The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-13

NE 70 copy itT-
What do you want vi it2-
Il want to study il" renIia5
And you're sure you dom md
stand it, and it worries You. and -
You, and vexes you, and haunrs -
Good III read you the final risT-.
now; that may throw d light If -
kind on it," and, opening the $50,
again he read.
What IS it, Who win rightly guess
II it be ought but nothingness
That dribbleS from a WaywarT non
To spatter in the eyes OF mem
What matter : I viii call il mine
And I will take the chanseIing HON,
And battle its face with norning-saine.
And comb it with golden comb
Till every tangled tress Of rhyme
VIII fairer be than Summarizing.
And | viii nurse it on my knee.
And dandle il beyond the CLASH
OF hands that grip and hands TIA,
grasp.
Through life and all eternity
Now, what do you think Of it, h.
asked, with a saYageness that startled
me.
7 am more at sea than ever" l To-
piled
We'll. wish you a prosperous WV
age! Here's the DOems I've another
copy. Read and reflect as the railroad
poster says, but don't you publish IT,
at least while I'm alive for I've M
thirst for literary fame-I only write
for home use; but you're good fellow
and / like you for all your weak points
and l trust the confidence repose VIII
not be disregarded. Come
He had opened the door and MAS
holding out his hand for the key.
1 gave it TO him and followed out
mechanically. He left the door aiar
and followed to the bottom of me
stairs.
And now, if you'll pardon me" he
said, ''I'il say goodby here, I've some
packing to do, and ought to be at it"
Why, you're not going to leave the
/ city?" I asked
We'll, no. not today; but the iig's IN
with me here. and it's only a question
1 Of time-I can't hold out much longer
/ AS our rural friend remarks, Money
matters is mighty sceerce'; and if [
/ don't pull out shortly I'll have TO fold
my tent like the BedOuin and silently
plagiarize away,"
IF 1 could be of any assistance %
you 1 began. but he checked me
abruptly with: oh, no, don't REQUIRE
1 il, assure you; I've 81 TO your 81.
! doubtless Thank you just the same.
and goodby. Here's my card; its Het
my name, however. but it'll answer;
I'll not see you again, though You
should live to be as bald as a brick
yard, for, my dear friend, Pm going
away. Goodby, and may all good things
overtake yOu."
He gripped my hand like a vice, and
turning quickly, went skipping Up the
stairway two steps at a time.
"Goodby" I called to him. sorrow
fully; then turned reluctantly away,
examining the card he had given me,
which, to my astoniShment was not
his card at all but a railroad ticket.
emitting the bearer to a ride from
DanvilIe, Ills, to York, Pa; this fact
I remember quite distinctly. as I read il
over and over, revolving in my mind
the impression that this was but an
other Instance of his eccentricity, or,
perhaps, a trick by which I might be
But upon second thought 7 concluded
it 10 be simply a mistake, and 50
turned back and called him 10 the win
dow above and explained
He came down and begged my par
don for the trouble he had given ne.
took the ticket, thanked me, and said
Soodby again.
But" said I, you haven't given me
your real card in exchange"
"Oh, no matter" he said, smilingly
call me Smith, Jones. or Robinson
I - . Gil TIT SAINT SGO4-REE. ana QUA
| forget yoSlr old friend and well wisher
the Adjustable Lunatic' And ever
thus he vanished from sight forever.
The remainder OF the day and halt
of the night / spent in studious con
| temptation of the curious composition
but without arriving at any tangible
| conclusion l am still engaged witt
my investigation Sometimes th'
meaning seems almost within my men
tai grasp but, balancing, adjusting
and comparing its many curious bear
ings, find my judgment persistently
at fault. It has puzzled and Devil
dered me for weeks No line Of it bu
canters through my brain Ike a frac
tiOus nightmare: no syllable but fast
ems on my fancy like a leech, and
sucks away the life-blOod of my ever
tH""~ht an troubled, worried
fretted, vexed and haunted; and
LIS this nov IN he earnest hop
that wiser minds may have an OppOr
: tunity of making il a subject OF in
vestigation, and because one week az
today my eyes fell upon the follow
ing special telegram 10 the Indianapo
lis Journal:
Peru, Ind, April ian unknown
man committed suicide in the eastWar
bound train on the Wabash road, jus
below Waverly, al about II o'clock thi
morning He had in his possession
besides the revolver with which h
shot himself, a ticket from Danville
Ill, to York, Pa, a gold watch, 81
in money, a small valise and some let
tiers and other papers which Indicate
his name to b George ). CiOfing.
He was shot twice in the region o
the heart, and his revolver Shove
: that between the first and last shot
two cartridges missed fire"