Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-22

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ii anu~, -o!t silver. giaare and hrittlr silver
,.sttus,t,,d Ia ruu fr.ni St1uht" S2iJIn IN FR,ne
rer tBn Il uH, tnGnd hy FIRED Alhri-h' aud
EHt-inw turi lr. Hnd undunhi'4iiy T. the Nv
mons 'lfri vptn tar twenty years nrnsprCt-
or- nave -eHttirtl for this vein, and thousands
of dollars have hrep epenl ~ the quest.
Thnt is the PLAIN news statement OF
fact nul back of II range the ncldents
Of cue uf iAe most pathetic love stories
eyhr written some time, when TINT
state rof marvpls shall produce It's poet
Cr l;s scribe. the tale of the lost vein'
vii! DC cmbalfnrl 10 song or story that
sR,dl cuptivatr all ears
Amos Albright went to Denver IN the I
Cos and left his wife and boys on the 4
iarm tn Illinois llc knew nothing Of /
nun,ng. 6ut found himself after ali us /
we'll equipped rs hundreds of others I
who bad dared the mountains, and /
trmn'.l fate right ~ the lnar-not eter /
nal suuUs There was no snch town as
Bauldrr nj that tin. and he drifteti with
tine rest of s tr hunters into the
whirl Ill Denver Il was then 4 mining
camp more than city. and there were
twice rs many tents as solid buildings IN
the town l.rre were three drlnkiug
plarps tp one store. and gambling places
were oGt af ali proportion To hotels But
Amos was Il sensible fellow and saved at
ie;lst part of his money
Eut the air Of thu mountains was try
ing nn the lungs 81 theiteu from lllinuis
ana Amos Albright found his vigor fail
ing The first symptoms Of decay was
weakuc-- aud assitudr that would have
seemed like ugue only that there WAS no
aching aul no fever And here, when
he trst needed help he found II refused
him lie had lost his nerve. they said
and tEat was the one objectionable sin
~ mining town As long as Il man
crulI smile and swear and drink "A little
he could call friends about INN and
could eet assistance IN the iurtherlng of
any scheme As soon rs he came with
faltcrng hand aud dimmlny eye they
passed him unpa.irutly They hated
to Gsr man wpa&en.
Albright Thought Of the woman nj
home, Of the boys who needed hlm and
thp creditors VIM were troubling He
rnournel rpr tile chances he had passed
aisd.Infaily when hp was stronger lie
crprt 10 the poslnfiirr after the rush was
y
tie weekly stage hal brought him n let
ter It did aud the letter told OF the
darkcnu- troubles NJ his home The
crops haa failel. the season WAS had, tine
rush of tnp var period Ind made money
more valuable. and George Carlisle de.
mandca u return Of bis loan lie
threatens to flretlpse and turn rs of the
place. wrote Ars Albright he says
worse things taHn thlt y me am do
ing tile best can far ynu and the boys
bnt il does seem Lark ahcgd Maybe II
would tie better u yea were here, even
ii ynu dill not bring much money
That letter ground in Amos Alhri-ht''
heart lie knew what the worse thlngs'
were lie turw George Carlisle ans
knew that man had been a salior fol
Mary,a hand before she InarrIrd lii
knew the fellow spite Of marriage, WA
so charf.cter.ess as 10 still pursue witt
attentions tllr woman who had wcddet
Albright But Carlisle was rich. an,
there sal seemed no better way thai
borrow the money frumh Nuw tina
war li4l broken ont lie felt the rush q
feeling which led men into the ranks
and h, believed his wife would hr NOR
carefully guarded BY tAe loyal friends ]
be- were absent IA the army than If II
were here gould limiting Ia the Rookie,
II ne only uai tine money!
III hr0ndtI over 1t and worried tn
hopea and planned ui he became
rhns,ly creature. Stunned by ms fellow
anu aai ol rlace III the town lie cuui
gtt i.o backing no stake M one Ia.
confidence ia him when the appeal cam
So tfeHhl!ugly lie Sold hall II hls i
toa toadur.aut, bougl; grub gnnngh
last him a wesa. ami worked slowly o.
Of tie. elty IA the north Aa he PASS
on, ii lnwu be met tram u new a
rivals aul tBey shouted To MIN the res
Of "A victory II Gettysburg tie Enc
where lAst WIS., though he fad not ae,
following very closely the movements
the ARMIES IN thcsp Years when histu
WAS making lie knew where II vi
Tor he was born there There he ere
10 manhood. There lie met Mary The
he married her There he fought tieor
Carlisle aud yauqu>hrtl him
From there both he and later the s.
lsles had come 10 Illinois tie tuew
peaceful little Pennsylvania town. a
realized how sore the danger WAS wh
ipael Armies dared blaCken the I
fields II that free state. And that c,
sciunsuess-spite Of the fact that his y
victory y-braught him back again
his own trouble. Ii would only M
the fortunes ef debtors harder. Geoi
Carlisle woall take the general cry
lis own excuse 10 prrsrcute Mary.
spurled him alrgsh. and he tu'ied
through the hot july day, far into
cold July night. past a hundred can
where wealth was pouring into wait
hands. or where want was chasing
ppfaiion over llaggarl flces. lie 81
in nt,le CleTt IN the rocks where 81
grass had deigued 10 grow aul wi
tie ebili wial was partly broken Z
him tie rose "a tie morning VIII
consciousness thar his lunss We're
ing. aud lie could not struggle on III
longer How br prayed for fortunei
Next dry he caiue 70 the rugged
beyond the timber line, beyond