The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19
JUMPED ABOARD TEE TUG.

London and Paris. And naturally, as
you can understand. all this was very
disagreeabIe.
Well, to begin with, I did think a
great deal of Patience-there's no use
in denying facts-and I had been half
in love with her from boyhocd During
the last year had been with her more
than usual, seeing her at home. or on
the links Of the Country club, and at
various teas and club fetes.
And by sheer accident, I assure you,
1 spent the summer on the shores of
Lake Champlain, making studies for
two or three rather ambitious paint
inss to be finished When cold weather
came; and Patience was there, too
with her deep, brown eyes, and WaVy
hair and superb presence. ] know this
sounds like eXtraVa CANT description,
but it is accurate, for Patience is one
OF the finest specimens of young Wo-
manhood I have ever seen, thanks to
inheritance, and wheeling, and tennis,
and soft, and boating. She was visit
ing a cousin at Port Kent-a brunette
with red lips and white teeth, and the
very mischief dancing in her eyes
And, naturally, Miss Elaim was inter
ested in helping along a love affair
for where is the girl who wouldn't be-?
some way old Moneybags Yelnilz heard
of the situation and appeared suddenly
one evening IT The residence Of Miss
Ela5n's parents. At the time his train
from New York arrived Patience and
were strolling along the shore of
Champlain in the moonlight. I'll con-
fess. and when we returned to the
EIaim house, some time after 10 O'Clock.
we found the callOus-hearted Old fellow
tramping UP and down the Veranda
smoking furiously and stroking his
white whislEers in q manner that BODIED
no good fer US.
He never spoke to me-never ac-
hnowledsed my presence by SO much
as q stare; fact IS, he utterly ignored
me, and I'll admit that hurt my pride,
confOund him. He simply took Pa
thence by the arm and marched her
indoors, and next morning they went TO
New York before ] had q chance to
say farewell. But l was at the station,
and as the train pulled out the dear
girl called:
Goodbye. Fred. Don't worry-it's all
right"
And then her father slammed down
the window and scowled as If he would
like 10 bite NE in half.
During the ensuing six weeks 1
worked as hard rs a man could, but
never did 1 write Patience, although
sent neSsaSe TO her in Marion claim S
letters. ana heard from her now and
then through the same medium, so I
wasn't really cut off, you see. ] came
back to town about the middle Of Sep
TENDER. and q week later Miss Elaim
arrived at the Yelnik home in New
Jersey to make visit. but Of course
old Money bags wouldn't allow me to
see Patience, and naturally 1 had too
much sense to call, but the depriva-
ton was hard in more ways than one.
as you viii understand presently.
a month dragged by. and the tina
was approaching for Narion's visit TO
be concluded, when one Saturday after
noon [ went aboard 4 ferryboat bound
for Jersey City, whittier l was to take a
train for the town where Patience lived.
And on the boat, for the first time in
three months, met Mr.. Yeinik. He was
feeling particularly amiable, probably
because he had managed to freeze
out" some business rival in one of his
great schemes, and he approached me,
saying, With a grim smile:
How do you do, sir?'
I'm we'll"
Haven't seen you lately out at the
house" he continued, sarcastically.
NO, and you're not likely to- re-
piled. with emphasis. How long this
conversation might have continued I
don Know. DuL at t0dI moment we
passed in midstream close by ferry
boat steaming from Jersey City to New
York, and one of the passengers on it,
a girl we both knew. waved her hand
to me and called out:
WYATT there, I'll be over at once"
Then the boats had. swept by each
other and I turned to look at Mr.. yell
mix He was almost livid with rage,
and he trembled as with a chill.
Iof he
ssco mis- ie how Won see each o+ba- D.,
heavens, I'll make you pay for this. I
suppose you had arranged an elope-
1nenti" he exclaimed, getting more and
more excited. And he didn't become
calm when told him his surmise was
true.
There were few other passengers
aboard. and Patience's father had the