The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-26

AboeGtItg Dy D6T De0S1Qe 1COS q DON or
about ten IeGrS
UecUlOn would De given. Sat1Sned by the
unspoken pledge in his eyes as he looked
at her. for she knew what he was, she
spoke of the comfort he had been to her
since his fathers death; of that father
who had been taken away SO suddenly,
and of her own joy at the prospect of
seeing her husband once more. Her sor-
row, too, at leaving her children dwelt
IN her mind at times, and then he tried
to soothe her by telling her he would be
brave and true. And so with a prayer
for them on her lips she became silent,
and the boy knew when he once more
looked at her that the ears that had never
been deaf to him were deaf now.
The two chi1dren-Willie, aged ten,
and May, aged not quite half year
were not left penniless Their father,
DR.. William Jackson, had accumulated
a little money, and their mother had
owned property when she married.
Their only living relation, brother os
Mrs. Jackson, lived in New York, and
he at once asked them to come and live
with him. For five years Willie went tn
the New York schools and May grew
up into as charming little girl as one
could find. Then Mr.. Truesdale died,
leaving his money to his nephew and
niece, and Willie made up his mind they
would move back to Lynn. Here they
lived in the house of their guardian,
Judge Black, and Willie in due time
went to Harvard, and, winning his de-
gree in arts, passed into the law school.
He was singularly old for his age.
Even as boy he was grave, self con-
tanned and generally silent, and he cared
little for the amusements which filed
the time of his fellows. He was exceed
ingly fond Of reading, and fairly de-
voured all the books he could find.
Studying hard, he stood well up in his
classes at all times, but it was not until
he got into the law school that he really
showed the stuff in him. To the mind
! of Mr.. Jackson-it was curious how soon
the use of his first name was dropped by
his friends-the law assimilated as its
natural food. The dryest of dry treatises
possessed an interest for him that moth
ing else had. He used to astonish his
guardian by reading the code for pleas
ure. For Judge Black was one of those
easy going men who drift forward in
life's race rather than push, doing their
work respectfully and living in
thoroughly respectable way.
However, the judge knew a man when
he saw one, and he was only too glad to
offer his ward partnership as soon as
he had passed the bar It was not long
before the new firm Of Black & Jackson
began to attract attention in the courts.
The senior partner was without particle
of jealousy, and was only too glad to
! give the credit for the manner in which
their cases were presented to his earnest,
laborious and painstaking junior. After
"a year or two men said, with shake
of the head, Lynn could not keep the
''young judge as they called him; that
IN the natural course of events he would
/ go to Boston and seek a wider field for
his abilities.
All this while May Jackson was grow
ing up into the most winsome little
creature imaginable. She was utterly
unlike her brother. She was capricious,
exceedingly pretty, as full of coquetry
as she could live; whimsical, but Just as
charming as a sweet, bright, lovable
American girl should be, and she loved
her grave, stern brother as she loved no
human being. From time beyond
which she could remember nothing he
had been father and mother and brother
all IN one. He was never too busy to
listen to her wants and wishes, never
unwilling to do things for her. He COM
forted her in her troubles, rejoiced when
she was glad. To him she brought all
things that interested her, sure of inter
est and help from him. And this feel
ing for her was an odd compound of pa
ternal and fraternal love. He had never
for one moment forgotten his pledge to
his dying mother, nor had it in truth
been difficult to keep, for his love for his
sister was a part of VIII Jackson's very
being. She amused him intensely as she
grew up. Her capriciousness was a
source of wonder, and she had the charm
Tor MN or a constant series OF surprises.
The two attracted every one that met
them, and the love they felt for each
other was a very beautiful thing.
In 1858 Will Jackson was 81, and Nav
was young lady just going into society.
The brother had been partner in the
firm for six years, and had built up for
himself business which paid him a
handsome income. It was at this time
that Miss Carrie Farnham, connection
OF Judge Beach, came 50 Lynn, and
Will Jackson met his fate. He fell in
love with her as strong men fall in love;
he fairly worshiped the ground she
walked on. She, too, had not known
him very long before she thought she
had never seen such a man before.
When she went home to Springfield she
left the memory of look from her dark
blue eyes for VIII Jackson to ponder
over, and when, in the following August,
he followed her to her home, and as they
walked along lane one evening asked
her question the answer was eyes"
To his dying day VIII jackson never
forgot that lane and the smell of the
twilight time. Friends and relatives ap-
proved, and the day was set for the wed
ding. 1t is probable that May would
have alternated between jealousy and
gladness were it not that her pretty little
head was filed with thoughts of her own
just then. The time came for the wed.
ding, and Carrie Farnham went to Bos-
ton to do some shopping. must hurry
over this part of the story. There were
) big headlines in the paper one morning
over the story of the railroad wreck, and