The daily Alaskan., 1906-11-10
WHO WAS ARAPAh0E
 JOHNNY?
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LedNelM OElI, NsbL-s sAAANA AN--'~'NNN- following advertisement;
 Information Wanted - Concerning my parentage: have faint remembrance or being in d b.E house on hlH with eN- tended view. and a lady who | suppose , was my mother: next | remember my hte with the ArJpuhoo Indians. sGl9" took care og me. her husband was white man though he was seldom with her. Al one time when he had been long absent she ss~e me a lcUkrt attached Co SoId chaA On ons side Is the picture Of a man, on the other that or a woman Oo'h evidently rcHuHd persons. Letters \. F, on the case She also StvS me some o'NS Of a child's clothing. rautton'nS me not To fell her husband when he returned He came back suddenly. and there was great counotI0n The soldiers followed very soon after. there w.ls 90 HGht; the Indians were routed. ,h" sguaw man was l@Neh and hanged Co .t tree The officer 'n conn nand or tine troops. seeing l was d NhIIe boy. took me lo Fort -sNlNSAW"E'H' ""''e became a drummer. l must haN Nt'n taken from my parents twelve wears aEo. when WIS about four years nld Any one who rln H, Jarsr facts to an occur
 ARATAHOE JOHNNY.
 The boy furnished an order drawn by the colonel cumwand.uS at Fort Leay- enwor.h ,n Insert any advertisement he desired. ro 1e charged to the colonel. The boy wu> >o hauLSolne. so manly and 50 .utr.u-r-t that hecame inter ss+aI m his ya~s at once. won his cou,itrurc. a-l lc roudded Go me that he had rnu,v..cJ H boys love for the l5rrLe taush,,- at uue ot the captains gr The rJv,I ..ure bis desire 10 learn of h,s :deuusy. The -.rl be told me. was Et.eeu wrote au article about the mystery actraa.us the boys birth, and f was copied tar aud wide.
 Trr-r-s cane from all over the Couu, uv s,yia- all sorts of d!Sappearances anB --esc.uus for c,cws, but none of thtA. 1rysl .uJO the circumstances at rergiu., The boys life and memory. Finally oue morning man walked in 10 uy office and said that he was the father Of rhe boy who had ad. verr.sed suspected him from the hrst. He did not resemble the picture of the mau in the lOcket- and he could give uo uraot whatever Of his claim. The boy felt as ! did about it, and we advised h.m ,o so back to Baltimore. where be sau he came from.
 Instead ot doing So he remained in the town several days and one day came into tho pItice with a gentleman who produced evidence that hc repre- seuted oae ot the most respecra"Ie law firms in Philadelphia. Avapahoe John. nv met him iu our office and when the attorney looked at tn" locket h. pro duceI other pictures of the man and woman whose ltkeueSSes were in the case
 My boy" he Sald. you are Norman . Banning. son of Norman Tanning and RoSaliud Bernard. his wife. You come of an old and wealthy family of phila- delphu. There waS a black sheep in your fathers fam1y-Naurire Tanning. his vprr-e~ h-pthrr-wup was diS!u- her!red by his father. have no doubt that. you hela- tue only person except your farhp~ who waS In bad health. between Maurice and the estate, he Kidnapped you. brought you 10 the west and put you .u charge ot l.s SQuaw. A man answering bis description was hanged when you We're taken by the soldiers. He had committed SC many crimes that lr i> a wonder he didn't kill you. This man who claimed to be your father was in some way in lnaEu" with Maurice Flaming or co@uizaur ot bis dotugS. We don't know which, and seeing your advertisement came here to get you under L.S control. Finding that Impossible he wrn'" me that he had found you and I. aS eNNcutor of vour estate. have agreed 10 pay him S10OOO for bis lUfo-matinu. If correct. You are heir Co a fine estate left you by your father. provided you shall claim 1t before you come of age. If you had not appeared by that time it was 10 go to charity.
 You had better apply for dis charge at once. for 1t will require some time 70 get one and 1 need your pres eyr, fu Philadelphia. Besides. it Is 3 time you were beGiRninE your eGuraJon.'
 I attended dress parade that after noon at rhe fort and saw Arapahos Johnny marching about beating his drum as usual His case had attracted good deal of attention from the nrsl and now that it was known that tn, youug d-ummrr was heir to severa millions the whole garrison was out JI look at him. The colonel had offered 10 detail him for his orderly till h' coulC-be put through tue formaHty O. a discharge. but the boy preferred i' remain with the band was pTihci pallv interested to discover his sweet heart. especially as au officers daugh ter she had 10 business to have any thing to do with drummer.
 soon picked out girl who seemed beside herself with excitement. ant as Arapahoe Johnny marched by while the command stood at rest, caura, the teutale blush on her cheeS She was little beauty. as 1.-the as young willow, and it was easy to SC that the only being for her on parad was the boy who beat one of the snar drums.
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