The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14

avay to the pfilu little village down the Valley as
shining land Of leisure and of possible social trurnpb
Il spas lonely place for The wonien-that S,enhcr
generously admitted a long ridge, some five hundred
ies high cut them off from the railway and all the
young people were leaving by and threcs as fast
Is they grew up and the roads very bad and visi
tors few
So at last he sighed and said All right mother, we'll
fnow what in time I'll do with myself"
Stephcn now that he was about to lose his tro.s
m recalled Martha delight as she watched the work
men the old oakcn slab in its place He rc-livcd the
osty she gave when the first fire was laid and thrilled
10 remember how pretty she looked as she touched A
match the shayngs and recited little verse from
"The Hanging of the Crane She was cheerful and
Stephen believed. happy; bnt when she went away he
began TO realize that she had never really taken root in
the West, and that he was growing old he him,
self began to dwell more and in the land OF his
yOuh his thoughts returned often to his rocky New
hampshire intcryale
Yc, it hardest OF all to loose tho tendrils of
his heart from the hearth, for though Serbia had re-
arranged and redecoraed alter her heart, Marthas
6rtpIace remained unchanged
I'll let YOU have your way in most things, Scry,
Bat want this room to look it does now, just as she
left it"
As the time for the migration drew near, Stephen
stole away from the dsordered kitchen to muse SADLY
before the IRE. He had consented to a s'yandpe" and
W.. willing Serbia should sell all the furniture hcy
td except few pieces that had been Nlartha and
as there was no demand for the irons and brasses
mound the fireplace, he expected to box them tip as
bsps2keS
The cottage in town seemed TO grow smaller after
hey moved into il; but Serbia and Cariss were de-
lighted with tS snugnesS, and went about extone its
advantages with fluent tongues Its small of
course; but what do we want with big house, It's
lua ,ha much less work to take of Besides here
We have pump right in the kitchen, and furnace.
gd bathroom, and everything is as neat as a pin
10 cracks dark corners
By June he settled into a certain dailv groove
You want 10 just lay back and rest said Hiram Fox
another veteran OF the pow; that's what all the rest
Of is are dom and we're don' it conscentiousy The
usn full of tired farmers like u.s.
sometimes at night, when his wife thought him doz
g he really back in the old Coolly house watch
g the blazing logs, his mind filled with delicious sad
nsa his eyes wet with tears. What was it that had
g1e out OF his c Here he sat in perfectly COM
@Uable room, possessing horse and carriage with
q abundance to cat and carcs-and vet the past
Tah all MS toll called TO him that his throat ached at
iAs thought OF it. Oh, if he could only re-live it all!
WneF desolaic: but Marthas face shone like a star
hd The old heart rendered each night with his children
n prem Work hard in those DAYS but rest was
Met hunger was keen; but eating brought no Ill
hs was loyal 10 Serbia. the mother OF his Children
W Martha was the wife Of his youth the one chosen
Soly OF his heart-and her fireplace came to typify
mat was and most poetic in his life and in
~ lives OF his children 1t was an altar Around it
@T T mad gathered when the was crbbed and the
eMs Ms housed for the night. In lis light they had
Eg time
H awoke with start.
What " will We, do Thanksgiving Day and at
l glkinnaS sum he asked night we can't all get
~ Vns bhle box OF place There amt room in the
l.u% we can all SIT down in, and if we could we'd
~, %s h0lning but hole in the floor TO look at de-
VIC VIC u y clean disheartcns me-"
swama nIa was little dashed but replied comfortably
"sh M manage somehow | guess We can't have but
W. ~ y, ue children at time that's all We can bid
ns- '"' LOT thanksgiving and my folks for Christ
lh,s ranked in Stephens mind, and thereafter he de
H. in. ms 10Y house II good enough tenement
rS 'e ,I 70 rent Tor while, but 4 home in which
i . was revolving III spite OF its shining paint
4 n ,pNh n ana span new furniture.
I,sn sDG 1t held out charm, no poetry. no associa-
/irs.i" "as ds rectangular as drygoods box, and
I6id h,.n pLosaic as golden oak wash-stand. A
dim n n;I IN such house is cheated of birthrisht
lnlkd' H,le M rooms ut up by the dancing freight;
IoS :. te Sagas the great trees chant they
Iesass;dm m me wild wnd-deprivcd OF al shadow all
1AS9 y, Something Of this fitted through Stephens
IL Vol -lios u9ugl nc could not give 1t voice
lpOr T"l, he sad ono day wish we had
Nue od fsnGug to turn round in. and rag carpet and
i Ilysr,'ssmoned Ilse aoi, on chairs and a freplaec-"
Ia W.; you go again about that fireplace exclaimed
IloS are vi, m,aoiy Nobody has hrcplaccs now and
'ri b1a $Ia gong to have big room in this house"
= syo syor,ai uund one, il you say so"
SSe rS;S r This house is all right plenty big enough
al or Thu rnl Nariss likely TO GO off any minute And
Id ,d dg@uksgiying and Christmas we can go to the
- sel dinner, or take en- in squads here at
A ii II" !. wouldn't do" he protested 1T wouldn't do
II kg,l - "Vuuqt seem natural right for 10 60 TO
Fhmc" 'u'h days We'd ought o have all such meals
s?ioS 3Ou wouldn't build big house just TO for
II how luo" H." but would" he answered sturdly. 81
tsri orr J"' ~ u would be just about as good way to
Y@ Is, money as any other. I'm sick O this little
s a jis I!'y the Merrill, place and have room to
M w,b iGeri e. You don't ketch yin on the edge OF
PIC oi tb;u, no sidewalks, l want be right in the
nte liab,s' bn'"gs; where NC can have telephone
III L cOulJ
u %I WOW, put IN the teicphonc-"
i've ;n near a. OF it, Steye. came away from the
~ IN mire y, town, and don't want no halfway buSi-
Islint' surrendered to her will and made no further
on ,Ss SS9E 18th their Thanksgiving dinner at the hotel
n ga i've, %sy home Serbia said, There For once
E dime LIES Jis we don't have to think Of Thanks
aG IiEni ia r. answered Cariss, and yet it doesn't
b SSphsn, diG iEg Thanksgiving docs it. pa"
|Se OF ibc "o. u answer, ior he far away in the