Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-01-03

And my friend. being good man,
did as / advised that me should do.
For that he died in good peace with
his own conscience. and made me for
once, scnors, very happy that / gave
good advice, free, gratis, for nothing at
ALL"
so you did not profit at all by this
willP"
Not one dollar in money, but very
much in my conscience. Santa Jose
am well content"
Miss Mary" said the alcaicle, kindly,
shave you anything to sayP"
Mary raised her clear, grey ayes, and
looked with yearning tenderness into
her brothers faces. David pretended
to be reading George stopped over and
spoke TO him. With a sigh, she turned
to the dicaide.
ASK my brothers what they value
the homestead at"
Two thousand dollars" promptly
answered David.
Too m"ch--too much" grumbled
all the jury.
Two thousand dollars" reasserted
David. and George added: Bare
value"
II will buy IL at two thousand dol
lars. Will you ask my brothers II they
have any daughters. dicaideg
Gentlemen. you hoarP Have you
any daughters?"
David said surlily that he had no
children at all. and one of tho jurymen
muttered. with queer laugh. that he
was sorry-didn't see how his sin wac
''a-going to find him out"
George said he had two daughters.
"Ask their name, dlcdide."
MARY and Nellie"
The poor sisters eyes filled as she
looked in Georges face and said:
"dtcdtde. l give to my niece Mary
ten thousand dollars, aud to nv niece
Nellie ten thousand dollars, and hope
you and the good men present will al
low the gift to stand. l know my
brother David will neve: want dollar
while there is one in tho country he
lives in. George is extravagant, and
will have always a ten-dollar road for
five-dollar piece; but his boys can
learn his own or their uncle's trade;
there are plenty of ways for them.
would like to put the girls beyond de-
pendence and beyond the necessity of
marrying for n living"
David rose in a fury and said he
would listen no longer to such none
sense.
you forget, Mr.. Forsyth, that you
have put this case into our hands.
think you will have more sense than
make enemies of thirteen Of the best
men in the neighborhood Gentlemen.
would you like to retire aud consider
this matterp"
Not at all. aicalde. / am for Civ
ing Miss Forsyth all her father gave
her."
/ "And l." "And l." And l." cried the
whole twelve almost simultaneously.
! II shall contest this affair before the
San Antonio Court" cried David, pas
sicnately.
You'll think better of it, Mr. FORSYTH.
Do you mean to say you brought
twelve men here to help you rob your
sister. sirp"
II mean to say that that Mexican
Zavala has robbed me. l shall call him
to account"
The doctor laughed good-naturedly.
and answered.
I'VE have each our own weapons, my
friend. ! cannot fight with any other.
Besides, marry me wife next week"
And the doctor leaned pleasantly on
the atcatde'S chair, and. with n joke,
bade friend after friend Goodbye"
Mary Forsyth carried out her inten-
tons. She settled, strictly and care
fully, ten thousand dollars on each OF
her nieces, bought her homestead. aud
then sat down to consider what she
should do with her eight thousand dol
lars.
IF were a Frenchwoman and San
Antonio were Paris" she said; Il
would rent a store and 90 to trading.
/ know how to buy aud sell by instinct;
and II were n born farmer, could
plant corn and cotton. and turn them
into gold; but | am not n farmer--I
never made garden aud got decent
meal out of IL. / calculate twill be
best to get John Doyle for head-nan.
and put my money in CATTLE"
just as she came to this decision;
Doctor Zavala drove hurriedly up to
the door.
MARY! Maryr' he cried. come
quickly! There is an old friend ofyours
in the timber too i'll with the dengue
fever to move"
What do you need. Doctor"
'NeedP l need you and couple of
men TO carry him here. Do you know
that it is VIII Morrisonp"
"Oh, Doctor! Doctorl"
Fact. Heard of your fathers death
In Arizona, and came straight home to
look after you. Poor fellow! he's pref
y bad"
Well, Mary did not need to hire JOIN
Doyle as head man; tor Will. who hai
loved her faithfully for fifteen lon
years, was the finest stoGk-man in tn
Stale. and within ihrne mnnIha th