Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-30
SHORTY L0CHINVAR.

SHORII IOCHlNNAR.
think Il may be stated, without
FAR Of successful contradiction, that
4 no period Of mans existence
does Cupid's dart strike so deeply
and cause so much slccplcssnoss rs ut
tho are Of ono score, or thcrcabout
II hayo known quito n number of
Young men Of about that ago 10 hc
deeply, passionatcly, desperately in
love. and ultimately 10 recover and
70 through similar but less nguuiziug
experiences several times thereafter.
But, os said, they never IN sim
A Gle instance suffered half so much
2 from subsequent attacks rs from that
4 first experience. Not that they loyo
/ less, hut their capacity for suffering
4 has diminishcd-wh Is something
to bo thankful for, for u man who
could suffer nc each recurrence Of
| the complaint as much as he did &C
| tho first would die Of tho second or
/ third relapse.
1 TIE victim OF this first attack "a
| ptiuble creature, particularly when
there are Obstacles, which is usual.
| ly the case.
always feel worry sorry for chap
IN this sort of a pickle and ] felt par
uculurly sorry for poor Shorty Flem-
ing know / ought not 90 cncour-
agc him. but no was such good
/ little bcggar and so much In earnest
that would have dched n far more
severe man than his brother Jack
for his sake, Besides Shorty was not
one Of the chaps who got over any
thing easily, and / know failuro
would go hard with him. Moreover,
Jacl; was not the only Obstacle
Sam Parker shogiy's Ncttic's papa,
also objected. IIo was not stern,
unreasonable parent by any means,
lat his objections, oven II presented
pod naturedly, were none tho less
Hnidablc.
Parker was shrowd Maine Yam
lee, with u total disbelief in tho abil-
ny womankind 20 usc reason, and
arecord Of some sixty ycam of dcvo.
ton to an earnest hustle for the flsci.
hating but elusive American dollar
Neitio was the only daughter and
the youngest child in II family of
eycn, aud tho old man, close listed
a no was, had spared no expense IN
Educating her literally. 1t was only
natural, therefore. for him TO object,
especially rs Nctiic was barely eight,
cen, and had only been out Of school
aiew months.
He called ON Jack one afternoon,
not casually, as lie usually called, ON
his way 20 or from town, but with n
direct purpose. Jack was under tho
weather, and lay on the sofa was
reading TO him when Parker walked
In.
"Howdy, Flcmin; laid up, air ycl
Howdy, Fabor; purity warm, amt it!
Thanks, ! will sot a spcll,' And ho
sat down on the edge of n chaii'and
began tracing figures on tho floor
with his big spur lie seemed nerv-
Gus and ] roso to leave tho room,
but he waved his hand and said;
set daown, Fabcr Set still. Guess
liant got nothin Z say but what yo
Mout oa well hear"
Here the old man stilfcnod mp in
his scat and stated tho object Of his
mission in good naturcd but thor.
oughly decided way, closing with;
"Naow, Flcmin, / amt no 'bjection
It'll leetl fellcr-not ono mite; he's
atptop good boy, an all that. But
1aln't in reason tht I'm goin' { spend
moron three thousan dollars eddica.
IN q young 'un, an then let 'er go an
marry mother young I'm thout AIRY
nd An that's what it'll como tow,
lust thing wa know
Now, Parkers remarks were in the
nature Of revelation 20 us. OF
course wo know Shorty had put IN a
good many evenings mt tho Parker
nnch, but we had never guessed
That his visits there had any signih.
canoe, A courtship. too, with six big
brothers loaiing around is u difficult
mutier.
1t Is easy enough TO fall--just fall
in love with girl If there is no
one to hinder, But with six young
men, with whom ono is on good
terms, sitting around and occupying
large portion of ones attention, it
Is n matter OF getting in love, which
accomplished, is rather moro serious
than mere fall into tho same.
Fleming sat M and ran his fngera
through his hair gipvely. Thcni II
quito agree with you, Mr.. Parker. !
cont know what to say to Percy, but
viii try a littlo strategy and SEQ If
no can be kept at home more. II that
won't do ! can talk TO him.
and here began my connection
with shorty's love affair. That oven.
ing was writing busily when some
one opened the door of my den and
walked in. II was Shorty. Ho sat
Gown quietly aud took up a paper,