Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

WIKI forcboiing--A something I cannot |
deilt1. Yet which ! CluuVt throw on. |
Let me see. how many times have |
| seen the snow cover she aop Of y0n- |
der barren mountain crer,f | do not |
cure 10 count You'd = cloud that hangs |
over the scebe ana obscurea the hcivcns
seems 10 re-; upyn these peaks Tor sup. !
poie, and the wind tina; comes roaring |
down the canyons bears upon So Wing
an Icy brc1th. The criukuts ore sing.
irg In ,he Ersas. and ghs deer have Lost
i1Qlr summer CJlt. aud now ure grey.
They do not appear one or two a.
time. but in dfovrs. LnFi ulr'ht !
heard the long whining cry q the elk'
they ar seeking She lower coun;ry'
Every sign IA Of approaching winter
and | would know 70 wt1 here even II
had not made ihc careful c0utc Of the
passing days ;hat I have. ~ u the
winter dread IN iirssn wilds. OH the
l1rg.drclry days and yhe longer nights.
che utter. user loneliness OF tAe time.
Even she crnpap0namp u Wild AM.
mails i DENIED me shcn. The deer ana
the elk are on uho wide descent where
~ snow u no; ns deep. nnd The b lsis
" prey hlVV folioNtl thlm 10 thnr
iilEtg, only at intervals do I hear the
long dfuNn cry OF tpmt coyNtt shat
has REM ned 90 prey upon weaker
animals gftg could no. follow uheir fsl-
lows 10 the p,tlrL Thc only sound that
rt1ther my ear then u she constant
ueslgping % ,ac frost. or me Wild roar
| % he avalanche aa they come fush-
lnE down the Forgnr 81 tAe mountains.
| It,. ! Will HW think W 81. have seen
many of them pass In this i1afly place.
! ana oris morc viii not count ght moro
\ or the ltas. Before another comes !
| VIII be far away.
"Whcc are you. Msud7 l wonder aa
| ! ~ by my lonely FIRE how tAc yllrH
1 "A NH
Kind 70 one ~ ftnt'l and no true. Some
times I even think l hear your voice
when | awake 90 nlgi'-.,hat gentle,
| cissry voice, ana chen ! trcmble lest
| your apii, has taken flight. nr1 you
have come 50 bid me inrcwcll. ~ YOU
! said you wouli before ylu LETT the
/ earth. Lac nsA; I drslmtI that u
WAS all u ditpm. ami thG I WIS wln
| you ln thu old hume beflro ihae dark
| d1y NAT tofc ua apart. ind sent nv a
| wlndcrer over the face " the earth.
doomed 20 spend the ber ytpts of my
| iife 10 tay the debt Of another Who was
false 20 me IN life gnd In death, like a
Nomcsss dogs my f.cps.
How plainly that time comes before
mo now. Il waa In the carly winter
| the CHEEKY winter af New EUf9and,
gha;. un'.kc the one 1 drrad. only spoke
~ froilck. shr single OF aicifn bells ana
merry skating parties. We bad been
|
llp:ie Nina WIS shree ycsrf old. Dear
iss.le biue.oyed Nlna, How ! lens. 90
ciasp her baby hr,ferr uad look Into hcf
towing eyes. car nsf think 81 her as
grywn.-fhe II my baby vi.
Il ncvcr know when frSt loved
you. Maud. ,ovcd you when 'ge wcrc
children. ar1 was ~ proud q your
days. whcn l returned from Europe
and fOurd ycu lD fhc nrss blush ":
y,plng womanhooi. I laid my heart AT
Your fee.' | pass through shat scene
again ani again iu my l1nelinifa. u
was down by the cllf. | had walked
auroes ihe fields IN hops OF meeting you
OF your flv0r.te seat bet bath the elan
NJ The openlrg 10 the lane. You were
-, ghefe. and I cams on 90 che house
Aur, Nellie had just CONS for the sum.
mer from New York. ani found you
uni Helen In me arbor How you
blushcd whou you prescnted me- 70 her
Then Hcier like 4 senflhlc SRI fcigu,d
| headache afu LETT u alOns. ! fifNei
eau scll why we took che paths 80 Oh,
cllff. bW We dh 81. and y was ihcr,
. with she rluni g the surf beatlnf
upcn our tnfH that fo'd you fhe g.lr,
, that you a!rtady know. ara ash al yot
10 be my wife. oh, che dt,ifh. 81 thai
, walk back as she sun was setting. ara
. the meeting Of Helen by the brook side
1
her. childrcn thg; We were. - braal
the ncws 90 the rvsf. ! remember how
, YOUR mother klratd you ard thcI
, pressed my hand. That HEht wheI
! your father came IN from fhe Oily HI
asked me irto his study and so,d nj
, that you were yet TOO youfis 20 be {
. wlio aad that ! was Win a boy. tina
. We mus. wsh few years ami chat /
, ah.p We were OF the same mind III
: would offer 10 objection, His smile wa
, kindly. Maud when he saw the iook o
b pain that passed over me. ard h tool
I my hand and pressed Il and ! assure,
y HIN that my hove Tor You would neve
' change. lie made my heart leap wal
= 10y wher he cold me ihaf my fathe
aGi he had TALKED the matter owe
e when We we're children and ho9ed tina
I the day would come wht-u their friend
x ship wo1.d be cemented by our mar
= r.age. Ar;sr that came busy year.
!. Maud-years almost us happy as IN
= five l had you by my side a. my l1v
. bert Hendricks. Lake all the rer, | w.
Y fascinated by his personality and IN
c br.illarc euaowmriss Fntsre had show
cred uposu glsn, and l was fiaftere
2. when he asked me 10 become hi
q partner ara form tho law nrl
;. ~ HcI.irlcks and Grey.
u Your fithcr congratulated mo whe
y he heard oi she arrangement. and dwe
q upon the advantage young lnwyt
: would gain by being connected with a
a | brilliant "a man aH lIcndglCkH and on
II who had made the reputation he Ia
j. before the Boston bar
T. ~ worked with n viii. Maud. Tor
= was working for you. And how prDu
j. you was II my success, and how w
n hluahed that evening | caught yo
D. reading IN the newspaper the brllliaf
d defense made, according 10 IL. In thu
- rillroad case.
> "Oh, the happiness OF those hours:
a would steal away from the city an
J. visit you In the dear old home m
y sweetness Of the walks we had "a n
4 clins. where we would renew the vow
81 are had made upon the sp1t whel
Ia we would renew the vows upon the sp'
we first had made them. oh, n
* sweet sympathy you gave me whe
10 father and mother were laid away
a, Tho grave, following each other
ID quickly To the spirit world. You b.
came dearer than ever, Maud, for "
were an had left In the world,
plunged the deeper Into my pr0fc
sion 10 drown my sorrow and SUI
ie sion.
l- DDS OF IIenlrlcks, and I pelleve |
=. waa homes. then. lie was the dnrllf
- ~ society aud aside from his brlllnn,
10 before the tar. half ~ the success
.. he frm came from his social prom
~ ence. I Will rot bellttle myself by Hal
M | ing that / dld not do my share.
n nosltion as the HOn OF my father was
~ passport 10 reHaect and trust nali
a. from the piilnTtuklng with which
a , handled the Interests ~ our clients.
as was becoming rich. ny yearly 'nc,r