The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-28

mass of tenpenny nails" which. when
l,put in the forms and planed. and adj.
/ jlfsted, ana locked up, and pressed,
gave out clear copy that ali Windom
could read And as for the mysterious
manner IN which different sized
rqua'ds" and leads and '-Slugsn coEf5
pc used n fling outs line or 4 cot-3
umne-that was as fascinating TO MIN
as chuclSins stones at a dog is to mo. s.
boys. ln.F fact. there was not a thing
/ about the Office he did not like. Sc,
loving his work. he went rapidly on as
fast as he cpnld. taking up each part
one by one, until thegwhoIe art was ae-
quifed and the editor Sraciously al
lowed him to do all the work.
Alter he had beentin the beatific con-
sditien for two or three months, Her
Elfon received another favor. His salary
was raised TO $50 a month,
IS II his Vas in the fan. His board and
fotheE expenses, being but a boy,
amounted 10. about $4Sa week, so out
I of -flis salary at the end o. SIX months,
he would have about $50-if he saved il.
II e did save it. For the editor some
way always found Il con yessient TO pay
Il eernonss board bin hfnlseB, by turn
/ Ing in a grocery add here anu a dry
/ goods. ball there etc. on 10 the end.
The rest he told the boy, he. had better
save! So when spring came his moneSl
was all carefully laid away in the edit
! or 5 savings bank.
When. at last, he was intrusted with
s35 and an order on the tailor for a suit
of Clothes, Eern0n, OF course, felt duly
grateful and set about I'm ding way to
invest his, capital
2 he editor wanted him to invest 1t in
the new s. r, but Hermon cit as II ne
/ was toe young 10 enter into such
deep speculatiOn-
Just vest OF town was a piece Of land
thiclVly grown up wfthe scrub oak,
elms and small underbrpsh. To the
! owner it was an eyesOre. mt for neither
] pasture nor farming, and although only
a short distance from town, Il was en-
tirely unsuitable for laying out. in jots.
4 On Saturday, after the type had been.
distributed and enough matter set for
4 the next issue 50 that ne need not be.
/ hurried on Monday and Tuesday, Der
mon took a walk down to that. land.
He met the. owner of it Just coming 70
town.
Mr.. Jones how much VIII you take
ifoI. that piece Of land just of by the
! cTeek2''
81 don't know, Herman, 1t isn't worth
much, there's only an acre or II. Do sf5u
I want 70 buy?
\ Perhaps. if / can get it reasonable.
! What's yOlIT price p 2 fa.-tl -
I'll don't Know I'nf sure. never
thought Of selling it. Don't know as 4
really care to-, Pity to break. into, one, s
farm. suppose, though, $40 would be
about the figure ,.
4 Fine weather for. planting corn" re-
marked Hermon as he turned back to-
! Ward town.
{ Were you wanting to buy that land?
( If you do, perhaHS 1 might take a little
Hess than that What do. you think II
) is woFth2''' -
sI7il give you $50"
I AS land was worth about SIC an acre
any place around there, they made out
I, the papers when they got TO town, and
HerfnoE Went home the owner of an
acre of scrub oak, elns and under-
brush -
4 After this his time was pretty well
occupied. AS the days grew longer,
+ he had more and more time out of the
I office ia the morning and the evening,
/ and this he spent on his new possession.
( With an ak he cut down all the smal.ef
/. trees, leaving only the best shaped oaks
and elfns standing These poles he sold
(, for fire wood, for this was a time,
] and q state, when and where every
/ thing would sell for wood. He did nor
have time for anything else, and so
hired q man for few days who Went
I through and dug up the roots Of the
! trees and cleared away the underbrush.
( By this time 1t was growing rather
4 late in the season for such work. new
4 ertheless, wlfeH a. rain seemed 10 be
I coming up, Hermon went out and
sowed the place with timothy.
4 The shower came, and the bare places
/ where the roots and brush had been
were soon covered with bright, green
J grass. Now in place OF the rough land
was a weIl-kept young grove, and
: Jones wished he had not sold it, Fbe
I scrub oak makes q most beautiful orn-
I ament tree with its deep green leaves
! and symmetrical shape; the elm with
hts long. slim branches, has an tentire7
4 Iy different appearance, but is more
( picturesque even than the oak. In the
4 fall his land was one fine lawn. with
diTpinutive hills and Valleys with here
/ and there a large rock, ia it. With his
4 spare money he put a neat fence
harognd it-and was offered $500 for the
i whole. rT e4b
The next year his wages were
/ changed to s. week and board and
lxashing- He sold a lot, and with the
proceeds, added to what he had saved
4 from his wages, he was able TO put up
"a small house next to- the lot he had
4 sold-Ss The remaining part of the land
The further improved by laying out
\ walks and thus heightening the pic
\ turesqpeness of the little hills and val
] leys. This ATTRACTED the attention. OF
! "a business man who had just moved to
I Windon and wished TO build a. house.
1 He offered HernOQ $500 for it. and Her
hmOn took him up, HerInon still had
I his own house and lot.
There was what one western hoy did
I with his money, and there are many.
/ other chances like it.
THE PRINCESS CHIMAY AGAIN.
/ In London, Now, With Rigo-She