Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-20

hurts 10 man. He IL errntic, known
as "Oid Bari" but, In spite OF his the.
DRY, he WIS never known 10 ha drunk.
"Oid Barl' sees queer phases ~ LIE
and they interest him. He claims
that "Densest New York' l. too ripe
with true stories 10 justify any Ia.
vention Of Improbable ones Tor the
press.
90 you want 10 take a walk with
me-" he asked yesterday morning ms
met him ON Otand street.
Hu led me, without another word,
into one " those Grand street retail
dry goods stores u "barga.n counter"
reputation, n art Of human swarming
place. We walked through RIBBON
counter. lie spokea pleasant word 10
u young lady clerk aud walked on.
Outside he spoke 10 me.
"You noticed that little glrl9 Try 10
remember how -hu looks ant all about
her" Then We went towards one Of
those odotous market plscrs--i b..
licve II was on Hester street, near
Ludlow.
"You see that boy yonder--the
stationary peddler2"
| finally plckei him out OF the
scrambled humanity.
"Go over 10 him. Speak with him,
and buy some paper on which 10 writo
the story am going 10 tell you"
obeyed. The boy-he my have
been twenty or thirty from his odd
features--did not say word IN reply
10 my questions about his goods and
prices, tut referred me 10 his price
labels. purchased some note paper,
aud rocfosscd the street 10 my friend
Barlow.
"ro begin WITH" he unused, as VIZ
resumed our walk, "this story i not
true In one particular. will not give
you the real names OF either OF these
people. You will sOon know my reason
Tor this.
"rhst psddler boy and that ribbon
clerk nro mnu aud wife and they live
In one OF my Oats. We may know
them n Frank aud Myra Doyle. They
arc quiet couple, pay their rent and
are perfectly happy-so far A. know.
"fhreo years ago Frank Doyle was n
young civil engineer. Myra was then,
ne now, clerk, but In QUO Of the
fashionable broadway stores. Shes
pretty girl, always was and always will
lie. She had two lovers, N not morc,and
Ffauk was one OF them. hut the
other fellow seemed 10 obtain most Of
her favor. Myrs boarded on last
Eleventh street 1T that tune. She had
no enemies, was very popular, aud the
boarding house became very nearly n
home 10 her. 5ho had come from out
In Ohio somewhere. think, indeed,
that she had been for one term at a
sort Of colleg. out there at Obcfiin.
"Well, an accident happened to
Frank one day. His love Of mechanics
had led him 10 spend much Of his time
around machinery. In nosing around
u foundry one day something hit him
on the head. lie has never spoken a
word since aud he Is mentally weak.
ke knows nothing nj all now u his
iOsnler trade - W feet his mind IL
almost entirely n blank. He, how.
ever, remembercd Myra and seemed
10 know that he ought ~ Withdraw
his Guit for her hand.
"She was glad he was 70 sensible and
she rather congratulated herself tina.
che had not married Frank when he
had lately urged her 10 do 20, for Il
was natural she should eel Rvtrse 10
linking her life 10 that OF a mentally
queer follow.
"rhe other chap was In clover. His
suit was IN high favor aud the wedding
day was fixed upon. What matter "
the poor dumb imbccile was miserable
IL fyrs aud her lover were happy?
zone day an odd sort OF visitor asked
Tor Myra. She was OF negro blood-no
MISLEADING that.
"Myrn came into the boarding.houso
sitting room, aud, from her natural In.
stlnot, rushed into the arms Of the no.
gT.sa. II was her half sister. Sho be.
trayed the fact % tho onlooksrs at
once. No one would believe II At inst,
but, In despair, shc herself affirmed Il.
she was ~ white as you or l, but she
was black In bldod. In birth.
"She was turned out Of the boarding.
house, OF counsel Hut she found anoth.
or. Then she lost her lob, for whiAp.
girl had been associating with anu
iiklng-a negroes.
slut, Of course ahe was soon TO ho
married. To whai VI tho loss Of a posi-.
tion she was soon 10 yacato Of her own
accord
"But her soon-to.be husband prompt
ly Withdrew his engagement VOWS
when the news reached him, and then
Myra began " taste the awful sin Of n
mistnke In her birth, for unless her
lover fulfilled his vows she would soon
become mhiden'mother.
"rhc outcome? Frank Doyle married
her, In full knowledge OF all the facts.
He was mentally helpless, 40 far as
earning an income was concerned, but
he has been bravely trying ever since.
You have seen nj what vocational
peddl-r.
"Myra IL supposed by her new clerk
associates 10 b- white and single.
III said before that they are n happy
psir-and II goes 10 show on what
strange foundations married happiness
IL sometimes built.
"Gou see now why don't want to
tell Myra'r real name. Shc I. making
Frank happy fellow. The black
hslf.sister took the urwelcome child
back 10 Oborlin with her"
Mr.. Barlow had walked rapidly. His
story was thus told In Jerks, and II
seems 10 nfe that l have done right ia
repeating II In that style, for we have
80 many smoothly aud deliberately told
stories nowadays.
"Won't you come In and smoke one
Of my now cigars" he asked, turning
Into his Hat building.
I thanked him aud walked back 10
the big store. Myra was busy, bat full
Of fun and gossip. To watch her at
work no one would surmlse that there
was story In her life Of 80 odd kind