Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-29
THE MAD GARRETT.

The Bowry Tho house had bCcn built In
colonial timcs, and about itwls % peculiar
air 81 dcs1iatcucst 10 had 1dd winding
stairgascs In tuc long ago poIrlo NJ Gull
tur and fashion h1d dwglf within &C. but
that was very, ycrv long Hgu, ior now tho
street was invaded by o miserable clsmo-
poliian horde la.lng from ail the filth
spots ~ tic world Fashion, or rather tho
vulgar showing of crowd WHO now passed
for rc0plr OF fh'on in New York. had
guno up to Fifth avenue The 1nc Amer.
leans ~ The last century wtc indeed no
mura
Kari pushed urru che door
"C0mo iu. d. .IIl a. Dc euIord: "tho
rns jet' over h.rt"
Jennings approached cautiously, FOL
lowed By Finn aIl aT.l1d o. match
Tho Fihu uf tH1 800 uyel'gl rather
large room. WI.u low rlHl taHt flUpod
downward trvUl tlHvirIsWa tn tht
centcr " 80 stood 70 DIG square rough look.
inrtabl9, upIn WI.auwrt Jumhlci. over
flowing heap of writing Rrur, urar-.
written on, ujIs .Hl ,U1.. liu'tUrs aud
envelopes urd aud uuu.i CmwnlnR
tho head vr 600 old ylHr H..s a vrtlnr
pad, pen aud us ultle Iy ln small
clear spac' near thru'sru' tHr table 4
corner Two clHirs NrHr ailudiuv ON Che
top of % dilapidnioI tur. s. small 90
stove with % frying pHu and other cuutiuH
utensils lay uHun che vl.lr'and Dust
was oypgwhrrs
Boys, mako yourselves nj home " nid
Karl "ThIs L. my natal spot in nn intel
lcrtual fcnaa ilcr'H whore wrote THE
Problem
THAT WA rather odd IDEA II Mrs
Luclwuods--nUyUr IN Do This room aud
% lct the things rriu1iu boo 10 exactly ni
yuu len them, remarked Lruniurs, who
had cnrfully busted ono of the chairs with
an old newspaper De sit upon " strud
dlCWiso, IBIS elbows leaning upon tho turk
''Sho wns guud tn nc. slld che writer
softly You know, ono night, two yrlr.
hrn, lcit thls garnet suddonly a. ~ with
Victor Spcrr to Boston. When / had born
thrfu few days. things an ~ onrn camr
my way. Asyuu know, Tho Problem iusdo
un instantaneous NE, and % certain pub
Usher advanced mo big sum oi money
Aitcrward, w,itn I nmo iurk % town
and called upon Mrs. lockwood tp nay nor
what / owed her, somehow fcit % r,iuc.
tnucc 20 coming up ~ this ROOM had
taken my finished manuscripts with me
when j left fur Boston with Victor of
cuurac bad no idea TINT Mrs lockwood
intended 90 kccp this ruoa. ,mriy must
make II up 10 hrr but, boys. no money
can ever rpny my indebtedness 60 her,"
You used % do Your own cooking. 1
scc, remarked Jennings
Yes. ! used a. l7t my rrocorlcs M ti,
htilo dulicntusscn shop next door nlonnu
giiNn me cudlt with tho limit 40 %, mud
whcncNOr Hut n microscopic cic,'k. which
a. sid a
got the most misdmhic prices for my stuT
Seven dollars aud hall / ramrmbrr s..t
ting for Christmas story which took mo
four days 10 write You know 1 was al.
ways slow, careful workman
Tho lowest laburrr iu tho stree. was
better paid for his work than 1 WINS. " CON
tlnucd Karl, "nnd I hclicyc that s,mo ni
tho things that wrote for starvation nay
VIII live after I'm Ruur / raligri nu thr
hardship aud suffering that pour llouH
MurRrr endured aud maybe mupt
~ uacd Co wander around tln town M
dcnd OF night thinking / hated tho dnv.
Time, for tho noise aud hustle eli sturHd
aud irrltntcd me Aud long afirr mid.
nlvht, when tirrd aud worn out iy MIN.
less wandering terrible fnucics would ns.
snil mo ~ 1 cntrrd this house. II wa.
only by an exercise ~ tho storncst cpur,B,
that ! could prevent myself from fhrlptiua
out ~ l mounted tho stain. My mind
WIS clear and ncutoly analytical, aud .tn
tinngo, internal things whirlcd around
m" Though l couldn't actually 80
them, ! know what thcy wen, like. {
could f'ol myself pushing my way through
them
What wcm they like" asked Finn.
who Wns standing near thr table
on thry wcru things sp unspoaknhlc |
that my mind bluuchrs na I rsail thrn 1 |
VIII not giy what tllry wcr Ike lut f1r |
u CON- d'llVmpu effort ut tHuwill, would |
have gone yiolcntly uiud
"Ono night went with Niurphy to tho |
thcntcr 90 40 Zolna rrtwsouir aIbrrr.,
iaquin, and thu rrat awful eve. nf rir
pnralyyod woman iu thr last act haunted |
mo IN this room fur months Oh. tb,y |
VEN frightiul, thOso Cyrs' 1hry STAR. =. |
lnc trum tho rluf nuu tho wall. ND. /
hnys, thc-r wcrg snwp uf tho Things mimi
bothcn,d mo whom lI,ud Lvrr. and ,yI.su.
ever hunger aud drsIHtluu uudr mo fprl
thht the game WIS nearly up u-ud 90 oman
ana ndd lttlo tattgrgd huok TINT Ihya,pr
life of Ilnlzno "
\ softucss had como into tho WrItcr's
ihec. II was q iuc'-puWUrful. with blue
piercing cycs-thc racc Of - Fighter. of onn
who had ondurI
Reading IL, D" he continued. usotnobo,y
put "a now hcart Into mo Il WIS "A brIyr
hiourniul message from tho past. as II the
ghost ~ grand gladiator nr1sr md htdp
me ~ light % tho death IN tho ARENA with
d stout heart An dear llalzc "
You're "a little morbid TONIGHT. old
boy sad Jennings Anyhow. thcrrfs
something weird about this rnum feel "a.
u rnlnclhing VEN going TO happen Per
lhla AZ this moment tho room Is ruilortiug
lnc Of Jour moods of madness ur drpp.s
'lon My bvlivf lg that man OF pu,yerful
such as you. viii after IA |
lno make the atmosphere nj his rDYu |
heavy with tho cssunuc ~ himself YDu |
'tr' you lived here almost altogether
" hat do you think"
Oh, perhaps"
uld you ever sru anything"
a wan smile uaiuu into kurl's f.r, la
lid not un .Wrr
Heres your lifuo BalAr. exclaimed
mn, holding up 20 worn uttlr hook.
Ahr writer's face had changed. a wild.
nau Hight r1mg into his ryr.. lie srlg.i
p, "i" "i Jennings. and pointing 10 tlg
"lhCro' Thcrc IS the sladoi se, a., ,
arcl Sew its facet Oh. tho hurrlr uf Itir
lhgr WHY tho last irtuulgIlIa words I, {
very siu-g--bat kyuupdy Ia london q
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