The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-08

tho adventure. And II Is hero set oo"h hn III"
own words.
4" HIS will explain the mystery of the disappear
/ ance of Edward MacGrotty-l am sure that is
his real namc-and trust it will reach the
ewes Of relatives in far away England, who.
for twentyhree years have been wondering what has
become Of the high spirited lad who deliberately chose
the perils hardship of alien frontier country
tho comfort of home and the social position that
his family assured him
have faced deadly peril along with all sorts and
conditions of men: / have been in trying situations
when coolness and nice judgment avered blood
shed but / have met man who more perfectly
fitted the than this quiet sefpossessed Engsn-
He of the type YOU read ahont-dramatlc
fiction realized in flesh blood No OF
usual circumstance could make him other than what
he well bred gentleman. And so ne was to
the end.
don Z care to go into personal history outside of
this particular story suffice to say that had been
in the cattle business for several years in the west
involved in dispute which developed INTO quite
display fireworks and found II discreet TO
seek more remote and tranquil surroundlngs, ! I'av
Mexico with only hundred dollars in my clothes.
The money my riding outfit and gun we're ca al, L
cie,y. as you will probably understand, so 1 struck
9u for section Of he eounty that was not hsrs Ever
is small town the line of the Sonora railroad that
runs down to Guaymas on the west coast OF ola
Mexico. picturesque spot 1t was at that time, OF
six hundred souls. who spent the greater part
Of their time in going TO church taking siestas ceie
brating numerous festas and attending occasional
bull fight Something in the appearance OF this place
caught my fancy. and, although / had intended to
go TO Guaymas. 7 left the train here
As it was an outfittng point for several mines OF
that section the town had foreign, population Of
about fifty, mostly transientsnen either gong TO or
driving from the mines, including Americans Eng
lishmen and Germans. The statement that l was
mining there business satisfied AZ curiosity
Four or five stores and so-called hotel composed
the business end of the town. put up al the hotei
and decided look around to what sort of pay
ing lob 7 could obtain. | knew little about mining
and my small capital ddn make the prospect seem
bright.
At the hotel 7 met three who took my fancy
bad ridden over many western ranges and foregath-
cred with many kinds of humans, and ] pretty
fair Judge when il came TO deciding with whom to tie
up. So / took the three my estimate oeslneS,
IL WASH I considered good those days, mel
her was il conducive TO longevity, to make too search
ing inquiry regarding as 10 why a man happened TO
accepted him as YOU found him. and long both
acted the square there was no trouble 80 IN ane
the antecedents of my found acquaintance as
they knew about mine the first day we met
ABOUT Myers oy was eaP. old H had
the and later in the Territories always reck
onsd that he was sa gambler by s suS 4s
always sufficcd as long as had dealings together
FLETCHER was the name Of the second man a'o NOT
I met him in the States We always called him
'..Fletch He about thirty big: tan chap vi WITH
boy. He was always larking and joking
MacGrotty the Englishman.
The third man was MacGrotty, the Englishman9-
God his ashes! He was ono of those genial oig
take shirt from his back to aid a friend He was
bit different from the others-a little more refined
Refinement didn Z count for much down there but
had well brought up and after elght years
the plains. ! had not become primitive tie was q
hundred pounds. His complexion was fair; his hair
and beard light and his brilliant blue eyes had
something hypnotic in them, especially when bis talk
was animated. He fond of the water and told me
he used 10 pull oar at college
good borscman was he, and, when It came TO cour
age ne demonstrated that he had abundance of
il several occasions His pleasan, manner inc un-
ships, MS completely At night around the camp
fire. or on herd. he and ! would talk more or less
his family were pretty well-todo English folk. lie
had been educated at coIlge--he told me where but
I cannot now recall-and had graduated with honors
He fine classical scholar. something OF geolo
gis and could mark the starry trails of the heav'
familiar ranges lie had had with his father he
told and the spur of the moment had eft BONE
father mother. two sisters and nrother-saylng
he would not until his father asked his forgive
He to the United States and finally drfted
10 Mexico
am sure he told the truth, for one night when L
eonfided in him that the name by winch he knew me
was assumed he smiled and said he mad no reason 70
change his lie always carried packet of letters IN
his pocket. They were from his mother and adressed
TO Edward MacGrotty.
II was the resourceful Myers who, after many
talks. suggested that pool what money we pos
go into the country and trade goods
for livestock. We had funds enough between to
purchase some saddle horses and pack mules and get
lot OF fresh goods and other cheap material that
would catch the fancy of the women Of the small
towns and hacicndas. The scheme TO 60 two
three hundred miles inland and then work our way
back trading goods for horses cattle or any
thing of value that could convert INTO money.
Mexico has changed much since that time. The
country We travelled and the people We met were
interesting extremely So We seemed TO have gone
back hundred years or So Where cultivation of the
soil carried on. the natives ploughing with
crooked limbs of tree, sharpened at the end and
pointed and drawn by yoke Of steers. They had
plenty OF silver ornamentaton their saddles brides
and their clothes and vet they had no idea how
Of the white metal il took make American dol
lar But that IL related this particular story.
When all our goods traded had respect
able bunch Of horses and cattle and less silver
in the shape Of ornaments. The livestock sold
struck the railroad town and the silver
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