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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

Dor. John Ferguson, the old Scotch
man who was to be Kerrigan's ser
want, met them at the station and drove
them in a closed carriage to the home
that Fielding had prepared. During the
past summer Kerrigan and Fielding had
driven from the hotel in the village over
this road many times, and on Just suen
nights as this, sometimes alone, when
they always planned to buy the white
farmhouse for their old age; and mo-e
often they had driven with young girls,
who laughed and sang with them. jus,
from the animal happiness of health
and the sheer joy of living
They found Mary Ferguson, the wife
of john Ferguson, the Scotchman.
standing in the doorway, her broad
buxom frame silhouetted against the
square of yellow light that flooded the
room beyond. ..
In one corner of the room, Just BY the
window that looked out on the meadow
and the river beyond, they had placed q
broad desk, with all herrigan's writing
things on it, and besides these a great
/ bowl of crimson ramblers
He reached out his hand and laid il
on Fielding's arm. It's ali quite won
derful, Bert" he said, quite wonderful
/ just like sunshine-and that's good. be
cause, you see, this room is my whole
world now
And this as events turned out wa.
largely true. AS the long days passed.
| Kerrigan seldom left the house. and
then only very late at night, when Fer
gus0n drove him in a closed carriage
over the deep, sandy roads.
The Scotchman went to the postofice
| for the mail every morning and again
at night, and sometimes he received
long. bulky letters. and at other times
small. thin ones. with the name OF so1ne
publishing house in the corner: but all
of these letters were addressed to John
Ferguson The accounts at the village
were paid by checks signed by the sama
name, and later on the name of Jenu
ferguson began to appear as an occa-
sional contributor in the better class Of
magazines. As a living being Beauty
/ kerris5n had stepped aside the day OF
the Canal street tenement fire and had
/ let the world pass on. As a human be-
ing, he existed only for Fielding and his
two servants; as a writer, he was slow
/ ly gaining place of honorable distinc--
/ ton. but the tributes to fame that he
! had envied so in others, the tfnseT Sue
cess that he had hoped and worked and
prayed for in his youthful days. now
that it was almost within grasp. could
never be his, because Beauty KeTri-
gan did not exist in the eyes Of Inc
world.
But late in the spring Of Kerrigan's
first year at Pleasant Earbor he told
Fielding of drama he wanted to write
To be the author of a successful play
Continued on Page 10.
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Beauty" Kerrigan

to the firemen. and so, with one hand
on the throbbing rubber and the othev
one feeling against the wall, he gropE
his way along the narrow hallway.
Halfway down the passage he found
the stairway.
The smoke was much thicker here
and the roar of the flames and the
cracking of the timber overhead was
quite deafening, but the hose led hirr
on up the winding staircase. For q
moment Kerrigan opened his eyes, and
through a rift in the smoke he was al
most sure that he saw the outline of
figure at the next landing. He clutched
the banisters with 9th hands and called
aloud, but his voice seemed to have
lost all of its power, HIS eyes smarted
terribly, too, and the awful heat was
becoming unbearable.
Outside in the sunlit streets a half
grown girl pushed and fought her way
through the dense crowd of oniookeys
massed before the fire lines. Mother
she shrieked to the old woman, vino
was calling on some one to rescue her
children. Mother. shut up, won't you
the kids are over to Myers drug
store
GLORY be to Cod whispered the old
woman and doubled up over the rope
in front of her. And as she did so the
upper half of the front wall of the
burning building wavered, while the
crowd shouted its warning and the
grimy. rubber-coated firemen raced to-
ward the crowd for safety. For mo-
ment the great wall of brick and iron
ladders staggered in midair and then
with a sullen roar fell backward and
crashed it's way through the burning
floors.
The lights had already begun TO
twinkle in the skyscrapers when the
four men gathered about the city desk
that night and talked of the Canal
street fire and the past, the present and
the future of Beauty Kerrigan.
Through the open windows there came
from the park below the shrill cries of
the newsboys, the rumble of the
elevated trains and the rush of many
hurrying footsteps. The tall building
trembled slightly and then settled TO
the eeaseless t.arobbing of the presses
down in the basement throwing out the
night edition The city editor shut his
watch with a noisy click. 1T won't
do" he said-'it won't do. We've got
to get this paper out earlier or get out
ourselves. Did any of you see Kerr
GAM
Il saw what was left of Beauty I'M
der a blanket on the way to the am
bulance." the cub volunteered. HE was
all covered up Fielding was with him,
though; took him to the hospital. I
guess. while I was chasing the old wo-
man that thought her kids were in the
building. That wide-eyed boy that re-
ports fires and conventions for the TFi-
bune told me that was what took
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

