Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-19
A GENUINE HERO.

htcu Ntrtlhas u uuFtis anu u HuiuilVNh
slung Mt the most comfortable Of angles.
With these conditions II was scarcely
strange that Hnlcyon Hartford swaycd
delightfully."- between drcamland and the
real world that Juno afternoon, with
the Heecy gold Of her hair, all guiltlcss
Of pin or comb. and tho hell sleeves, fan.
Ing os,hantingly away from her round
white arms. while one trim slipporod
FOO; hung from tho edge Of the ham.
mock.
"Ilalcyonl Haloyon! Where arc your
II was one Of those oxaspcrating voices
which, once having been sweet, had now
avibrant jar to It's tones, painfully akin
10 shrillnesa.
Haloyon frowned little and raised
herself on ono elbow.
"Oh, Aunt Hal, don't scream sol I
was just In dream Of delight"
well. you should have answered
then"
Aunt Hal camo out Of tho wide, shady
hall with an elusive swing Of her drap-
cries and seated herself In bamboo
chair close TO the hammock.
Sho was comically like her nieco-at
least Us much as woman OF thirty
eight could DO like maid Of eighteen.
There was tho same yellow luxurinncc
Of hair. but harshor. drior and suggest
Two Of dye: the same pink and white
complexion, artifcinlly heightened. sim
liar features, cruelty sharpened by tho
memorable hand Of time. and teeth Just
one degree too white and regular to DO
real.
Tho white dress she wore was painful
lytrying, and she was compelled to use
gold trimmed eye glasses as sho held up
letter 10 tho view of her niece.
what has happcnedr' drowsily de-
mnndod the latter. lifting pair Of blue
eyes, fringcd with dark lashes.
"Thc strnngcst thingr
"Another offer Of marriageg hazardod
Halcyon, settling on tho unlikeliest
thing which could. in her opinion, hap
pen.
"How did.you gucssy" with little ex-
ultant cacklo. Exactly. The dear,
foolish lad-and no 40 much younger
than II Why, he couldn't have been
twcnty.one when he went to Bombay,
md was at least thirty thcn"--
"Thirty-hve. Aunt Hail." said Hal
cyon. tho mcrciless.
"Was 1t as much as that Well, he
seemed desperately In love then, though
OF course never took any notice Of tho
child. But s,sbposc In that country Of
blackamoors one can't help thinking
about all the women ono has ever known
at home, aud ho has written mo two or
three lotters"---
'Has her
Halcyon sat straight up in tho hmm.
mock now. Her blue eyes glowed. Tie
heat had brought flush to her cheek
which all Aunt Halls carmine saucer
could not rival.
"But never told YOU" said tho elder
beauty. because l remembered thai
there was sort Of boy and girl affair
between you and Charlie Blesson whei
you wero at boarding school. and
thought you would be notified. Ant
here's the proposal at last, dear-witl
his photograph incloscd.
LET mo see IT,"
What a bNve, good face II was
eighty older and stcrner than she hn'
looked upon when tho Avancaninn sale,
away three years ago, but yet 10 sIroni
and manly
She laughed Historically.
"Shall you accept himY'
Aunt Hal nibhled coquettishly at III
edge Of the envelope; the new false toot
CLEANED in a smile.
"l-think-l-shalll"
sand you fourteen years older tina
he ISL
People don't thinl; about such thing
ns they used TO do" reasoned Miss Hart
ford. the elder. Eros is immortal, 20
know"
Halcyon sank bncl, into tho hammoc
and reopened her book.
"You must do rs you please, {
course said she. After that quot
ton about Eros, have not a suggestio
TO offer"
jealous, poor darling~ thought Aur
Hal. with thrill of pity. And 81
said:
"Well, OF course one can't help tho'
things happening to one, and your tin
will come soon, dear, never fear"
ats good thing" she added to he
self, "sho does not know anything abo,
h'uA VIZ bAAhN . ANaAAies AhAAh = % va
ference in uge, II you please, and q
old pet is 80 infatuated about me! A
old mans darling or n young man
slave-whicht'
While Halcyon thought ON her sidci
"The silly goosei lilo has done It no,
He has been making love 20 Aunt Tia
thinking he was counting me, Oh,
Thought he knew her name was u
same as mine. Didn't she stand go
mother to me at st. Chrysolinos ~
give me coral and bells and an 81
broidered christening robsl And no
he has actually proposed to herl We
II he is the man take him TO be, lac
stand by his colors, cost hiIn what /, ma
A man who could walk up to the ca
mons mouth at Boy-ldonna surely wol
shrink, even from Aunt Hal. And
rather know that ho was u true hero I
than have u poltroon for my husband!