Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-06-06

Dwight van vert was not defOrmfd
In any way. and yet he was fearsully
and wonderfully made--there was no
denying that His luxuriant crop OF
fiame-hued hair took on quite without
culture. indeed despite all culture, tie
contour OF full-blown prize chrysan-
themum. from an archipelago OF
freckles resembling sepia map II
0ceanica. His Dose rose like the
tower OF Lebanon that iooketh toward
Damascus. To right and left spread
ing ear tapped defiance to any threat
enIng head wind and this was but the
cupola. so to speak. for an assortm e1t
OF legs and arms that had apparently
been selected quite at random from
pile OF lsst-oyers in some forgotten
corner OF the creators workshop. All
OF which description Is grossly exag-
gerated, Of course. but In no way mis-
leading, for ! found out long ago that
In portraying Van IL was absolutely
necessary 10 exaggerate in order 20
make one realize now far from beau
fiful he was.
From the day he entered school he
was the legitimate prey OF tease and
bully. ! suppose IL was hare on Van
at first for at home his mother had |
not called him Brcktop nor his father
taunted him with the upward tilt OF
his nose. but he took 1t all with |
stoical heroism. thrashcd whom lie
could, diverted whom he could. helped
some with their lessons and bribed
others by iudIcious outlay OF his spend
Ing money until. at graduation. he was
as popular as any fellow In the class.
howbeit as far from handsome as when
a little tad OF six.
At college he came out at the head
OF hIs class He took year in Eu-
rope after that. then he came home,
went in with his father and fell in
love with Grace Serene.
or course. he fell in love with Grace.
Grace had a nose Phidias could not
haze bottered. complexion like the
OF the Wild rose and the lily
of-the-yailey. a figure that was the
glory OF a tailor-made and the apo
Iheosis OF ball gown. hair she could
et fall in lustrous pillows to her feet.
Eyes so big and brown and deep II
made you dizzy to look into them. II
vas simply heartbreaking to contem-
,late. and all the more so when the
fictlm was a personal friend.
Van never took me into his conf
Iencc. but suspect, Grace had figured !
n his plans ever since his first day at
chool. when she had asked to have
er seat changed because II made her
eel so bad to look at that little Van \
Vert boy Anyway IA, had always =
one things for her. written to her. !,
emit her presents. and now he went At J,
deliberately to pay her every cour-
sous attention affection could suggest :.
r money furnish means for. !,
II you have ever done anything In !,
ivisection, you remember how you =,
NJ the first time you saw live ami =
ai cut to pieces. IL is not n pleasant :,
'nsation. but with some OF us ii came =
be almost chronic while we watched :,
ans courtship drag out It's sckening =
myth. :,
He was such &c cd fellow and she ~
ch nice girl. To pour his soul out :,
her service and yet never bore her =, -
emed to have become the purpose IT -. ~
y life. to let him know the truth and - -
I spare him all she could seemed to -
hers
Grace and her mother spent the sum
Or At the lakes. and so did Van. In -
. latter part OF November she wen, -.
TO the city on her aunt's invitation 81
a Immediately Vans business took '''