Beauty into the house-to tell the fffS-
men where the kids were
That's just like KeTrigan,' the copy
reader interrupted. With every re-
spect to man in the hospital, Beauty
certainly had a nigh regard for the
limelight. He ought to have been an
actor"
The city editor put his feet on the
desk and clasping his hands behind his
head, looked up at the cobwebbed cell
ing. Il liked Kerrigan," he said. Il
know what you mean, but he'd been
called a Greek god so long and so often
that he began to believe ne was a little
differently made from the rest of US.
Whatever happens to him it happened
while ne was trying to save a couple cd
kids he never saw. You can't take that
away from him"
Il tell you. boys" interrupted the
sporting editor you're all in wrong.
He wasn't stuck on himself, but ne
loved health and condition just as any
of you love a piece of mince pie. He'd
played for four years on that western
college ball team of his and the foot
ball team, too. and he'd kept himself
hard ever since. He didn't smoke and
he didn't drink. but that didn't make
him any less of a man. He was no
more stuck on his Greek head than
you are on yours, but he did believe a
mans body is a nice bit of machinery
to take care of. not a receptacle for
every violet-cOlored liquor that comes
from Paris. France. / tell you 1 know
the boy"
"All right" said the copy reader, "but
not for mine. His friend Fielding that
thinks so much OF him is worth two OF
Beauty and can write better stuff
with his left hand. ] know, because I
read all they write
The city editor continued to look up
at the ceiling. "Kerrigan was a little
up in the air sometimes" ne said; ''he
was a bad reporter and Fielding Is a
good man-that is. to get facts. Kerri-
gan had too much imagination-he's a
fiction writer. I'll bet you now that
Bert Fielding will be a reporter when
KerTigan is among the best six sellers
that is, if he lives.
Look OUT" said the cub; heres
Fielding now"
A young man came into the office,
walked over to a desk and picked up
some letters and then joined the four
men.
'How's Beauty? B." asked the city
editor.
Fielding sat on desk and shook his
head. "Oh. I don't know-nobody
knows anytbing-yet They wouldn't
let me see him. but I hear he's all
smashed up and burned. too, terribly.
We've got to wait-that's ALL Field
ing clasped his hands together and
pressed them between his knees. Then
he looked slowly about him at each %
the four men in turn. Il tell you, it's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

