The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20

come to depend upon him for hel
! morning paper, and any small service
| that she might wish performed, Won
deTed e he were i'll. She sat at this
window. sewing lace in the neck OF
her little gray Sunday froek, when she
saw him coming down the street. And
\ gladness, glaGnessl He was not alone.
Beside him strobe a gentleman in re-
splendent attire-a gentleman with q
! fi2mbuoyant mustache-a gentleman
who looked as II he were in the habit OF
having men and obstacles, and even
United States mail wagons, get out OF
his way. In his arms Stubs carried a
basket of roses and sundry little pack
! ages, and as they walked, the man with
the mustache talked all the time. Heth
could hear his ringing voice come up to
| her through the closed window.
She flew back to her own room and
/ sat down and sewed some more of the
/ lace in the neck of her frock with an
air of deadly indifference. She heard
some one bounding up the stairs. three
/ steps at a time-and she still seWed in
the lace She heard an impetuous
| knock at the door, and it burst open
Heth was just knotting a thread-and
the next thing she knew she was not
IN the chair at all, or on the floor at
all, but-well well. never mind
Well" said he, ''Heth, I'm backr
No one smiled. Every one seemed to
think the remark was needed.
I'm on my feet again. l knew
would be-with you waiting. Alaska
salmon did it. I canned the tails The
fools were throwing away as much as
they canned-I swear they were. I've
Sot cannery in the shadow of a vol
cano and under the lid of a glacier, and
want you to see it,
I didn't know your plight, dear
child, till Stubs told meheavens. if l
had known ii I'd have been home quick
enough
Didn't know it," gasped Heth, WHIP
ing her eyes on a diminutive pocket
handkerchief; how, then
But she was interrupted by Stubbs,
who came in with the roses, and the
little boxes. which the traveller made
her open. and WHICH contained trinkets
of various kinds-silver bracelets from
the Thinglets, and a silk shawl from
Chinatown at Portland and carved bone
spoons from the Aleuts and a necklace
of ALASKA garnets.
IF il hadn't been for that fellows
waistcoats," said Gaylord. pointing to
his valet, and all the rest of the truck
with which he furnished me. 1 might
have Jared badly. Heth. The rascal
packed up my whole outfit. and where
I've been. clothes wear out fast, not to
table to wear three suits al q time. 1
wore my swallOwtail with blue fan
mel shirt and pair of checked trousers
and it seemed to take with the natives
first rate"
Stubs had never known before that
his masters mistress could give a peal
of laughter like that-he hadn't an
idea of tor that her eyes. could dance
ike will-o'-the-wisps on a foggy
night.
But if you don't know about my
misfortunes,' said she suddenly return
ing to her former question, how was
it that you sent me that money every
month? But for you, 1 should have
been a beggar. and know 1 should
have broken my heart"
Money said Gaylord, money!
Stubbs was making for the door.
Come back here, you rascal" cried
Gaylord. Turn around. sir
Stubs face was scarlet.
Look at that, my dear, will you"
cried Gaylord, look at that Guilt
painted on every feature; see that, my
dear!'
Heth got up and slipped her hand in
Stubs big paw.
Il hope you will never have to be
parted from-from Mr.. Gaylord-and-l
and me" said she.
GAYLORD was hopping his blue eyes.
"Stubbs," he said, Z"
Don't mention it, sir. if you please.
My fathers have been gentlemen's men
for five gentratiOns, sir, and it would
be queer if l didn't understand a gen
feelings. sir. ard know what
ne would want done under certain cir
How" cried Gaylord, throwing up
his hand, can 1 even live up to