The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-23
SUBURBAN LITERATURE
Wen and Lost.
CHAPTER I.

This is a very peculiar world
We can never tell exactly what Ii
going to take place until the events
have come; then we are baffieo
somewhat, because they are referred
to as having taken place. The
grammatical construction of this sen
tence may not be such as would
cause the spirit of l.. Murray to flap
his wings in delight; but the read
ers doubtless understand the drift
of my moralizing, and thus scores
point on me. So mote it be.
In an unfrequent thOrOughfare of
Salt Lake lives young man. He
does not exactly live IN the
thoroughfare, because that would
be violating a city ordinance, and
the y. m. is strictly law-abiding
but the house in which he is pro-
tected from the elements and
receives his nourishment is located
theatrical. It is not a pretentious
place at all, far from it; but it an
swers the purpose. The youths
name is Aristides x. Smith. The
tx" answers a double purpose
standing in its categorical order for
XenODhon, and being useful when
he has occasion to affix his name to
a document. Aristides lives in
humble circumstances, but he is as
proud as a newly photographed
governor, or a husband to whom is
conveyed for the first time the It'd
ings that he is father. 1 say first
time adYisedly, for the reason that
the interest in that kind of thing
generally diminishes with repeti-
ton.
Aristides had plo we'd twenty-five
throws in the field of life when he
became violently in love for the first
time. On a beautiful even
ing in the cratic month
of December he had attended
ball in the ward meeting house;
desiring to dance, he asked the LADY
nearest him to be his paItoer; she
asked to be excused and he calamity
excused her. He tried the next one.
who had cold and couldn't dance;
nothing daunted he went on. the
next lady being crippled, and 90 on,
each OF the fair ones having some
kind of silment which operated ss an
to her becoming par
ticipant in his pleasure, till ce was
getting somewhat discouraged and
had about concluded that be was in q
hospital instead of dancing party,
when 10! q maiden fair to see took
him at his word and walked out with
him upon the floor to accompany
him in his evolutiops. That settled
mis- hash; be loved that girl then and
here; loved her with . clinging
quality equaled only by Sixth Ward
mud. He told her 80 before the in
svitable "all promenade" figure had
been performed, and as she had
never heard such a statement before
The yielded. Her name was Heloise |
M'Olosky. and she looked like il.
She was soulful if not elegant; a
wealth OF beautiful phenomenon air,
which cost her father $3.50, sur.
her head like e1ronet; her
,eck was like unto swans, just as
ong and no thicker; and there was
hat remarkable symmetry of form 90 |
.arely witnessed in her sex CT perfec! |
one portion being OF about |
he same diameter and circumfer.
snce S. any other portion. Add to |
.hese charms q perfect mastery, or
nis!ressy, of the dialect of that por-
ion of the city and oewitching |
iaeulty OF chewing gum "a no Other |
girl ever cheTed it, and then wender |
{ you can why our hero became
captive al once.
OF course he accompanied her
home. The words of affection which |
passed between them as hand in. hand |
hey passed FROM tie to tie on the |
Utah Central track, were too sacred
'or profsne ears; AID when the gate,
" the place where there had been 8
.ste before it was used for frewood.
lad been reached, they stood together
or nearly so) enraptured with the
bought that the world was left to
iarkness and to them. naught save
he drowsy tinkles emanstirg from
he tt.ay pen end 81 occasional snort
rom the foghorn disturbing their
,lissful serenity.
Aristides was not impulsive, but |
he thought this the accepted time
o move the previous question. He
lid 30, saying 'sHel, ] love you
better than hoss-race; I want to
marry; will you double up with
ne?" And the maiden, with a
,oyness born of virgin modesty, got |
IS near to him as che could for
clothes, leaned her head upon his
white shirt, looked up into his eyes |
With love which cleaned like a
larrow-gauge headlight, placed her |
land within the mighty grasp of |
lis own, and murmured in accents
ow and sweet, like the blissful !
;adence of a gentle zephyr amid a
luster ofroses, "You betw
CHAPTER II.
One year (nearly) later. /
rsiStideS and HelOiSe have |