AS the old man reached the doorway
of the burning building the woman
threw herself upon him and, seizing
him by the shoulder, wheeled him
back toward her.
Il tell you they're not in the fat"
she slrieked above the roar of tie
flames. Katie told me she was goin'
across the hall to Cassidy s.
The old man stood staring at his wife
with his mouth wide open and his arms
hanging impotently in front of him. II
thought they was to home he mum
bled-'honest, 1 thought they was TO
home"
Kerrigan picked his way over tho
network of hose to the old couple, and
shaking the man by the shoulder, tTiS1
to rouse him from his stUpor. What's
up?" he asked briskly.
The old man with wide frightened
eyes looked up at the young one, but
his tongue refused to move, so re
raised both arms and waved them to-
ward the burning tenement. But it
was different with the woman. There
was an assurance in Kerrigan's man
ner, and certain eagerness in his eyes
that made her believe him to be some
one in authority, and so she seized him
by the broad shoulders and pulled him
down to her. so that she could shout IN
his ear My kids are in there-they'll
be burned alive The old man told the
fireman they was in the third floor
front, but / know they was at Cassi-
dy's across the hail in the rear build
ms"
He seized the old woman and put his
mouth to her ear. THE third floor
back?'' he shouted. The woman nod
ded her head at him, and then in her
frenzy turned to the crowds pressing
against the ropesS For Gods sake.
she shrieked, won't somebody tell
those firemen about my kids" pass
ing fireman stopped at the woman
cry. Have you got kids i'm there?" he
asked. The old woman only shook her
head and with her arms beat the air In
the direction Of the flames.
We'll. you got to get out of this, y
said the fireman; that wall is liable to
go any time now" With both hands he
half led. half dragged the old couple
away from the building, and with the
aid of a policeman tiI,silv forced them
behind the ropes
In the meantime Ke7 rigdn stood look
ing into the open doorway of the burn
ing tenement The fire Lad not yet
reached the lower floor, and it was
quite possible that he could find the
fireman who had gone for the ehiidre5
and tell him that they were in the back
OF the house. For a moment he hesi-
tated. then he pulled his hat down
hard and ran for the open doorway In
side there was a pale gray smoke that
smarted Kerrigan's eyes, and SO he
shut them tight and promptly fell ove-
a hose. He knew that this must lead
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

They'd got to find Aloysius and ask him
to the party or cali it off.
But findin' Aloysius want any cinch.
He'd left the army long ago. He want
in any of the 15-cent lodging houses
The police didn't have any record of
him. He didn't figure in any of The
hospital lists. The nearest any one
came to locatin him was handbook
man the scene shifter knew. who said
he'd heard of 'Loyshy hangin' around
the Gravesend track summer before
last: but there was no use looixin' fer
him there a: this time of year. 1t
want until they'd promised 20 a1ver-
tise for Aloysius in the papers that
Mother Dillon quit takin' on and agreed
to wear the green silk she'd had made
for Noras christenin'.
Yes, and what them" says 7.
Why says Sadie. "NoTa's sfrs d
that if Aloysius doesn't turn up, her
mother viii spoil the party with an
Their crying spell; and she knows if lie
does her father win throw him out
'sshe has a happy way Of loolxi1' at
things, says L. was it for this you
cut out going to Rockywold?"
''Of course" says Sadie Il am to
pour tea at the billions on Sunday az
ternoon. You are to come at five ard
bring Pinckney.
An. pickles, Sadier' says L This
is"
please, shortyv' says she 1--WE told
Nora you would
I'll put it up to Pinckney,r says I,
and il he's chump enough to let him
self loose in Tenth-ave. society, just 10
help the billions put it over the Br1'lys
expect I'll be a mark, too. But it's
a dippy move"
Course, / mistrusted how Pincxney
would take it. He thinks he's got me
on rollers, and proceeds to shove. He
hasn't heard more than half the tale
before he begins handin' me the JOSH
about it's bein' my duty to spread sun
shine wherever ] can.
IT'S calcium the billions want" lays
1, But 1 hadn't got to tellin' you
about Aioysius.'
What's that?" says ne. "Aloysius
Dillon, did you say2''
Hes the one that's playin' the par
of the missing prod" says ].
What is he like?' says Pinckney
| gettin' interested.
"Aecordin' to descriptions" SAYS I
hes a useless little runt, about foui
/ feet nOth.n high, and as wide as Z
match, with the temper Of a striped nor.
net and the instincts of a yellow kyoo
/ die. But he's his mothers pet, Just tn
same, and If he amt found she threat
ems to throw fits. Don't happen t,
know him, do your
why" says Pinckney, I'm not SUR
but I do"
1t looks like jolly; but then, again
/ you never can tell about Pinckney. H
mixes around in so many sets that he
like to know most anybody.
We'll" says /, IF you run acros
Aloysius at the club, tell him what
| on for Sunday afternoon.
81 will" says Pinckney, lettin' out
| ehuclle and climbin' into his cab.
I was hoping that maybe Sadie woul,
renege before the time come: but RICH
after dinner Sunday she makes her sec
| ond best afternoon regalia, calls a han
som and starts for Tenth avenue, leav
ing instructions how / was to show III
| in about an hour with Pinckney, ans
not to forget about handin' out on
cards just as if this was swell affair
I finds Pinckney got up in his frocl
coat and primrose pants, and iookin
mighty pleased about something o
| other
"Huhr" says !. You seem to TAX
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03
A STORY OF NEWSPAPER
AND STAGE LIFE.
BY Charles Belmont Davis.

