The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31

spend my life, If necessary, in clearing I'm
this mystery. The family shall not have
that awful brand upon it,"
To a friend she wrote: 1.-THE bIackmaiI-
ers nave apparently thought that IL Would
be impossible after the lapse OF 80 many
years to closely trace my fathers where
abouts and this has made them very bold
but they will find themselves completely
mistaken Miss Helen Is credited by the
family with having secured all the evil
dence which, had the case come to trial.
would have proved the falsity of the An
gell wornan's claims. She secured Il by ex-
tensive correspondence and many visits to
the friends of her father in youth
NO member OF the family was so wounds
ed by the attacks made upon her fathers
character after his death as Helen Gould
II was to her the bitter experience. insep-
arabic from life. of seeing the clay feet
of her idol Right bravely she combated
the nercer attacks. TO the world she ap-
peared serenely confident of her father a
innocence. In the presence OF a few close
friends she wept the saddest tears of her
young life, the tears Of doubt of loved
one. But ii was hardly doubt after ali:
only a question.
Hers was the bewildered condition of
mind In which the loving disciple cried in
his anguish Lord, l believe. Help thou
my unbellef"
out of her grief grew purpose II shall
said 10 an old and trusted friend, and
right theoretically she set about it, She
read all the old letters the magnate left,
Among those she found names of friends
of his early manhood, the period swallow
ed up IN the memories of his later achieve
ments. BY dint of much perseverance she
succeeded in findisg these friends some
of whom had removed to the far West
one of them was s. b. Champion, the
venerable editor of the Stamford IN. W
Mirror, who had aided Jay Gould in his
work Of making map and writing a his
tory of Delaware county.
Miss Could found that Mr.. Champion
was familiar with the earlier years of her
fathers life especially the years between
1850 and 1860, the period that his family
knew least about and which were the
basis of the Angel contention She in
vited the editor and his wife 10 be her
guests at her Fifth avenue home. They
remained for ten days, and almost every
evening during their stay, MIR. and Mrs.
Russell Sage were other guests at dinner.
II knew your father thoroughly in his
later life" Mr.. Sage would remark, land
Mr.. Champion knows all about the earlier
part of IL. Between us we will see thar
you know all about his movements from
the time he left his cradle"
And Miss Gould was satisfied with the
result of those after-dinner "reminiscences.
Her Idol remained her untarnished idol
stiil.
OF him she wrote soon afterward: 'Ha
had the most wonderful self-control, ana
no matter what pain he endured his man.
ner was always the same. He never lost
his temper He had perfect love, respect
and admiration from his children and from
all those who knew him we'll"
And 50 was one of Miss Gould's three
life tasks discharged. She counted those
tasks TO a friend one day.
Il set for myself three tasks In life"
she said. 81 determined to fit myself foe
the proper care of my fortune. l hope I
clear my fathers memory of the stain
blackmailers tried to put upon It, That
has been done. One remains That is to
make a good business man OF my brother.
Frank. When this IS done / shall feel thar
] am woman without an occupation, AL
most without a purpose