Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-03
Stranger A Story Illustrating How Persons Will Hang on to
 Theory
 By William l. Chew Copyright by American Press Asso-
 ciation. 1911.
By William L Chew
Copyright by American Press Asso-
 clation. 1911.

coNSry or EOlG- NeNcOHtefS were ar irving from the east and from the west Among those from the west was q man who seemed to have stamped on his countenance 'I have expert enced a grief" He had no sooner en- tered the town than he walked through the street-there was only one street. looking at every one he met as though he were searching for some ore. He kept this up unal he seemed to be sat lstied that he had seen every one in the town. then discontinued 1t.
 He was a very uncommunicative man and made no friends. His name was not forthcoming. so he soon ac- quired the soubriquet of Stranger He entered claim and went to work with Dick and shovel like the rest of the men in the town. When the daily coach arrived from the east he was al ways on hand He scrutinized every person who alighted, and when the coach had been emptied walked away.
 "Who is he and who's he lookin' fOrF' asked one of knot of men one evening as Stranger walked away from the coach with his usual look of disap- pointnent.
 Want t know who he is and who he's loOkin' for, do y'T' said Bill Stubbs Well. I'll tell y. He's one O them fellers who's life has been wrecked by a woman and another man. He's been married and another feller has taken his wife from him. It's my opinion that Strangers expectin' the feller that robbed him of his wife, and when he comes yeu'n see 9 shootin' match"
 T don't think much of that expla. nation" put in Andy Jones. q reckon Strangers been doin' somep'n 10 gi; , himself wanted somewheres. When he fust come we're I tuk notice be satis. lied himself fiore he settled down that there wasn't no one yere as knowed him; then he entered bis claim an went to work. He ain't tellin' nOthin about himself. He ain't a-goin' to fur nish nobody who's huntin' him with information about where he is" These are but a few of the reasons ! conjUred up for Strangers presence fr ! the town and his singular actions. Th, only person who was not interested in them was Stranger himself, but ht was the only person who didn't hear any of them. He pursued the even tenor O. his way. digging iE his holC in the ground and going every evening to the coach 10 inspect the incoming | passengers.
 !, One day Stranger was missing iron his hole. His absence at once set ev, cry tongue wageing with accelerated yigor. Every one wondered where he had gone and if he would ever come ! back
 Where has he goner' exclaimed Bill | Stubbs. "Why. he's got wind of tn, l feIler he's loollin' for. As to his com in back, that depends which man git, the drop on tother one. If Stranger i gifts it-and l hope he will-he'H com, | back. Reckon. and he'll feel betel satisfied with himself Like enough he may take another holt on matrimo ny"
 "Oh. rats. Bill Stubbs!" exclaimed | Andy Jones. When you git a notioT into your head you make everything fit it Stranger has got wind of ar | enemy. shore enough. but not the enc | my you mean. He's heered that a sher | fir has got wind of him. and Stranger, ! jist lit out to give him the slip. That. the most reasonable view to take of it. 1 Seems to me" suggested Enocf 1 Nudge, "that both you fellers is ittin | Strangers gOin' away to your explana
 tions. I've allus tux notice that wheT man gifts an idee into his head hC
 makes all his other idees run tha'
 way. Did you ever hear of a out and | out Demmycrat turnin' into Repub lican or opposite way?'
 The remark did not change the view
 of Bill Stubbs or Andy Jones, wht
 both declared that they were ready {, l listen to any other reasonable thcory 1 concerning Strangers abuse than the.l
 own. but when Nudge advanced on,
 they both attacked it vigorously. H'
 slunli away. leaving the two men aT 1 guinr with each other.
 Then came information that adde,
 volume 10 the fame of conjecture I Stranger returned looking happy.
 'What did I tell you:' said Stubbs
 "He's met his man and got the drol
 on him"
 Hes lodged the sheriff. And. Jones claimed.
 At this point a small boy spoke m.
 ''I seen Stranger go into his cabii
 when he came back. The fust thin
 he done was to take a piece O pape
 from between two logs and tear i
 into little bits"
 How you goin' 10 account for that
 Bln StubbsY' asked Andy Jones. How you goin' to account for ity'
 Since both needed time to make th
 incident accord with their pet theorie
 no explanation was brought forth
 But the mystery of the bit of pape
 put a quietus upon most of the theo
 ries held by Strangers fellow citizen and was the only event that had oC
 cured during his residence anon them that tended to check the forma ton of new ones.
 One day after the distribution of th mall the postmaster gave out that