hell to see those young doctors at the
hospital standing around there smiling
and so cool in their damned white suits
and not able to do anything They're
all right guess. but the worst of it Is
1 can't do anything"
I suppose suppose they'll make
him comfortable" The Cub Suggested.
Fielding nodded. That's all right
Kerry has a little money of his own"
Isn't there some one we ought to
send for?" asked the City Editor
Fielding brushed his sleeve sharply
across his eyes. Not that 1 know
Of" ne said. I've lived with him for
five years and he never mentioned any
relatives to me. He's alone just like
am
The City Editor got UP and laid his
hand on Fielding's shoulder. Try to
take it easy, old man." ne said. 1T
may all come out right. Better go now
and have little dinner with US
Fielding put out his hand and turned
away his head. THANK you, but not
now. I said I'd call up the hospital a
little later. They seemed to think they
might know something then"
The four men gathered about him ard
each in his own way tried to show his
sympathy. Then they said good night
and left him sitting alone in the de-
serted room.
It was late one evening the follow
ing June when Fielding led a mufffed
figure through the long corridors of the
hospital to the cab waiting on the hot,
deserted street. Broken and twisted
and SCARED. Kerrigan, even with the
help of a cane and his friends arm,
shuffied along but slowly and with
much effort.
Before they started on that long. por-
tentous journey of two hours, Fielding
had received his final instructions in
the private Office of the head doctor.
Internally" said the little great man.
carefully weighing each word. he Is
as well as you or The may outlive
either or both of US. You understand
it is just as if you had smashed the
case of a beautiful watch. but the works
had been left unimpaired. I think ne
had the best frame and the best con-
stitution 1 have ever met with in a long
practice-of course, it was these that
pulled him through. What he viii neeG
now, and you must try very hard TO
help him to it, is rage-always cour-
age. Courage to look into a mirror
courage to forget. And, above all. try
to keep up his interest IN things and
make him work. work continuously
the more the better"
7 understand, DOCTOR" said Field
ing. land III try very hard" Then he
found his friend and together they
started on their journey.
The stars were out and a young sill
yer moon hung over them when they
reached the little town of Pleasant Har-
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
BIGGEST LIST
IN MANY MONTHS

