The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-07-04
A Fourth Of July Confession

lleve what you say"
Indeed ! DO. Miss Darlington"
Fourth OF July IA farce7 Then
you really think thatg"
Il mean to say that all the money
spent In firing on crackers and burn.
ing rockets has no useful purpose"
IL expresses our feelings. I think.
and that IN all anything can do for us
In this world"
Il do not agree with you. There are
many simpler and more sensible ways
OF giving expressions TO our emotions
than by flling the air with noise and
smoke. It IL childish. Grown people
ought to be able to show their patriot
ism In moro sensible way"
Fudge You are getting as dry and
unintorestlnR M those old books you
bury yourself In most Of the time.
believe In life Books are all well
enough In their way. but that Ia gonnr'
ally very tirosome way"
Tho young man stopped TO the side
OF the path aud picked up a dry twlg,
held Il before hla eyes for n moment
and then swapping II sharply threw the
ends Into the air
Why isn't that as good an express
sion aa though Il had been tightly roll
cd paper with little saltpoter COZ.
fined at It's hearth II break the stick
with n devotional thought concerning
tho Declaration OF Independence /
shall experience az sublime n thrill
as though | had fred on a cannon"
You might. MIR. Wlsoman. but we
are not all 80 gifted with imagination.
Most Of ua require something outside
OF ourselves to move ms sublimely."
The hot blood surged into the face
OF the young man at the rotort. He
turned his gaze full on tho girl at his
side. but she was already turning
away. calling softly TO robin hopping
In tho shade OF an old apple tree that
grew beside tho gate leading into the
farmhouse grounds.
"Millyi" he called. roproachfuily.
walt tlll George Lounsbery comes
homo from New York tomorrow and
youll see what the Fourth OF July
means TO man with real rod blood In
his veins. 10 was up last year and
brought more than n hundred dollars
worth OF fireworks. don't believe
any one went to bed that night at all.
The sky was filled with red ere and I
realized for the first time what II
meant to be an American"
you mean the son of Farmer
l.ounabery, I suppose9"
Yes He's great man now. al
though no was born and grew up In
this illlterato neighborhood."
"Milly-"
Miss Darlington, II you please. Mr.
Shakespeare Does your dlngy old
leather'coyered books tell you that a
young man has the right to address a
young lady that he met only four
weeks ago with IA much familiarity as
though ahe was his sister,"
The girl tossed her pretty head with
an air that might nave been learned
In the court OF a queen, although she
had little knowledge OF tho ways OF
the world outside OF Mohawk Valley.
hut was she not woman. young.
pretty. proud, whlmaicAl-as most
pretty young women areG And what
neod had she for instructions In the
art Of coquetry7 To the serious young
student who had come into the neigh.
borhood with no other idea than that
of earning a modest living by teaching
In the public school she had knowledge
enough and 10 spare He loved her.
OF course, There was no escape from
that She knew Il. too. as we'll as
though he had told her so with all the
impassioned forvor OF a Romeo. but
he had not told her so. How could no
when she met every attempt OF his 10
utter what flled his heart with good.
naturod rallery hut he had not been
discouraged "sho win listen TO me
some day" he told himself over and
over again as he walked over the hills
or sat In his little room with an un.
read book In his hand A woman does
not like TO be easily won His read.
ing told him that He had never
dreamed of rival The few young
men ~ Randall aeemed TO feel that
she was not for them and treated her
with marked reverence or surly dls.
dain What was this she had been
saying but now George Lounsberyl
A real man. with red blood In his
veins. Ho felt the blood freezing In
his heart
is he-is Mt Lounsbery a friont
OF yours3"
"A friend Of mlne2 Indeed he ia.
have known him ever since | was
child, lie is great man now Cash
Ter IN bank In the city and trusteI
with tons Of money. Wait til you So
how things win move when he Al
rives,"
He did wait although with no pleai
ant antlclpatlons. And that night h
saw tho rockets streahns across IN
sky and heard the honest country FOL