El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-30

! times he felt sure Of It, but at otherG
when he looked at the lady and con-
sidered the difference IN lhelr ages
he thought otherwise A loNeiess mar
rage would be a horror.
At last he determined 10 propose,
and with this determination ne saI
himself down and wrote 10 joel baE-
low as a son would to father.
1t was months before the answer
came When II did this is what ne
read:
Washington, D. C., March 5, 1905.
NY very dear and excellent friend
7 write you with a heavy heart
Your letter OF the 18th January
came upon US like a shipwreck- we
see in it at least the wreck fyour
most brilliant prospects Of domestic
happiness If not public usefulness. we
can say nothing OF your proposal eA-
cept that you ought by all means 10
pursue your own ideas of your own
happiness, well weighed and well con-
sidered.
IN this last clause I must offer
word, tho il may possibly come too
late to be Of any use, If indeed advice
in such cases can in Its nature be OF
use.
NV friendship is unlimited and IN
abated, and have no reason to doubt
the excellence you find in the person
you describe But her education, feel
ings, character and cast Of mind are
English and London.
And, what is perhaps more import
ant for you. she has a fortune
These things render il extremely
improbable that she can be happy in
this country. I should think IL equally
impossible that you can be very happy
in that country. Your mind is Ameri-
can. Your services are wanted here.
las to fortune, I would rather see
YOU with only what YOU have, than
with the largest in the world.
Joel Barlow.
II Joel Barlow never did anything
other than write that letter, he did
much for the world. He checked Full
ton in what might have been the ruin
OF his life.
Whether Fulton had proposed to the
mature widow there is no record, but
London and the lady soon lost their
he came the following winter, arrlv-
ing in New York in December after
tempestuOus voyage OF two months
from Falmouth. OF uybney he had
little, but OF hope a great store He
had been shaving at study over the
problem of a boat that would 90 by
steam, and when he showed TO the
chancellor how far he had progressed,
all the enthusiasm OF old was revived
in the lawyer
Fulton Meets His True Love.
Within q few months Of Fulton s re-
turn II was determined 70 build a
steamboat for use on the Mississippi
A demonstration would be made with
the vessel on the Hudson before send
ing II west
Livingston's finance would not stand
much OF a drain, and II developed upon
Fulton TO find financial aid elsewhere.
John Stevens. Of Hoboken. brotherin-
law of the chancellor, refused TO ac-
cent a partnership. having small faith
in the scheme. Fulton pleaded with
friends for money One Of whom he
asked $1,000 told him he would let him
have 500 If he could induce other
friends TO subscribe $500. After many
rebuffs. Fulton got men TO give the
$500. but he had TO promise that their
names would be kept secret They
feared that If their folly became known
they would be subject for public ridi-
cuIe.
Fulton had a spur in his quest for
money more potent than he ever had
felt before It was love.
At ClermOnt the chancellOr's place
up the Hudson. 10 which Fulton had
hurried soon after his arrival in Amer
lea, he had met Harriet Livingston.
She was the daughter OF Walter Liv-
inEston, lord of Teviotdale, as he was
called, whose estate of $4,000 acres
was not far distant from Clermont
Fulton knew the first day he met Har-
riet Livingston that he never loved
the buXom British widow Harriet
was a noted beauty, and one OF the
finest harpists and singers Of the day.
She thought Fulton one Of the most
brilliant and charming gentlemen she
found occasion for many visits TO
Clermont. Somehow Harriet always
knew Of his coming. OF. maybe, he
timed his calls by knowing something
of her visits
No one about CIermont was long in