The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-12

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WE HOPE TO APPEAR IN SOME CHOICE
READINGS.
question he had as usual blown his horn
at noon, when five Indians, equipped
and armed for fight, presented themselves
at his door and demanded redress for
the insult he had given to the authority
of the association. A spirited and angry
discussion ensued, when they were CON-
PEELED to retreat from the premises to
the tune of the old Kings Arm She'll
"Smarting under this unwelcome de-
feat" says Mr.. Gould, ga second COM
pany was dispatched the following Tues
day to enforce submission, and with in
structions to seize the gun and horn, and
if necessary mete out to Mr.. Gould
salutary coat of tar and feathers. The
sun had just arrived at the meridian
when, favorable opportunity present
ing itself, the signal whoop was given,
and the savage horde, springing from
their hiding places, and with demon like
yells, rushed up and surrounded Mr..
Gould, who was standing with his little
son in the open air in front of the house.
eve were that son."
Here is where Mr.. Gould slips a gram
NAUTICAL cog. He for the moment seems
to anticipate his own future and regard
himself as the president, board of di-
rectors, general passenger agent and con-
ductor; and, even if it be proper to use
the plural first person under those cir
cumstances, would it not have been more
elegant to have said "that son was us?"
It seems so, we think, to the thinking
mind
But later on Jay says, "Oh, the agony
of my youthful mind as expected every
moment to behold him Frustrated, a life
less corpse upon the ground!" In this
sentence he again resumes the singular
number. He also refers with much
vigor to the great lack of vitality so no.
ticeable in a corpse. In this, however,
he is not alone. Others have noticed it.
1t only remained for trenchant pen
like that of this virile young author to
describe it.
Mr.. Gould's book cannot fail to please
those who love turgid, clear cut style
such as we find in little book by an
unknown author called the ''List of
Names and Numbers of Telephone Sub
scribers in the City of New York" There
is no surplusage in the writings of Mr..
Gould any more than there is in the
treasury of his corporations after he has
drawn his salary. His language is di-
rect, forthwith and free from rhetorical
ruchings.
While he does not appeal perhaps Sc
strongly to the passions or the supreme
court as Tolstoi does he writes with a
symmetrical, easy running style which
reminds one of the Proceedings of the
State Dairyman's Association of Yer
mont"
Mr.. Gould's name will be proposed al
the fall meet of the Authors club, Of
New York, a social organization which
embraces such minds as my own and
that of the author of "fhe Little Giant
Joke Book and Choice Songs for Circus
es." l shall offer Mr.. Gould's name, and
shall ask to have it acted upon at once,
so that he may avail himself of the
privileges of our club.
Later on Mr. Gould and myself hope
to appear in some choice readings from
our own works. We will give pure
evening of refined thought that will
take the taste out of ones mouth after
reading Tolstoi. Nothing passionate
will be read at all Mr.. Gould is now
getting an upper register part in hi.
voice, so that he can successfully heal
himself in Chickering hall.
He will read selections from his ellis
tory of Delaware County" and also from
his map. He will by request also read
the following, which is one Of his com
positions, earlier than anything yet pub
lished, and which saw in the origina,
manuscript this summer. l am moi
thoroughly familiar with Mr.. Gould's
earlier writings, but it purports to bt
his. give it below. 1t is on the sub
ject of Hope.
HOPE.
"Hope is real good thing. 1t some
times springs eternal in the human
breast for little while and then with.
ers. o what should one do if bereft Of
hooel They would be so Respondent
one would, if they did not have hope
especially for the future We can gel
along without hope SO far as the present
is concerned, but in the future how diff
ferent, and the more we go on from one
thing to another, and still are here to
day and there tomorrow, is it not bet
ter if we must to do those things tina
are inevitable with a CHEEKY smile OF
each and all, economizing in every wa,
we can, especially in our operating ex
penses and dividends, thus leaving NOR
to be used judiciously by ourselves
rather than frittered away on compare
tive strangers.
/ "Hope, o Hope! He who hath not
tail hold on Hope is wreck on a singh
track. o bully for Hope! On the othe
hand, how disagreeable is despair
There is nothing more unpopular in tn
world today than despair.
'Then let us in our school life Away
be hopeful, and eat only such victuals a