The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-07-17

| Vi inc pine trees ana phlioa"PhiH' ''
life In general. As the summer Wanod
bis philosophy grew bitter.
One day he reached out for little
cluster OF the gray-blue oregon grapes
that grew close TO his hand. half-hid-
den under their rich crimson and DARK
grcon foliage, lie studied them TOT
moment. noting their artistic beauty
and then put them In his mouth hnd-
Ing a keen relish In their bitterness.
They're like everything else In liie''
he unused. And Elsie found him cross
and unreasonable ~ they drove back
10 town. He had not sympathy with
her enthuslasms and he expressed his
lack Of II sharply and abruptly. lie
saw no beauty In the scarlet sumach
against the gray cllff. he saw nothing
remarkable In the chipmunks that hur-
riod across the road and along the
fallen trees by the way; he had no de-
sire 10 get out and dig ferns when they
saw them, tall and luxuriant. by the
roadside. And the view OF the town
as they saw II first from the top OF the
long road cut out Of the lime rock
the scattered little town encircled by
mountains. some In the shadow and
some glorious In the fast-vanlshing
sunlight. stretching away I'LL the far
on peaks were blue and hazy against
the sky-he had seen II hundreds Of
times. 10 had she. What was there to
rave aboutg
shorwln's part In the anair Mrs
Marvin never knew. but she did learn
enough TO know that oppoaition In tho
matter OF her sisters love affairs was
useless And early In the winter
llctherly and Elsie were married.
Elsie was just rs, and childish.
frivolous and light Most Of Hctherly's
friends doubted the wisdom OF his
course lie was young and had his way
TO make In the world and Elsie. with
her pretty face aud irresponsible. In
consequent ways. seemed the last wo-
man In the world to he the making OF
q man
shcrwln was not present nj the we'd
ding. lie was called out OF town q few
days before on urgent business. SO
said the note which brought HIS con-
I gratulations and accompanied the little
Dresden clock. lie did not come back.
Some one heard from him few montha
later In Kansas city, where he WIS
doing police reporting ON daily paper.
fhen his friends lost track OF him.
Hothorly and his wife went east, the
Marvlns moved away. and they, too,
dropped out OF the life OF which they
had been part. People are not long
missed In those western towns that
have 10 little that IL permanent.
Il was nearly ten years after that
,.ttetharls raturnssl aud Eot a position
on his old paper, A few months later
Shorwln. HIS life wrecked by the weak
ness that had always stood between
him ana success. drifed into town ant
applied for work on the old paper. NJ
ono else would have given Il to him
but Hctherly had mover been In po
sltlon to refuse Sherwin anything
you can 10 down and do the hang
ing. II you want to, he said, but sher
win didn't want to go. Ills Unborn re
nncmcnt royoltcd against such scene
SO Hotherly sent a young fellow from
the once 20 get the notes and KEEP
Shcrwin to write II up.
The whole Office was waiting. on
IN the composing.room the printer
were having lunch, One was working
loisurcly ON the last little take
Hcthcrly and Shcrwin smoked an
talked OF old tlmes-of college day
and the days OF the early gold excite
ment In the hills. when they hal
worked together on the paper, Hethor
~ talked freely OF HIS business an
financial Affairs for the last ten year,
lie had worked for awhile on a pape
In Chicago then In New York, but h
had not been very successful. cithe
from business or a professional stand
point. lie talked rapidly aud the
piled Sherwln with questions. Bu
Sherwin was retieent, And you nevo
marriedg" Hethcrly asked, and Shor
win shook his head. why didn't youg
Sherwln laughed. Wouldn't any We
man have me-" he said His lip
framed themselves for question. bu
the door opened and some one came 1
with want "ad" and interrupted hin
when the man went out Hetherly run
up the telephone sayagely and asked
there was no word from Scoop yet. an
when they told him mo he sat down
matchmaking the world In generl
and Scoop In particular, Once agai
shcrwin tried to put his question an
was interrupted by the foreman wit
/ some proofs. They read them SILENT
+ and when the last one was hung ON IN
hook Sherwln knocked the ashes on
OF his pipe and asked In the most maj
/ ter-of-fact way; And Mrs, Hetherly
} How Is she2" The telephone bell run
, sharply and Hctherly sprung up TO ~
, swer Il. Come here, Sherwin,"
4, said; ITS the hanging lie turne
/, the receiver over to Sherwin an
0 walked out into the composlng-roon
, An hour later. when the pressmal
G alone In the office. was turning out n
4 morning papers containing the TIVE
. column account Of the hanging OF Re,
. Flsted Jim. the murderer, written
4 Sherwin's easy. flowing, descrlptl'
h style, Shcrwn was walking dow
u street with an old friend, II was h
first night In town. They spoke
r Hetherly and sherwin asked his que
e ton again In a different form; ="
y Mrs. Hetherly hereG" The other fc