Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-14
WHY HE DIDN'T.

He was q newspaper mon and q poet
SIN tho combination worked very Well
The only trouble was that hi7 work rnthcr
knock "a tho bloom on the romance ot no.
lie found IL difficult 60 De romantic after
chasing around after tho storm realities,
the Tragedies and comedies Of this mortal
existence for i6 hours day. but be- man'
nrod 90 retain something % tle dreamer
about him Notwithstanding Ho lived In
love. Somewhere 0u thls mundane suhCro
there existed woman whom DO should
one DAY meet and love and be happy With
her forever after
She was 90 bc bic affinity BE twin
soul, md thoy should know 90 tho mo
mont their hands touched Naturally 90
was all rather hlzy in his mind ns got Tor
be did not have much time Tor dreaming
Newspaper work ou o lively daily nnd
dreaming wcru not compatible, and us the
daily bread. also olFnu, depended upon
tho newspaper tho draining was nyE.
lcctod
IIc had also O rooted opinion that he
should ono day commit suicide Ho often
Fnid ns much tu bis chum Jim who al'
ways looked cynical aud i0ll 90 whlIlns
softly with fanwny look in Die eye.
He would talk about 90 quito seriously
and discuss tho different methods hut hI8
preference wus for The revolver route
when Do got tirul Of living or things
went wrong, Doc Intended 90 ~ &C. he
said, and kopt % revolver handy
Aud so one spring day ho ION IN love
II was Oh in one moment TIC was nt DIE
dcsk writing away Ike mad when tho
door opened. and sho came ina little
huo eyed. iaIr haired, childish thing
with Cupid's haw lips and % frightened
manner. llo looked up impluOntlyi and
their UyCs met
They Mother knew nftorwArd what They
said. but Owe minutes later ho was 10 his
desk, fhc was gone, and botwccn his Dyes
and tho paper was fair. childish face,
with Cupid's bow lips aud blue fright0u'
ed oycs
Before two DAYS ho mot hor on tho
street Their eyes mot again. and they
both spoke Thon DO walked homo with
her and carried her scho1lboois, and all
tho world was suddenly fair and sweet nl
rose gnricn IN juno. She understood
his every word, and howell, ho lived IN
world ~ bis own. flo walked in q
dram. Tho rthl thinP-tho murders,
marriages, divorces, oven Tho mon and
women be mot, seemed fnrum dream,
and only Daisy and himself real people.
lie was IN love and Tor the first time
Her mother soon became aware u tho
state Of affairs and decided Daisy was
much too young Tor love or lovers Her
father told him 90, and also that be and
Daisy must see each other no moro except
na ncqunintancCs Thurc was nothing
against him--thcy were simply too young.
And 20 sho WIS 60 go 20 school, but Cor
don could call 10 sny goodhy
That night he went 10 sec her and cam,
away filled with wonderful sohomcs tot
the future flo wba 20 hocomo rich and
famous. and when sho cnmo back he would
marry hor That was his plan, and from
that day ho worked ns be had novel
dreamed II possible that ho could work
Before he worked because % certain amount
OF work was necessary 30 Keep grim want
at bay, but now ho had an object Tot
which 10 work, and be throw his Who'll,
soul Into A. II was for Daisy, and that
thought kept him going. For two ycnr
II wns constantly with him Each tim,
ho snt down at his desk be rcopod Nc Oh,
dainty childish face Ia his watch cnso and
whispered her name 10 was Daisy Away
Tho alpha and omega, tho sum total oil
his existence.
Sho was 10 10 homo In June, but went
90 visit friends and wrote him that q
would be tho let Of July, and hur doa
friend, Bessie Thornton, was 10 COM
with her
II was evening whom sho would arrive
and he started 90 tho station 20 moot her
Instead telegram met him. Daisy hn'
boon married that morning She was no
coming No all. Tho lights IN tho street
HHr hn ffifNl
softly, Daisy married"
His hand went mechanically 10 his pis
toll pocket Only ono idea was loft In hi
stunned brain, and that was 20 carry on
hla old time morbid fancy and put an en-
10 tho existence that ho now conclude
was not worth living. Ito did not tai
tlmo % argue the PROS and cons, but fol
slight sense Of disappointment whom b
remembered he had loft hls revolver n
tho oiiico. II would not take long 10 b
for Il, he thought drCumily, and glance
No the telegram IN his hand. "nnlsy maj
Rcd" IL must be dream Tho tml
came In, tho train Daisy was 20 have com
on,
Tho moments were like hours, got d
did not hurry Itwns not far 20 tho OHIO.
Daisy married" ono figure ON tho trlp
ger and thon--
There was a touoh ON his hand, timi
and soft Ho glanced down aud for ~
instant did not 500 who IL was. Thun h
know-lt was Bosslc Thornton, Daisy
friend. Thew were tears In hUr oyca, an
ho read plty-and was thoro 6omothln
Clsoi--in hor soft brown eyes hottie
spoke, but Mother fclt tho nCOd Of II
Onco again hc was looking into tho avail
cnlng soul Of u woman. A sudden llgl
sprang into her brown eyes. Unconscious
ly their hands met. and they turned an
walked together Tho lights were goldU
globes through tho dusk, aud lar oycrhga
The STAN began 90 peep out Thuv WINS
subtle Bofintsa, drcnry lunguor ia Oh
air NJ they hand in hand, won't into N
gray dusk Of tho evening.
Next day his friend Jim received tho n
yolycr a. gracious gliL -Clarla Loo ],
bcllo In Cincinnati Post
KGNlLWORTH IVY.