Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-12-02
A ROMANTIC STORY.
Its Happy Denoucment on the Streets
 of Prescott.

l ot frtscous
 Arizona may we'll be said to he
 field of romance and adyentur
 Could the history of many, wh
 have left friends and home in tl
 east and have cast their lots in tn
 fair land, be only learned and wri
 ten, books could be filled with i
 more thrilling in interest, than tn
 books of romance which emanat from the imagination of novel an story writers. Some have expe rienced trouble of some sort O.
 other, and leaving home and friend in the far distant east, have com, hither, and under an assumed nam have lived in an endeavor to los their former identity. How success ful they have been none can judg
 so we'll as they. Others, simply iron
 some unaccountable freak, have lef
 their homes in the east to go the,
 know not where, and through care
 lessness and neglect have failed tc write to friends until
 ALL TRACE OF THEN IS LOST.
 And letters are written and adver- tisements published, which some times result in the desired end, but more frequently in failure, and the individuals remain until death, lost to their friends. Only two or three years since, a gentleman of this kind, who had resided for several years in Prescott, died in Phenix. 1t was not nntil he was on his death bed that his real identity was known. He then revealed the fact that he belonged to one of the best families in New York, and subse- quent investigations confirmed his story. He had experienced domes- tic trouble, and coming to Arizona had most carefully
 CONCEALED HIS IDENTITY From his most intimate friends. While he engaged in the restaurant business here, his manners were such as to cause the remark from those who knew him, that "he had seen better days" As already stated, volumes could be written on such occurrences, which have come to light in this territory.
 On Saturday a similar incident occurred here, when Dennis May met an old friend an acquaintance on the street. The two were born within few miles of each other in he state of New York and had been boys together. The other, who loes not desire his name mentioned,
 LEFT HOME YEARS AGO. Among other relatives he left be- ,ind was a little daughter, only rear old, his wife being dead. Time ped on and letters to his home be- ,ame less and less frequent until inally they ceased altogether. A title over tw, years ago, prior to lis visit home, Mir. May had an ad- gertisement inserted in the JoUESAL- MINER and in San Francisco and other California papers, at the re- quest of the lost mans friends, in he east, asking for information of lis whereabouts, coupled with the intelligence, that
 HE HAD FALLEN HEIR TO PROPERTY There. No response, however, was yer received from the advertise nents. During his visit east, Mir. Hay says that inquiries were still by the friends of the ong absent man, and in the he states that the year-old daughter, which had been eft behind had grown to woman lood and is now happily married to ] very wealthy man. She above all 'thers was anxious to learn the of her father and en- oined upon Mir. May, when the lat CT left the east, to spare no trouble n seeking for him. MT. May arrived n Prescott on Friday last after several months in Colorado n snining, after leaving his eastern lome. On Saturday while walking long the street his attention was at racted to a familiar face and form pproaching him from an opposite lirection. How eagerly he scanned hose features until
 THE TWO MET FACE TO FACE, When he fully recognized in them is former friend and the father of his devoted young lady, who had or these many years sought in vain or him. Although the meeting was unexpected to both, the ecognltion was mutual and it re- Iuired but a few minutes for Mir. Hay to tell him of the long search hat had been made for him, of the agerness with which his daughter waited tidings of him, and of the that awaited his return in lis former eastern home. Scarcely lad the story been briefly told to the nan who was thoroughly bewildered md amazed until MT. May had speeding
 ON THE WINGS OF LIGHTNING To his friends in the east informing hem that he had found the long ost man.
 The latter had made no effort whatever to conceal his identity but lad simply stopped writing homo" md in this way became lost to riends, He exhibited business cards md other evidence to show that he lad recently been engaged in busi- less in Seattle, where he lost the avings of long time by the big fire hat visited that section couple of Tears ago. Having formerly resided n this territory, being we'll known n Tombstone, Phenix and Globe, be- tides having lived in Prescott in 'arly days he drifted back here and las been living in this vicinity for ,ver a year. He belongs to two ecret societies and has visited lodges ,f both of them since his return to Prescott.
 Was it fate or accident that brought him face to face on Satur- lay with the man who had been en- oined so devotedly by his daughter o find him if possiblei
 Governor IrwIn's Arrival.
 The special train with Judge W, ,. Hazledine's car attached, arrived 4 Il 2.nn fl II. |.