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

the player would pay for the drink,
and Stratton took 1t. Then he went
out into the yard, where there was a
bowling alley. He remained there
for some time, and then went nome. 1T
Is said he often picked up the pins In
the bowling alley In order to get drinks
The next morning Stratton went to
his father little, old, bent, gray
haired man, and asked him for ~. The
father told him he did not have the
money to spare. The man was angry,
and during the quarrel that ensued he
knocked his father down and BACKED
his eye.
Stratton stood out at the corner after
the fight for while, wondering what
he would do. He knew his sisters would
refuse to let him remain longer at
home, and that he could get no EN-
ployment at either the shipyard or car
works, because he was not much of
carpenter. He decided to 20 to the far
west,
That night he boarded an Ohio q
Mississippi nov the Baltimore & Ohio
southwestern and started for StLouis.
Finally he landed In Denver. Years
passed, Winfield Scott Stratton was not
missed from home, In fact, everybody
was glad he was gone. In eight years
his name was never mentioned, and his
sisters forgot almost they had ever had
such d brother. His old father died ana
was laid TO rest beside his wife at the
Walnut Ridge cemetery. Then one day
there came letter from the wanderer.
He said he was sick near unto death
and needed little money TO pay for ac-
al al
ceiyed the letter sent him a reply that
she had disowned him and that she
hoped she would never hear from him
again
Stratton received that letter, but said
nothing TO anyone concerning it. Then
IL was he shut down his teeth hard and
resolved to get we'll He realized that
the use of intoxicating liquors was IN
furious TO his health and he became a
total abstainer. He worked, a bitter de-
termination in his heart
one more Win Stratton was forgot
ten. Then there filtered through the
columns OF the morning newspapers a
few lines TO the effect that W. S. STRAIT
ton had found a gold mine In Colorado.
No one In Jacksonville thought II was
our old Win Stratton." A day or two
passed and there was a short account
in the Courler-Journal to the effect that
Winfield Scott Stratton a carpenter.
had found mine that promised TO yield
millions, ,Still no one had the slight
est idea that II was the old hummer
who had blacked his fathers eyes, writ
ten home that he feared he was dying.
ard who was despised by everyone,
IDENTIFIED AS A MILLIONAIRE.
But in day or two more there came
the startling INFORMATION that Winfield
Scott Stratton, formerly a poor carpen-
ter OF Jacksonville, ind. had found
enough gold TO make Monte Christie
look like very small potatoes. The
news flew about the little city like Wild
fire. II was astonishing how many peo-
pie remembered what a splendid fellow
Stratton was There were few who
did not claim TO have been his most
intimate friends Every man who ever
bought him a drink remembered It. His
loving sister who suddenly awoke H.
the fact that she had always just dotted
on him boarded the train and went at
once 10 Denver
At the time Stratton was boarding at
a big hotel The visitors card was sent
up to his room, and In a short time
the negro valet came back saying:
Mlstah Stratton says ter tel you
- air asleep an foh me ter 1T yo'is
or ticket back ter Jeffersonvilc." SO
she went back and 'h--> We hn'~o1
IN the heart OF her brother for every
'h'7g and everybody connected with
his native city, But the people did not
know this, They thought Win would
! 2 ready TO fall on the neck Of JEFF
fersonville man and weep with glad
ness
James Lewis prominent young a.
torney, had never known Stratton par
tlcularly He only knew him as ono
knows the town drunkard Mr.. Lewis
laughnigly admitted as much when he
returned. He went out to see STRAIT
ton figuring that the man might need