The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-20

that grew close 20 his hand. half-hid
den under their rich crimson aud dark
green foliage. lie studied them for
moment. noting their artistic beauty
and then put them in his mouth, ind
ing a keen relish In their bitterness
They're like everything else in life,
he unused. And Elsie found him eros.
and unreasonable as they drove bach
TO town. He had not sympathy with
her enthusiasms and he expressed hi'
lack of IL sharply and abruptly. II,
saw no beauty in the scarlet sumach
against the gray cliff: he saw nothing
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 il first from the top OF the
long road cut out OF the lime rock
the scattered little town encircled by
some glorious in the fast-vanishing
sunlight. stretching away till the far
| on peaks were blue and haxy against
the sky-he had seen il hundreds OF
times. so had she. What was there 10
| 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 is. and childish.
frivolous and light. Most OF Hetherly's
friends doubted the wisdom of his
course. He was young and had his way
70 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
a man.
Sherwin was not present al the we'd
ding. He was called out of town a few
days before on urgent business. So
said the note which brought his con-
CALCULATIONS and accompanied the little
Dresden clock. He did not come back.
Some one heard from him a few months
later in Kansas City. where he was
WINS iNAANS ANRNA tAhS Nh a ddlls
Then his friends lost track of him.
Hetherly and his wife went east. the /
Maryins 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.
IL was nearly ten years after that
returned and got a position
IN his old paper. A few months later
Sherwin. his life wrecked by the weak
less that had always stood between
lin and success. drifted into town and
pplied for work on the old paper. No
ne else would have given it TO him.
ut Hetherly had never been in po-
ition TO refuse Sherwin anything
You can go down and do the hang
lg, IL you want to" he said, but Sher-
in didn't want TO go. His Unborn re-
nement revolted against such a scene.
0 Hetherly sent young fellow from
lie Office to get the notes and kept
herwin 10 write ii up.
The whole office was waiting. Out
the composing-room the printers
ere having lunch. One was working
isurely on the last little take"
etherly and Sherwln smoked and
liked OF old times-of college days
Id the days of the early gold excite
ent. in the hills, when they had
orked together on the paper. Hether-
talked freely of his business and
lancial affairs for the last ten years.
e had worked for awhile on a paper
Chicago, then in New York, but he
ID not been very successful. either
pm business or professional stand
int. He talked rapidly and then
led Sherwin with questions. But
lerwin was reticent. And you never :
arried?" Hetherly asked. and Sher-
in shook his head. why didn't you?"
lerwin laughed. Wouldn't any wo- :
an have me" he said. His lips ..
AIMED themselves for a question, but /,
lie door opened and some one came in
it'll a want lad" and interrupted him.
hen the man went out Hetherly rung ,,
p the telephone savagely and asked II
lere was no word from Scoop yet, and
hen they told him No he sat down,
the world in general
nd Scoop in particular. Once again
herwin tried TO put his question and
as interrupted by the foreman with
)me proofs. They read them silently
nd when the last one was hung on the
ook Sherwin knocked the ashes out
his pipe and asked in the most mat
er-of-fact way: And Mrs. Hetherly?
low is she?" The telephone bell rune
harply and Hetherly sprung up TO an
wer 1t. Come here, Sherwin," he
aid; Its the hanging" He turned
ne receiver over TO Sherwin and
'alked out into the composing room.
An hour later, when the pressman
lone in the office, was turning out the .
forming papers containing the two ,
QUINN account of the hanging of Red
listed Jim. the murderer, written in
herwin's easy, flowing. descriptive
lyle, Sherwin was walking down
treet with an old friend II was his
rst night in town. They spoke of
ietherly and Sherwin asked his aues-
ion again in a different form: Us {
irs. Hetherly here?" The other fell
DIV started. Haven't you heard?
he ran off with another fellow nearly
hree years ago. Hetherly's here for
iyorce."