The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
TWO CHRISTMAS EYES
.;obt 1909, By Mrs. Burton Harrison.
All Rights Reserved.)

and making all ready for the occasion
all her family had met to celebrate.
Then you don & live AT homc9' he
asked, httlc bewildcrcd. He wondered
| II she were by chance married, and
hoped not. IT so, what sort of hus-
band must he be who would let this big,
vigorous splendid creature, as blonde
and wholesome as a Scandinavian god.
dcss, go travelling Off without him
(whereby may be seen that the young
man Fountain belonged to n strain of
American civilization that did not ac.
ccpt the modern ideas OF separation in
pursuit of pleasure of n married pairl)
lie was indeed, poor lad. afflicted
with an inheritance from his forcfa.
theirs of many high stepping old beliefs
about woman Keeping in her proper
sphere, etc, that Il little later in this
rapidly progressing, snowbound ac-
qualntance were 10 cause him to feel
an actual shock. This came when Che
young lady, whose name he had not
yet ascertained, admitted to him that
she had left home, and was living in
New York alone, because of her resolve
to carry out a lifelong ambition TO be-
come trained nurse, il not doctor,
and was now in the second year of her
training at n well-known city hospital
Young Fountain suffered an afflicting
fall of his admiration. Among the
people of whom he sprung, i'll their
Sta,d, fastldlous society, a girl as pretty
and refined as this must, to properly
fulfill her vocation. keep either within
the magic circle of her fathers or her
husband s house. If she must devote
herself to good works and the care of
suffering humanity, let her do it under
n sister s cowl in the protection of
Mother Church. Certainly not 90 Jour
neying about the country alone in Pull
man cars after nightfall, wearing the
most modish of hats and blouses, rein
forced by, cloak thrown over her seat,
hned with dark brown fur. and a big
muff of the same 4 nursel That was
bad enough, but n doctor! He even
faintly withdrew from his companion
when she took out an absurd morsel of
a pocket handkerchief. fancying it must
bear the odor Of iodoform
So far had their knowledge Of each
other progressed when the train made
n mild but unmistakable movement for
ward, then quickened speed put on all
its forces for a tremendous effort, and
started! The conductor, coming in, said
they had had a narrow squeak Of being
snowbound. bur the storm had lessened
for bit. and, after "gettinp her
through this cut they would. no
doubt, run comfortably into the June
ton. But as 10 going beyond therei He
threw out his left hand uncertainty. In
ton years service upon this line he ID
seen no weather so thick. and he "ruth-
er guessed pretty much everybody on
that train 'ud have TO make out to stop
for spell at Evansdalc, and be glad it
was no worse
''Not this bodyl'' smiled the young
lady. after the kindly official had
passed them and gone on his way. "If
the worst comes to the worst, / II hire
n s1n tg,l, L., -
Clarkstowu early tomorrow morning. -
''1 m with you said young Foun-
tain, ioyously. He was young enough
10 scent adventure and rejoice. Besides
the business on which his employers
had sent the lawyer s clerk up 10 the
Canadian town in the depth OF winter
weather had TO be settled quickly, TO
enable him TO get back to town for
other important work He rather saw
himself wiring the office that he. would
be spending Christmas at their expense
at the hotel in Evansdalel
Another stopl This time the conduc-
Tor came back asking for volunteers 10
help the snow pillow in clearing the track
lust ahead, where there was particu-
larly heavy drift, Young Fountain
sprang mp delightedly,
claimed the lady. 81 am lust about
asphyxIated as it is Anything to get
my lungs full of crisp night air.
The Young man looked alarmed He
believed her quite capable Of any mas
cuIine performance of the kind sug
gested-
''It would hardly do, 7 think he
said, hurrying away, for fear she would
insist.
Cecilia Welcome smiled to herself
"What does he think girls are or