The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12

in his chapel, and entering the chapel
his interest was attracted to a slab of
white marble, let into the wall above
the altar, wherein the following in
scription was engraved in Spanish, in
letters so large that he had no diff
Guilty in reading it:
Dedicated by Ignatio. the Indian, to
the memory of his most beloved friend,
James Strickland, an English gentle
man, and Maya, Princess of the Heart
his wife, whom first he met on this
spot. Pray for their souls, of your
charity, o passer by
When they had been acquainted for
nearly two years, a, messenger arrived
at the mine one morning, saying that
he was instructed by his master, Don
1gnatio, to tell the Senior Jones that he
lay dying and would be glad to see him
On arriving at the hacienda, he found
Don 1gnatio lying in his room, quite
paraIyzed and very weak, but perfectly
clear headed and rejoiced to see him.
Il am about to make my last Journey,
r-friend,' he said. Ever since we knew
each other you have been trying to ex-
tract from me the story of how l came
TO visit the city, Heart of the World.
and OF my friend, James Strickland
whora, thanks be to God so soon shall
see again. l have not wished to disap-
point you altogether, and 7 have
wished that some record of the curious
things which 1 have seen in nv life
should be preserved, though this last
desire alone would not have been SUM-
GENTLY strong to move me to the task
~ Which l finished ten days ago. before
= rhe paralysis crept into my arm. Omen
that cupboard near the foot of the bed
and give me the pile of writing that YOU
will find in it. Here, senior. in these
pages, If you care to take the trouble
70 read them, you will find set out an
account OF how and my English
friend came to visit the Golden CITY
Tell me, friend, do you propose TO stnn
IN TINS country or to return to Eng
land?" ms
Return to England! No, 1 am too
Then would you return if Won were
Tlch?" asked the dying man anxiouslv
do not know; it depends But I
think that 1 have been too long away
10 go and live in England for good.
am glad to hear that friend. for
l may as well tell you at once that I
have made you my heir so that hence
forth you will be wealthy man as we
understand wealth in this country
You have made me your heirr'
etammered Jones.
Yes. Why should I not? I like
1 you Wei, and know you to be a good
a anc honest man. I have no relatives
chd no friends. Moreover, / have
IL OAiullAoIlS 70 make which viii not be
We less binding on you because they
Ere not set out in the will, namely.
(that you should live here yourself. and
| carry on the work that / have begun.
I for so long as may be possible. and
that if you are forced to sell the place
Z by any unforeseen circumstance. or to
leave it away by Will, you should do
so to an Englishman only. and one of
whom you know something. Do you
accept"
Indeed, yes, and know not how to
thank you"
So Jones, who had entered that room
possessed Of a hard earned eight hun
dred year, departed from it the owner
NJ a property which, before long, be-
9came worth as many thousands.
Three days later Don Ignatio passed
away peacefully, and was laid to rest
in the chapel of the hacienda
This, then, was how the story of the
city, Heart of the World, and of Don
Ignatio and his friend, James Strick-
land, no saw it, came into the hands
of him whom we called Jones.
Here foliowes a translation of it: