The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-24

snapped. and he turned .h.
from them lest they SOC 'Ib:;sply q
scarcely needing their press;r. s "
drink. ana aaq
Why. man. cried ons a.
can get back before tho s,o.y1 yo1
1t is almost non us now > IN p cII
with an inarticulate murmr. nqt
was already half way nm 81, ., VI,
The man had s~oken ,rmI.. my alL
storm was ALREADY sweeping j.. i@
valley, and before Hugh conT ISEs
the brow of the hill was no,' va@
with relentless fury it's tne
rain and hail. |Oi'erti
Turning up his coat coll.-
ing before lis increasing onsiana isla
hurried along. turning in .,
serted ferm gate. gaining with dis
the shelter of the mjnaS
Against the sunkcn wallis
beat piteously, The wind ws ws
in the cracks and crann;s, way
uneven floor, hurled tho bita aT
straw into tiny wh,rlw;nd, "
every vivid flash of forksd L..
The interior of the barn. with H.
furnishings of disused and rusis 4
implements and lis bl;a Of r..
harness. was lit up as if by S,.p
\ few Jagged and uneven n,rJ'<
the remnants Of rusty bincs ~
that was left Of once we'll W. -
door. Behind these panels W..
fordcd some slight shelter ~
storm without. Hugh piled the y,
straw into a fairly comfortable {.
on which he flung himself with
sigh.
The storm ragged without and "A
his heart 4 storm ragged. also. d.
first llmc in seven years NJ.
was broken and he lonped for y
thing diherent-for the dsliesI.
iincment Of civilization which lad
becu his. He thought OF hi, +
cabin and its comfortless. hare !,
The lin BASIN and harsh towe \;
served him Al his shlutions. the b.
ness and disorder Of mis- ea
then of the daintlncss os the cSHi
had iuS' given up. How comb
have hoped 10 supply tine nicetv 4
womanS 5 soft hand, the tenderu.u
4 mother 5 voice? As yet Ne
formed no conception in his mind
what the hoy IS mother NIGH
like: in fact. all thought OF rc.
resolved itself into the picture Of
face. against which no mad "a
shut his eyes and his heart. And
If things had been different. il be-
waited as other men had waited, Il
had not sought so much aud IA
so little, The bird might have reial
all unworthy though it was. Nj
he have refused il sheltefi E
thoughts few to the nest of sva7
under the caves of his cabin
could not deny them shelter. But
the bird is faithful TO its mate, n
she 10 whom his wayward thought
turned had left him for suothsr,
proved herself unworthy of biz b
love. With an impatient shruf
rose. angry with his thoughts, 4
with the hoy who had rousm
consciously these memories. nut, q
ali. angry with himself for ~
weakly allowed them 10 dominate
Already the derceness of ths 4
had abated. The occasional hasl9
Of lightning we're now but m!l
answered by the distant rumble
receding thunder. The moon. .
Cling Imply through her wet Sla'
of clouds, smiled uncertainty upon
dripping landscape. The whole
of nature was refreshed The hran
of the gnarled and venerable
trees hung heavy in she pallid
light like the .Iewelled trees OF
din s garden. The sodden NAV
earth gave forth its pnngenf
with more intensity, recalling IN 8
like procession The forgotten g
and bygone activities of the dsx
farm. Though the lightning !,
flashed and the thunder returua'
ceded and returned again, as .a'
10th 10 depart entirely. Hugh
perienced eve told MIN that he z
gain his cabin now in safety:
every step his feet sank deep I,''
thick. rich mud Of the farmyara'
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