Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-19
Az, BECAME A HERO.

m bufnor. A deep scowl had set
~ IA, suuburnod face, and ~ he sat
.irrnp by tho bride path ho dug his
~ the stony soil and uttered
i.sie,ions on the world in general
,,stb,r Aehish Higgins was evidently
a5,, f5r some ono who was not on
VI lMihar Achish was the Scriptural
ny. b,s,owcd upon u tail. ungainly
- n twenty summers by n mother
r. VA, deeply religious, and was taken
-.,,,rl from the good book, just like
~ names for tho Higgins progeny.
III Ah.har Achish's mother always
"a lin By his full name. But sh,
IN, only ono who did. Everybody
allcd him Alb.
al Higgfns. yer u durn fool fer stay
SO aid tho youth to himself ~ his
II, ius very yiciously into the soil.
-rfrlont yer got ouion hyar AN noo
,,..vofldf Yer iit for sumthin bottcr
=, Twin an dyin ia those mouutinys
\, YER par did. an mover u KNOWN
Am. n yer git outon hyar ycr Kin
-l.er FORUM, AN thets sumthin yer
i, mako hyar no inorc'n yer Kin keep
=, utr clutches o thcr rcyonoos
1v,r make % li,tlo whisky. B'gosh,
n Why don't ser start to-day"
bnfswcrol his own question by no..
r-irga standing position and kicking
80 chuuks from tho dcclyed stump
ihai served him aa o scat
Il reckon Mohs amt COMM said
Al ifier kicking at tho stump for q
-. Fan | reckon III go homo an tell
~ as how I'm goin ter saint Loocy for
Tmako q fariun'.'
bturuld slowly and began walking
e hobrillo path. lie had taken scarce
N dozen stops, when q foft voice
y--l i.om the bushes and hailed him;
.Oh. Al, what q silly taiug yer gitln
rbsr
A5doppod and q broad smilo spread
Oh Dis h0m1ly face IA he turned aud
M girl stop into the Bride path.
I've boom hilin In ther bushc. fer o
AIN hour said tho girl, IAN ! hcord
VI. yer said about gJin ter Saint
Losy an maxim yer fortgn'. Air yer
r1n too god fer Barriers Clcarin"
-Wot yur wantcr tcaZo iClilr fer,
lGsy' said Ab IN u doprccating tone
o. be and the girl sat down in tho shade
"a ellpcd hands lovingly.
Melissa Rankin WAS pretty, dCspi,1
10 ungainly bonnet that surrounded
hsf face and homospun droas that illy
Gtol hsE form. Her father was ''iu
jl.g At Jefferson City for tho orimo OF
td.ag caught in tho act Of Illicit distill'
irs. and shc and her mother lived alone
| ina calm that was perohod upon th,
pllk q, tho rushing mountain brook
that furnished tho power for tho rude
mill that vas tho pride OF Barscg
II Csgrrg
r Al AID Melissa had boon "sparkin'
III fs tgo years. and 10 WIS evident TO th,
Il whtli clearing that there would b. d
vo.iiag ~ soon % Alb was old enough
II togo 20 the county seat and blushingly
II iacr; that he wa twon,y-one.
H lhsleaua Of the leruh oaks were fas
turning brown In the autumn winds anl
Il b.oNus hither and thithcr on ia,
II freezes Melissa had noticed q chang.
n "a boz Al OF late. Not that he appenrct
lss nie,,iouate than Of old, but that h
seemed preocoupird and discontcnic,
A With his surroundings. Tho change I'M,
4 hgln con aitor Mr.. Goss had lot Bar
kgs Clearing. Co.'S was q young Law
fslsui from st. Louis, aud DO spent th
summer ut tho clearing fishing gu,
am,ing. During his stay Alb was hi
gglstmt companion. As the two illoO
sway many summer afternoon Ia Ga
iaide 0n the mountain side Gloss pourc
ail lhc ear Of tho listening Amthar th
ly;as aud legends OF ancient days. an
Ad Of the great world that lay bcyun
leugscd Ozarl.s tnat had hcrc,ofor
Nu.od TO Abithar 10 b. tho utmoa
louudl Of the earth.
Come to 81. Louis, Alb, and I'll max
arch man OF you" were Goss' parlin
vori', as ho left the clearing to rotur
Whs home Ia tho city.
The words had boon spoken In jest
buiAhithar cherished thcm in his hear
and S. tho days passed hc became NOR
aud moro convinced that out IN III
void was wealth and fame for him q
vel a. Tor uthors.
40 and Melissa sat and tall;cd as III
afternoon waned. Melissa s,riycd I
Pnuato Al that lao would better n
NAN where ho was and not attempt
ia'lo with the great outside world.
stay right hyar, Alb, sail Moliss.
wy can't yer be content like yen pa
Wu2 He wus born right hyar ut Ba
4sFs Clcrin, an at Blrkor's Clcarin J.
d'el. Io amt no better'n Yer pap, a
~
What is tlero hyar fer man 70 d
Aiita! IL stay hyar IN never 'moui
ls' nothiu, but q | 80 on. au sec Il
world maybe kin get rich, Maybe
oAl get ter DO what MIR. Co.'S said VI
Ct Acio-ouo o them fcllorB like Apollo
" me thor Ian as flung hisself on the
N,TlAn spears t1r sayo his country.
A-l't do ct az stay hyar. ~ / dor
~ out o hyar IN mover DO wa
tlucks."
"Eut whatll become Of mo, Ab.
!Tgo way asked Melissa in u tearf
Y0.1p.
Whom got taf DO ono o them ri,
nero III come bacl, artor yer, Molia
il.4 A1' as no frightened bis clasp abo
mr. waist and kissed her check.
Aonll fgrgit me when yer get out,
aver Ah,' and tho girla sobs shook h
BENDER frame.
~! Won't uuthcr," said Al stubborn
i~, yer will, Al. | know yer 6
wen H0'c Bglor went TO Saint LooG
no ".'Nt Nu.h N,i... usl ltHrll,t j.
-.',"' though no prompcd her
hNIIN. 10. ,.a..fN 81. HGH-