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

Shorty. with q handsome mustacho
and smiling quito happily.
How long before you're going
outi' he asked
Right now
"Bullyl Faber, 20 nsd borrow n
horse until tomorrow; tell 'cm yours
is lame and you'll have to lead him.
Nobody has recognized mo back Of
this ovcrcoat collar and the hirsutc
adornment aud don't want EN- to.
III walk ont and head up the road.
Hurry up with the horses
In about twenty minutes I was fol.
lowing him. riding n horse had
borrowed and leading my own.
soon caught up with Shorty. and wo
hurried on. shorty showed me
letter signed "Nottie, " and proceeded
90 unfold plan no had in mind,
which, for the quality OF purc
NERVE / had never heard sur
passed.
There was nobody az tho house but
Manuel, tho cook, and Shorty soon
had him sworn TO silence; after which
he proceeded 70 camp in the cold lit
tie mp staiiu storcroom OF my den,
where nobody could find him. Jack
was not 10 know OF his presence, no
said, because Jack is 30 laundering
honest and pcrnickcty, and would
squcal on spoil tho job
Tho half hundred guests Mt Park
crs had been enjoying ThanRsgvi
day to the full. All OF Mrs. Parkcrs
good things had been slowed away
where they would do tho most good.
The minister from town was getting
ready for the ccrmony. and tho
guests were bustling about, amid
some confusion, trying 10 find tho
lest points for ob3cryation Motto
Parker, pale for once stood near tho
front door pulling her fingers merry.
ously, waiting, supposedly, Tor her
/ father
Some ono knocked at the door,
Ncitic pulled it open, gave u littlo
cry. grabbed 70 mans hat from tho
back of q chairgnd an oycrcoat from
IL peg near by, and rushed out slam.
ming tiio door Everybody who saw
the performance stood still, duycd.
Then, us We heard horses hoofs clat.
tor.ng UP The road. there wa q rush
/ for The outside. Up Che road, diap.
l pCaring inst, were two horses. whose
riders were evidently Ia a hurry.
/ There was another rush this time
/ for the E,ablcs-l led 10y old sam Park.
~. But somehow tho doors would
not open. They had been nailed up,
very securely, 10y person who WIZ
at that moment making hypocriucll
efforts to got one OF them opcn
Whom thgy finally succeeded in
mounting two or three men for pur.
suit the ruunways had three or four
miles start At this iunctuc Cot.
trcll. as cool as " no had ncycr
thought Of attending his own wed.
ding, camo up and spoke quietly 10
Old Parker, who was SO dazcd that
he lad not opened his mouth so flr.
Tho old man started. by CORY,
Morris, mcbbo thcts erect. No uso
yowlm over split milk. Como ON,
boys Aud they rodo of, but not
very rapidly.
Il told tho old gentleman re-
marked Cottrell % mo as We turned
toward the house, "that it was no
use trying 20 head them OH. They'll
he married inside of an hour Then,
in IA tone that contained no trace Of
bitterness, he continued:
1T is far better to have happened
now uhan1thnn later And US It l.
i think maybe there will be- only
ono unhappy person, instead OF
three That was Morris Cottrcll-
| philosopher and man.
Mr. aud Mrs Pcrcival Fleming wcrc
met ut the Justices oiiico by old sam
Parker who remarked. "Wo.al,
wow! Yew mir u ucrvy boy! Amt
We both ashamed ou'tg
No, they were not and after Net.
tic had had IL good cry in her fathers
arms the runawnys were escorted
back TO the Parker ranch to receive
the congratulations of their friends,
foremost among whom was Morris
Cottrcll.-R, l.. Ketchum in San
Francisco Argunaut.