The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-21
SUBURBAN LITERATURE.
He Moved Not.
And He Had a Cause for IT
The moon was half>orbed.

payment in full.
A number of rays descended from
the undressed fraction, and lit upon
half-aere lot in the neighborhood
of the Eighth Ward square.
The scene was one to cause q
statue of the Venus de Medici TO
forget the tenuous nature of her
ralment and smile as thouoh her.
glorious figure were not merely a
thing of stone.
a young and vigorous man.
against whom nothing conld he
said, except that he was memher
OF local base ball club, was stand
Ing as close as he could to another
young person, who was not a Iaan.
ana they were talking and siphjng
at irregular intervals.
u nave but one request to make
she said (Which shows she was NOT
marrled). Promise me one THING
before you GO"
II will" said be. az 90 it blind
and will ante up if it breaks me-
He had learned these peculiar
expressions from the advance agent
OF the Salvation Army whom he had
heard on one Or two occasions: but
with MAT faculty OF divination
which comes OF true love, the girl
interpreted what otherwise would
have been as mystical and inscruta-
bic as a Tribune editorial. She
caught on.
You are going" she said; "why.
know not. Oh, Adolphus. this is
not what [ looked forward to. 1
looked for at least tea per cent.
better things. had hoped
had hoped hoped" and here
the poor thing let fall Niagara of
brlny pearls and sobbed so violently
that a passing undertaken waited at
the corner until he took cold,
"Well. said the youth, when his
handkerchief had absorbed all the
dnld 1t was capable of containing,
what must l promise? Anything
that you say goes. L will cotton to
any racket you shindy up" said he,
using the language of bis native
land, the Sixth ward.
Then, she exclaimed, while deem.
emotion RACED
and tossed in Der ample chest. ar
want you to promise that when Won
nave gained the object YOU seek and
accomplished your hearts chief de-
IRE. you VIII return to me at your
earliest convenience and let me
NOW IT l am to be or not to b
ours till the fall OF the curtain"
Il promise" he said: "more. T
wear with a district court sol
mnlty that when 1 receive INV
ong- looked-for promotion, and i'm.
Gead OF being car-Wiper becomea
rakesman, will thenceforth if NOT
Oss."
''Thanks," she said "now embrace
Re, and good night"
The young man, strange to relate
id not move He had braced him,
Elf against the high board fence
grounding the square, and hung
1t as though he were Butler and
le fence the Massachusetts gov
'norship.
Ao ~ Jou HOb DlU me
nod night?" she said. "Do you no
niger desire to take me to
'ur heart? Ii so tits well. / only
ant to know it-that's ALL" And
order to show how Indifferent
g was. the girl wept bitterly.
The gallant youth was moved
t he did not move. 81 cannot do
her than l do" he said: 81 wouId
n remain upon this spot and wit,
IS your departing form fade into
mists that surround US. Do not
turb me-" he added; sit is NV
assure that be permitted to re.
in braced against this wall: and
your form dissolyes into the all
gloom, so will your pres
20 slowly depart from nv mind
sleep comes to the possession of
weary body. Good night"
he stretched forth her hand. but
tailed to connect with his by
'ut a foot. She came nearer and
de the connection, then re.
rked:
There is something I cannot
hom in all this. Perhaps it's all
ut. Why you do not leave that
ce and rush to my aims before 7
We you for the night, when you
w L have neither d. phtheria nor
allpox, is more than can find
. The gods do know"
Yes, but thanks to them thew
1t tell" said he.
be squeezed his hand with a
lgtry pressure, their lips met
narroW-gauge collision, and
fragile female faded into the
aiming. After a short pause, he
ed to her. but she was gone, His
DIS fell upon Langrishe au-
ice. She was hence. Then he
ped forth.
Thy did he not press her to the
, Coop. jumper which encased
manly form and accompany
through the may walks and
the dirty bitches which beset
homeward path? Was he in
'rent? Or paralyzedp Or
TX, and therefore unwilling to
ay his unsteadiness Not at
Ills su3penders had busted.
ESSAY CAIGu.