Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-21
The Man That IS Going to Perdiitiion

Did you ever notice with what haste
and determination the man who is
going to- the devil sticks to his pur-
pose? The same amount Of nerve and
energy exercised in any, other direction
would LIS lead him to fame and fortune
but no, he is going, and nothing short
3of a stroke of timing will stop him.
No doubt many of you have seen
MN. He has asked you to go on his
bond. H e has borrowed money Of you
until you have made UP your mind to
( nave none when you see him coming,
He has used everything about your
alarm8 almost as much as you have,
from your horses down to your axe
and grtndstone. and he always borrows
your paper-and for that he should
never be forgiven-but he is. and gets
e It the next time he asks for it., you
feel like subscribing for two, SO as to
have one Ito read In peace. You have
had to help him get his hay and wheat
IN every season since you have known
him. nigh on to 20 years. 2
He was In town last harvest time, on
"a protracted spree, for whole week.
He came home and told YOU that he
was caught on a jury and now his hay
and grain We're over-rlpe, and 1t would
be a great favor IL you would bring
your boys over for a day or two and
help him to get it in; that the weather
might change and the rain come and
spoil his entire crop and the loss thus
incurred would be very bad for him
self and his family. OF course Won
cannot refuse {; friend and neigtbor.
So you take the boys and help him two
whole hot days. You know by expert
ence that his family would be the suf-
fersrs. He, In return. promises YOU
that he Will take his gun and dog and
30 with you some day to the woods
ana help you get a load Of wood and
some game. -
The man that Is going wrong always
mas a gun and dog. He is apt to run
short OF companionship, and they will
do to fall back upon. And if there is
a man that can get a dog to nose at
his heels and stick closer than poor
relative, 1t is the man that is way
billed to perdition. Any poor old cur
tnat can i've on old bones and scent
will follow faithfully the man who is
headed for Birthstone Gulch. And a.
dog Is such {; faithful creatures! Lf the
gun could be as faithful to its proper
duty. the man would be better off.
One day you take a day off and hitch
up Your team and drive by his house.
For wonder he is at home. FIc is
glad to see you. It saves him the
trouble of getting up his team; any
way one of his horses is lame. the
other one has been gone for a week,
he doesn't know where ESQ he tells
YOU'D He takes his gun and dog and
both of you start for the woods. six
or eight miles away, for a load Of
wood for yourself. He Is going to help.
chop and load the wood, of course. bu.
takes the gun and The dog along so
n cay,1 yt5cr,,, ~
road going and coming, he will have a
show of treating you (his dear old
friend and neighbor) to a. feast OF
something of his own killing. man
is as proud of giving you an elk steak
il he can add f..I killed that myself
as a woman is If she can make biscuit
like your mother.
econ You unhitch and tether your
horses, take one axe and give him the
other. Just as you begin to look
around for the best timber to cut the
dog sets up howl and away he goes.
Your man drops the axe. grabs his gun
and is off before you can say 'dimit,''
You go on chopping, get your wood all
and wait for your man. You wait In
Nain--you are wishing that he had
some of your nice lunchsand a cup OF
that pure cold water you dip from a
clear stream near by. You did not
know that lie had flask of whisky in
his pocket. but he had. and he does not
care to eat when he can drink. When
he drinks that all up, he can chew on
some black plug tobacco, 1t is getting
late. you hitch up the team and get
ready to start home. but You have to
wait. You are almost tempted to start
10 hunt your man. and begin to think
that possibly for once the gun has ac-
cidentally done its duty But no, that
man is going to the devil and is not
going that route. All at once you hear
him Hello You answer. Pretty
soon he comes in sight and to your
surprise as Well as his own he has
killed a deer and is Juggling it down the
hill on his back He tells you that he
and the dog tracked it fifteen miles
when he killed it, and that he had car
'aed It all the way back. It is a pretty