Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-09
|, SHADOW BEFORE.

A SHADOW BEFORE.
s,vernl years ago | was travelling I
hi state Of Wisconsin. in the in |
"a of a southern tobacco factory. 4
Ma; time tho numbering industry ,
csptrl Wisconsin was in IFS in |
sey aud tho now prosperous in I
N cities. with their immense lum' |
= mills, wcrc more villages Of lum |
nen and loggcr
travelling men wero corresponding
.arre We grew lonesome, and
,serd many hardships Of which
I travellers Of today know but lit
Consequently | was glad "a
:, 10 pleasant q companion as
I'M snirtcvant. Like myself, he
sgrsen,ed tobacco firm, but on,
lands' were of an entirely differ
a, kind hence We were not com
.,dtors. and visited tho trade from
own to town together.
siurtcyant was MY senior by prob
Ms ten ycars--a handsome man,
nmaturoly gray, clean shavon, save
r mustacho Of brownish color,
yhich contrusted quoerly with his
,Hdly silvering hair. His clothing
M costly, but not expressed In
ancy.r He dislikcd II Top. and was
richly businesslikc in all his trans.
tinns; kept a close guard on his
ongue. but spoke intelligcntly and
d Inc point when no spoke at all.
| 40 was well informed and, in short.
gentleman with whom almost any
me would readily have made friends
/ tho first opportunity no afforded
them. He seemed TO takc quite an
iaicrest in me, and | was proud Of it
nd could have assured him, had |
chosen. that tho interest was recipro.
atd.
One pleasant summer night n few
weeks after our first meeting, | in.
y,.d him into my room just across
i5s hall from his in the little frame
ho;el. He accepted my invitation.
We brought forth our pipes, filled
them with our respective brands"
III them and jokingly eXpatiatcd on
The qualities and merits possessed by
each. Thus wo chattcd pleasantly
| Of our sales and failures TO sell; our
plans for the coming week, etc, un.
' III at last our conversation turned
upon some remark which | cannot
rcall, but in the samo manner that
thousands of conversations have
turned bcfore) into the supernatural
dreams especially.
He then related to mo tho following
story, which give in his own Ian
guago, as accurately as my memory
Rryes me, and ] am positive that !
hayeforgottcn no incident connected
with It. might further add that ]
have no reason whatever TO doub,
In the least its absolute uuthfulness,
Laying his pipo on II table near by,
he began thus.
y cannot say, even after the oX'
perienco am about to relate, that
Place much crcdcnco in dreams, thi,
one being the only ono | have evol
been able TO trace TO anything like
iaagibility. am sure that am ne
moro superstitious than tho average
oinen, and have always chosen Il
attribute the fulGllment OF any dream
10 chance or coincidence rather thar
to any other cause.
Fourteen years ago last winter
was in idenucally the same position
which now fill, excepting the fac
That am now directing the move
mcnts of n few men. You vii
Know OF course that at that timo
was a young man-to DO accurate
'ehtythree years of age. At tn
lme OF which ! speak ! was on m,
maiden trip, and, as though 4
ihuFo me to the trials and hardship
OF a travellers life. the house ha0
Aept mo ont almost n year withou
nmuch as twcnty-four hours visi
% the city in which my parents re
haed, and which, for the lack OF an.
o'her, my parents being dead, ! stiI
cain MS M home"
Hero no hesitated and passed hi
hand through his hair He seeme
10 DO lost IN meditation, or in uyin
10 think where he should begi
'galn Presently he said:
i Will not worry you with the d,
allS OF u love story, but suffice it t
s1y that this mme city was tn
abode OF my sweetheart, Mary
whom ! had known in infancy
Whom ! had loved from childhoo
una to whom | had been bethrothe
iGr TWO years, held close aud rel
ular correspondence with her, an
AeF entrtai!es for me TO como HON
were ut times pitiful. HowoyeI
wishing ON this trip. above all other
70 convince the firm that they nee
I neye no fear Of my becoming HON,
1A'i mao never asked tor leave ,
AZ last, about the LIST Of Deceu
.er a letter reached mo from III
nouse while | was in Alabama, sta
.lg that after tho 10th inst, n
uu,y',silhg agents will DO at libert
C %l Jan /, and wishing us merI
CHRISTMAS NJ and happy New Yea
VI course l was extremely We
p,sVaSed, and mentally calculated tn
after tho DAVIS lnbor ,va. comrlet,