Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-27
A WHOLE MAN.


A sensitive man has no business on
No desert. IIo will yet prodded every.
Uberc. II he talso oilcnscat rough ban
,er. Lord help him when he gets into u
mining camp. II he wear his heart
mon his sleeve, let him steer clear Of
me- Mexican towns and their pretty sem
oatau II no would know any peace,
let him keep away from the cattle
rnnsc. for tho cowboys iests are keen
and cutting ~ the spurs nt their heels.
Frank Robbins WAS beginning TO fnl
ont some Of those things. But IT you
gave him u whole decade no would not
fui them al out.
what Tic boy wantl b. toughcning,'
al Mart Splby.
Mart was big and tough, and ho saw
rog5ol reason why anybody bu, child
ora woman should tc tender. q.
"Hes Young colt that wants q Mcy.
lean bit shoycl into his mouth, and then
tobc ridden through tho cactus
40 Lucin'l lauc. the boys joscd nul
irHnul Robbins, but 10 did NOT fcOiu TO
loushou him. They cared nothing for
whisky that didn't scratch COS 10 went
down, and whom ho PAT water IN bis
'hoy called Linn q perfect lady and
laughed laadly.
"smui their ioshlug," slid Mart to
Robbins. "aud you'll got along bgttgr.
They'll always mako 1t hot for u man
that don't josh back"
"Oh, don't mind g." said Robbins.
badly overriding his effort to look IN
concerned.
!, had been the same everywhere ho
had been an tho west. He was ono Of
those men who arc never anything but
tgndcrfcet. lie simply would not take
men as no found thcm. though thcy
wcro perfectly willing To tako him 80.
Aud the absurd idsus that had lodgmont
In his head! Chief among thcyp were
that he must hgyo fricnd--a chum--
Who should DO man after his own
heart. He had been looking for such u
man for two years. Ho picked him ont
occasionally, but no never found him to
shit. This one was not truthful, that
one was not temperate md tho other
was not nice in his speech. There was
something lacking In each one.
"What | want Is n whole man. he
sighed. ~ never could talio up with
these half made follows. But It Is not
50 easy. Even WHOM l find man that
"a temperate and intellectual no turus
ont TO DO selfish. What would | not
give for q whole man for friend and
c0mpanion-a whole mauI'
He would not take up with Mart Sci
by. though Mart saw "tho young fell
low sorely needed iricndslnd helper
particularly ono who would toughuI
him. He kept on looking for his made
to-order man, but ho never seemed u
hit upon him. Few such men as ho wa!
locking for arc TO 10 found within q
thousand miles Of Lucin's. In fact, nj
Lucin's y6u would bo ut loss 20 dis
cover u single mau who did not like t.
take observations at Old Ashby's clotl
and paper ceiling through the bottom oi
awhisky glass, ind II you heard voic'
Iwill give you my word Of honor 1t wa
no chorubs.
Ono day tho boys outdid all thci
little meanncsses 10 Robbins by gottln.
him hopclossly drunk, OF course /
was no killing matter, hut he had nevo
been drunk before, and he took It yer!
seriously and resolved TO leave cam
next day.
Mart did not like this. His heart la,
warmed toward "tho young follow,
aud ho hated to SEQ him leave the place
Finally ho resolved to 20 with him.
They agreed between thoiu that the
would not go on tho range again. Tie
would go prospecting for gold.
And thus Il was that they camO {
make tho journey over the desert tr
ward Dead Horse gulch. Now, as every
body In that country knows, the wcalt
Of Dead Horse gulch is great, but II
very hard to reach Miners, who hay
lived out the awful heat Of tho aka
plain that lies all around tho butte
Wherein tho gulch inakolits cash, hay
come back with full bolts, but mono {
them has ever gone q second time.
In suggesting this journey Mart Soll
had u double object. First, no wuntp
TO toughen "tho young follow IN
next, ho wanted 10 enrich thcm boil
Mart knew that Robbins Ind como OF
west TO make enough money TO marry
nico girl who lived In Delaware, and i
know too, that "tho young fellow" In
found money ilal,ing very slow work,
From Lucin's to the great alERli plai
that lay before the buttes In which Il
gold WAS hidden was u long and toi
come journey. But the real worl, on
began with tho crossing Of tho aka
doscIt.
white and naked lay tho dead lar
before thor aching eyes. Tho eye
heaven shouo down with most untolen
ing i,orcenom. No breath Of air wi
stirring and tho whole world WAS
Thorn Gs dumb MS death.
Mart had counted On tAe ionrney b