The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01


some of the most important beds. As
l was obliged to give up all present
idea OF doing anything in the way OF
getting my residence out of place
where it had no bushes to be, because
Mrs. Carson would not consent TO any
plan which had been suggested, felt
that l was Offering some little COM
pensation in identifying what seemed
TO be, at that time. my own grounds
My labors in regard to vines, bushes,
and all that sort of thing were gener-
ally carried on under direction of Mrs
Carson or her daughter; and as the
elderly lady was a very busy house
wife, the horticultural work was gen
orally left to Miss Kitty and me.
L liked Miss Kitty; she was cheer
full, whole-souled person, and 1 some
times thought that she was not so I'M
willing TO have me for neighbor as
the rest of the family seemed to be;
for if 1 were to judge the disposition of
her brother George, from what her
mother told me about his letters, both
he and Mrs. Carson must be making
great many plans to get me off the
premises.
Nearly a month had now passed
since my house and | made that re-
markable morning call upon Mrs. Car
son. 1 was becoming accustomed to
my present mode of living, and, so far
as l was concerned, it satisfied me very
we'll; l certainly lived a great deal
better than when / was depending upon
my old negro cook. Miss Kitty
seemed to be satisfied with
things as they were, and
so, in some respects. did her mother
but the latter never ceased to give me
extracts from some of her son Georges
letters, and this was always annoying
and worrying me. Evidently he was not
pleased with me as such a close neigh
Dor to his mother and it was aston
ishing how many expedients he pro-
posed in order to rid her of my unde-
sirable proximity.
one morning, mas been writing TO me
about jackscrews; he says that the
greatest improvements have been made
in jackscrews.''
What do you do with them.
mother?" asked Miss Kitty.
You lift houses with Them said
she. HE says that in large cities they
and build stories underneath He
thinks that we can get rid of our
trouble here if we use jackscrews.
But how does he propose TO use
them?" 1 asked.
"Oh, he has good many plans an
swered Mrs. Carson. He said that ne
should not wonder if jackscrews could
be made large enough to lift your
house entirely over mine and set it
out in the road, where it could be car
red away without interfering with
anything, except, of course, vehicles
which might be coming along But he
has another plan; that is to lift my
house up and carry it out into the
field on the other side of the road and
then you might be carried right along
over the cellar until it got to the
Tn he the NuGhRS
and trees would not have to be inter
fered with
L think brother George is cracked"
said Kitty.
All this sort of thing worried me very
much Ny mind was eminently dis
posed towards peace and tranquility,
and who could be peaceful and tranquil
with prospective jackscrew under the
very base of comfort and happiness
In fact, my house had never been such
a happy home as it was at that time;
the fact Of its unwarranted position
upon other peoples grounds had
ceased to trouble me.
But the coming son George with his
jackscrews did trouble me very much,
and that afternoon l deliberately went
into Mrs. Carson's house to look for
Kitty | knew her mother was not at
home, for 1 had seen her go out. When
Kitty appeared 1 asked her to COME
out on her back porch. Have you
thought of any new plan of moving
up" she said with a smile as we sat
down.
NO" said 1 earnestly, Il have not,
and / don't want to think of any plan
of moving it. / am tired of seeing it
there, l am tired of thinking about
moving it away and l am tired of
hearing people talk about moving II. |
have not any right to be here, and
am never allowed TO forget it. What l
want to do is to go entirely away, and
leave everything behind me-except one
thing"
"And what is that?" asked Kitty.
You, | answered.
She turned a trifle pale and did not
reply.
You understand me. Kitty" I said.
There is nothing in the world that 1
care for but you. What have you to
say to me?"
Then came back to her her little
smile Il think it would be very fool
ish for US to go away" she said.
1t was about quarter of an hour
after this when Kitty proposed that We
should go out to the front of the house.
It would look queer if any of the SER
wants should come by and see us sit
ting together like that. I had forgot
ten that there were other people in ahe
world; but I went with her.
We were standing on the front porch,
close TO each other, and 1 think we
were holding each others hands, when
Mrs. Carson came back. As she ap-
preached she looked at US inquiringly,
plainly wishing to know why we were
standing side by side before her door,
as if we had some special object in so
doing.
''Well?" said she, as she came up the
steps. OF course, it was right that
should speak, and, in as few words as
possible, 1 told her What Kitty and
had been saying to each other. 1 never
saw Kitty's mother look so cheerful
and so handsome as when she came
forward and kissed her daughter and
shook hands with me she seemed so
perfectly satisfied that it amazed me.
After a little, Kitty left us. and then
a rustic bench.
Now" she said, this will straighten
out things in the very best way. When
you are married, you and Kitty can
live in the back building-for, of course
your house will now be the same thing
as back building-and you can have
the second floor. We won't have any
separate tables, because it will be-
great deal nicer for you and Kitty to
live with me, and it will simply be your
paying board for two persons instead
of one; and you know you can manage
your vineyard Just as well from the
bottom of the hill as from the top. The
lower rooms of what used to be your
house can be made very pleasant and
comfortable for US all. l have been
thinking about the room on the right
that you had planned for parlor, and