Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-22
or shows that the Union now hat
ninety.one gnrrisOns and membpi.
ahip VI over ten thousand.
the DEATH OF LlTrLs 1--WE.
A Heart capable Of intense suffering u
within Many t,nurh ErtrrIor.

Oar ghoatly. white topped wagons
had rounded into camp near kingi.her.
the sun had set and there was % golden
blush on the western s;y--ahl / romom.
Der the scene voll las we all gathered
around old Gunderson, who sat on Tho
prairie with his head bowed and bis
struggling grayhcir falling oyora child.
ish face aud iningliug with curls that
seemed Ike spun gold. 10 bold lis
daughter In his arms and at every FAINT
respiration the old mnns sinewy hands
clutched convulsiyrly as though herc.
allied how vain was all his strength to
save his child.
We were boomers. and all the way
from Caldwell little Lue had been all
ing. Hes face grow palor aud her cheeks
flushed brighter crimson day by day.
She could not support herself toward
tho last, and one Of the boys drove Oh
Gunderson's wagon while no sat behind
and held the girl in his arms.
All through the lonely Cherokee strip
what torture must that wrotched father
have boruo, slecrlessly watching liH dy.
ing childl Aud tho hcaps and hops "
white bnncs that bloachod aud dscaycd
beside the trnil--wlat ominous remind.
ers Of death must they have bc~i to old
Gundcroul
CHOW .3 ehe. Guudorlon" asked some
one IN q whisper.
He turned his bloduhot eye upward
for n moment, gul his face. pinchCd aud
drawn with gric,, was mute answer to
tho words.
"Father" The sound wns just audi
bic and li.tle Lug'1 oyclids raised slowly
"\Yhat Is 10, deario" asked tho old
man. pressing his benrdcd lips TO the
childa.
81 had such beautiful dream, father.
II WA night, &c seemed IKE, and all NJ
once d gfea, big a,ur fell from mp .thcre
aud hung In thc sl;y just over my head.
Then / heard mothers voico-oh, 40
sweet aud gadl and she aid. Come,
dcuric; kiss your fathor aud come 10
me-"
Little Lue's words became inaudihlo
after THIS, and ble sank down YEARLY
in her fathers arms. We all stood sad.
Is by and saw tho child al last lit her
sell with a quick effort and put both
arms about her fathers neck. Then she
kissed him, and murmuriug, 81 um so
tired fho again lay quietly on old Gun
dcrson's breast.
Slowly rocking 10 and fro tho old man
kept his eyes ON her face and mover once
removed them. Then We driftod away
one 10y ono and attended To our camp
duties with heavy hearts. 1t was not
long I'll some one camc md anid to me;
Ben, little Luo ~ dead and old Gan
dcrson doesn't know it,'
walked back 90 the old man where
hc sat still rocking his burden. and ono
glnnce ut the child'sface proved that she
had passed away.
"Gundcron,' said husldly, "littlo
Lue IS gone"
lie looked ~ me yncnntly a moment;
then with start lao pcered into nc
childs face. He realized tho TRUTH laid
tho dead child down and dashed off into
The night with @ cry Of anguish.
There Is rude grave ON the prairie,
just ut the border of what WA once tho
Cheyenne arsl Arapahoe reservation,
and a clumsy hcadstouc marks the spot,
sacred TO the memory Of little Luc and
her father-fSr we found old Gunderson
dead the nest morning, killed by his
own hand.-Dcroit Free Press.