= Following ID. list of the adver-
tssed letters for the postoffice at
Grand Junction for the week ending
July 10:f j, ID. Burdett: Richard
Curtis: Fred French A. ". Donoho; !;
Carrie Coulson: F. A. Barager: Ellen
Evans: Ebert Daubenspeek; Jewett
Johnson: John n. Groves; ]. ID.
Greed: ID. H. Wood. NJ A. Cline: Es-
tell sWolcott: Francis Roll l.. l..
Grumm; c. W. Robinson. c. X Pitz-
man; NJ c. Robinson: Ennis Simons;
K. B. Shanks; Harry F. Spears: Kath-
ryn Simmons; Onie d. Shaw: j. r.
Rawlings CD: Joe Ritter: John G.
Ritter; Kit Builder Mrs. Roberts; c.
J. Wetmiller: V. Rasmussen; S. T.
Reed: Venia Rogers: Wynne Robb;
Helen Whitney; w. Ray; Alice Prit-
chett; Alberti Padilla; Clara Picker
ing; f. w. Clark: c. Pennington:
Hattie Pell (2); F.. Patton; J. w.
Peckenbaugh; Mary Preston; Motter
Prestnett: c. w. Spencer: Frank Sci
ber: Miss White. Emma Stapp: How
ard |. Spies; c. Vandover: G. C..
Stout; Stella Stern; VIM. Smits:
Clara Seaman; Chas. L. Scott: John
Stephensk: Roscoe Griffen: Myrtle
Fl. Deeb; Katie Costanzo: Justo Cor
dova; Jesse T. Demare; Olive Croft:
Ollie Vastle; Geo. DorInan: Catherine
Chambers: DR.. Vim. b. Craig: w. S.
McCarty r. Cooper; Mabel McDan-
iel r. y. McAllroy; o. b. Rush; G.
l.. Paine; A. V. Shaffold: o. King: C.
p. Moore; Albert Burgess; c. b..
Burch; NJ. L. Campbell; w. b..
Brown; John Burger; Mary Bollway:
Ransum Bovee; w. l.. Barrett: Her
bert Bowerman; Geo. Bowen: Geo.
Brown; Vim. b. Bailey: Thos. Clark;
Chas. Terrill; Robt. f. Barnwel; AL
bert J.. Downey; Alfred Durquett; T.
j. Fain; Thos. Ferrill; c. c. Curtis:
Geo. c. Cottingham; Miss Mary Cox;
Oliver Thompson: Nina Taylor (2).
w. t. Tabner; VIM. Swender: l..
Young; Lizzie Walden: Mrs. Nav
Wilson; R. Wallace; Jessie Black; j.
X. Baker; H. II. Burnett: c. A.
Branscomb; w. G. Wardell: w. FL
Wayne; G. l.. Agard; S. j. Arbuckle:
W. L. Atkinson; f. NJ Chapman.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
SHACKLES PUT ON LITTLE GIRL
Continued rrom Page 1.)

continued rrom Page l.)
van. The child is bright looking
little girl =
The father and mother. compare
lively young people. were in the court
room and sat together at one side of
the court room listening atteritively
to every word of the testimony Of
fered by Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Hays. Mrs
Jackman. Mrs. Schrader and other
witnesses called by the prosecution.
al of whom are most reputable peo-
pie,
The testimony of several of the
ladies was to the effect that they had
seen this child at the Berryhill home
wearing heavy shacllles on her ankles
and knees with a heavy trace chain,
being unable to walk only being able
to creep. The girl would wear these
shackles for hours at time and on
many days she was seen with them
upon her frail limbs.
At other times the father or moth
er would be seen to whip the child in
cruel manner. At least one cold
day last winter found the child lock-
ed for hours in a coal shed. Again
she was confined occasionally in the
cellar
At other times the child would
stay away from home for extended
periods, being afraid of her parents.
1t is said that the child stayed
away from home all one night, wan
derinS about the streets. following a
severe whipping at the hands of her
parents and being afraid to go home.
one day the little girl. after a
whipping, 1t is reported, ran away
from home early one morning and
took a five year old playmate. a
neighbor's child, with her and they
were found in the afternoon in de-
serted house.
That the father often swore at the
child and called her vile oaths was
testified to by witnesses.
Other startling testimony indicat-
ing cruel treatment was given.
John Berryhill took the stand and
testified to the effect that he nor his
wife could manage the child that he
had to whip her. that she would run
away and be guilty of petty thieving
and that he had to chain her to keep
her at home. He denied that he or
his wife had been unduly cruel to
their child, simply endeavored to rule
her and raise her right.
After hearing the evidence and the
statement of County Attorney Grif-
fifth the court announced that he
would take the case under advise
ment
Mrs. Schrader testified that since
the child has been at the Schrader
residence she has behaved nicely.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
TAFT DEMANDS CHANGE MADE
Continued f.om FRS, Page.)

