The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-03

That was not my first proposal, though
for my heart received a severe fracture al
very early age-when / was about a.
think. A pasty-fsced, yello R-haired CIR
captivsted my affections in those early
days. She was my schoolmaster's daughter
ALL I was in love then, wrote her
verses, Such verses teeming with fever
ed passion and perfect marvels of rhy thm
and photography. l even produced set Of
Latin verses singing her praises, and these
cost me Infinite toll, though | remember
she did not much care for them But my
suit prospered. l bought her toffee
and hardbake-sticky emblems of love-
and penned her long epistles burning with
romantic devotion, and she ate my toffee
and wrote me sweet nothings in return.
Betsy, the cook, carried our letters, and the
postage was heavy claim on my pocket
mouey. But then there was no tick with
Betsy, so denied myself other pleasures,
as lover should do. Indeed. l dedicated
myself to my mistress's service in the true
spirit of ancient chivalry. I ran races and
won them for her sake. | SWAN the Fylde
River in flood for her sake and imagined |
was Leander crossing the Hellespont. If
my memory serves me, you couldn't swim
in the t'ylde at all unless 1t was in flood. ]
even punched my dearest chum, Freddy
Patterson's head for her sake, for Freddy
sneak.n Thinking it over, my dear old
Freddy, you were quite right; she was
pasty-faced and she was a sneak. Some
thing was discovered and she promptly
gave up all my letters and verses TO her
father and peached on Betsy. Her father
was dry, unapproachable man, as tough
and unsympathetic as a Sanskvit root. He
sent for me TO his study. hsd pictured TO
myself difficulties in my interview with
p hs,f q han -
about ten years, and by that time 1 OK
pected to be in command of regiment al
least, having made my name famous in the
mouths Of men, Tor / was going into the
army in those days On entering his study
rapidly prepared an appropriate and dig
nified address. / can remember rehearsing
it in the passage. However, there was NO
opportunity for me 10 deliver it. My
father-iu-law that was to have been gave
me 3 short harangue. in which I re-
membered my verses were designated sim
pertinent trash, AID the remainder OF the
interview was of an entirely practical
nature, in which | played a wholly sub
sidiary part, and, In consequence of her
fathers conduct on that memorable day, ]
considered my engagement with his
daugh er at an end.
These old memories and dreams were
scattered into thin air by rap at my outer
door l knew the knock, it was Harold
Etneridge's. l saw good deal Of Harold
al that time
81 noticed your light. old fellow and just
dropped in"
"You don't intrude. y / said, for was al
ways pleased TO sec him in those Gays.
1--we only been dreaming over the fire. Sit
down aud have last pipe; l must turn in
in half,an hour"
Harold sat down opposite me on the
other side OF the fireplace He was ten OF
maybe fifteen years younger than | was,
and good-looking, dashing. straightfor.
ward man, both in face and manner
There never was al aaan-hearted, honest
looking fellow as Hspld 10 all appearance.
had nick-named bin. the Saxon,'' and
the name stuck TO him, for il was appro-
pirate. He lived q gay, reckless kind OF
life, and was always talking of marrying
money. or going out to the Cape, as the
only alternatives to the Bankruptcy Court;
but believe he YVES comfortably off, ]
liked him. ] thought him one Of my few
friends. / like to remember him as. ]
bought he was; even now, for | believe