The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-03

q language that commands as much at
I -eAJieH ard inspires such adoIar1ou as the
/ ooiesauCe 10 ii and wurships the man %
/ whom ~ attaches Ihe Oral0TN of niger
son sinks 20 nothiagness N its presence.
Aye nave even heard that there are
Z cases, Farc or course. where men nave
oeeH chosen 20 flt nigh positions of trust
( ana power almost solely Upon the grounds
mat they were mtliiuEalre.
But we must sep moraiizing and come
i gown 20 me point and Ten how j comes
pain Colonel Sat Ward FitE-Lerald-n
millionaire Colonel Nat Ward Fitz-Gerald
became a mildonaires
/ BY referring to the sas Lake city direc-
tcF} of lS@s chc reader Will find the follow
( entry Hon. Nat Wand FiJz-Geraid, at
Office s04 Atlas biuck. Res. 1Sf q street.
So far as known Re the writer the family
consisted of himself wife and TWO grown
mp oal shtcrs They were elegant people.
very pain -cciabIc and uuassuming
Colonel p tz-Gerald pursued the even
tenor OF his way first advertising his
business on l0.0ao bl0tters, mention OF
which has already been made. 1t was
NOT IONS. however, thar q restless pushing
spirit like that OF his could be confined
70 the steady quietness OF pracucing law
aud soliciting patents. The fabulous
riches made lin mining soon lured the
colonel along that line. He soon became
tne head promoter of many mining
schemes. He Is an optimIst by nature
and In his great optimism he could see
/ millions Of wealth rolling out Of hills i'm
which. in an probability, there was not
even q trace
His money. if he had any after printing
the DlOtters. began TO get away from him,
aud IL was not long before Colonel Nat
Ward Fitz-Gerald was d busted com
munity.' Poverty soon began to tell its
awful tale by the burrows IL plowe1 on his
brow. Tt showed itself in his clothing
and he trOd the streets with patched shoes
unnatched Matters went on from bad
% worse until one day he unDos0med him
self to the writer and Informed him con-
fideuuaily that he and his family were
then living and had for some time been
living on unbuttered bread and tea.
The Hon. Colonel Nat Ward Fitz-
Gerald was bankrupt, living off the
charity Of MS friends.
Tt was about this time that God who
moves ln mysterious way His wonders
10 perform. put il into the. heart or
rather into the head. of Salt Lake man,
whose name the writer cannot recall, to
invent some sort of fast firing gun A
company was formed Iu which Henry w.
Lawrence. August stein, l. III. Grey and
otnefS We're Interested. Tie what extent
/ DO not know nor do I know the outcome
OF the project Suffice il TO say that
Colonel FJz-Gerald being a solicitor of
patents was employed 20 put the thing
through the patent office. and taking adj
vantage of the opportunity shook the dust
of Zion from off his feet and went TO
" asningt0u City Hc did not return. His
family, after several weeks of DrivatiOu.
LETT the city. No one knew now OF when
or where they went TO- Here closes the
first chapter of the story,
The next heard OF him was about two
years later when the writer received by
mail small pamphlet containing "a num-
Der Of political songs written 5y THE
Hon. Nat Ward FitzGcrald of Washing
ton. d. c."
We had neglected to toU YOU that
among ne many admirable qualifications
nv lrf
means the least
Time wore on. as it always does. We
soon learn to forget those .v-e once loved
or at least the iaDses or time become
longer and longer between the times we
recall them by memory. and SO ii was
with the writer His Old friend. the
colonel was fast passing from his mind
Imagine our surprise and Joy on last
Tuesday morning 90 have our hama
grasped with warm naud-shake to look
ND ana behold the genial smiling face OF
OFT Sky ear absent friend. mo other than
the Same Colouel Nat Ward FUz-Cfera 10.
nc hdd reEalu5d an his original Vlgor.
neatly dressed. having even discarded the
nose glasses that he formerly wore and
Wleh De smiled ho showed a meuthful of
golden teeth. Every look and movement
indicated ease and prosperity.
Tie gladly accepted am invitation TO sc-
company us to our little Orfico where he
detailed 20 our pleased and eager ears
the story OF how ho had climbed bv rapid
strides from plenty TO abundance. from
abundance TO 0puIeuCe-
HE had manipulated Il railroad scheme.
did not tell us where. He had been very
fortunate In some patent-rlght deal but
uiu not tell US what His real wealth.
however. had come from the frozen
hl0ndike. where DE has many rich claims
AS ocular evidence of his wealth he
produced gold nugget worth $500 an
other worth $500, and gold BAR worth
$50 more.
His family lives in Seattle. enjoying all
the sweets of life that wealth and opu-
ience can give. The colonel himself was
on his way 10 Washington CITY looking
after large interest that he has there
lie came TO Zion without q herald ne
left without notice. when he win re-
turn. bis God and the colonel only know.
only SIX years from poverty TO aGlu-
CUca.
These same six wears have witnessed the
TRANSPORTATION Of Colonel Nat Ward Fitz-
Gerald from plain Colonel Nat ward FItZ-
Gerald to the Hon Colonel Nat Ward
FiJz-Gcrsld. the millionaire.