Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-18

with young Startton was had by Polly
Pry of the Denver Post and published
in that paper one day during the pres
ent week
Isaiah Harry Stratton'
read, as | took the card from the
tray and asked.
Where is the gentleman?
"I1c Is waiting In the Office said the
boy, and we went ONT into the lobby OF
the Autlers hotel where a great crowd
of delegates 10 the irrigation congress
were making a perfect babel of sound
and there IN the midst of them saw
tail, slender young man. who came, nat
in hand, to meet me-
Mr. Stratton?'
yes he said, and we shook hands
! perfunctoriy, as strangers do, and d.
| recty we had found some seats IN q
| corner. and | was wondering how was
| going TO induce the serious looking
/ young man before me 10 talk.
| And II was not easy He has a good
| deal of pride has young Mr.. Stratton,
/ and he is likewis very sensitive, but
/ when | thanked him for coming to see
me he said
/ Il would not have come, because, af-
| ter all. ! have nothing 20 say TO the
| public, only, ! read what you wrote
! about my mother the other day, and /
wanted to thank YOU for it,
"a am glad you were pleased. ] have
always felt very sorry for your moth
! err"
Thank you" he said. slowly then,
/ simply. she was very unhappy.
! II know"
Then he shifted his position, so that
his back was to the crowd, and stared
out the window After a while he
looked at me and went on as II he had
never paused.
HIS MOTHERS SORROWS.
II do not know who told you her
story. but whoever II was, knew FIX
cept for few particulars 1t was quite
correct
"wnl you not give me those partlc'
ulars?'
He shook ltg head slowly. mo
would rather not. I cannot see what
possible INTEREST the public can have
in my affairs
But It IL Of interest. Everything
connected with you Is Of interest Just
now, and surely as he SIN looke0
doubtful. "you would rather have the
truth published than all Of the lying
rumors that are going the rounds?
Eut he was not easily persuaded,
however. eventually, he consented 10
talk. and this IS the gist of what he
said:
"My mothers name was Zeruah "
Stewart. She was born az stewart
Mound near Kiwane H. In the year
iS5S Her father died when she was q
child and her mother married again a
Mr. stewart. but not related 10 her nrsl
husband. NV mothers step-father MAJ
asthma. and In 1875, on the advice 9l
his doctor. the family came TO ColoIauo
Springs.
"There in the fall Of 1875 my mother
mot Mr. Stratton. The next March my
! grandmother died suddenly Of heart
trouble and Mr. Stewart wanted 20 re-
turn at once to 1lllnos-on this ac-
count my mother and Mr.. Stratton
we're married Immediately few DAYS
after her mothers death
DOVER WAS SOON SPENT.
"NIy mother had a small property
from her fathers estate--ablut 3d.
ooo-and this was turned over to my
father who got rid Of ii IN various
schemes. From the beginneing Of their
married life he made my mother un-
happy bv his violent temper ana unrca-
sonable jealousy and finally afte- they
were married about nine months, ne
one dav ordered her 20 mack up heI
cIothes and without further eXplana-
zion except that they were going east
no tony her next dav 10 the train ana
,hey went 10 Danville ILL., There theS
,vsnt IN a hotel. and then he left her
! alone without means ana without
friends
uThree weeks later at Cabery, I'LL.
., ne t,use Of her step-father, / was
I born. .-.t.,n
| Hc has not told A. an at once, nol
/ cornoctrAlv but that was The story
and wtln he finished ! murmNrel
poor little woman
Ana the blue eyes that stared so per
| sisteutlg out Of the window were SUI
] fused Wi h tears.
while all about rs the crowd laugh .D
and tailed and IN the cafe the orchesc
ira played a coon song.
AND them" | prompted. gently.
'rhon. six months later she went
Toulon. H.. where we lived until ! wa.
IS"
There is where YOU lived when you
[ father sent your mother the $4,000 ou
OF his first money from the mine
IT," o.,
"He never sent her dollar in hi
! Ufp Not oue''
"Why Il is generally understood -
Of know. but &c is not true He never
! sent her anything, at any time. 81
I worked any sort Of w0rk-to supper
I herself and me-"
But ymr father sent YOU money
! "No when ] was 49, en- 1895 Nc
/ heard that he was very M, and mt
I mother sent me out here ] came, a q
Z that was the first time | had ever sec
I my father ! was here a month, @
then he took some of his friends
/ went 20 California and sent me d..
3 to llHnois-but after that he sent o.
/ tn Champaign college for three year
I end during mar time he allowed nj
! 800 per month.
I During that period and since then
I h. has given me. altoge her hetVee
I 5, ol, and 5000 ! have heard since ]
I came here that he IL supposed 20 have
/ given my mother go 600 and 20 have
/ sent me a similar amount-but lt IS not
, true"
Your mother married again"
Yes" and his face flushed darby.
Yves. hut ] would rather not talk Of
that. She married for home Tor me