you before go to that place above. had daughter once as good and pure a woman any that can be found outside of heaven. She was dutifnl to me, and my one ambition was to see her happy in lite. There never was 6 cloud upon our little horizon until man came into our home one day whom I have cursed ever since.
 "Men, it was the old story of betrayal and deser- tion. My poor darling, once innocent in the eyes of all men, and still innocent in the honesty of ;daIl loff nd fOll hat Sometimes she would overtake him, only to be re- pulsed, only to follow him again and again, in the blind hope that sooner or later he would reent and take her to his heart once more"
 Old Dobbles paused and looked around him. Only his eye saw 6 cloud of dust up the Payson City road a clond that dimly anvelonad the fnrma