Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-15
= COUNTRY IDYL'


g'iT ,~-'rsniod by a glance OF I'D
W a,'u' Hurh McKisscn was Ger
arlll0s Ono specimen of young
1a .,s,.in manhood T9ll allan, anu mus mus
an's siih d 1.-the and snowy form,
~, r,,,"ceftil proportions even the
fiee b.lf sack. called ~ hunt
~ NJ, T., could not disguisei a frank
' ai.Sssnt expression and a voice
~ mo of a rather nasal tono
.. y h owner was excited was iuli
Y, -rslcal Hugh was worthy OF
,1iBe admintion.
5o .' ros angularly ignorant Of bic
ne ,,ons and. though bold in peril,
w., reither man, bear nor cata-
ilnu H. Jingle fight, was timid in the
'll. ~ ii women, his mother and
~ '.'.cr excepted. The owner, sub
- his mothers hferighL Of n
~ - acres Of mountain land, OF
= onethird was rich bottom,
- l',,l land. with horses In stall,
2 n. IN meadow and steers on the
o. -.rsp he WIS at soven-and-twen
.t,.helor. while his fellows were
1J families by the timo thoy
ZINC 10 manhood He loved his
~ and sister who worshipod
4, ,,i ho was content.
r.,, NcKisscn was not bis sister,
,--1f nor was sho his kinswom'
rghtoen years before, John
y,.tltm camo there from tho east,
,jloaght n httlo bottom patch" Of
~ serts, and settled ON It with his
n Ho built Il log cabin, set to
* awkwardly TO cultivate a few
eJid acres, and tried to accommo-
tphimself to IN unusual position.
n around, naturally suspicious Of
.rarrs. thought he musthave done
,re.hing wrong to mako him leave
,se He brought books, not over
hundred IN number, which tho
,l,bboB doomed 10 DO Il great
nary. His house was neat, owing
h. Young wife's tustc. Tho neigh
N sid "lt's stuck roun with
ngamaiigs till its a plom sightr
Nrkham worked hard. and 10 did
swiic. and soou tor ,hcir coming
y was born. 4he was christoncd
| s.fanne Burnett Thrco months
tor her birth her mother died, a.
Is McKisscn, who had just lost
i Of nearly the same agc, offer
nune KITTY -un offer thankfully
spled. But John Markham caught
"a By exposure, 1t settled upon his
ags. aud'in less than q year no died,
a1ng his little possessions to his
Aid Kitty thriyed and soon DO
ame known a. n McKibscn, the cir
"a, riders baptismal coru cato to
De contrary Notwithstanding She
| rl Hugh. who was niuoyoaroll
sTwhen she came, had boon brought
J2pgcther.
Wen she was half grown, Potter
ysacn was killed by tho fall Of a
g-ld tree and Kitty became the
ra.usay OF tho house. for old Mrs.
NcEssin, who was ten years senior
~ hsi husband, had been half para.
lytc afyears, ana passed her time
N H.aling between her bed, the
him table and the lircsidc, whore
Ls rniorsod herself with her cob
lR frequently rchlled. As foster
nNAsr she was tho only one Kitty
hl Known, and tho love between
he two WIS strong,
grlnk and good nnturnd. as well M
illeae HUGH was a popular young
lAn-hA fellows accepting his lead
nd yuang women receiving his at.
taH.ns courteously. But lac mover
hpw the handkerchief at any par.
a'alar fair ono, treating all with a
ny difference. They did not come
3to the standing Of Kitty, who had
Inherited some Of tho refinement OF
as1 mother; and who, having read
aT fathers books over and over
-am, was credited with a vast
mount OF learning. That kind OF
nowlcdge did not interfere with her
hlsowifely qualities, for she was
nown to be the best cook and baker,
swell rs tho best buttcrmaker and
latest housekecpcr in the county,
Hugh measured all other girls by her
"Ncrustoan standard. Besides, Hugh
vas not matrimonially inclined. His
Come was too comfortable, and he
vas in no hurry to bring strange
woman there.
But Mrs McKisson thought II high
nae Tor her son 10 marry, and spoke
ohm about il.
WHAT'S the need, mother he re
to1ded. I'm comfortable. and 50
az You. Why should ! bring q
strange gill hero-one that amt usct
70 us aud our ways, upsettinf
thlngsiH
aYou needn't DO that neither
tid his mother
bet Hugh was too obtuso to tax,
NE hint and went out TO salt the cat
We but no communed with himself
Sho went
=. Knight spark Lucy Campbell, " HI
V9lght Shes been east to school
t'.l she's a sort of highiier, but sho'i
Ey'!N Old Jim Campboll's well OF
/, ne has only young Jim and Lucy
I,a a5' I'll speak to Kitty about il
SUI more she Is at the cows, now"
atty was there with her mill
l's' and Hugh preached the subioc.
,. ynce' She looked up, blushed {
,.so and then looked down and lis