Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-30

sssed npos il q 8 ysan Of -, end
tWo1vo yooso ln1oe ha1 ooooludod 70 oook
hi 1oete1e. he y0oth tsa0pod - tho
bone q DE Soooa6, vbo thou ooDupiod
. jee3aia1 baneA u the town g Zed-
osueke4 With fair ohov Of mookneos
and o0otfitioo the s0n listeoed 70 she
anticipated oeusufo, and then ooolly
proposed that his father should ssstIs
On oim . small fortune, With which ho
denired 70 speculate in Americas oitios.
The result Of this iuterviov WAs that .
few days later Heinrich Hilgard left the
patesusl roof With so1ao,ent funds to
carry him aoroD the 0oeAn to . settle
ment IN . re0Ote corner OF lllinOia,
where an uncle had preceded MIN year
before and Wno engaged in tagminQ.
Hsinrioh, il - mid, hsd left bshind q
bAatiful 1csuoh maiden, whose 90
Qaintance he had made while attend nQ
college in Lorraine, and his step in en-
teeing up00 the world had been induced
BY IN ambition ~ become worthy of hes
hand.
Oo Nov. 8, 1859, the intrepid youuQ
man landed q Castle Garden. The
gEandsus It the Desr0poiis dazea him
In1eeo4 - ADinq ee00oe = 06a0io ho
QqDo0Q9 t00D ~ oDFfuDo hGDA q yoaS
= 0jdDaQ1os an0 ln-lnak, hevsVes,
eeeved . alter his mind consideeabiy.
With . sinking bsaEs he s0uQht his rela-
tives IN the township Of Belleville, st.
Clair county, H., and thses remainsd a.
. farm assistant for several years. Dur
ing the long winter . s.eoinos Henry, -
he nov became known. amused himeeIf
by oorrespondinQ for German papsrs ~
III old h.sno. n last b. aeoured a kttle
money for his artiolee il 0erman "a
per in 81. LOuia. This va the turnine
poiut In the career Of the smbitiocs
youth. He coon increased hie knovl-
edQe Of the EnQIiah lanouaee by dilieent
otndv. nd ron aftef eessled I'M 81.
Loaia. where he Obtained EMPLOYMENT,
rhen he intereetsd himeelf In the pro-
efeoo a the rapidIy ineroaaiuQ Wegtern
cities and vrote alovina accounts IN
~ New York Tri6sne and Herald. In
1858 he vas engaged 90 report the polit-
ionl camnaiQn between Linooln and
Doovlaa Tor the Nev York preaa. He
eaui1iv roe in iournalie1jo oiruleo. and
TIN fw Ghe first tioe the nsne Of Hen
n Vilhrd. . nam de ulume, become
fnovn 70 the uoople Of this citv. Under
m n.me 4. von manv lanreia. When
var ~ deolared betveen the North
And SoaAh in 1881 h vnas anonoed bv
the Nev York Herald "a = ~ eoere-
enondent.
-- .,. u.o- cu.,,,.rc~
he vas % Admiral Dapont's Aae ship,
end wae the ooly ooErospondeus ID the
sneaRement. His success in reporting
the batt)o earned for him three weeks
lsave of a6ssnos. ana on coming North
b. found himself hero. He made the
asqnajutanoe Of william Lloyd 0arri-
oeu, and Was taken to that Rentlewan'o
home In Boston and introduced % the
0arStDuo hoosohold - . hero and otro0g
anti-slayery advocate. Here the young
man ~ Ai0 Fanny Garrison, beau
ttfol young lady, Who Wae about oom-
plsting her education in . Roston semi
nsEy. She Was considered one Of the
be1lso q Dooton s0eiety. Was patSisti0,
bright and, though quite young, thor
ooghly UNDERWOOD the causes which led
% the breach between the North and
south. Mr.. Willard passed many hours
in oonversAtion With this enthusiastic
0oid<n be6DRo b again started for the
front. Her vivacious manner and win
ming ways had driven FROM his mem0ry
the early resolutions made before be
e0oght his fortune On this side Of the
Atlantic, and the modest 0esteo for
littlev0te In sunny Francs with the
daskeyed GIRL vbe had M tn4pised