The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-02-10
By Martha Young

The February air was full Of per
fumc and damp brcczlnoss. Clouds.
purple as the hyacinths about to
bloom. scurrlcd mp and on-swlftly. A
bunch of bolntod leaves. crisp and dry
Ia the great oak over the "oince.' iuFt
across the lawn from the Great House.
kept up noise enough for a goodly
forest
Con. Pelham stood at the Office win.
dow and listened 20 the crisp futter
Ing Of the few dry leaves overhead.
Any hour and all weathers the gen.
oral might be seen looking out that
open window 10 the grave on the lawn
where wild grass and bluots grew.
The grave always seemed fresh and
now to the general. though TO the rest
Of the world II was forty years old
This afternoon his eyes tried To
avoid II. though custom kept them con.
stantly turning toward Il.
~ man should employ the best
means" the general mused aloud, the
best Of means. Yes" he mused, every
resource should be used for the pres
cnt aud for those In It."
Now the present always came and
went from the general before he rec.
ognlzod the guest. howbeit he was
always politely acquloscent at a
chance introduction. For himself his
heart beat In the past. For his grand.
children his thoughts bore all on the
future.
This widow Lamont"-the general
walked with the light alert tread O.
the military man back aud forth from
the window TO his stout plantation
home made dcsk-"socms a cheerful
soul: a woman OF parts; very pretty
wit. Doubtless very pleasant eyes be-
hind her glasses ahoml A woman Of
wealth. Of great wealth."
tie handled the letters laid out on
his desk, letters showing a very pretty
wit
"Joscelyn Pclham'-he stopped
short in his walking 10 and fro, and
addressed himself In stern arraIgn.
mcnt-"do | ilnd you seeker after
paltry lucrc2 DO find you marrlng
mans finest scnslbilltlos--'
but what are the antique sonsIbll-
+ tiles ot age against tho pressing ne
ccssluos of youth and the present?
'But those children Edith so Ike
hcr''-an involuntary turn 20 the open
window -"hor grnudchIld-thoy are
her grandchildren as well as
. mine"
p Grandchildren For that golden.
haired darling Of the twenty years out
under the bluets.
Lamont? lamont" musod the gen.
crnl Il recall no statesman, no great
deeds ahcm' connected with that
name Lamont Wealth even great
wealth without somewhat OF prOml.
/ nence-a name Of honorable repu,e-
perhaps is not by the discerning
deemed wholly sufficient
The old general, stralghtened to his
full height,
"Thc advantages podlency- might
b not be an upon one side ENpedlency'
. Adjustment Taught Miserable words
, Let name, widely and creditably
knOwn-ahcml"
with that he reached TO the row OF
encyclopedias above his desk He
chose out that stout leather volume
XVII; "PagPug"
q Turning the leaves midway read.
, ing: pelham, Joscelyu Gen b. IS
tahomD Led famous charge. etc
treadingl splendid military achieve
meuts. etc"
5 Replacing the yolume-"A line
b three llnes-only but, then-who 10.
DAY has three lines In the American
2 Universal2 Many a better man. Der.
, haps. has not True Every resource
~ for thcm-for her grandchildren AZ
VI well as mine
And tonight she comes me widow
s Lamont. TO visit us here az Prairie
q lodge And tomorrow unlcss-per.
haps-tho foreclosure ~ PralrIe
edges mortgage viii ho advertised
Every resource"
Tie touched mp his white hair and
u mustachc before the tiny mirror thai
'- hung ON the once wall 0ul sreppol
b, lightly across from the uHlgo 10 ne
p house.
And 30. Edith" the old man seated
, himself stimy but elegantly. near bo
VI cracking wood blazcs and SO no
' widow Lamont 20 10 come this even.
u Ing"
n THE widow lamont. as We and ih.
II world have lorg called hor" Win a
rlDple OF Laughter us already here