Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-07-16

hill. Then he would throw himself
down with his face toward the sky that
seemed scarcely higher than the tops
of the pine trees and philosophize on
life in general. AS the summer "aheo
his philosophy grew bitter.
One day he reached out for little
cluster of the gray-blue Oregon grapes
that grew close to his hand, hal1-hld-
den under their rich crimson and dark
green foliage. He studied them lot
moment, noting their artistic beauty,
and then put them in his mouth, nnd-
ing keen relish in their bitterness.
They're like everything else in lfe'
he unused. And Elsie found him cross
and unreasonable as they drove back
to town. He had not sympathy with
her enthusiasms and he expressed MS
lack of 1t sharply and abruptly. he
saw no beauty in the scarlet sumacn
against the gray cliff; he saw nothing
remarkable in the chipmunks that hur-
ried across the road and along the
fallen trees by the way; he had no de-
sire to get out and dig ferns when they
| saw them, tall and luxuriant, by the
| roadside And the view OF the town
| as they saw 1t first from the top OF the
| long road cut out of the lime rock
the scattered little town encircled by
mountains, some in the shadow and
some glorious in the fast-vanishing
sunlight, stretching away till the FAR
of peaks were blue and hazy against
the sky-he had seen it hundreds OF
times, so had she. What was there to
rave about?
Sherwin's part in the affair Mrs.
Marvin never knew, but she did learn
enough to know that opposition IN the
matter of her sisters love affairs was
useless. And early in the winter
Hetherly and Elsie were married
Elsie was just 18. and childish,
frivolous and light Most of Hetherly's
friends doubted the wisdom of his
course. He was young and had his way
to make in the world, and Elsie, with
her pretty face and irresponsible, in
consequent ways, seemed the last wo-
man in the world to be the making of
man.
Sherwin was not present at the we'd
ding. He was called out of town few
days before on urgent business. So
said the note which brought his con-
gratulations and accompanied the little
Dresden clock He did not come back.
Some one heard from him few months
later in Kansas City, where he was
doing police reporting on daily paper.
Then his friends lost track OF him.
Hetherly and his wife went east, the
Marvins moved away. and they, too,
dropped out of the life of which they
had been a part People are not long
missed in those western towns that
have so little that is permanent.
1t was nearly ten years after that
Hetherly returned and got a position
on his old paper. A few months later
, Sherwin, his life wrecked by the weak
ness that had always stood between
, him and success. drifted into town and
, applied for work on the old paper. No
; one else would have given it to him
, but Hetherly had never been in po-
sition to refuse Sherwin anything
"You can go down and do the hang
ing, II you want to-" he said, but Sher'
win didn't want to go. His Unborn re-
|
! So Hetherly sent young fellow from
q the Office to get the notes and KEEP
q Sherwin to write 1t up.
y The whole office was waiting. Gu
: in the composing-room the printer
,, were having lunch. One was.workin'
: Ieisurely on the last little take.
Hetherly and Sherwln smoked an
| al
n and the days of the early gold excite
n ment In the hills. when they ha
h worked together on the paper. Hethel
ly talked freely Of his business an
financial affairs for the last ten years
He had worked for awhile on pape
in Chicago, then in New York, but h
had not been very successful, eithe
from q business or professional stant
point. He talked rapidly and the
piled Sherwin with questions. B,
! Sherwin was reticent. And you new
; married." Hetherly asked, and She
|. win shook his head. why didn't you
!. Sherwin laughed wouldn't any w
. man have me-" he said. His lii
framed themselves for question, b.
the door opened and some one came
with a want lad" and interrupted hill
When the man went out Hetherly rul
up the telephone savagely and asked
there was no word from Scoop yet. al
when they told him mo" he sat dow
lie matchmaking the world In gener
in and Scoop in particular. Once aga
i'd Sherwin tried to put his question al
SO was interrupted by the foreman wi
at some proofs. They read them silent
er and when the last one was hung on I
ed hook Sherwin knocked the ashes
NJ of his pipe and asked in the most ms
ad ter-of-fact way: And Mrs. Hetherl
,ie How Is she?" The telephone bell ru
Ite sharply and Hetherly sprung up to
rk swer 1t. Come here, Sherwin."
I'd, said: Its the hanging" He turn
I'd, the receiver over to Sherwin a