Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-02

1oulN ~ 60 NNu 7 FNN 'A'ittfli Nlil
Just watch youe movement, and take
nlong that fallen tree yonder. and
don't look behind until you're under
the shelter Of tho big stub. IN look
out for myself Then he undo a
trumpet ct his hands and shouted,
"Sln shways across - the hill! |
Watch -out -bc.loo.ww
Two pceloIs heard the warning
droppcd their barr aud made of ont |
OF reach of limbs.
The slcdgng won't on, and there
were o. few swapping cracks each Of |
which madc Thank heart jump, hut |
I he staid until the last loud breaking
boom, when they both jumped from
the staging and ran to the stub.
Slowly she hcg1p 10 sail, making
wider gap for the sky 10 be seen
through; qmcl,cning by degrees, her
top made u swishing sound ns 1t
| parted tho air fustrr and iastcr.
noisicr and holster. grazing tho stand
INK trees nearly aud causing "a shower
Of limbs. But she fell at length, with
a crash that shook the earth, into the
bed they had made for her, and at
the same limo the butt dropped oil
the stump.
saved herr from butt TO browse
and from heart 90 bark. 10y the great
! MucunuyV exclaimed the big man,
when the commotion Of swaying
trees and falling limbs had subsidized.
and he was pacing back and forth on
the trunk SEQ how prcttyshc fots
between the stumps There amt a
foot Of room ON either side"
Frank was clatod, and wished that
the absent partner would stay in
town. sick or drunk or sumthin, "
for the rpmnudorof the season. Per.
hups what followed was a Judgment
upon him for the wickcdnCts Of tho
wish but must toll the story
In week Alec had mot come back
and Frank was learning the uu.t
rapidly. They lud moved 10 u steep
country, where tho timbcrwas small
aud scattering They follcd most OF
the trees "up hilli" that is, Che tops
, pointed up the hill aud the butte
, rested ON ar against The stump.
Ringing en- on 90 the stump Is
, fine way John EXPIRE o1 10 when tho
( butts rested ON the stump.
, They hinged several, and Frank
had asked him.
DO they over take a notion to slip
, down hili'
, "Ycs, sometime was the reply
Whats o fcllnr Coin % do 10 get
ont o. the WY They might roll
8 over or Zip up and come clear back
over the stump
= THAT'S so but You've got 20 tnl,c
o chances, as in all the worl; IN thc-c
{ bloody woods
@ They had shouted the warning, for
/. the tree was beginning 10 topple
q over. Both men jumped. Fnnl; ran
@ 20 the right and John 10 the left.
p The tree. hut u small one, fell; H.
% top broke OF about two.thirds up,
Q and the bulk of the trunk balanced
@ or seemed 20 balance upon Il knoll
g above them. Then n strange thing
!. happened she swung TO the right,
K her bark dropped OF, and In her
nnkcdncss, like q yellow snake, she
% slid down the lll John shouted
. but II WIS too late He saw the cN.
!. tended arms and he hcanl the Chok'
a iug grolu, and the thought Of II all
\ made the strong man sick.
IS That evening they held u meeting
q In the bull pm 10 talk the matter
- over Josh was appointed admins
II traitor He fortified himself with nil
unusually largo chew Of tobacco, adj
n iustcd his sp'cincles very carefully,
i and then rcyCrcntly examined the
= boys effects. He found u photograph
y OF the girl az home, OF course, and q
u fow letters lie read the letters q
Is himself and then addressed the ~
It scmhlagr His voice trcmhlcd a little
d sec here, fcllcrs' said he, this
yer boy wun't No Urinary scrub. He
Il may hcv been foolish and rccl,lcs,
/, aud God knows what all, hut, 10y the
, Eternal, he was shitC, Now, fol
lcis. these yer letters which | hny
"a read 10 myself, ara too sacrcd 10 bt
4 hundud around or oven read aloud
T. Some % thcms from his mother
Il u widow, | rcckun-an somo's from
his sweetheart; an il you'll agree e
1t let mo take care OF 'cm, Ill see that
A. his folks get the news ~ gently a,
/, possible Ho paused and looked
=. around.
II There were no dissenting voices, Sc
C. he resumed "The mex thing is I,
10 ruiso funds for bangup funeral.
III Tho old man, with his spectacle
n dimmcd, picked up battered la
.. from one of the hunks, dropped ,
five dollar piece in it by way Of ,
ir starter and then passed tho ha
nj | around.
y. The ncXt issue Of the local weekly
~ briefly recorded the event under IN,
II headline, Shocking Death at Rocky
N Gulch.n Tho woods claim their vic
IL tins 50 often that but little attention
m N paid To an occurrence OF this kind
hi But Josh could tell an eloquent story
~ Lady O'Brcn, the wife Of tho govern,
IL OF Newfoundland, Is much Interested
tho wiyc, aud children NJ the men engage
ii upon that coast In the fishing industr
tn and has formed u small society TO work u
: material into suitable clothing for h,
~ protegcs.
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