The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-31

lSol ne left his entire fortune over nine hundred
thousand dollars to me. who up to that time
mad never had more than a hundred dollars OF
my own IN my hand at time! Instantly
was surrounded by mob Of friends that would
nave shamed subway train In the rush hour.
and each one had different scheme by which
could use my money to the best advantage.
Between Coney Island and the Great White
Way I spent the best part of the next eight
months-and over hundred thousand dollars.
Then one day, with party Of boon companions,
! met Roberta Menges. the Pearl OF sheepshead
Bay"
Roberta was then sixteen years old. had
seen many beautiful women In this first few wild
months OF my fortune spending: Roberta was
more beautiful than any. She was a blonde, we'll
educated, cultured and refined Right then and
there determined that would give up the gay
hfe. bestow my fortune on Roberta. the fairy
queen. and live happy ever after.
Two months later married Roberta-not,
cause ! was compelled to, bu! because was
madly in love with her and She as she professed
was equally In love with me
All ideas Of giving up the gay life and settling
down were banished when I found out as did
the day after we married. that Roberta had mar
ried me because I was hish-hyer. spender.
She told me that in 30 MANY words and vowed
that 1t would break her heart il gave up a
single pleasure to which by that time had be-
came used to.
When for instance, was under the weather
for three days at a time as result Of par
ticularly long and hard encounter with drink,
Roberta didn't for single hour.
She explained when demonstrated with her,
that she had no use for sick man.
My indispostions became more frequent as
our mode Of life continued, and at such times
Roberta would seek the company OF other men,
a course Of conduct which she would explain.
not excuse. with the statement that home life
stupehed her. the air OF the bed-chamber choked
her and she could only breathe and live In the
thin air of Broadway.
Roberta did not wait to my fortune en-
tirely exhausted before fixing upon my sue
cessor, her second victim. In fact I could not
fall to notice the pronounced attentions OF sew
eral men. all immensely rich. She grew frank
enough to tell outright that she intended to
stick to me only as long as I could provide all
the money she wanted to spend.
At last when was stripped pretty nearly
clean. while lay III with typhoid. she came to
my bedside and said:
why don't you die, Halsey? You're in my
way!"
Before 1 UP again 1t was all over Sue
had sailed for Europe. and had hardly dollar
in the world
Her history since then-named In the divorce
suit against muti-mionaire, divorced from
me, married to Captain Hill of the English Army,
jailed for smuggling, professional siren-al this
is familiar to newspaper readers.
1 used to be on the inside locking out Now
I'm on the outside looking in. You can see
more that way even IL you can't have as much
fun. Passing along Broadway in front of my
ness and finance. When they're In their of.
fee microscopic chicken couldn't get by them
with a pin feather left But everything they've
got is the doveeyed damsels with the diamonds
trotting along beside them any time she pulls
the string. q
see men who know have fine little wives
at home straight as strings slipping along The
Great Snlde Way with ladies who have consider
ably more than what Barrie called the Five
Pound Look In their eyes. see behind them
pacing along sorrow, disgrace ruin nenurv
divorce and suicide,
l pass up the foolish kids spending papa's
money. There's no problem there But the