The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30
IIE ME q HIS YOUTH.


non the oo0y or horace n. w. TABOR
wae consigned TO . tomb In Calvary Gem
etery on Friday. April II. the curtain fell
upon the finaf scene In life that Western
people have watched with peculiar In
fereet.
AZ the time Of his death Mr.. Tabor was
simply postmaster of Denver and owner OF
an undeveloped mine IA Boulder county
Col, but he had been Z millionaire,
the bonanza king OF Colorado. the Iensen-
ant-governor Of the state. thu mayor Of
Leadviile and United States senator
for term of thirty-seven days. This,
however, IL the story OF none of these.
but OF the selfish sacrifice that the mil
iionaire made upon the altar Of hts vanity
and the tragedy that followed.
When Tabor left Manhattan. Kan. in
167. he was accompanied by his young
wife. formerly Augustus Pierce, and the
two together shared the periis of the West
in the Rockies. The story Of their won
derfui success has been told numberless
times. Without tracing the Incidents lead
Ing up TO an income of 10000 a week, IL
10 only necessary to say that the Tabors.
having arrived at that point, decided TO
make their home in Denver.
The public spirit, for which Mr.. Tabor
Is today honored, then made itself mani
fest. In the past few days, "reminiscences
OF his enterprise at that time have RECALLED
many throng In hotel Hobbies and public
offices In Denver. Newcomers were. MOI
familiar with many of these, for busy
men OF late have not seemed disposed to
recall Mr.. Tabor's oid-time benef3cence-at
least. not until he died.
When the Tabors came ia Denver. they
built . palat.al home. When IL was COM
pleted and arrangements had been made
FOR its formal occupancy, the twain
walked up the broad. white stone steps
n ~ n ,iVSnt los ks~t - ~h<>l.s
Mrs. Tabor paused and suddenly weak
ened. She said. afterward. that in that
moment she saw all the hardships of the
past. the wagon journey over the plains.
mountain erests. always weary. often
hungry, and the little log house where
they rested after the development OF their
first paying mine. Mr.. Tabor noticed her
change of countenance and asked the
cause.
''Will We be as happy here as In the lit
tie cabin on the mountain side?" she said.
The answer came with the fondest as
But there was no measure of bliss await
Ing Mrs. Tabor In her magnificent home.
Mr.. Tabor went out into the world and
saw younger and fairer faces The willing
handa at home carried the impress of
hard and humble work in the miners
camp. The voice that had been a we'll
spring Of cheer through trying ordeals
lacked the softness of the tones to which
fatuation. Then Mr.. Tabor's suddenly
awakened vanity INSTITUTED q series OF
comparisons, and the piain-faced wife sui
fered In consequence. The man who
scorned veneer In his opera house pillars
failed in his estimate of q woman's loyal
heart.
In eulogy pronounced upon him. since
his death, occurs the statement. Mr.. Ia
Dor never did a selfish deed and yet MIR.
Tabor compelled his wife TO procure q di-
vorce that he might marry handsomer
and more dashing woman. When the d.
vorce was granted and the letter of the
law had been fulfilled. Mrs. Tabor read
the cruel document and said 20 her coun-
sci. as tears coursed down her cheeks:
Write upon il, Granted against my
wishes
And when the words were written she
signed them with the name, Augusta
Tabor.
The divorce was more than days SEN
sat.on. There was a brief period of reck-
less extravaganza in Tabor's career. a
second marriage, at Washington. and
wedding supper with souvenir plates OF
solid silver for the guests: a return 10
Denver, an array OF Wild financial schemes
and a persistent decline OF fortune until.
less than two years ago. the last vestige
OF 81. 900 600 was lost In the foreclosure of
mortgage In all this time the interest
OF the public. in Tabor's ventures was
greater than that which usually attends a
SPECTATORS movements. The pathetic
page of the divorce case was never for
gotten, and many a one read the record
of his course AS successive chapters where
in could be found the melting out Of retrib-
utive Justice.
Others. inclined TO a more material and
practical view Of conditions. said that Ia
Dor missed the calm and conservative
judgment OF his first wife; that in the
days OF his greatest prosperity he was
guided largely by her advice. that she had
always tempered his zeal In erratic under
takinGs. and that In the d.ssoiving OF their
Stos fAc EA tnA 1Av.e -
the business head OF the firm
At any rate. hts tact for managing failed
signaliy He gave up a number OF vaiu-
able mines at inopportune times to men