Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-14

don't like to meet arrange beings at mid |
night. II raises goose pimplcs ON my |
soul. But make 1t practice always
to let on that am not frightened, for In |
my long and varied intercourse with |
spools and goblins and ghouls 1 have
found that when thcy cannot brighten
me they usually take fright Themselves.
There is, after all, hood deal Of human
nature about ghosts.
lie wore long, white hearl on bis
face and bore an old, Sharp scy,he ON his
shoulder. That was about all he hnd on.
There was something familiar about HE
appearance. too, but / have % poor mem.
ory for names and forget where have
met folks. ! could not classify hun al
hrt.
"llnppy New Yoar," said /, by way OF
showing friendly spirit and testing hii
attitude
"samo 70 YOU" said he.
lie seemed to be- wen disposed
Haven't met you somewhere be-
fore" ! asked.
shouldn't wonder. I've been going
up and down this earth for good while
Once q year / come around these part.
and do bnsiness Va small way. Maybe
you've seen mo now and then on New
Years cards"
"Ah," / exclaimed, caro- you the OH
gentleman that pick. mp the last ligug,
Of the date line and goes hobhlmg oil
the edge oil theclgi with IL while % i.ttia
tot OF a naked boy runs and puts a new
one In U.s. placer
"Im that Same oil codgcr."
"And your nanc'
"rimr."
'slrc enough, Father Time. TONIGHT
20 have known YOU at sight lm ul'
uaieiy acquainted with several m'tr.
4sfs Of your family. 1 know IN iass.
rate
"Whog'
."n-Hi Old Time, you know"
"Ah, yei.'
Wen, we chatted onp pleasantly enough
until asked the old gentleman why be-
made IL n point every year 10 come
around mad carry OK tho figures 30 thIt
wo bad 20 ,,t mp new ones and spoil our
lg,.Ur h.lis until We became uccus toned
10 the change.
II admit, sall he, "thare Is a good
deal II nonsense about IL. I presume
people would lyr agloug mud btas happy
81 there were no Tieh iling change
Of y18r | suppose y1l don't caro- q
suHp whether this is 1850 or 1900. and Cd
toll yoa tho honest truth / ava convinced
iti4u very foolish thing % thift about
So much, hlt must carry out my con.
tract. aud expect 10 spring q now ycar
on tho world every now anu then % long
AL live"
"What contract"
"Wuy, M. re- l,utiun.'
"Nust roiolutiouf'
"D,l you never h1lr OF my resolution.
Wen, then, ! viii tell you, % aud hcleanel
upon hi5 tythc.
"Nuu Voc, You p'opl1 mako Now Yeari
resolution, bgt they dome amount &c
anything. You swear OF drinking and
/ ,hcn set as tlll rs ticks be.ori night
! You brial, oil Uuo..ug and begin again
before the wee, Is ont. You resolve &,
keep diaries, bdt you give up boior,
| January .l gone. NOW with mo It d
dilleront When make resolution
stick to It. a long, long t,mo ago
made q resolution that would keop III,
past ohook full OF minutog and hour
and days and years, and | have beer
tossing thom in ever since. Il keeps m
pretty busy, and don't mind confiIn'
10 you the fact that II had It to do owe
again l wouldn't mako such q res5lu
ton, but there is no help for IL now, an.
! shall have TO 20 on forever, | suppose.
Father Time gave his scytho swish
and gathering up handful Of minute
dung them into the past and resumcl'
"Nou havo no idea how 1 have Z
hump to keep the past full. Iuo soone
drop year, or a month, or week int
II than | discover that there Is room 10
more
"What becomes OF all these years yoI
feed to the pastf" asked.
That's II; what becomes Of themY
they did anybody the least good
shouldn't mind doing this work, bu
they don't; they arc n dead waste. True
they feed and sustain the past, but wha
is the usc Of doing that II people lfue,
enough 70 make use Of the past and lear
something from 1t there might be som
excuse for maintaining il, but the
don't, 30 all this work of mino Is /
vain"
"Why don't you quit M Why don
you let the past rip aud turn your attel
ton TO making more present. That
what We need. People would think
good deal more Of you If you would qni
carrying away tho present and duinpin
it into the past,
$50 they would, and should like I
accommodate thcn, but iny pride keep
ne ut this work.
"Prida"
"Hes; am probably the only perso
on earth who has consistently aud az
falteringly fulfilled his Now Years ra,,
luton, and nm proud of the distinction
But--hc lowered his voice aud spoil,
earnestly to me-'if | had It to do agai
3 | should ho very sure not 10 make Ne
Years resolution"
Then he left mo 10 reflect upon what
would better DO ia the way Of res1ll
} tons on this first day OF the brand ne,
= ! vear.--DeJroit Free Press.