The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-09

10 was sunshiny afternoon in Brad
ley Hollow. A dreamy quietude had de-
scended. The mellow Clang of distant
COW bells fOated softly across the
meadows. MIR. Obadiah GimIey returned
20 has cottage from the services in The
lttle meeting house wnere foI z-ears he
mad lea the singing, waving a hymn
book uD and down in an Impressive
manner, hisN nasal torres tearing at a
tenor. then changing % ar or bass in
most surprising way.
Obadiah was a Wijower, his wife
'IIddy' having Gled the wear before,
cince which sorrowful event he had got
ElonE as best he could. which was not
very well. He was a iarSe-framed,
1reelIed man. with a. lonS, slim neck
and small head, ees and hair of no
particular shade. and a fringe of vel
low .Whiskers under his chin.
After ORA wing a pitcher Of cool cider
me proceeded to divest himself of his
Sunday clothes, which had rendered
him uncomfortable All the morning
everyday garments, and a copy Of the
latest Boston newspaper before nina.
= hoped to make himself comfortable
until milking time. A short notice I'M
der the head OF 'Mstrimonial' at once
attracted his attention
"A plump and pleasing middle-aged
lady wishes 90 correspond with a gem
tleman i'm comfortable CircumSLllcea.
Object. matrimOny and a home.
Obadiah fuUDled with mis- StTd gEIing
whislEers ana gazed at the lines long
end t75ughtfully. He liked the way the
lady had expressed herself
Plump and pleasiag-plump and
pleasing"
lie said it over and over macy times.
NO matter where his eye wandered, IL
soon returned 10 the fascinating SEN
tence, and, ponderiugly, he Uncon-
eciously hummed the words to the tune
OF "Old Hundred"
He wondered how it would seem to
have a wife that was plump and pleas
ing. Lydia had been lean ana angular
90 a marked degree. Never plump and
not always pleasing. Object q home. 30
That he could give her. as cosy and
comfortable as. any reasonable woman
could ask. The result - his cogit. -tions
was a letter which me spent the whole
evening indiJiuE, being q slow penIuan
and very uncertain as TO spelling. He
addressed &c TO j. A. B.. as directed in
the advertisement. sent it off in the
g1Orning mail and awaited results.
in due time an answer came which
pleased him. and 50. after "A cautious
and satisfying correspondence, behold
Obadiah in his Sunday clothes his
troublesome starched shirt and collar
doing an unwOnted service, wandering
along B0st0n's busy streets in search
of abe Common and Soldiers MOuI-
nent that being the place designated
Joy tle pump ana pleasing one Tor
eheir first niea-s2g. His hair and beard,
which he had treated to a generous
dressing or n1usk-scented hair oil. were
carefUlly COmbed, and it gave him a
slick ard unnatural appearance. His
sunday boots creaked loudly on the
stone tagging. and he gazcd with open
eyed interest at the unusual sights on
an sides lie had never been in a,
large city before. but having great con-
fdence in his own acuteness he felt
quite at his ease. and when a neEsbOy
yelled Hi Jimmie. get on 20 the
Rubet' Obadiah bestowed upon the
urchiu a wink SO pro1igiOus and know
FMS thai the abashed boy imagined il
was an a mistake, and that obadiah
rnust be the advance agent for some
farmer drama. in disguise- A kindly
policeman directed him to the Common
and Soldiers Monument where. on his
arrival. he seated himself and adjusted
q bit Of red riDbOn IN his buttOnhOle,
that being the sign suggested by the
unknown for his identification.
soon he became aware that q. person
was watching him from a seat some
distance away 1t was a wOmsn- he
could not distinguish her features at
the distance but her form was very
prominent. she was robed in black