Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11

million pounds, was giving his early
experience. He told how he amased
his great fortune, and he described the
struggles Of his early life lie told how
he worked and saved to get enough
money to take him to California. lie
described his long and weary journey in
a wagon across the plains and grew pa
thetc as he spoke Of his hardships along
the Platte river in Nebraska. When they
came to this river they found flood had
made 1t almost impossible and they wal.
ted for days for the river to go down.
The waters, however, increased instead
Of diminished and they were in despair.
AT last, said Senator Hearst, -four or
FIVE OF us concluded 10 make a raft and
get across by IL. We tied a lot OF wagon
beds together, put our bedding in them
and finally had quite respectable boat
made. Then the question was TO get
rope across the raging torrent IN order
to pull the raft over. No one of the
party could swim. and for even the bra
vest swimmer II looked like death to 10
into that raging food. We cast about
for some time Ms what to do until at last
a fat little red-headed, blue.oyed boy
came up to Us and said tina, he could
swim the river and that he could carry
the rope over In his teeth. lie was
sturdy, muscular and courageous and we
concluded to let him do it. He jumped
into the river and after wonderful exer.
tons reached land. Two hours later we
were on the other side. and, gentlemen,
! never felt so happy In my life. We
threw up our hats and shouted for JOY.
and never think Of my early life but
that remember that red headed boy,
have looked for him everywhere and
cannot find him. Had he not been there
would have probably gone back to
Missouri, and my gratitude to him is be-
yond description. Why, gentlemen, II !
could find that red-headed boy today
would give him a million dollars. |
mean wha, | say, would give him a
million dollars
up to this time had been very mod
est" continued Ochltree, MS he ran his
hand through his auburn locks and then
brushed the back Of II across his blue
eyes while his fat rosy cheeks shone. But
| could stand 1t no longer. | rose and
said with tears in my ewes: Senator,
was that red'headed boy
"Hearst looked at me a moment. lie
then brought his fist down on the table
so that the glasses rang and exclaimed,
with more emphasis than elegance,
Tom Ochiltree, you are blank blank
liar, and so lost the million"
STORY or brit HARTE AND
CHARLES DICKENS.
heard two good stories of Bret IIarte
the other day. One was respecting his
consuship at Glasgow. Bret Harte was
made consul, but as the story goes he
spent most Of his time at London. and
though he was drawing his salary for hts
Glasgow consulship he hardly knew the
city. He was at one time travelling
through Scotland with an English friend
and suddenly shot out Of the country in
to Glasgow. AS the train entered the
city Mr.. Harte said "Why, this seems
to be a fine town; what is its namel"
This, replied his friend, is Glasgow,
where you are consul" The Glasgow
people did not like this treatment. and
when | was in Scotland few years ago
heard many uniavorable criticisms up.
ON Mr.. Harte's conduct in regard to IL.
Bret hafte was a great admiTer Of
Dickens and heard not long ago how
he came to write that beautiful poem en-
titled Dickens in Camp" He was
editor of the Overland Monthly at the
time and was trying hard to get foot
hold in literature. He had written a
number OF things that had attracted at