The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-06
TRUST NO MAN.


as the presefVer OF her fathers life.
/ Mary Andrews was the prettiest girl
in the place She had been engaged
for some years to Herman w arton, a
young lawyer struggling into practice
in the city Mary and he had preserved
implicit faith in each other until rum
ors reached her, mainly through Dr.
Hey islaanls of Herman having carried
| his attentions to a, certain Young lady
lmuch beyond the limits of Irritation,
land Hermann had learned from some
lequaHy good-natured source that Mary
and the doctor had grown to he on
terms seemingl " more intimate than
ithose of simple friendship. Then passed
an angry letter or two; then followed
a cancellation of the engagement, and a
Emutual feeling of llnhappiness, which
both lnistook for unappeasagole resent
nnert.
When Mr.. Andrews had taken out a
policy on his life, for his daughter S
| benefit, in the soli5altiogi company,
TOR $4,000, the doctaTs attentions to
Mary, whatever they had been before;
assumed a character no longer eeflivo-
cal
The doctor had warmly recommended
Mr.. Andrews TO insure IN the Consoli-
| dalton company Indeed, there might
lh8ve been difficulty in securing any
iother to take the risk, for q less alc-
accommodating medical examiner might
have stickied at certain symptoms of
heart disease, of which DR.. fTevishaln
CONSIDERABLY made no mention in his
irepoI't.
The doctor was a gentleman of gain
lily person and manners, and Mary, in
addition to feeling grateful for his SER
! vices to her father, entertained no small
degree of pique at her former slitor.
Hence, no wonder if she received, OF
| thought she did, the doctor blalldls n
ments with a. willing ear. They would
speedily be married, people said, and
some were beginning even to name the
lday.
Mr.. Andrews health at length gave
signs of Failing. The doctor. was con-
jstant in his attendance; and though ne
lspoke cheerfully TO his patient, he
shook his head gloomiiy behind his
back.
The Consolidation company had its
chief office in the city, and at was
there Mr.. Andrews always paid his pre-
1niunls. He was too i'll now to go linn
self, and therefore sent the money py
a t1usty messenger. The latter, on
reaching the city, while hurrylng 70 me
Iconpanv'ss Office, for 1T was the last
day to make the payment, slipped on
the icy part of the pavement and fell.
Getting up quickly. and looking TOOL
fish. as people will in SUCH cases, ne
FASTENED on.
! He had gone but a. few steps before
lmissing his pocketbook, Wnlcn had
frnnped in his tumble and which a we'll
dressed individual close behind mad
picked up and concealed. -.
Did you see anything of a pocket
book, sir?" said the messenger. address,
ing the perSon last mentioned.
1T did not was the answer. gwen
with a, cool assurance which, proved 1T
was not the speakers maiden Ne
The finder of the pocketbook tnen
hailed a. street car ait crossing ana
entered it with a. crowd OF others ledN-
ing the loser to- search in vain
The car had gone but a little way
when: -r.-,,re,-
ldashfng after a man who spranS tom
the rear platform.
letr' exclaimed the passenger go
Than the individual who had posseS9 pc Z
| h:mself of the lost pocketbook IN Ihe
manner before misunderstanding hoe
n1rsl1it of the fugitive, whose lngnt
was soon interrupted by. a pollcSniah,
s.That's my property" said the pas
senger. as his eye fell on a pochetoooh
Taken from the person of the prisoner 4.
you'll have to identity II Delo aeio e1,e
Judge tomorrow" replied the offlcer'
JJn oeS9 the locality of the court
and marching off with the culprit.
| Wi1liau Gilbert, Mr.. Andrews mes
eanee1.y was sorely troubled at MS loss.
Mr. Andrews he knew, was oy no
means in eafluent circumstances. ne
had gotten together the money 10 10
make the Forthcoming payment on ms
noIicv with great difficulty, and to re-
mace If in time would now be out OF
the question. Indeed, 1t would be I'M,
nossihle to go back to Posyvalley and
i.efI1rn in season, even If the money
could be had by 50 doing. Mr.. An
drews. too, was in a condltlon OF
Iheath that rendered mrs ID, de "a n
land Mary's main dependence II
vision her father had sought 70
make her by insuring his life, which,
To he kent good, required prompt pay
n1ent of the stipulated premium.
The best thing William GILBERT could
think of was to apply to Herman w ar
ton for counsel. ,.,,.
The young lawyer knew William
well and that implicit confidence
might be placed on his word. HAVING
heard his story, Herman went to the
notice. gave a narrative of the facts
and returned to await results.
In the course of the afternoon Mr.
Warrior received a message requesting
the attendance of hlmsef ana Cilen'
at the - police court on the follow
ling morning.
They made their appearance at the
!annointed time and Herman Warrior
was not a little surprised to see DR.
Hevisham, whom he knew. occuDylng
one of the seats set apart or Wiz
inesses. The doctor and Gilbert, Il
ghoI1ld he stated had no previous &C
quaintance.
Addressing the judge, Mr.. Warrior
stated that he and his companion were
There in response to the summons they
"wilI you describe the pocket hool
you have lost, young MANI inquired
his honor, wa11iy.
.9You have described the one we hav,
there quite exactly said the judge
ssbut another person claims it.
"Who?'' asked the lawyer.
."1hat gentleman added Gilbert
''Why, that's the man who was beRin(
me when / fell, and who denied seein;
anything of my pocketooos!SS
Neither did 1 see yours, repJed tn
doctor. with a sardonic smile. Il Eav
seen the one mere. though, and know i
is the same of which 1 was robbed
s.still. it does not follow that yor
had possession of it honestly" retortet
Herman Warrior. with d touch Of con
tempt in his tone
AT all events. I had possession o
lit" returned the other, and the office
here, 1 presume, viii be able to identi
fy it as the one taken from the persol
of the thief, of whom ne saw me il
pursuit"
'.Very shrewd reasoning, but no
louite conclusive" said Warrior. Il
the pocketbook is yours, doctor, yol
should be able to describe it's con
tents
The doctor REDEEMED perceptibly.