Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-19
A LOVER IN STONE.

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nrostrungly cgnatcd with calcmcous
and silicious sintcr % white Substance
which instaniancOufly incrsintcs what.
ever % falls upon Big mounds and
cratcrs are formed BY b. TmvoIoHplaco
under tho streams bottles and other oh.
jects they desirc turned 10 stone. as
they term 1t, aud o. soon a. tho siutcr
hardcns carry away their trophies ia
triumph.
Mr. Cyril Jacques was u morbid,
dreamy aud downcast young man. With
form. ilno face aud even wealth at his
command. DO constantly moditatod nd-
eide and determined TO become a fclo
ac ~. H. wandered oyor tho world to
discover some artistic method Of depart
ing this Life. He palod at Tho thought
q an inquest over his mortal remains.
OF accounts ia tho press and of ipccula.
ton by his fellow man lio climbed
Ncsuvius and fur hours contemplated q
plunge into the awful fires below, whore
his body would mover ho revealed Hc
did not fear instantaneous incarceration
mot that lio conceived that in the
invisible world Ia which be- was bound
ho might dcsir 10 gather his mortal
elements somewhere. some time, Ia the
cycles 81 eternity; hence, why 10 utterly
annihilato thcmY
mr. Jacques sailed to tho BORDEN ~
the great maclsium OF Norway and
considered "a plunge thcmIn heavily
plated In a metallic nrmur Here again
he paused and forenw the decay of the
metal and the possibility and Absorption
Of animal life
lie studied aorunauiic inicnily and
consulted the worlds acroatatic cngi.
necn N. Gabriel Yon and Captains Ron.
nrd and Krchs as 10 tho possibility 81 an
nirship which would bear him beyond
the oarih's atmosphere out into homo.
loidal space Again defeat These great
men assured him that, for all bis wealth.
hnite power could not achieve tho in.
finite.
In the year 1870 ho road Of the frst
expeditions Of Dr. Il. V. Hayden into
the unknown wilds OF tho Rockies. Of
the initiation Of tho then worldwide
respected United States geological sur.
vcy. Of tho wonderful gcys,r regions Of
Wyoming Into the northwest corner
OF this territory b. haaicncd his flight.
August was winning when ho mounted
the terraces Of Mammoth hot springs
and saw tho clear blue waton gush from
the highest plaza aud fall evenly In
vcillil.c sheets over tho sides, which
constantly increased IN nze lio saw
that no had only TO eit thoro to b.
pushed higher and higher, whiIo
mountain of incruslatlon hruadon-d be.
low him and reared him about
But as hu watched tho transformation
Of liquids into solids ho saw that certain
objects NJ tho basoo Of the mound, a. fast
~ they became incasad with sinicf.
wcro pushed down hill. down toward
tho valley below. lilo npoculntrl Ho
concluded that some timn a cuncn1don
Of steam might explode the mound. and
n u body wurn thrum thcrcn II would
become exposed 10 boasts, mon or sun.
so he determined 20 b. incnsed fopa.
rately and allow his body 90 bo pushed
down hill. to become ono Of tho rapidly
forming. immense mass Of incrusatod
objects.
While the strange young man was OK.
hausting his life duyising msthotio
means ~ death Miss Mignonotto Fayro
was leading IA dissimilar cnror Of In.
venting fanciOs and searching the world
for u man who should be- a synouym Of
her ideals No created In her flights OF
romanticism she hnd investigated the
widest noble rud man Ia the deepest Of
unircqucntod docps, but ascrrtnincd
that his value set ON u woman was less
than that OF horse. sho studied a
widowor president, but, II ho fulfilled
her dream, ho did not take kindly 70
her advances, Sho went abroad dotor.
mined TO fncinnto a great prince. but
all tho princes slo met spoke not OF
love, bat of an annual stipend 20 b..
come her husband.
In 1890 Miss tAvro decided 10 enjoy
the summer in the Yellowstone National
park tract solely under tho jurisdic-
ton OF tho government, but formerly a
part Of tho then territories OF Wyoming
aud Montana Tho Mammoth Hot
Springs hotel suited her romantic idnns.
While hero she oftnn climbed tho plnzas
Of the great spring. she placed bottle,
combs, honioshocs and other objects un.
dor tho tickling streams and saw them
turned 10 stone" 10 her hearts con.
tent While she 1Llod big boxes with
varied collection Of theso and kindred
objects her ideal in this ropoct, as Ina
tho ease Of a man. was unfnhllcd.
She saw tho big heaps u objects in.
orusiatod. which seemed 10 have slid
down into the yalbU, aud sho was In.
dignani at the government for onaoting
laws 10 protect this avalanche" and
making II u misdcncannr 10 cufrv any
heouonnwny. shn ulamherud up ana
down tho ayalanchr-form such the slant.
ing collection OF objects seemed 10 ho--
aud each day paused before massiyo
como OF white sintcr, tho solidity aud
great beauty u which she admired so
much that IL bccano - monomlnia with
her Tho cono was about aoyon icct IN
length, with diamoterof two feet and
looked AZ u !t wero q classic louie col.
umn.
At least Miss .Favro concluded sho
could not 1.-Two without tho cone In her
frcnziod admiration Of it sls forgot to
search for q man OF her romance. She
hired tho stablemnm 10 take trusted
iofoo q mon, steal the coveted object AZ
night aud bear It awny TO Livingston,
Mon, by means o. relays Of horses and
stout vehicles. TIE mon conveyed 81 by
unused paths, avoiding the routes wl,or,
officials were stationed. and fsut ID rsf.I,s