The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-15

him at Lawyer Smiths tomorrow
morning at o'clock. If 1 am not there
he will close the affair, and it will be
$500 out of our pocket. We can i'll
afford 70 lose it. 1t viii cripple US
next ear.
But, Jeremy, Mr.. Harkins knows
what you intended doing. He surely
will wait to see why you did not meet
him." urged Mrs. Hervey.
Not he; that is not Harkin's way:
he is as hard as stone. He'll settle it
TO suit himself" and Farmer Hervey
groaned again, partly with physical
pain, for the rheumatic darts were
more frequent and sharper, and partly
on account of his mental i'll.
Della looked at her father in awe.
Five hundred dollars! What a lot
of money. and they had needed money
f. so much the last year.
But the farmers pain increased in
violence. As the afternoon wore on his
wife almost forgot her worry over the
Prospective loss of the money in car
ing for her husband and in the fear
that he Has about to have just such
an attack of rheumatism as had kept
him in bed many weeks the winter
previous
AN ALARMING SITUATION.
When Mark Hervey came in at sup
of household matters. He had been
{. busy al the barn all the afternoon and
knew nothing of his fathers attack
where's MOTHER" he asked in sur
prise.
Father has his rheumatism pains
again. Mother is SO worried; she is
afraid that he is down for another
spell like last winter. She's been doe
toring him all afternoon. She's just
got him TO bed. She says that we are
TO go and take our supper 1 took
hers III to her"
During the course of their meal De
liza gave her brother a Voluable account
of all she had heard her father say
that afternoon.
The two young people presented a
strong contrast to each other. Mark,
short, stout and dark, appeared much
younger than his 10 years. Della was
tall, slender and fair, and two years
her brothers Junior.
'.Yes, he'll lose it sure" said Mark.
Everyone says that Mr.. Harkins is
very close and hard: but he knows
that father has always kept his word.
and that if he is not there tomorrow
morning il is because he could not go.
1T is a Shame if we lose it Five
hundred doHarsi That's lot of
! money. Father was counting on buy
ing another horse next summer: he
can't if we lose that" said Della.
We need one now, with the mare
lame"
After supper Mark went into his
fathers room ard found that he had
just fallen asleep. and his mother
watching beside him. She motioned
Mark to be more quiet. so as nor 10
disturb his father. Mark, seeing that
he was not needed, returned to the
dining-room and settled himself to
read Robinson Crusoe" which his
father had brought him from York the
week before. All day he had been
looking forward to continuing that de-
1ightful story. Della was busy with
sundry household duties
A SONS DUTY.
But Marks thoughts wandered in
spite of the attractions of the desert
island. He could not help thinking of
The money his father would lose if his
appointment with Mr.. Harkins next
morning @Fere not kept. He well knew
how serious such loss would be.
A sudden thought came to him. He
glanced at the clock. It was not vet
o. clock. Then he stepped out into the
yard ard looked around. 1t was moi so
severely cold. The stars shone very
bright. tt was five miles to Ridgely.
but il had not showed now for two on,
three days; the roads must be smooth
enough. There would be moon. too
His resolution was made. He returned
to the house. Della had finished
her housewifely duties, and was
How comfortable the room looked
What a splendid fire. and there was his
book! He would like to know