Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02

! they had built their hopes for the
! future had SO far been realized
on the contrary. everything had
apparently gone wrong with them
and they were nlled with gloomy
! forebodings and despair
Soon after their wedding day.
| George had lost his position, through
! the failure Of the firm los which ne
was employed. and Elsio's father had
| died suddenly. leaving more liabilities
than the total amount of his estate
| was able to meet. Elsie herself was
| suffering from malarial aihiCuon. so
| common In the low attitudes of the
! east, and altogether the future looked
| extremely discouraging to this un-
| happy pair.
| 10 make matters worse. tho Couu-
| try was Just passing through tho try
| ing ordeal OF a financial panic, and
| profitable employment was simply out
| of the question for either of the
| young people.
| Elsie. however. had succeeded I'm
| obtaining little plain sewing. though
| at a pitifully Inadequate rcuumcra-
! ton. for II seems TO be one of tho i'm
cNorable laws OF finance that tho
| harder Il is to ret hold of a dollar,
the less the dollar will buy,
And yet the future was not so hope
| less as IL seemed, for about this time
Far west so long ago that George
| scarcely remembered oven his name,
wrote him letter. which had iol-
lowed him from place TO place In
the big city, until at last IL found him
and his young wife in a gqualid tene-
| ment where even the rent was un-
paid. and where not a dollar was left
TO meet the exorbitant demands OF
the grocer and the butcher.
The uncle's letter. however. had
! magical effect upon both George and
Elsie, for IL pointed to relief from
their embarrassing situation. and paw
ed the pathway to prosperity, AS wen
as TO health and freedom for both.
IL began by saying that the writer,
when he left New York. many years
ago, had wandered as far west as the
great state of Utah, which, in those
days, was scarcely known to the out
| side world.
Here, in this marvellous and as yet
undevelopcd western empire, prosper
| fly such as he had never dreamed Of
| had come 90 him. and he was anxious
| To learn something concerning his
| sister and her son, as he was now
| able to render them such assistance
| as they might require. provided the
world had not dealt gently with
| them. lie enclosed a draft for one
| thousand dollars, ito meet possible
present needs and advised that the
1 " IT
| might yet be living, come TO the land
| Of peace and plenty" where the genial
| sunshine, the delightful and health
| giving climate and the fertile soil
combined TO make 1t Il source OF per
petual JOY.
For a moment. George and Elsie
| were completely dazed by the uneN-
| pected good fortune which had so
| suddenly como to them, and then,
| with many ordinations Of delight,
they danced about their poverty
| stricken little room in a perfect
| frenzy of JOY
| In few moments. however George
| appeared to regain his composure, and
| remarked:
Come Elsie. we're too rich to
| go hungry any longer. and this Is our
| day to eat Let's hurry to the bank
| where I am acquainted, and get the
| cash on this precious draft, then TO a
| restaurant for the first square meal
| I'm a month. and afterwards 10 those
| long unfamiliar establishments whore
men and wOmen-when they have
the price--adorn themselves with pro-
| per and becoming apparel
| This program was quickly carried
| out and, returning TO their humble
quarters in the tenement the now
| stylishly-drossed and well-fed young
| people gathered up the few little
keepsakes they valued. paid the rent
| on the wretched room. as well
as a few other small bills long over
due, and took a street car for a we'll
| appointed uptown hotel. on the
way, George suddenly exclaimed;
Tell you what let's do, Elsie. In
stead of returning to the UNEQUAL
struggle against poverty and sickness
| here in the crowded city. suppose We
follow the example Of our much be
loved angel uncl-,. and go west, young
| riar'--and young woman. He mas
| found prosperity there. and why may
not we be equally for,lnate? There
We shall find opportunity ana irce-
| dom. and, more than all. the blessed
| boon Of health. that Will soon bring
back the roses to tn )s1 lovely cheeks
| o. yours What do yoI say' IL Is
| A so. or shat We stay hove and con-
tinue the fearful struggle that has
! brought us so much misery
| Let us 20, by all meansl' was
| FIsIe's enthusiasts reply. land the
| sooner we start. the better II VIII be
| for US both
! Georges fervent exclamation, and
| tomorrow we shall be on our way TO
| the wondrous west''
The next morning saw George and
| Elsie, happy and care-free as two
| school children, cozily settled for a
! long and eventful journey toward the
! mystic land OF the setting sun, on O
| swiftly moving train that carried
them further and further away from
/ the scenes OF their happy childhood
| and the privations that had come 10
| them during the past year. They
| were buoyant and hopeful. and tho
| future seemed fled with bright
| promises.
Each mile Of the long journey was
| thoroughly enjoyed, and every NOM
| ent brought It's new and thrilling eX-
| perience--the sensation Of entering an
| unfamiliar world, full Of surprises and
! delights.
At Chicago the change was quickly
| made 20 a train that was TO bear them
| westward for distance Of 1900
/ miles, straight 10 salt Lake city, the
/ capital and metropolis Of Utah, so
| aptly and eloquently described as the
Z mountain-walled treasury OF the
J gods"
/ The broad prairies OF Illinois and
| Iowa, hxuriant with their intormin-
/ able fields OF green; the boundless
| plains Of Nebraska and eastern Colo
| RADIO. and the towering peaks OF the
| Rocky Mountains, through the fast
| neSses Of which the train wound its
| tortuous way-all these were scenes
/ Of such strange beauty and magni-
| tude that our city-hred tourists were
! overcome with amazemcnt at the
| wonders unfoldod viii each succeed
| ing hour.