The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24

hAvChLiS my PiPo against the NGTduudH
railing.
Scripture" said Blylock, approving
".
For this is the law and the proph-
cts l continued, grateful that the
Bible had received BOstOn's approval.
Scripture" repeated BlylOck, with
the smile of a publisher mentioning the
work of a very young author
Exactly" 1 replied, "also the Koran:
I forget whether Upper mentions it,"
Probably" said Blylock seriously
Probably" l repeated, inserting a
straw In the stem Of my pipe. Ysonde
frowned at me. 'Blylocl,'' l continued.
smiling at nothing, have you read
Emerson?''
''Heavensl" murmured BlyIock under
his breath.
l had aroused him. l made it a point
TO stir him up once every day. salts
fed 70 allow him to relapse into his
normal Beacon street trance afterward.
your scriptural quotation" said
Ysonde, with a dangerous light in her
eyes, would indicate that you have
suffered loss
From his that hath not, shall be
taken away even that which he hath"
l repeated; yes, having nothing, l have
lost all have, which," i continued, lis
OF course nothing. But 1 am encroach-
ing on Brook farmland the Koran"
And on the patience of your friends"
said YSonde; don't try to be epigram-
matte, Bobby
There was a glass of water standing
on a table 10 my right / did not see
il, my right eye being sightless, and 1
knocked IL over. ! was confused and
startled at this-it brought back to me
my misfortune SO cruelty that l apol-
4
received a puzzled stare from Ysonde.
/ noted Il and chafed helplesSly. Lyn-
da Sutherland came out on the porch.
and rose and brought her a chair.
The moonlight reminds me of Ven
ice,' said Lynda, turning her lovely
face TO the moon.
We all agreed with her, although we
knew ii was nonsense, for we all had
lived in Venice. If she had said il re-
minded her OF peach ice cream we
would have agreed. She was too beau
tifui for one to analyze what she said
she was too beautiful to analyze it her
self. ] remembered with shock that
the late lamented had once referred to
his Wife's being ''d-nd ornamental"
and was glad the panther had clawed
his besotted soul from his body. But
Sutherland had never said truer thing
IN his life; drunkard that he was, he
always spoke the truth.
Lynda" cooed Ysonde, do you think
that We might camp for a few days
with Bobby and Mr.. Blylock? They are
going TO the Black Water tomorrow
and Mr.. Blylock asked us
1--WE take two guides" added Bly,
lock, vaguely.
I'VE will only stay three days.
said I.
~ayXra ,r-iII have q +ro,1+ Suprer- s,,or
gested Blylock.
And iap-jacks for breakfast" said /.
Il should so like to GO pleaded
Ysonde.
Blylock examined the moon and I saw
Lynda look at him
rs there any danger?" she asked.
1 was discTeetly silent; the question
was not addressed to me.
4 think not" said Blylock turning
around. I carry a rife"
Three cheers for Bunker Hill" l
said. there is nothing to shoot"
'Except-panthers, observed Bly,
lock dryly.
AT this tactless remark I expected to
hear Lynda refuse to go. She did not,
although she looked at Blylock a lit
tie reproachfully. He, serenely uncOn-
scious, examined his seal ring in ST.
lence. Possibly Lynda did not believe
that panthers ranged so near the Inn,
perhaps she was not ungrateful to the
last one that had patted her late lam
ented into better land.
There are" said I, truthfully, "a few
panthers ranging between the Gilded
Dome and Crested Hawk. Sometimes
they get as far as Noon Peak and the /
White Lady, sometimes even as far as
Lynx Peak. but 1 never heard of any
thing bigger than a lynx being seen
near the Black Water
4 have been in these forests every
summer and autumn for twenty years." |
said BlylOck and 1 never saw either |
panther or lynx; have yOu?" he ended |
turning toward me. Then, recollecting |
that / had witnessed the mauling of |
the late lamented, he turned rosy, and /
] was pleased to see that he was capa- |
BILE of experiencing two whole emotions |
in one evening.
did not ansWeT-it was not neces-
sary. of course. 1 could show him the /
panther skin in my studio some day /
when I wanted TO take a rise out of /
him. 1t measured nine feet from tip /
TO tip-it might have measured more
had the panther had~-ttme to nourish
himself with Sutherland.
Now Ysonde must have read what
was passing in my mind. for she looked |
shocked and nestled closer to Lynda.
what is a lynx" demanded Lynda,
There are two species found here"
replied BlXock, glad TO change the sub
iect, zone the big gray Canada lynx.
the other the short-tailed American
lynx"
otherwise Bob-cat, Lucivee, and
wildcat" I interposed; they make
a horrid noise in the woods and are
harmless
IF you let them alone added Bly,
lock, conscientious to the end.
(which we will" said Ysonde. gaily,
I'VE are going. are we not, Lynda?"
NO" said Lynda, firmly.
But the next morning when the first
sunbeams scattered the mist which
chung to copse and meadow. and sent
It rolling up the TANKS of the Gilded
Dome, Lynda said, Yes" and pos
sibly her pretty mountain costume
tipped the balance in YsOnde's favor,
for Lynda looked like a fin-de-siecle
Diana In that frock and she knew il,
bless her fair face!
The guides. Jimmy Ellis and Buck
Hanson. were tightening straps and
rolling blankets on the lawn outside.
Buck" said /. how many pounds
10 you take in2"
FIFTY, sir" 'drawled Buck. wiping
he sweat from his face with the back
IF his hand.