The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-20

| Dut was very nrm on one point. He wrote
a check for an amount that almost made
the carriers heart stop beating, but that
he would not have touched with the con-
ditions attached had his refusal meant
death. The manufacturer tore up this
check and wrote another double the amount
of the first The carriers face was as
white as ashes when he rose from his chair
and stood before the millionaire.
| II love your daughter, sir, and she has
promised to be mine. Millions do not equal
| in my mind the value of that promise -
| The millionaire manufacturer smiled
pleasantly, begged the carrier to resume
MS seat and left the room. Presently he
| came back and N manner that was almost
fatherly asked the carrier all about his
business and his ambitions. He gave the
young man much good advice, told him he
was much too young to think of marrying
and assured him of his kindliest interest in
his future. AT this point there was
knock at the door and the manufacturer
rising, dismissed the carrier with an en-
couraging tap on the shoulder.
When the carrier had walked one block
from the manufacturers Office, he was
joined by John Allen, former companion
who had fallen into bad ways and spent
some months in the county jail. Together
they walked another block when two de-
tectives in plain clothes appeared and ar
rested both on a warrant charging them
with burglary. 1t was useless for the
carrier to protest his innocence. He was
taken to jail, where the very next day he
learned that Allen had turned states evil
dence and been released and that he, Frank
Donohue, had been indicted for larceny.
In some way the girl learned of his pre-
dicament. Secretly she disposed of some
small articles of iewelry that would not be
likely to be missed, and with S25 in her
pocket, visited the Office of a young law
ger named Grice, whose social services
were great deal more onerous than his
clients were numerous, and engaged him to
defend her lover
Lawyer Grice had an interview with
Donohu in which the unfortunate youth
opened his heart to it's very bottom, and
then left him to himself for nearly week.
He then called at his clients cell again and
with very long face declared that the car
rier's only hope was to plead guilty.
"But am not guilty. said the prisoner
81 would rather die than plead guilty when
am innocent" Day after day the lawyer
called and each day his face was longer
than on the day before.
eff you don't plead guilty." he said,
nothing can save you from the peniten-
tiary. The evidence given by your companion
is too conclusive. If you plead guilty hope
to save you by appealing to the mercy of
the court. l know of no other way it can
be done"
In his despair the carrier finally yielded.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
serve two years in the peniten-
tiary.
First the ex-book agent called on the
lawyer in the case. In a little more than
a year he had become prosperous and
man of prominence.
'Why did you do this dastardly thingl"
demanded the editor. The lawyer was not
in the least disturbed.
~ guess" he replied, ''you would have
done it yourself if the influence had been
brought to bear on you that was brought
to bear on me-"
Then the editor played his largest trump.
He called at the Office of the millionaire
manufacturer and requested a private
interview. 1t was granted.
MY business said the editor, taking a
roll of manuscript from his pocket, sis to
gather and sell news. 1t is gathered in
various ways and is usually sold in the
columns of my newspaper. 1 have here
piece of news which it is my intention to
publish to morrow morning, unless l can
dispose of it more proftably in some other
way. With your permission l will read it
to you.n
The millionaire nodded and the editor
read the story from beginning to end,
placing especial emphasis on those portions
of it which were sufficient proof of the
truth of the whole. When he had finished,
the manufacturer said: land you declare
it to be your intention to publish that ar
ticle in your paper tomorrow morning?''
81 shall certainly do So" answered the
editor, ''unless before o'clock this after
noon l can dispose of it to greater advan-
tage."
"What do you considerits value in dollars
and cents when published in your paper gu
tIAt least ten thousand dollars -
Il will give you $1,000" said the manu-
facturer.
81 will accept 81, 0OO," replied the editor
The story was not published Two days
later the editor cancelled his note for 800,
600. The petitions Of the young carrier
were mysteriously suppressed, and when
he leaves state prison it will be at the ex-
piration of the term to which he was SEN
fenced.