Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

baby all right II we'd only give hin
time enough.
well, sir. l alays knowd that doc
tor understood his business when
seen him manage That baby. I'd al
ready told him I'd take her In Il minnet
but law salkes. ] needn't a. troubled my
self, for he Jes' laid her up against hi
shoulder and oOOed, an stroked, an
patted. and in five minnets she wa
fast asleep.
rive rot little boy OF home abou
her age. wistfu look comm into hi
eyes. as | took her outen his arms to Ia.
her IN her crib. Born on the iirst o
May
"'well. swan SEE /.
by gum, SEE JEFF. with q grin; ON
baby was born on the first of May. too
at ten minutes 10 six In Tho morning
"'That's quite Il coincidence said The
doctor, for our baby got hrre inst Ger
minutes ahead Of her. What do you
"'oh. just Baby She amt got nc
name yet. We amt found nothing
good enough for her. ] wanted her
called Marthy. but my wife objected e
being called big Marthy. or ole Marth
for the reat Of her material life, SO there
It STAINS. Couldn't you suggest some
thin kinder hioh-soundln' likeT
"Im not much up to that sort OF
thing said the Doctor; about the iirst
thing that would occur to me would
he Aconite Versus Belladonna, or some
thing like that
"Umph, SCI JEFF. scratchn' his head
high soundin' nough, I'm sure, but
| ruther long for an everyday name
don't you Think
THE doctor laughed, though / de
clare couldn't see thing 20 laugh at.
| Then an Idea struck me, an l said:
| WHATS your baby's naineY
| "'pon Maynard says he, and was as
| sober agln as n judge
"Jeff wlnlSed at me. same's to say;
He hates to think OF the little fellar,for
| fear hen never see him agin.'
II think the Belladcnna part of II Is
| real pretty seq l. and its something
| like your little fellars name-sort o.
twins, like, you know
"'How would you like Donna MayY
says the doctor; an that just settled It,
an Donna May she'll be to the end of
| the chapter.
well. Dr. Wharton staid with us
pretty nigh all that summer an went
hum a hull sight better and lived many
n year arter that, though he said at
first he'd little left to live for. An one
day he told me his story.
He said his people had lived In
Chicago an that his father had given
him an excellent education an expected
great things of him. but he had fallen
In love with and married their SER
want girl a beautiful English emigrant
who had Joined the Mormons in the
ole country an was on her way to
Utah, when her money gave out an
she stopped there to earn more.
There was terrible scene when
his father learned of what he called his
sons disgrace an the ole man disowned
him.
His wife's health began to fall an
he brought her down to Aiken to see
what the climate would do for her,
but in spite of all his care an skill,
she died when her baby came, VIC
tim OF remorseful conscience, he said,
for havln' gone back on her religion.
after he went away from here he
settled In Columbus, an a few years
later married u proud, young society
belle of the city which suited his ole
father better an reinstalled him in
his good graces.
"For a number o. years they spent
their summers here and sech times as
Don and Donna used to have!
dWhen Don got big enough to go to
school he used to bring his books up
here in the summer an teach Donna.
all he knew, and she want slow In
piolSin' It up, either. Bob used to git
pretty Jealous FOR he'd considered
Donna his special property. but Bob
was sulen and techy, an Donna
couldn't abear him"
"who was Bob?" we ventured to
interrupt.
ooh, a youngster who hadn't any
folks, an JEFF let him stay with us.
thinlsin' he mought be useful to. chore
about the house till he got big enough
to help in the iumberin' an earn suthin'
for hlsself.
''The summer Donna was years old,
Don brought her a beautiful puppy.
an that's where Maze comes into the
yarn.
Il Ii.
or some sech name; anyhow, he was
extra. smart an KNOWN; an he's no
fool yet. though he is gettin' ole.
THAR never was any love lost
atween Bob an that doag though he
took to the rest of us powerful quick.
when he was two years ole Bob
an Don had tiff as to who was to
help Donna across the mill bridge with
the mems dinner, an Bob, the big
hullSIn coward, crowded the little un
into the mill pond.
"The water was pretty deep an
swift. an Don 'ud "a been a goner,
shure. for the men didn't hear Donna's
screams, IL MAZE hadn't jumped in an
towed him to shore.
Bob was pretty scairt when he saw
thought what he came near doin' an
reckon II MAIZE had got at him he'd
a tore him to pieces, but Bob took to
his heels for the woods az he dever
came back to stay after that. There
was a camp o. moonshiners way up
among the hills an Bob tuck up with
| them. but he used to come here Of
( errands some times an then Maze
showed his teeth in n way To make Bob
keep hisself as scarce as possible. He
? Ibid strychnine for him twice. but as
1 luck would have II we found II before
| AIajo did, an then JEFF told Bob IL lie
set his foot on this ranch ngin he'd be
| tempted to lay him out, so we haint
seen Rob here since.
! when Donna was twelve we ), II
| her to Columbus to school, for she
! couldn't abeur for Don to he gettln'
/ So fer ahead Of her. an las year she
| cum hum MI finished up. to stay fer
! good, we thought. but law. seZl hui
| man natr-r's the Same the world over,
an she'd found some one she cared
| more fer than her ole dad or me.
| THE day before Christmas. arter
/ helnin' me with some extra tNin's, she
| said she'd take n walk down the road
! a piece as she was kinder expecting
some friends to spend Christmas with
| her
I'VE didn't TX her any questions but
we smelt rat. you know. an she
started Off loohn' as happy an sweet
MS rose.
"Bimeby jeff begin to cit Uneasy
an said he'd walk down q piece arter
her.
"'oh, she all right seq I, for she
tuck the doag with her, but jeff mum
bled suthin' about the doag heln' ole
so ] could see he wasn't to be paclfled
thnt-a-way. He said thar We're reports
OF officers scourin' the woods arter