The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-09
WHY He ENJOYED THE TRIP.
Discovers That His Wife is About as
Charming as Any Of Them
Chicago Record-Herald)

tCnlcdgO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Where did you 90 on your vaca-
tion?"
"To Mackinac."
"Well, do you think your outing did
you any good?"
Yes. l came home feeling well sat
isfied. / got the worth Of my money
| fifty times over. Fact is, now it's all
past, l wouldn't have missed it for
anything
by George, it must be a great place.
guess III go there myself next
| time"
"Oh. il wasn't the place so much. 1t
was what happened. We had been
there, let's see, think it was two days.
when went out on a little exploring
expedition by myself. 1 rambled around
| through the old part Of the town,
climbed the long stairs up 10 the fort,
and then wandered of back TO the old
Indian burying ground. While / was
prowiing around. thinking Of scenes
| that had been enacted there long ago,
la good-looking young fellow who
seemed to be out on the same kind OF
/ jaunt was on came along. and we got
/ to talking to each other. In a few
minutes he was confidential and tell
ing me about his experiences"
II see. And he turned out 10 be
your long-lost cousin or something like
| that, eh?"
Not at all. We were sauntering
over toward Lovers Leap, when he
began telling me about a beautiful
creature he had seen down at the no.
/ tel. Talk about your goddesses, he
said, Venus isn't one, two, 'leven With
| this girl. If could spread myself out
4 In to KKratl
on me I'd feel that fate had singled me
out for a special privilege. And say
he went on, you ought to see her form.
If all the women'd had such figures as
/ hers at the start. they'd never have in
vented clothes, I'll bet you. OF course,
I'm merely judging from the way her
| gowns seemed to fit her. IL l WASH
afraid she'd be offended, I'd like to Of
fer to donate something nice TO charity
Just to have her let me sit around and
: lyui at her, 49,.
well, ne went on in that wa. f0s
quite a while, raving over her eyes, her
I complexion, her nose. her chin, her hair,
and finally he got my curiosity aroused
to such an exteRt that ] asked him 10
point her out to me when We got back
TO the hotel. / like to look at a beau
tiful woman myself, and ] don't think
| a man is much of man who doesn't"
But that isn't the end of the story,
is it?''
Not quite. AS we were going up
the steps on our return he suddenly
grabbed my arm, and, pointing, said;
There she is. Away down there
on the porch, just beyond the third pill
lar
Il looked.
~ don't see her. I said. You don't
mean the one who is rocking and read
ing a letter, do you?
How could l mean any one else?
he asked Great heavens. Haven
you any eyes?'
"Well, sir, all Of a sudden, 1t struck
me that he was about right. You know
when a fellows been married tive or
six years he's liable to forget that his
wife's still about as charming as any
of 'em. | went there feeling a good
deal like a martyr-sort of sorry, you
know, that / couldn't sit around in
quiet corners holding hands with nice
willing girls any more. But I've come
back feeling that I might be good
deal worse off, after all. 1t was ont
OF the finest trips / ever had"