The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20

| Up from the ground sprang yoyou.
and in a moment he came galloping
back, neck arched tail stiff but wav-
| ing, holding tenderly in his pink mouth
a mass of notified bronzed feathers.
Very gravely he laid the bird at my
| feet and crouched close beside it, his
silky ears across his paws, his muzzle
on the ground.
| / dropped the grouse into my pocket,
held for a moment a silent caressing
communion with Voyou, then swung
my gun under my arm and motioned
| the dog on.
1t must have been 5 O'clock when 1
walked into little opening in the
woods and sat down to breathe. Voyou
came and sat down i'm front of me.
'WeIl?" 1 inquired.
Voyou gravely presented one paw,
which 1 took.
I'VE will never get back I'M time for
dinner" said /, so We might as well
,, take it easy. It's all your fault, you
know. Is there a brier in your foot p
lets see-there! it's out, my friend, and
you are free to nose about and lick il.
If you loll your tongue out you'll get
it all over twigs and moss. Can't you
lie down and try to pant less? No.
there is no use in shifting and looking
at that fern patch. for we are going
to smoke a little. doze a little. and go
home by moonlight. Think what a big
dinner we will have, Think of How
lett's despair when we are not in time.
Think of all the stories you will have
to tell Gamin and Mioche! Think what
a good dog you have been, There-you
are tired old chap; take forty winks
with me-"
Voyou was little tired. He stretched
out on the leaves at my feet, but
whether or not he really slept l could
not be certain, until his hind legs
ltwitched and l knew he was dreaming
of mighty deeds.
Now L may have taken forty winks,
but the sun seemed to be no lower
when 1 sat up and Enclosed my lids
Voyou raised his head, saw i'm my eyes
that | was not going yet, thumped his
tail half a dozen times on the dried
leaves. and settled back with a sigh.
l looked laZily around. and for the
first time noticed what a wonderfully
beautiful spot l had chosen for a nap.
1t was IN avail glade in the heart of the
forest, level and carpeted with green
grass The trees that surrounded IL
were gigantic: they formed one tower
ing circular wall of verdure, blotting
out all except the turquoise blue of the
sky-oval above. And now 1 noticed
lIldl HI lfi6 center Oh iHe RT66HSWdTu
lay pool of water, crystal clear, glim-
mering like a mirror in the meadow
grass. beside block of granite. It
scarcely seemed possible that the SYM
metry of tree and lawn and lucent pool
could have been one of natures acct
dents. l had never before seen this
glade nor had l ever heard it spoken of
by either Pierpont or Barris. 1t was
marvel, this diamond clear basin, reg
ular and graceful as a Roman fOun-
tain, set in the gem of turf. And these
great trees-they also belonged. not in
America but in some legend-haunted
forest of France, where moss-grown
marbles stand neglected in dim giades,
and the twilight of the forest shelters
fairies and slender shapes from shad-
ow-land.
l lay and watched the sunlight show
ering the tangled thicket where masses
of crimson Cardinal flowers glowed, or
where one long dusty sunbeam tipped
the edge of the floating leaves in the
pool, turning them to palest gilt There
were birds too. passing through the
dim avenues Of trees like Jets of fame
the gorgeous Cardinal bird in his
deep-stained crimson robe-the bird
that gave TO the woods, to the village
fifteen miles away. to the whole coun-
ty. the name of Cardinal.
| rolled over on my back and looked
up at the sky. How pale-paler than
robins egg-it was. [ seemed to be
lying al the bottom of a well. walled
with verdure. high towering on every
side. And, as l lay, all about me the
air became sweet scented. Sweeter
and sweeter and more penetrating grew
the perfume, and | wondered what
stray breeze blowing over acres of
lilies could have brought it. But there
vas no breeze; the air was still. A |
giided fly alighted on my hand-a /
honey-hy. It was az troubled as 1 by |
the scented silence.
Then, behind me, my dog growled.
l sat quite still at first, hardly |
breathing. but my eyes were fixed on /
a shape that moved along the edge of
the pool among the meadow grasses. |
The dog had ceased growing and was
now staring, alert and trembling.
At last I rose and walked rapidly
down to the pool. my dog following
close to heel.
The figure, a woman's. turned slowly
toward u.s.
(To be continued next Sunday.
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