The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-01

u. :. LEAR-And now the last yet
not the least interested in what our
present action shall decide; Utah
Cordelsa. what can you say 10 gain
control of those affairs which do
concern You most2
UTAH CoEDELIA-Unhapp that | am.
l cannot heage my heart into M
mouth; love your majesty &C
cording TO my bond; nor more nor
less.
U. 5 LEAR How, how Cordelia
mend ysur speech a little.
L 81 II may mar your fortunes.
UTAH CORDELlA-GoOd my lord, in
some respects you've been very kind to
me. When You leu ttbened the cords
Of your vast empire that they did sur
round TINS rock ribbsd land. you found
me and my friends located on these
mountain streams. You smiled with
derisi,n. and yet permitted us to re-
main and cultivate these desert wastes.
Hunger knAwed al our vitals; our
ckhlren grew weak; the monster
anime thr atsned US with lingering
lesih; In all these trials you lent no
friendly hand TO aid me; whether 1t was
YOUR >, cret wish that should perish in
these deserts, l cannot say; but you
helped me not nor did you me destroy
that Was kind; you even .et me manage
my own affairs for briet moment
tost Was kinder still; and under that
kindness prospered. Ihe wilderness
and the solitary places by a kind
providence were made glad for me, the
desert TsjOiced and blossomed as the
rose. In these happy days you
curtsiled me in the govern
ment of my most serious home
affairs, which concerned only me, and
placed he wholesome power which OF
right was mine in the hands of those
who hAted me, where since it has re-
manned. And they 10 whom you en-
trusted that power have abused both it
and me. BY foul SANDER have they so
undone my reputation with you that
you have turned a deaf ear to all my
scOrned my story of op
preston. lett ng their falsehoods out
weign my truths to that extent, that
even ss L speak. the frown of anger |
purses your broWs, and you stamp
yOnr foot with hot impotence. Yet
U. 8. LEAR. No morei I'll hear No
more
UTAH oRDELIA-Nay, but will speak
though to do SO rouse your worst |
displeasure.
1 have but spoke the truth, and yet
with all this love you, and l honor
you. But can't forget there is One
above even You; powerful as you are,
here is One more powerful still. He
gave me life; He created the
,arth on which we live; He guides
IN it's sphere; He gives
Is the sunshine and the rain;
md clothes the earth with all that's
leedful for man. But more, and above
il this. He gave the life of His best,
lear Son, to give us life eternal. And
hink you NOT l owe him FIRST allegi-
nee, whose blessings to me so far out
hine what you have done for NE, as
he sun Outshines yon dim and flicker
ng taper7 Why are my fellows here
If they pledge their first al
egiance to man7 Happily when
u. S. LEAR-But goes thy heart with
hisP
UTAH CoRDELIA-Ay, good. my lord.
U. s. LEAR-So young, yet so dis
Oyall
UTAH COROELIA-So yoang, my lord,
md true.
U. S. LEAR-Let it be so; thy truth
lere be thy portion.
For by the sacred radiance of the sun
Iere l disclaim all my parental care.
nd as a stranger to my heart and me,
lOld thee from this, forever
HERALD, As KEST-Good, my lord.
u. 5. LEAR-Peace, Kenti come not
tween the dragon and his wrath.
Here Dickson Goneril and lift Regain,
axe you the rule of this grand Terri
DRY. do in5est you jointly with my
over.
HERALD KEsT-Royal Lear, whom
sve ever honored, loved rs my father.
S my master followed, as my great
stron thought on in
U. S. LEAR-The bow is bent aud {
raHn; make from the shaft.
EERALD KEsT-Let it fall rather,
housh IFS fork invade the region OF my l
cart. Be Kent unmAnnerly when '
car is mad. What wilt thou do, old
ianf Think'st thou that duty shall
ave dread to speak when power to fiat
ny bossi To plainness honor's bound,
hen majesty stoops TO Jolly. Reverse {
~ doom; and, in thy best considera- Il
on, check this hideous rAshness. Utah 4
)es not love the least because abe Il
1nors her God Tnor are those empty v
ssrted whose low sound reverbs no 9
1lloEness. h
u. 8. LEAR-hoE. by the Goddess of q