The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-11

understandable TO work. lie must as
sist him
The Gilmans were poor. the watch
man in a decline. Harry secured a
room down town to be near the bank
This was construed as a deserion-
They were so proud of their boy. so
delighted with his success. Their very
life was woven into his brilliant car
eer. With silent alteration they stood
alcof and beheld gladly the magnifi-
cent triumph of their waif.
Harry invested his earnings in mort
cages Tom following his friends adj
vice, though possessed of q much less
amount, did the same. One fell due
It proved to have been given on the
home of a poor widow. She came to
his begging for an extension Of time
Tom granted it. and when it again
fell due. her children were just as
hungry, she was just as helpless.
1t was impossible that she should Ii
quidate the debt with characteristic
fncOmpetency Tom cancelled 1t by can
ceiling the mortgage.
His money was lost. The investment
had proved a. failure.
Harry strictly honest, in justice to
himself, he said given a similar Oppor-
tunity. closed the mortgage at once.
What ever pays it right This was
his philosophy. He went up rapidly.
real estate business.
The insurance company failed and
Tom lost his situation. 1t took him
some time to secure another. Some
how Toms money slipped through his
fingers. There was so many hungry,
homeless wretches who had learned
that he had a. soft spot in his heart.
Harry gave, too. His name appeared
in the papers now and then, as having
contributed to some charitable object
a church, a fair a charity ball, a for
eign mission, or some other equally
popular cause.
This was bread upon the waters
cast to be returned in dollars and
cents, after many days.
Ostentation in giving, Harry had
shrewdly observed, was in strict &C
cordance with business principles. Tom
proved wofully deficient in this par
tfcular. He would aid an old soldier,
succor starving child or befriend a
helpless woman, and the great world
would be none the wiser as TO his gen
crosby.
Toms aspirations were turned long
ingly toward Rose Leaf. AS yet he had
felt too poor to ask her to be his wife.
When Joe got better he would do this.
1t wasn't what she had right to ex-
pect, but then he would wrap her up
snugly in the warmth of his great love
and hide her forever from GOODNESS and
cruelty.
Sweet little Rose Leaf" he said.
And as he unused he came near her
home. A carriage was waiting at the
gate. The cottage door opened and
down the steps arrayed in white sat
In, wreath Of orange blossoms encir-
cling the pretty head, and resting on
the curling, brown hair, the bridal veil
shading the sweet face, came Rose
hA-
placed lovingly on the arm of hand
some Harry Gilman.
Tom staggered. The great fellow
cried aloud. 1t was an awful blow, but
he hid away his face, sobbing like a
child, and none learned the truth.
And as the years went on Harry Gil
man had been a good climber. and
stood we'll up on the golden ladder of
wealth and fame. Tom was a poor
acrobat, and he couldn't cling to
single golden ring. Ever his hands
weighed by some fallible, human fell
low, weakened and he would fall to the
very bottom.
Poor Joe died. Tom remained with
him to the last-closed the lids over
the dear eyes, folded the gentle hands,
TIM turned away to live his life alone.
For the image Of Rose Laf was so in
woven into the very fibre of his soul.
that there was not a possibility that
another should replace it.
Tom became i'll. He was out of work.
He had no money. He had lost his
grip" the world said. He couldn't
catch on" again. If he had made a
step forward some needy hand would
pun him back. He was shabby. How
could he dress well, he wondered, when
little children were crying to him for
bread?
This was against him. The world
does not forgive failure when it puts
in an appearance in rags. Every tat
ter deprecated his value. Respectable
ity repudiated him.
Paryenus pointed the finger of scorn.
Civilization condemned him. An aw-
full demoralizing cognomen attached it
self to hinton the Tramp.
On the boulevards and on the ave-
nues, and in the parks he often saw
Harry and Rose Leaf in elegant equip
age. For a long time Harry in meet
ing or passing would accost his old
playmate, but now no sign of recogni-
ton was betrayed.
The bridge is open. The great thor