The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-02
A HORRIBLE MYSTERY.
The Terrible Revenge OF an Irat
Parent.
kiss me again.

kiss me again.
Tender and true were the
ewes that looked so trustfully into those
of Richard Irwin as these words were
spoken, and as he gazed long and loving
" into their liquid depths there came 20
him with terrible force the realization OF
how much this girl had suffered, how
much she had given up, and how much
she was yet to undergo for his sake
They had been married but two days,
these two, and their story was the old,
old one that most priceless treasure
! the pure and pasSionless love of true
| and noble woman-being bestowed upon
one whose social status was beneath that
/ of her, whom the mysterious and potent
| inf1u of an unchanglng affection
! had drawn to his side. Gladys Hatha-
way was girl fair of feature and beau
! tiful of form, and since the day when
her mother = dying almost at the
moment of her greatest joy-had placed
in her husbands arms the tiny walf OF
humanity whose entrance into the world
had been the cause of so much sorrow
and told him to guard and cherish 1T for
her sake, she had been alike the Joy and
idol of her father. All that parental
love could suggest and wealth procure
had been lavished upon her, and when,
like some fair flower of the Orient, she
had grown almost unconsciously from
tall. sly girl into a woman whose statu-
esque beauty was not more attractive
than the queenly poise OH regal head
and the soft, winning tones of her voice,
there had come to Brierton Villa sultors
by the score. But none had won her
heart. Kind alike to ALL she gave each
one plainly to understand that friend
ship was not love, esteem not affection.
And so the years went on with silent
, tread until one evening at fete champe-
tire given at her fathers house, Gladys
! had met Roscoe Nutwood. She was a
girl of strong perceptive faculties, being
frequently able to find pie in the pantry
when the hired girl had said there was
none there, and an instant after she had
been introduced to Roscoe she knew
that her future life was linked with his
and that some day she would be his wife
And the oracle of her soul had spoken
truly. Loving him with passionate
alteration that knew no bounds, and ap-
6 preciating in all its horrible intensity
: the fact that her father, strong in the
pride of ancestry, would never consent
10 Lnelr UNION, Suc udu DOIuly ledpSO
the barriers of social prejudice and fec
from home andfriendS and kindred with
: a man without whose loving words and
clinging kisses her life held naught but
q desolation and sorrow.
"Here is the paper, sweetheart" said
Roscoe.
S She glanced down the columns care
T., fully, when suddenly her eye fell upon
# something of absorbing interest. ItwaS
e an article concerning her elopement-
d the sensation of the day. On and or
/ she read, until suddenly the peachy
J, cheeks grew white with CHASTITY pallor
Y the luminous eyes were dim with the
mists of sorrow, and the lines of hel
[. beautiful cameo face were tense witt
S agony.
\ my darling!" exclaimed Roscoe
!. taking her in his arms, what has hap
r pened?"
o. Papa has been interviewed" she
5 gasped between the convulsive sobs tina
almost choked her utterance, land h
= has taken an awful revenge"
= What has he done?" asked her hus
!, band.
= = He has" exclaimed the girl, "givel
= my exact ager'