The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-04

ourselves, had preferred the direct route
from nome to the grove. / remembered
fathers injunction. not. to let anybody
pass me. Being myself a railroader
was justified in forgetting the first-not
10 raee-as the last order on a railroad
annuls all previous ones with which it
! conflicts. But 1 didn't know that I
hadn't got THAT far into the business
yet. There were plenty of young fell
lows on the road that day. with their
best girls so you may be sure the dust
| Kate, knowing, no doubt. that she had
behind her the daintest BIT of feminin-
ity in Rockville county-or was it the
extra allowance of oats?-took a lively
interest in the proceedings. She kept
her nose persistently in the back of the
wagon ahead. When it swerved-ever
stretched her neck. and went for that
gap with speed and vim. Several times
l had to shout to the fellow ahead to
turn out to avoid general spill. Carrie
enjoyed 1t hugely. laughing and shout
ing to those We passed. She had no
more fear of consequences than Kate
herself but | was kept busy, my worst
rie's. immaculate finery by dumping her
out in the dusty road. Good luck stayed
with us, however, and we arrived right
side up.
The elderly ladies-priceless treasures
on such occasions-had arrived before
US and-assisted by the gentlemen who
nad also arrived at the age of discre-
onade and looking generally after the
welfare of the senseless
left Carrie in company of a bevy of
wn1te-winged fairies like herself They
retreated to the kindly seclusion of a
clump OF young birches. where they
no doubt-mutually smoothed each 9th
er's ruffled plumage. administering those
! finishing touches to each Others toilet
producing that completeness which Is
irresistible. / put the mare away in a
shady dell and returned. Old Billy Sa-
lem was tuning his fiddle, girls and fell
lows appeared from everywhere, and. al
most before you could realize it. heels
ana toes were flying to the merry tunes
Of the old fellow sawed out.
Youth. sunshine and music A trio for
the production of pure unalloyed happi-
ness. whose equal is not We had them
all. and enjoyed ourselves to the utmost
OF our capacities, We danced. we strolied
, mnaer the gnarled oaks, and danced again.
Ihere We're little pangs of jealousy at the
enjoyment he or she appeared TO ind -
dancing with another. Tut. the dance
over. each showed the unmistakable pleas
ure with which they rejoined the chosen
one. The slight passing shadow but
heightened the after brightness.
our appeutes had become so sharp
ened by the ride and the dancing that
not a marmur was heard when the stir
ring notes OF the fiddle were INTERRUPTED
by the blow of the dinner horn. We nev-,
nnished the set. but broke like a flock
OF partridges on the intrusion of dog.
As 1t was the time-honored custom for
every Teller to take his own girl to
umner. there was great hullabaloo A
shouting OF feminine names and answer
| ing calls of Here" Here / am. Will
Ed-Joe, or whatever his name might be.
Ihe girls Were hungry. and the girl
who should tell, in strict confidence that
her escort had failed to properly supply
her wants. would put black mark
against that young mans name which
he would find extremely difficult in rub-
bling out.
We ate drank and chatted. while the
patient. motherly old ladies fiuttered be-
hind the benches. and heaped our plates
TO overlooking. Roast, baked and boiled
Pies, puddings and cakes. The good
things that relentless memory tells us
are never duplicated outside the old farm
house kitchen. Sad havoc our white
masterpieces, over which these dear did
mothers had fumed and broiled during
the previous week.
But thoughtlessly spoken word of
praise repaid the martyrs a hundred fold
and they sat down to browse among the
fragments. content and happy. While the
dancing was IN progress the ever-to-b
gratefully-remembered executive commit
tee had lacerated their hands ard shfns
and srievously outraged their duck irons
ers and billed shirts by Climbing trees
and erecting swings
None of your little skinny ssscrlns -
made 10 accommodate but one person but
swings with generously wide seat. By a
little sQueezing-to which heard no OBJ
Jections-they would accommodate a boy
and two girls. The boy in the middle.
holding the girls on. i was partial to the