The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-13
REGINALD'S WIFE.
waiter Bes.nt in the strand Magazine. ]

"Iou dear old boy,p said the girl, ~ am
sure wish it could be-with all my laart
Iii have any heart"
Il don't believe you have" replied the
boy, glOomily.
We'll. but Reg, consider; you've got no
money"
1--WE got e, 900. If a man can't make
bis way upon that he must be poor
stickn
"YOu would go abroad with IL and dig,
and take your wife with you-to wash and
cook.n
''We would do something with the money
here. You should stay in London. Rosie. .
yes. In suburban villa. at Shop
herds Bush, perhaps. No, Reg, when
marry, If l ever dol am in no hurry
wiz step out OF this room into one exactly
like It'll The room was q splendid drawing
room Ia Palace Gardens. splendidly fur
nished. ~ shall have my footman and my
csrriaRe and l shall
Rosie give me the right TO earn all
these things for your the young man
cried, impeGuously.
You can only earn them for me by the
time you have one foot in the grave.
HADN'T | better IN the meantime marry
sonle old gentleman with his one foot N
the grave, so as 10 be ready for you against
the time when you come home. la two or
three years the other foot care say would
slide into the grave SIS we'll"
You laugh at my trouble. You feel
nothing"
III tie pater would part-but he won't
he says he wants all his money for himself
and that I've got 10 marry we'll Besides,
keg''-here her face clouded and she low
cred her voice-'tnere are times when he
looks anxious. We didn't always live in
Palace Gardens. Suppose We should lose
1t all as quickly as we got it. "Ohln she
Rhivered and trembl mo, | will never,
nsver, marry poor man. Get richs Ky
dear boy. aud you may aspire even to the
valuable possession Of this heartless
HAND
she held it out He took it pressed IL
stopped ard kissed her. Then he dropped
Aer hand ana walked quickly out Of the
room.
poor Reggie" she murmured. II
wish wisn-bul what is the use Of wish
ing!n
ACT u.
Two men-one young, the other about 80
sat IA the yeranda Of small bungalow.
1t was sitter breakfast. They lay back IN
long bamboo chairs, each VITA a cigar 1t
looked IS If they were resting. In reality
they were talking business, and that very
seriously.
yes, sir,'' said tho elder man, with
something OF an American accent, II have
somehow taken a fancy to this place. The
situation is healthy
well, / don't know; Fve had more than
one touch ot fever here"
1.-The climate is lovely"
Except IN the rains"
"phe soil is FERTILE
1--WE dropped i've thousand in it, and
they haven't come up again yet"
They will. l have been round the estate,
and l see money ia IL Well, sir, here's my
offer; 20, 600 down, hard cash, as soon as
the papers are signed.n
Reginald sat up. He was on the point of
accepting the proposal, when q pony rode
I'D TO the house, ana the rider, a native
groom, jumped OFF and gave him q note. Ie
opened it aud read. 1t was from his near
est neig hbcr. TWO or three miles away
Don't sell that man your estate. Gold has
been found. The whole country is full OF
gold. Hold on. He's an assayer. If he
offers TO buy, be quite sure that he has
found gold on your land. f. g."
He pus tbs note into his pocket gave
verbal message 10 the boy, and turned TO
his guest without betraying the least as
tonishmenp or emotion.
II beg your pardon. The note was from
Bellamy, my next neighbor. Wells You
were saying"
only that 1 have taken a fancy-per-
haps foolish fancy-to this place OF yours,
and I'll give you, if you like, all that you
have spent upon it.
We'll, - he replied, refectively. but with
8 twinkle IN his eye, THAT seems hand |
some. But the place isn't really worth the
half that have spent upon it. ANY body
would tell you that Come, let US be hon
est, whatever we are. rll tell you better
way. We viii put the matter into the
hands of Bellamy- He knows what g coffee
plan talon Is worth. He shall name the
price and If we can agree upon that we
will make deal Of il"
The othsr man changed color. He want
ed TO settle the thing at once as between
gentlemen. What need OF third partiesa
But Reginald stood quite firm, and he
presently rode away, quite sure that in g
day or two this planter, too, would have
the news
A month later the young coffee planter
stood on the deck Of q steamer homeward
bound. In his pocket book was a plan of
his aurIferous estate, in bag hanging
around his neck was a small collection Of
yellow nuggets; in his boxes was a chosen
assortment of quartz.
ACT III
"Wen, air." said the fnancier, you've
brought this thing to me. Yoa want my
advice. Well, my advice is, don't fool
away the only good thing that will ever
LtDpGn ~ SOu. LUX SuCu dS luis uOn Z
come more than once in lifetime"
4 have been offered 10000 for my es-
tate"
"Obl Have you'll Ten thousardl That
was liberal-very liberal indeed Ten !
Thousand for gold reef'
But l thought as an old friend OF my
father you would, perhaps
Young man, don't fool it away. He's |
waiting for You, round the corner l sup |
pose, with bottle of tizz ready TO close"
''He is.n
well, 20 and drink his champagne. AL
ways get whatever you can. And then |
tell him you win see him
Il certainly will, sir, if you advise it. |
And then4n
And then-leave it to me. And-young
mani think / heard, year or two ago,
something about you and my girl Rosie"
There was something, sir. Not enough /
to trouble you about it.'
'-She told me. Rosie tells me all her love |
affairs"
''ls she lis she unmarriedf''
"Oa yes, and for the moment believe
she is free. She las had one or two en-
gagements, but somehow they have come
to nothing. There was the French count,
but that was knocked on the head very
early in consequence Of things discovered
And there was the boom in Guano, but he
fortunately smashed, much TO Rosie's ioy
because she never liked him. The last was
Lord Evergreen. He was a nice old chap
when You could understand what he said,
and Rosie would have liked the title very
much, though his grandchildren opposed
the thing. Well, sir, suppose you couldn't
understand the trouble we took to keep
that old man alive for his own wedding. i