The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-04-06
HAr1LIN GARLAND


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wherein the picture. Of 4. slender, smli:
ing, handsome young fellow in som
brero and hunting clothes had been
pasted. s-... g. ,.- Z. - :.
HE enjoyed his new hat, Didn't he:'
said Raymond to whom the essential
incongruity of the refined face and bor-
der ruffian toggery first appealed.
"sYou're the image of your fathcry he
added, looking keenly at the boy "ae
don't look much older IN this picture,
taken ut Sylvanite. Well Sylyanite was
la wild town in those days. Is there
much about it in the book?" e.
'Ten pages. He wrote page of
fine script every day, but don't care
so much for that-these stage rides,
Rnd the big canyons, and crossing the
,ivers, and the Indians-he saw lots Of
Indians-the Utes-these are what in
terest me-"
Raymond became profoundly inter-
ested in this book. There was an ap-
peal in the closing entry which touched
him profoundly. The entry was head
ed 1.-THE Last View" and closed with
these words: II love my home and my
| friends in the east, but this primeval
world has laid its spell upon me. !
shall come again next year. -.
did he come again?" asked Ray
mond.
NO" answered Louis sadly. And
it was soon evident to Raymond that
the lad knew very little Of his father
beyond the message in the worn little
book.
| leave this with me, Louis. want
to read it ALL" he said. And the boy
was glad Of this interest.
Mrs. Barnett came in later and ask
I'D, "What are you reading"
1T is journal kept by Louis ia
Their. Did you know him?"
"Oh, very we'll! He was my favor
tie uncle"
"Tell me of him. Who was he-how
did he come to make this trip?''
Mrs. Barnett took comfortable seat
81 don't know where Uncle Phil got
his streak of sentiment. He was one
of six brothers, all successful bust
ness men; keen, practicaEyou know
the kind. But Phil-well, he was the
odd sheep-he always seemed boy
to me. He worked in the; bank, but
his mind was on other things. l don't
remember how they came to send him
q out here, s. but lean recall perfectly
the effect he had on me when talking
of his trip. He gloriied this country
He saw the mountains as the old time
landscapists pictured them. When
first came wept with disappointment
the range seemed so prosaic by con
trast. He talked Of nothing else for
year. Then he married and gradual
" ceased referring to his experiences
HE never came again, Louis tells
me-" 'ae~. ,s'.,~'-. ''
mo. His wife was not the kind Of
girl to go west. don't want to say
anything severe about Alicia, but she
4 made Phil very unhappy. When Ann
was born Phil wanted to call her Hes
per, in memory Of his trip to the west
but Alicia cried out against it, 1t was
4 an odd name, but it was pretty, and
there was no reason why the father
shouldn't have had his wish, but that
was her way. She was cold and selfish
even in her honeymoon. never saw
such a girl. Phil went with her to
every fashionable resort in Europe, but
she not merely refused to make trip
into his Hesperian mountains, but she
wouldn't let him go. He used to get up
into the Adirondacks now and then,
remember, but only for day or two
Oh, how exacting she was! After Louis
was born she grew worse. She became