Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-10-20
A Days Doings in Arizona


Noble had left sum Of money on de.
posit and drawn part Of it. They
could not tell whether the rest had
been drawn from some of their other
agencies in other cities and advised
her to communicate with their central
Office in London to which all reports
are made. She then continued her Jour
ney TO England with Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith
Arriving in London she learned at
the Cook agency that two additional
drafts had been drawn against the ac-
count of Mr.. Noble, in Ontario, Canada.
On the advice Of Mr. Smith she wrote
to the Ontario bank through which the
business was transacted, enclosing a pie
ture Of Mr.. Noble and inquired if their
patron in any way resembled the pie
ture. 1t CHANGED that the very morn.
ing the letter and picture were received
in Ontario, Mr.. Noble walked into the
bank again. An official called him to
one side and showed him the letter and
picture. He acknowledged at once that
he was the person sought and seemed
quite pleased that his people should
still be interested in him, but was sur
prised to learn that Mrs. Noble was in
England. He at once cabled her and ar
ranged to meet her soon as possible 10
Liverpool. which he did. He had been
visiting a brother in Ontario.
From there they went TO visit the
relatives of Mrs. Noble in North Ian
cashire and in Lincolnshire, passing by
Kendall, where Mr. and Mrs. Smith were
stopping and where they had very
short visit. 1t was during the stay in
Lancashire and Lincolnshire that the
events transpired which later took him
to Africa. He became acquainted with
capitalists who learned of his expert
knowledge of the sheep business They
had undertaken a sheep raising project
in South Africa and desired to buy
some new stock.
The annual agricultural fairs and
stock exhibits were then in progress
and they asked Mr.. Noble 20 indicate
what in his Judgment were the best
sheep on exhibition. He did SO and ad-
viscd them to invest at once, before
the awards were made for he felt sure
they would be premium takers and the
price would advance. They followed his
advice, bought, and sure enough the pen
picked was awarded the honors of the
show, though of course it was a small
number, perhaps dozen or so, while the
investors bought 400 rams and 300 ewes
of the same stock. SO pleased were
they with Mr.. Noble s Judgment that
they Immediately commissioned him to
accompany the sheep to their South AZ
rican range.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Noble
sailed from Liverpool for their Arizona
home on the 22nd of September Mr.
Noble accompanied his wife TO the
wharf TO say good bye and Mr.. Smith
had only a few minutes conversation
with him at the time. in fact had but
little opportunity for lengthy discourse
on either occasion of their meeting.
Mr. Smith however, said that he was
cheerful and seemed greatly to ENJOY
his visit in England and particularly
his reunion with Mrs. Noble, as there
was never any trouble between them.
Mr.. Noble was to sail for Africa the
next day
Mr.. Noble did not impart any conf
dences as to why he left Phoenix so
suddenly and knowing his natural re-
ticence Mr.. Smith did not inquire. 1t
can only be presumed that he was dis
eouraged with his experiences, here,
sought to change his environment and
in his own troubles assumed that nobody
here had any particular interest in him
or his fate, but of course that is only
conjecturey.
Speaking of their own trip, Mr..
Smith said himself and wife had had a
delightful time and he returns much
improved in health notwithstanding he
was. as usual with him, sick both trips
across the ocean. The return trip on
the Umbria was the worst, for they
were in the equinoctial storm almost the
entire voyage of seven days. Never
theless. he likes the water, even II IT
does make him sick. II saw a great
many things that may be of some local
interest and which may be referred
to at another time.