The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-11
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY. JUNE II. 1888
that of my children. Embrace them
tenderly for me-"

tf1dt OF my cnlluren. Euprdcc tuenl
tenderly for me-"
The children have been kept in
ignorance of their fathers imprison-
ment. They know nothing of the dark
tragedy in the shadow of which they
have been growing UP. To them their
father is on a long journey and they
have longed and prayed for his safe
return. The childish prayers are to
be answered, it seems. The devotion
of the father TO his children was well
known to all his fellow officers. The
little girl was born only a short time
before the captain was torn from his
home, disgraced before the army, de-
prived of his rank, and exiled to the
desert island where "the silence was
broken only by the moaning of the
sea-" The boy, two years older, is
lad of seven now, tall. we'll formed. in
telligent, and the image of his father,
it is said.
Nine. Dreyfus has brought them up
to honor their father and revere his
name. She has never made a display
of her grief but her quivering lips and
trembling tones as she encouraged her
husband to face the trouble at that
never to be forgotten last interview,
and when she has implored the courts
for justice and the great men of the
republic for mercy, have revealed the
agony of her tortured heart.
And when the word was taken to
her at last that her untiring en-
deavors to establish his innocence were
bearing fruit, and that new trial
had been ordered, she told Clemenceau:
Il knew it would come. / told you
so when you came to me in my dark
est hour. Since then there have been
anxious moments, but my husbands
innocence was being steadily proved,
France. 1t has risen above all con-
siderations, all influences-such in
huences as will never perhaps be
known. My lawyer, Maitre 14ornard.
forbids me to give a regular interview
until my husbands retrial is over. 1
must be discreet and do nothing to
hamper those who are working for
him.
To an American newspaper CORE
spondent who was present she said:
Il speak as though the courts de-
cision had already been given. but 1
am so confident of what it will be that
am no longer in suspense. 1 am
grateful to the American people for the
help they have given me. 1t is on that
account that I see you. In the last
fortnight have received many letters
lott Of
seeking aid. some offering it; many
from America, several from England"
do you intend to live in France"
was asked, after your husbands re-
lease?"
"Ah! Why not?" responded Nine.
Dreyfus. Il fully expect that We shall
stay here, for he can no longer have
any enemies when his innocence is
established. He loved France, and it
would be fresh sorrow to him to leave
it,"
And this recalls what the captain
said while his trial, or the mockery that
is called a trial, was pending:
Il have now been more than six
weeks in confinement. / swear l am
innocent. The son of an Alsatian
1 abandoned everything to
serve France, and I am today worthy
of leading her soldiers on the battlefield. |
The martyrdom / suffer is atrocious."
Every woman of this country and of
England who followed the case gave
the deepest sympathy to Nine. Drey- |
fus and blended with her prayers their
own for the triumph of truth and the
restoration of the father and husband
to his home. They all rejoice with her
that her hopes are approaching realiza-
ton.
What greater blessing can any man
have than the love and devotion of a
noble woman!