Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

nounce Won mine for life. Lake one In a
dream 4 led YOU drown the aisle after
we had signed our names IN lhe N.s-
Wy. my heart beating high win prids
at the homage your oe"u'S S'ihFeieu
from all bchoidcfs.
Then came the homecoming after
months OF travel IN CLASSIC ANUS anu
the setting up of Housekeeping ~ bos-
ton. How proud | was OF my young Wlie |
and how happy that oouia IeNly hes
every wish. Then came the p.fih Of /
Nina. when l held the datiinA ~ my |
arms l felt that the earth contained |
no further blessings for me
Hut the end was coming such hap
piuanF was not 70 be FOREVER. hui the |
AWAKENING was deeper than the dream |
| hsd bren rWect. 1 have Hail that l |
dld not question Hendricks methods. !
knew that he kept gorgeous bacholoF
! apartments and lived ia the most ca
/ elusive set In the clty, but knew that
his income was such that he cnuli wen
annrd a luxurious style OF living, nut
one thing did not know. ana mat was
that h. was gambler not N the
| retty shallow drained class. who hhE-
/ zard their money at cafda, thpush
have since learned that he dld that AZ
well. but a gambler VINO dealt ~ stocks
and mEgled the affairs of great cor
poratlona Instead OF slips OF pas board.
'IIc had been the close friend u the
| Darucll family for ycara and ! was not
at all surprised when he was given the
| charge of the vast estate OF rhe Oh
merchant after his death. Young
| Henry paruuli, the only boy OF the
family. did not have n business head.
| n was one OF those Instances where
| heredlty did not count, probably MS
education had something o do with H.
The ladies' OF the family had been
reared In the lap OF luxury and were
perfectly unable 60 de- anything Tor
themselves. They had tho most perfect
confidence. however, IN the nrm OF
Hendricks and Grey. Henry was too
tni,cn NJ with his social duties 70
bother over money matters hnd thuh
the management OF the estate was
thrown entirely into our hands. pttvn
have tried to advise with young Oar.
nell only 70 be met with the same set
answer;
II care nothing abou, such things.
my dear Grey. You know best do as
"Ths nid merchant died shortly after
the birth OF Nina and for nearly three
years We managed the criatc' Thcn
came that terrible Christmas eve.
The truth came upon me like u nIht.
ming stroke. Hendricks had gone. ] ga
not know where. he had taken MS
hight. Young Darncll had presented his
check al the bank and was Informed
! that there was no funds. lie came de
! recily To our Office and charged me with
cinbczzlcmcnt. | was wild with indignn-
. ton and threw him out OF the door.
, Like an Insane man ! ficw over 20 the
{ bank whore we kept our account. There
4 1 learned that Hendricks had drawn
/, all the money and closed the account.
hut this was nos all. he had used ihc
: FIRMS name and had made away with
the Darncli property which he had uhri
IN his stock rpcculntlons.
= '''rhln was the week before chrlamas'
. oh. the horror, the hcart-achc Of those
u days. Like one dazcd ] sat IN the nt-
9 nee while one after another 81 OUT
] cllcrer came into withdraw their ae'
n counts only 10 learn that they had gone
y the way the rest had-bccn dinslpaicd
r by she madness OF Hendricks. was
0 ruined. everything I had on Garth Nai
= 1gept AWAY. But un ChriHtru<k ovr th'
q crOWnlng misery came when ! was ar.
rested and thrown into prison charged
4 with a crime ! had never committed.
y wns a victim myself. I had lost my all,
Il but they tore me away from the arm'
y OF my wife and my darling baby
e blasting her young life before she real
!. izcd l,s beginning. oh, the shame, th'
L horror ~ II all. when you. my darling
g Maud with the baby by your side. cam,
I; 10 thc prison chrlatmaA morning and
a was uahcrcd Into that terrible eell.Ther'
u were merry groups outside. The music
n OF the sleigh bells ana the Hight iaugl
e OF mcrrymRkerH Heated through th'
b. grated Windows. Then In that dhfl
l. apartment We made ehc prctcnnc ul
Il eating our Christmas dinner, while H.
a tie Nina, not realizing what had hap
r. pcned, pratlled on the toys santa
A Claus had brought her Then cant
n the weary days OF waiting, ana NJ lhH
e the trial. With my heart on hre ! stoo,
= up TO address the jury. carrice
q conviction with my word, l was We
a tim, and not sinner. My only fnul
:, was that I tfuHtcd too implicitly u
a Hendricks. others had lost money. ~
Il had ], but with rs solemn vow Al
= man could make. ] sNprc 70 fetuin !,
4 tho last cent that my clients hhd los
n through the cmbczzlomcm OF my part
=. ner. The Jury did not leave the box
~ but after consulting among thcnaelNei
N for few moments set me trec, ICES,
~ was free; hut had burden upon nv
~ such as few men could have ATTEMPTED
a TO carry.
"a GLOW brave my darling wife was
" | Without one complaint you gave up th'
- pretty home you had learned 70 lyN'
y and around which 20 many trnue
!, memories clustered. When your tnthe
Il attempted 20 dl-Huad. me rom ~ ~, ~,
- ing the debt OF another you STOOD W
- me and vowed you would DO anythlnH
I, and bear anything 40 mat my mono
N was mnintained, ~ that ! might lool
q the whole world IN the face with M
head erect. 49,. -, ,,,.,,
/. win blitftU'ft - y" -. 800,
: left you. Maud. ana our uAti'ns "av ~
and started for the West M'n'y W.
,, whae wanted ana ~ the hhor,es
l' space OF time possible, one Wy W.
v the borderlnnd u western .iNHi<,.lu'
r ran across one u the jesuit lnth.i
SO who had spent his We anohh "
~ Indian tribes of the West. from mn
y. / learned that the Indians Mhn ~
a hablted the mnunsalns, hhd cNhlp,le,
Us bulISts made of pure g1li whleh wv
IN used Instead OF lead ana thnt lh'y nu
aot the metal In a stream lhht low
IN from The aide 90 l1fiy mountain w lh
III depths OF the Rockies. From the pil,ss
er / Earned M. country where ines, ~
is dams roamed, and writing q laat lrt,s
ne to my darllngs. plunged INTO 'he wiz
AZ erncfs.
81 have faced death In a thousan
! fo,,ns .rce Than From irihe 90 trlb
nn w,,na,r@d Ms ifv was only saved D
gu me- ,.yn,ss thinking shat ! was ~
on stns ANA mus under the protection q
nj ia e,r,s,s snlrH. with frenzy dave
at irso 4he ,s,nds NJ mountain nlrraihl
Wnne The red men s.poi wondering D,
sn,sii wonder thii they thought me- Dc
nh r',s,t nm weary months passed b
ne ,rt ~ ss.rrh was fruitlrss. Al las
ne ~ =, shfs desolate place. l wa
VS. t,,,T,,,,t,iN, disappolntcd and undone.
'Ir nave det.rmiusd 90 Try shis one lh'
10y line ana h / fail "a eDi my sorr"
ne Win mv llfo. Hoping against hope
~ w.anAsrsd M the banks OF she stfeai
W shet cens. from yOnder Huow-cappe
," no,,r,atr mad nlGut given up
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