At conference at the White
House II was decided that the new
draft of the corporation tax amend
ment will provide for tax of l per
cent Instead of per cent on the net
earnings of corporation.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
RealEstateNews

$1,000 to loan on real estate. city
or ranch. 4.
An S-room residence, nice corner.
on North Fifth, for $4,000
Pair lots on Bedford, between 11th
and 18th, for $3.50: corner 12th and
Chipeta, $3.50; corner Gunnison and
18th, corner, $3.50. Terms.
nice 10-acre trace. good loca-
ton. on Orchard Mesa. $3.50 an acre.
New 5-room house, big front porch,
sleeping porch, furnace. fine loca-
Ttion, s3650.
One of the prettiest bungalows in
one OF the best locations in city, only
1920.
We have for rent 4, g. 6. and 8
room house. All good locations.
. A splendid 10-acre orchard. 3-acres
in bearing to trade for city residence
Its good one.
5-acre t.-act, 2-year-old trees, no
better soil ~ valley. for $4,000; 4
miles northeast of city.
We have 40-acre tract of High
Line. it's fine. 3 miles from city It
will sell for $500 an acre in 2 years,
you can buy IL now for $3.50.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
A VICIOUS DOG
ATTACKSAbOY

+ Yesterday afternoeni at the 4
= fair grounds during the progress 8
+ of the ball game a very lamenta- Z
+ BILE accident happened to Nc =
+ kinley Vaughn. l2-year-old +
+ boy, who was watching the +
+ game. +
+ The boy was sitting in the 4.
+ eastern portion OF the grand +
r stand where il was .thinfv;eeat- 4.
+ ed, and had his dog IA shep- I.
+ herd) beside him a bull dog, Z
+ which accompanied prominent +
Z couple of this city commenced =
= snarling at the shepherd dog +
+ and finally flew at him; but. in +
+ stead of hitting the shepherd +
+ dog. the bull dog caught the boy +
r in the face. burying its teeth in 4.
+ the boy'sIlip and chin and also I.
l. infiicting deep cut in the +
+ bridge of his nose +
+ + ++++ +$++ +
When, the boy started to run. the
dog again leaped at him and would
have Injured him more seriously had
not the shepherd dog sprung ON him
and thrown him out of his course.
The affair caused a great commo-
tion and much indignation toward
the dog which had so yiciously in
1ured the boy and for short time
1t looked as though the bull pup
would be killed: but a constable in
terfered and led the dog out.
The boy bled profusely and had to
be carried to doctor. who was
Obliged to take many stitches in the
wounds and make necessary prevent
atives for blood poisoning
! For several hours yesterday the boy
was confined to his bed under the
influence oil chloroform. He is re-
ported better today. but has to be fed
through brass tube.
The dog is locked up at the city
Jail and is to he shot today.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
LBy Associated Press l

Washington, July 12.-After
agreeing to take vote today at 4
pm. on the joint resolution present
Ing an amendment authorizing the
levying of an income tax regardless,
OF apportionment among the several
states, the house proceeded to dis
cuss the proposition.
congressman Payne declared that
ne was opposed to such a tax in time
OF peace and believed it would be
most difficult TO enforce and the hard
est to collect
He said:
1t is tax on the incomes of hon
est men and an exemption to some
extent to rascals"
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
IBy Associated Press !

Washington, July 12.-All of the
senate amendments to the Philippine
tariff bill We're rejected by the house
today.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-12
1By Associated Press 1

Washington. July 12.-It is pre-
dicted that cotton bagging, which
was put on the free list by the SEN
ate, will be put on the dutiable list
in conference, and that the duty on
coal viii be placed at 40 cents per
ton. t
The most strongly contested sched-
ules are TO be wool, petroleum and
hides.