The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

} the clowns face. and he ran into the
IlnS i'm response to the signal without
d reply. 4 laundering round IF ap-
. pause greeted him. which broke out
dSain as he glanced all around with q
puTpoSely silly IeeT. Then he caught
sight of JIm'S honest face smiling ex-
TfCtaUUy on him from one OF the front
benches II struck him like pain
mat this man could not look through
ms disguise of taWdrv circus trappiugS
ana see that mans heart was beat
inE under the clowns motley There
came sudden fierce longing to tear
off his outward character Of mouute-
hank- Tor moment. and show Jim
. the Stjfied nature underneath. noble
enough TO reco snize the tender chiv-
airy hidden i'm the rough exterior Of the
awkward backwoodSnan and to be
I claimed by him a. n kindred spirit.
As he laughed and danced and sang.
no one dreamed that his thoughts kept
revertinC 70 scenes that the woman 8
story had called up. or that a Dlau
vas slowly shaping i'm his mind where
by he might serve the homesick old
soul waiting out under the oak tree for
the performance to be done.
No wonder that people accustomed
to seeing old Mrs Potter i'm that place.
soWned in homespun and knitting a
coarse yarn sock. had stopped f0 stare
AT the newcomer Sucn type of high
born. perfect Tadvhood had Dey-or an
poared in their midst before The dress
that she wore was a relic Of tHo old
Maryland days 50 was the lace can
that rested like It bit Of rare FROST
work on her sjlvery hair Mrs Potter
knew everybody for miles around and
was ready 10 laugh and joke with any
Que who stopped at her stand Mrs
Radcliffe sat in diEUified silence 2
F. -rnr #.|r IL
the blush Of winter rose Tt was 50
much worse than she had antfcfnafad
TO have these rude strangers staring
81 her. as IF she were a part of the
show She breathcd a sigh Of relief
when the music began. for IL drew the
crowds into the tent as # 10y magic
She and little William were left on
tiTely alone
Her white head dropped lower. and
lower until presently she was ohrf,-iorre
To- all surroundings Little Evrrfram
sitting ON the old wood sled with his
back against the cider barrel. .gas for
gotten NTaUiy and the iIi-keDt calm
vanished entirely from her memory
She WAS back IN the Old MARYLAND DAVIS
on her fathers plantation hodgod
about with loving fOrPthOugHr as tom
derry sheltered as some delicate ybite
Hover Every path had been made
smooth for her every wish anfiriD4re5
all her life long. until that day whom
they had set their faces westward tn
find Boone. IT was coming down the
Ohio ola that long journey by gatbaat
that she suddenly woke to the kuov-l-
edge that her husbands illness had left
him 81 hroken-dowu old man. as weak
ana irresponsible as a child.
But merCIfuiiy her dreams were back
Of that time They were back with
Boone I'm his gay young manhood. when
he danced minupts with the -voz-a,,,or--e.
daughter and entertained his college
friends in lOTdly style on the Old uIsu-
tatiou- Back Of that time when the
reStlesSness of his teens sent him roy
ing over the AlleghaUieS to the frontier
regardless Of their Iong-cherished ann
billions for him Back Of the time when
IN 4 sudden mad whim he had married
settlers pretty daughter whom he
was ashamed to take to civilization
when he thought OF the Baltimore
bellies to whom he had paid boyish
court. He had not stopped tn consider
her rough speech and uuCouth man
ners- He had been 4 long time out i'm
the wilderness. he was only %. and her
fun red lips tempted him
IF the dreams could only have StopDed
then. that little space she SIeft. while
the circus band thTummed and drum
med inside the tent. and the shadows
Of the hot August afternoon Ieng-
theued under the still trees outside
would have been a blessed respite. But
they repeated the unpleasant parts as
Well They came on down to the night
of that unwelCOnle arrival They
showed her the days when Boone Law
Frustrated with a slow maIsriaI fever.
the days when the fierce heat made hin,
drag his pallet desperately from one
corner TO another across the bare