The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-28
MOURNING FOR YONKS

sen laughing. THAT is news. Anything
| more2 I've been where mall can't go. you
know. Rode four hundred miles in a
sledge Been living on bacon and corn
ponc. and having grand old time.
wished forty times a day that you were
along"
GaTrlck moved along beside his friend,
keeping his eyes on his face.
Dick" he said suddenly. II suppose
you know Mrs. Van has gone EnstY' ~
We'll. no" said Van DQlsen easiLy.
didn't know II, exactly, but supposed
she would be gone by the time got back.
She intended going"
He looked at Garrick curiously.
why do you look at me that way
Tom?" he asked anxiously. There's 3
nothing wrong with Elizabeth. is thereT'
no. not with Mrs. Van" Garrick as
But" he hesltated. But Yonks Van
Dolsen Ia dead" he said.
Van Dolsen stopped.
What's that?' he asked sharply
II snld Yonks Van Dolscn Is dead,
Garrlck repeated.
"Oh. thunder" exclaimed Van Dolsen
moving on again, Il should hope so. he
ought to be. But what are you sc serious
about? What is the joker
I'm not joking" said Garrick; You
don't understand me. | said Honks van
Dolsen is dead. Yonks. you know"
He was very serious.
Hasn't he as much right TO be dead as
any man has? Let one In on the joke
Tom"
II guess you don't catch my meaning
yet, Dick" said Garrick slowly. What
| said was that Yonks Van Dolsen Is
dead Your wife felt II deeply When
she left she was wearing heavy mourning
Van Dolsen had a valise in his hand
He dropped 1t suddenly and leaned
against convenient wall for support
His face worked conVulSiVely, and he
doubled over and shook his head helpless
ly from side to side, grnsping for breath.
Garrick, frightened, tried to shake him
by the shoulder, but as he reached out
his hand Van Dolscn Strengthened up, and
raising his head. yelled. The yells burst
forth Ike great howls. and the tears
streamed down his face. He was laugh
ing
Garrick stood back and watched him
helplesSly AL first his face showed
fright but as Van Dosen writhed in an
evident overwhelming ecstasy OF Joy,
curious smile touched the corners Of his
mouth.
"oh" gasped Van Dolsen. He pressed
his hands hard into his ribs and gaspcd
breath sufficiently TO stand erect and
then he wiped his eyes while sobs Of
laughter shook him.
"Oh. N.Y. he cried, my sides Oh!
You nearly killed me that time, Tom. One
more minute and I would have been dead
I'm getting too fat to laugh like that"
Elizabeth in mourning for that old
rhinoceros-hid reprobate,' he cried, af-
Ter anOthsr shorter burst OF laughter.
You will Kill me, Tom Did she really
put on mourning My. my, but that wife
OF mine Is a wonder Why Tom. that
old Yonks has been. In mourning for
Yonks. hey! Say 1t again Tom"
They had reached his office, and Van
Dolscn led the way up the stairs, chuck
ling. He felt In his pocket for the key.
and unlocked the door, and they both en-
tered.
"Yonks dead" he said. with evident
amusement. he set his Yallse on the
chair and threw off his heavy fur coat.
He turned to his table still repeating,
Poor Yonksn' and Dead is he, the old
blister?"
From the top of his small pile of mail
he took the letter that he was sure his
wife had left for him. He tore open the
envelope hastily and ran his fingers
through the sheets There were several
closely written
"Sit down. Tom he said. and began TO
read the letter. AS he read his face al
ternately became sober and broadened In
TO grin. When he had finished he fold
cd the letter thoughtfully and pushed It
slowly Into the envelope. Then he turned
to Garrick
TON" he said "Yonks Van Dolsen Is
dead My wife has written me all about
It. He was q fine old man. I'm going in
to mourning for him. II any ono asks you