Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-11
IN THE STORM.

MN tnat IN, Ikfd HIN quite na We'll as
anybody, hut sho had certain ideas about
Independence and winning her own wag
IA tho world and she wanted to bo FREQ to
follow those 90 their logical conclusion
Bon Howard did his host 70 prove 10 her
the futillty Of these notions and wasted "a
good deal of valuable time "a the effort
When he saw that no oloqucnce Of his
vns likely to mako Susie Barton change
Der mind, he packed together his few bo
l0nginrs and started toward tho land on
which hIs eyes had long and iOuEingly
been sct--tho Dakotns.
10 was hard task TO which DO had sct
his hand. 90 carve u homo from che broad
prairie, and 60 BE- alone Ia The doing OF BE-
Ho had not much money, and s1 went
whore las3 'yss 4. 80, e. is-ssi 'hs out
post " settlers He took up bis claim aud
paid his entry fee. that gave him tho right
10 call tho land his own, and huilt n rude
hut Of sods
Towards first years crops had dont
woll, and after the winter was ON be per
mttc1 himself % add some comforts tu
the bare equipment Of his home and
bought some books and prepared 90 rt'
through the drcary, lonesome time ma bes
he could.
The long. cold winter Of the north wa
fairly on whom Howard, looking from hi.
door Oho morning. saw smoke nscondlu
from the scho0lhOuzo chimney for tho iirs
time
$50 thcy have found teacher, he sale
10 himself ~ suppose 10 D. al right Bu.
dum sny itsa glrl-thcy always Rct girl
out hor-nnd sho's hound 20 have har.
timo 81 H. Girls that have 20 earn thc..
own living ought 10 stay cnat lee blu
enough Out hero for man.
Tho SHOWS cnmp. and tho whole rolling
plain lay white and glistrning fum horl
zon 10 horizon. Tho cattle bad been
brought Ia from tho fields and hidden iu
tho sheds that now wcfo covered with CO..
snow, and 30 made only little hiilooks Boz
tho land
Ono day Howard looked IN hls -four han
rel nnd IN his potato mck aud found thni
supplies wore getting low. IL was tOmilcs
20 tho nearest town. Early the noxt morn
Ing ho hltchrd up bis team aud started
OF. on tho way passing tho schoolhousU
Thuro boy was just starting the nrls
llo had hardly completed biz orrnnds ir
tho town and started hack when a sudden
storm came up, telfihlu blizzard, such
only tho wide plains 81 the frozen noril
can know II would have boon tho pari
81 wisdom for Howard 10 turn and got e.
shelter a. quickly ~ hc could ln tho town
Hut somehow the thought Of tho school
mistress and her llttlu charges had been
ON biz mind all day. 10 did not know
who she was. had mover hoard her NAME
had sccn her only acroa the distance Of
tho white fields, but he know sho was %
woman who was struggling alone 10 mako
her way IN tho world. This fact appealed
TO him
The storm had como % suddenly that no
one would dnru 90 ycntun out until o.
fury was spent Tho Rirl and her pupils
would b. alone In the schoolhouao prison
ors perhaps for many terrible hours. Even
the pcopln nearest would not darn try 70
mako their way thcrc. Tor thcy could not |
hope 20 battle against the binding drlv. |
Ing, freezing storm. A. FOR Howard. be /
was ALREADY In the fight, and II was only |
n question whether be- should Try to ~. |
turn 10 town or push ON a few miles far.
a. r. He fclt instinctiycly that % man /
= ~ needed % tho sohoolhouso. iiopushed
steadily forward
Tho snow drove about him and covered |
tho track and blinded him. II stung WHORE
g. struck Ills facg and hands. Itftuzn upon
his beard and upon tho harness of his
hnncs. Mo-u than oucn he thought he had
lost the way and halted aud rropod about
for tho rad. lie became chilled. 80 that
he could hardly move, could hardly guido
bis horses Once he felt Il was no uso TO
battle further and st0ppcd, aud the storm
rnTtd about him. But ho know II was cow.
Ardly 10 give up, 40 he urged tho horses
forward again, Then he SINK into 10th.
hrgy, and tho cold began 90 do ia work
upoh him, suddenly DO was aroused, Tho
horses had stopped, and house doomed
mp befuru him, dimly seen through tho
storm. Howard druw up his Ninonod
limbs and stumbled from tho wagon nnd
threw himself against tho door. IL opened,
and ho half foll Inside, carrying with him
great Ruata Of chilling wind and snow.
AZ soon a. be- had brushed tho snow
from his eyes aud bcc0mo used 10 tho dim
Hight Of tho room this il what ho saw, A
dozen chlldpn huddlod about atuyo. Ia
which there was only tho least spark OF
nro aud o woman standing upright, look
ms at him with white faoo, but with an
intcnslty u questioning that seemed Ia
ask II hu were man or ghost, Half dared
with cold and suffering ~ be- was that
look brought him to himself lie said hut
ono word, "susloi" and opened his arms.
Aud the next moment ho held her 70 him
and was pfcssing his frozen beard against
her cheek.
a man may bo warmed from within as
well a. from without llu forgot his hours
Of suffering and battling with tho storm.
lie put aside hor questioning and all
thought " himself Tho flr la tho stove
Rayc out only tho least glimmoring Of heat
The fuel was all gone, and tho children
shook with cold. Howard seized tho ax,
and going out into the storm once moro
Began 20 dcmollsh his wagon From IL lao
made u great urmful OF nrDwoud and
brought ID iu and ho added it un tho hrn.
Then hc managed 10 got his horses Out of
the harness and brought them into tho
Hchoolrunm. IhCn ho vat down with Susie
10 falkland 20 walt. It was quito night
when tho last stick from his wagon had
been burned and the storm nhntcd. Then
from all about anxious parents came
streaming toward the fchullhousu. pillow.
ing their way through drlfts and finding
their childrun safo wcrn plnd 10 Join In
the congratulations that Howard frankly
told them wen IN order
IL was not very difficult now TO persuade
Susie 60 give up her idea ~ making nor
own way Ia the world but tho children
were not willing 10 give mp their teacher
So a compromise was Effected. aftor the
wedding, by moving the schoulhouso over
ON 10 HuwArd's claim. And Thorn Tor
many a day uslc taught while Howard
titled his land, and together thcy built
homo that WINS in cyoiy way deserving OF
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