The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

the stocks are good-they rest on a
solid foundation Of value-and In
trinsically are worth more than is bid
Tor them right now. Some powerful
concern is. beating them down for a
purpose Of its own. Sooner or later
they VIII let up, and then We'll get
things back in good shape am amply
protected now. thanks to you, and am
not at all afraid Of losing my holdings
The only difficulty is that am unable
TO predict exactly when the other fell
lows will decide that they have accom-
pliShed whatever they are about. and
let up 1t may not be before next year.
In that case 1 couldn't help yOU out
on those notes when they come due.
So put in your best ticks, old man. You
may have to pony Up for a little while.
though of course sooner or later can
put it all back. Then. you bet your
life. keep out of it. Lumbering's good
enough for yours truly.
BY the way. you might
shine up to Hilda Farrand
and join the rest OF the fortune hunters.
She's got it to throw to the birds, and
in her own right. Seriously, old fellow,
don't put yourself into a false position
through ignorance. Not that there IS
any danger to hardened old woods
man like you"
Thorpe went to the group Of pines by
the pole trail the following afternoon
because he had said he would, but with
a new attitude of mind. He had Gene
into contact with the aTtihciality OF
! conventional relations. and it stiffened
him. No wonder she had made him
keep silence the afternoon beforet She
had done IL gently and nicely, to be
sure, but that was part Of her good
breeding Hilda found him formal, re-
served, polite; and marveled st it, IN
her was no coquetry. She was as
straightforward and sincere as the look
of her eyes.
They sat down on a log Hilda turned
to him with her graceful air Of conf
dence
Now talk to me" said she
Certainly, replied Thorpe, in a prac-
| teal tone Of voice, what do you want
me to talk abOut?'
She shot a swift, troubled glance at
him, concluded herself mistaken. and
said;
'TelI me about what you do up here
your ife-all about it
well" replied Thorpe formally, Eve
/ haven't much to interest a girl like you.
1t is a question of saw logs with US
and he went on in his driest, most
! technical manner to detail the process
of manufacture 1t might as well have
been bricks.
The girl did not understand She was
| hurt As surely as the sun tangled in
the distant pine frond, she had seen in
/ his eyes a great passion. Now II was
coldly withdrawn.
What has happened to you?" she
| asked finally out of her great sincerity.
Me? Nothing replied Thorpe.
A forced silence fell upon him. Hilda
seemed gradually to lose herself in
/ Teverie. After a time she said, softly:
Don't you love the woods?"
It's an excellent bunch of pine" re-
| Piled Thorpe, bIuntiy. It'll cut $780,
600 at least
OH" she cried, drawing back. her
hands pressed against the log either
| side of her, her eyes wide.
After a moment she caught her
breath convulsively, and Thorpe became
conscious that she was studying him
furtively with quickening doubt.
After that. by the mercy of God, there
was no more talk between them. She
was too hurt and shocked and disillu-
stoned TO make the necessary effort to
go away He was too proud to put an
end TO the position. They sat there
apparently absorbed in thought, while
all about them the accustomed life Of
the woods drew nearer and nearer to
them. as the splash of their entrance
into it died away.
A red squirrel poised thirty feet above
| them, leaped, and chung swaying TO q
sapling top dozen yards from the tree
he had quilted Two chickadees upside
NONA 0llEA AAAS 4A4NlQ uAlQtLLOIGcs
searched busily for insects next their
heads. Wilson's warblers, pine creep
ers. blaek-throats, myrtle and magnolia
Warblers. oven birds. peewits. blue Jays,
purple hnches, passed silently or noisi-
! ". each according TO his kind. Once q
lone spruce hen busted herself in a
stray patch OF sunlight until il shim-
| mered on tree trunk, raised upward
and disappeared, to give place to long
| level dusty shafts that shot here and
there through the pines laying the spell
I of sunset on the noisy woods brawle-s
UncOnsciously the first strain of Op-
position and Of hurt surprise had re-
Taxed. Each thought vaguely his
/ thoughts. Then in the depths OF
the forest, perhaps near at hand,
perhaps far away, a single her.
nit thrush began to sing His
song was of three solemn deep
liquid notes: followed by slight rhe-
/ tCrical pause as of contemplation: and
! then. deliberately. three notes more on
a different key-znd so on without
haste and without pause. 1t is the
most dlgnifed. the most spiritual the
( hottest of woods utterances. Combined
with the evening shadows and the
warm. soft air, it offered to the heart
an almost irresistible appeal The
mans artificial antagOnism modified:
the woman's disenchantment began to
seem unreal.
1ICI SuDllg OftI anu through the
bird-song another sound became audi
/ bic. At first il merely repeated the
/ three notes family. ike an echo, but
/ with a rich, sad undertone that brought
| tears. Then, timidly and still softly, IL
( elaborated the theme, weaving in and
out through the original three the gilt
/ ter and simmer of a splendid web OF
| sound, spreading before the awakened
/ ina gination a broad river of woods
4 ina gerry that reflected on its surface
/ all the subtler moods of the forest.
! The pine shadows. the calls Of the wild
| creatures. the flow of the brook the
| sigh of the wind. the shout of the
rapid-aH these were there. distinctly
/ to be felt in their most ethereal and
( beautiful forms. And yet it was all
slight and tenuous as though the crack
] of a twig would break II thrOugh-so
/ that over it continually like a grand
full organ tone repeated the notes OF
/ the bird itself.
With the first sigh of the wonder mu-
/ sic the girl had started ard caught her
/ breath in the exquisite pleasure of il.
As it went on they both forget every
| thing but the harmony and each other.
"Ah. beautiful" she murmured.
What is it2" ne whispered marvel
/ ing
/ "a violin-pIayeI by a MASTER
The bird suddenly hushed. and ~
=4r II,