Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-29


rocks on the opposite sido Of tho gorge
could have told, or tho crows rs ihey
winged their dusky flight past tho lone.
~ homestead. No man but those two
was near TO hear what passed between
debtor and creditor that summers day
20 long passed by.
Inquiries cnsuod m . matter Of coure
Search parties woro Organized lnspec'
ton Of the DOCTORS premises brought 20
light that his gig was stained with blood,
his horo bearing the appearance Of hav-
ing been hardly driven the night before,
but DIR. Iion accounted for these sus
picions facts with complete coolncss. a
long drive. an nmpuiaiion after severe
accident Further inquiry ELECTED that
there had been an accident at q distance.
that the doctor had been there, that be
had performed just the operation that he
claimed to have performed.
No evidence. 80 Silas Beavers dis
appearance romans to this day a mys-
tcry.
Il may be that the iron tracks Of the
great railway rested on their slcupcrs
above the murdered mans hidden 10
mains. for what NO easy as 20 hide the
likely victim Of passion under the great
banks OF appraised toill II may he that
amid some tanglo Of wood and vine.
rock and fern. the missing man was laid
away. hidden forever from earthly eyes.
Time went on. suspicion slopt, watch.
fulncaa abated, but never again did the
feet Of Silas Beaver cross the threshold
Of biz own door.
Then ono night there was a lurid glare
lighting the tree tops Of tho gorge. A
farmhouse. barns and all their contents
were ono great pitiful bonfire. Oh. for
tho toll Of weeks, Of months, tho slow
gathering Of harvest, tho pinching and
saving 10 obtain stoclil Only black.
cnod ruin. hopeless prospect
The victim had been ut onmi'y with
DR.. Hon. It was he who had been fore
most In tho search for tho missing man
Beaver. The doctor had been heard to
threaten him repeatedly. SO Dr.. ilon
was arrested and lodged in jail. but be-.
fore the day Of trial came he escaped,
aud tho neighborhood knew him no
more,
Silent and deserted stood the house on
the edge Of tho gorge, until one night,
when tho storm ragged aud tho lightning
flashed and gllstenod In tho leadon skies,
tho fame shot up FROM H. lonely timhors
and Wed with the flashes Of It's kinder.
the electric bolt. When morning camo
the run roso over heapof charrod ruins.
aud forest birds pipcd % requiem over tho
scorchcd trees and flowers
He who lived in the homestead on tho
verge Of the gorge had been stormy aud
passionate. ~ ending TO his dwelling to
perish BY the fury and tho passion OF the
storm.
over the gorge now. By tho hand Of
the axman nhora Of ia pristine beauty.
ON It's tracks Of steel. supported by their
mighty irestles, hour by hour pass the
trains with flackrncd speed and painting
breath Of steam In curb.
Down below, deprived Of the grateful
shade Of Its ycrdant friends. tho forest
trees. the little brook ripples and guiGlcs
brlvcly IN tho garsh sunlight. Alasl
no wary trout sport Ia ia once cool. dari,
depths. No timid dccr bend their grace
fnl heads to drink Of iis waters, but few
birds quonch their thirst In It's now luke
warm shallow ripplcA Tho beautiful
gorge, tho cool. dcep brook are things OF
tho past. Like tho homestead which
once overlooked them aud IL passionate
tempered dwellcr, like tho great eagle
which built Us nest on the crngs near by,
like tho deer and the myriad forest
birds, Il remains but memory, q rom
inisccnce OF long ago. told In an hour Of
'futrospcction By the "oldest iuhabilant.'
Docs any one ask what beiel tho poor
young wife Of DR.. HON This Is what ia,
"oldcst inhabimnt" told to satisfy tho
visitors curiosity on that point II wa,
supposed by many people that 1t Wa
Mrs. Huif who aided the doctor In hii
escape frof jail however that may be-
fho disappo rcd ut tho same time he did
The lonely littlo grave In the corner o
the clearing no longer had mourncr
never again did pofbs Of fen and ilowcl
deck It's tiny appraised mound. Then Their,
came n day WHEN sorrow ind indignation
mingled In tho hearts Of those who had
known aud loved tho gentle English ladl
who had led such a sad life In tho home
stead by the gorge. A certain DR.. Hoif
who had lived Cor some years In Canada
hut who had lately returned TO England
was on trial for his life for the murde
Of his wife, near London, 30 tho paper
recorded. Later on was sent the new
fur across the water that DR.. Hoh ha,
expiaied his abominable crime on tn
fcaifold.-Fidelo IL. Holland In Toronu
Globe.
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