The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07

st don't see as I ought to speak to
Hunch looked at her helplessly. and
when, a1Der a minute, she turned ana
saw his expression, she partly relented
'Wh1n are you coming 10 see me
''You know why L amt been around.
4 waited for you the other night. You
said you was coming.
al know it, Jess. I'm sorry. Can't 1
Il s'pose You can if you want to-
They could not say any more for 1t was
time to start the carriages. But early in
the evening Hume, went 10 her house,
and they walked TO the lake. They found
it hard to talk Hunch finally blurted
out:
I'm going to get the ring next week
It's Z pretty one, think
He felt her arm trernble, but she SAID
81 guess you're mad at me. amt your"
mo, I amt mad"
She came closer tc him as they walked.
John. I wish-I WISH we could get mar
ried- Somehow don't feel as If you pc
longed to me. know it's silly but can
r. help it"
How soon can you get ready7''
Il wasn't thinking Of it just that
''fs next month too sOon?'
She looked up at him and laughed soft
ly- Their eyes met and they understood
the beach and looked out over the fat
lake
I'm afraid Wen have to live kind of
simple for awhile" Hunch said 4 amt
very rich, you know"
do you think I care about that John
Don't you know I love you because you re
50 strong, and good. and you can do so
much Everybody knows you re going TO
be rich some day. Jim, he says there ain {
another man in town that's got as much
sand as you have, John"
evening telling each other their thorgf 5
and plans and hopes; and her trust in h1m
sDonsibility. When he left her, very late.
at the front steps, he had thought OF a
In the morning, directly after break
fast. Hunch went to see the foreman OF
the elevator gang
Murphy?'' he asked.
.Getting: most Of It UP at Manistee-"
''Mors'n half of 1T The rest of it's a
How much is there to corne?''
FLOWS It delivered?"
''F. o. B. on the dock here. Why, you
IoolSing for a JOB deliyerips2. ,,,s 80. :.
down here CHEAPER the railroad and
''Navigation's closed, though. I don't
know as the Manistee folks d want to
risk 1T"
toned toward the lake, which lay blue
and sparkling beyond the Butterville
sandspit. Quiet as August There amt
hardly any fee either"
We'll you might talk 10 EN- up al
AIanistee, Hunch. Of course they can de-
liver anyhow they like, but ! can't run
chances Of delay"
Hunch picked up a man at Nerves sa-
loon and set to work OVerhauling the
Dean, which was lying up for the winter.
The next morning, with the new man up
forward. he sailed for Manistee.
The dealer at ManiStee accepted Hunch s
offer to deliver the timber on the Man
istee dock at half the railroad charges.
Hunch had figured that this would make
up the cost of the ring, with a slight
margin over It took a day TO load the
schooner, and when they set out on the
return trip, the thermometer was drop
ping. and the lake showed q few ugly
signs. The schooner was loaded dOwu
so close to the water that Hunch took
all the spare rope on board, and carrying
little sail
The storm broke early. and Hunch put
out into the lake. All of one night they
struggled to keep the overloaded schooner
headed to the wind but morning found
them close TO the breakers and the shore
ice on the deserted Clinton village, three
miles north Of A1inistee harbor. The light
keeper sighted them. and though the
lfe-saving station had been closed for the
winter. crew made up partly of volun-
teers put out in the big English life boat
But Hunch. through his glass, saw them
capsized and thrown upon the hreakwateI
almost before they hao cleared the har-
Dor.
The schooner struck a little before noon
and began to pound herself to pieces in
the breakers The crew brought their
beach cart I'D the road and shot a line
over, and Hunch and his man slid ashore
IN the brooches buoy. All the rest CT the