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

use OF Tue homestead Tor moderate
rep. We are not willing to give. up
all claim to it. Why. there are two
hundred acres OF the finest cotton land
In the world that go with it. If she
had the entire right to the homestead,
she ought to give up tho money!
"Mr. George Forsyth, what have you
to say?"
My brother David has spoken for
me-"
Then there was pause. The pro.
curddor stepped TO tho sdeboard and
filed his glass; several Of the Jury fol-
lowed him. aud the others chewed
away with silent thoughtful intentness.
Doctor Lorenzo Zavala, will you
speak for the defendant"
The doctor turned his chair so as to
face both the brothers and the jury, but
did not rise.
Men" he said. II have known the
late Dsvid Forsyth for twenty years.
/ have been his physician and been his
friend. ! saw his wife die. and watched
his children grow to what they are.
When the good mother left them, Mary
was twelve years old, David ten, and
George eight. For her father and
brothers. Mary sacrificed all that makes
the youth to other women"
"Will you be palmer. DoctorP"
If you desire. 1t is known TO me
how they were then poor, her father n
trader in silks and lace and ladies' fine
goods, between San Antonio and the
outlying settlements. But he was a
good man, industrious and ambitious.
For his two sons, he had great hopes,
and saved and saved and saved by day
and by night. The little girl at home
helped him bravely, hiring out their one
servant, and doing cheerfully the work
with her own hands. She plated the
straw, and made hats. also, which sold
for much; and she worked up the rem
nants of lace and ribbons into one
thousand pretty tribes for the fair
women in San Antonio"
"Aicdide. these details are irrelevant
and impertinent," said David, angrily.
Every man tells his story in his
own way. Are you willing TO listen.
menp"
There was n universal articulation
which evidently meant yes for the
doctor smiled graciously, and went on.
For her two brothers, the little
Mary worked and always worked with
q glad heart. They had been sent to
the Northern States to school, aud
David was educated for lawyer, aud
George for an architect and builder.
For eight years, this father and sister
worked together solely for these be-
loved boys. sparng all comforts to them
selves. So they paid all their expenses
literally, and saved besides about ten
thousand dollars.
But when the young men came
back, there was great sorrow and dis
appointment. They had been educated
beyond the simple trader, the self-deny-
ing sister, aud the Lighthouse on the
Wachita prairie. So much sorrow and
disappointment that the sister Mt last
begged for them that they should go
to the capital, and divide the ten thous-
sand dollars between them"
How do you know such thingP 1t
Is lie! said George.
III have the fathers letter which says
so. Will the dlcaide and the jury read
The dlcdlde read the document, and
nodded to the jury.
you have forgotten, Mr.. George"
he said; lit is easy to forget such
money. The doctor is right"
After this. the father heard little
from his sons. They married, and for
got the self-denial. the hard labor and
the love of so many, many years. The
old man worked on, with failing health;
hpt ha huI ,a 4.
and cared little for money, came on
every venture. He did not try to make
it, but it came and came. He made on
silk and cotton and land; whatever he
touched was fortunate.
But as money came, health went;
he was sick and suffering, and could
not bear his daughter away from him.
He was jealous OF her love, also. and
he suffered her not lover. This is
one thing allow not myself to speak
about. / tell you. dicdide this woman
showed through MANY years one great.
sublime sacrifice. Upon my honor,
senorSw and the little gentleman laid
his hands upon his heart, and bowed to
Mary as If she had been queen.
Not for myself; that is one infamy.
one scandal too great to be believed.
As my sister, as my wife. | honor Miss
Mary Forsyth. As my wifeP Impossi-
BILE! Does not all San Antonio know
that adore alone the Incompatible
Dolores HenriquezP
Zone day, as sat reading by my
friends bed, he said to me:
"Doctor, that is n pitiful story, and,
too true. We think it a grievous
wrong NOT to give our sons u trade or
a profession. but we never think what
is to become of the poor girls.
II said: oh, we expect them to
marry
but they don't, doctor he said;
they don't doctor; and the most that
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