The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-08-14

L an quite well now as the old gentleman de
scends from the on the arm of the railwa
porter The portrait in the little girls Iocket re
minded me of face l knew in the past and henc
the shock"
Il am glad it is nothing serious. sir"
Hinton. Mrs Gray, Richard Hinton is m
name. | am from New York and was iourneying +
Los Angeles, but I will break the Journey here in
stead and pay visit to Eureka [ have an inter
est in mine there, Could you tell me when tn
next train leaves for Eureka 2"
I GU will have to stay over night in Salt LAX
City Mr.. Hinton, as there is no train until 7:3
a. m. tomorrow. We are going by that train, s.
you can be with U.S."
"Ahl thank you. Mrs. Gray That will be
great pleasure to me and little Loo will take car
of me, Somehow l couldn't do without Loo's com
pany You're not tired little angel of the ole
man."
mo, I'm not tired, gentlemen for | like you
Hello, sweet, what in the world has little Loo
here, and a gentleman alights from a Pullman fol
lowed by two ladies.
you've grown foot since | saw you last All
Mrs. Gray this is my wife, Mrs. Maud Sykes, anc
this is very dear friends of ours namesake Of
little Loos. Shake hands namesakes. Lucille Da
voust senior and junior will be good friends know
Ia, ia. Now Loo and tell papa we will be dow
to see him and the mine in the course of a few
days"
THAT is the little girl I was telling you about
Maud" Mr.. Sykes says to his wife as they Will
Miss Davoust senior motored out of the station
She's Hutton's protegee and he's just as fond OF
her as if she were his own child. A fine fellow Hut
ton is and I'm under many obligations to him
That's the Mormon temple and tabernacle and thi:
is Main street. We're almost at home now and by
Jove, I'm glad"
In the porch of a neat little villa overlooking
the mining camp of Eureka two men and little
girl are seated The elder of the two is playing
catch ball with the little girl and the younger is
seemingly enjoying the game from the smile that
lights up his bronzed and handsome face and thc
words that fall from his lips.
"Bavo, Loo! You're better at catching than
grandpa Try me with one. All, you young trick
ster," as the ball flies over his head. why didn't
you do that with grandpa"
Because grandpa is old, and you are young and
smart, and it is such fun to you miss it"
"Ah, Loo So you love grandpa better than
papa. Now don't hide your head under grandpa's
coat but answer me-"
Il love you both the same, for papa, didn't you
tell me yesterday that | was to love grandpa more
than you, and said that L couldn't it, that I'd love
both of you the same"
God bless and guard my little angel and the
elder gentleman takes Loo on his knee and presses
her head to his breast "Oh, Ralph my son, God has
been very good to me. A few days ago l was lone
ly n-hearted old man pining for sight again
of the boy had driven from my side by my harsh
ness. Now | have found him. and all owing to my
little Loo"
81 was more to blame than you were Dad. was
a useless spendthrift of a fellow. with not the
slightest thought of the reality of life, and know
dad, by my folly [ caused you many an uneasy
hour. but now things are changed with me and
ooh papa! Here is Mr. Sykes and the two Ia
dies and Loo slides off grandpa's knee and runs
to meet them"
"Well, little angel, here we are again. All, Hut
to your satisfaction. This is my wife, Mrs. Maud
Sykes, and our dear friend, Miss Lucille Davoust.
| brought them to see you they we're
Ralph Hinton!" exclaimed the ladies in a
breath and. advancing, Mrs Maud Sykes seized
Ralph by the hand and, turning to her husband
says:
"Percy. this is the Ralph Hinton I was telling
you about, who so generously befrended our dear
Miss Davoust and her mother two years ago in
London Ralph | am so glad to sec you again"
"And l." added Miss Dayoust, and taking
Ralphs hand. her eyes looked unutterable JOY and
gratitude Yes Mr.. Hinton, | am so glad to see
you and tell you how grateful | am for all you
have done for me. Were it not for you | would
never have known Mrs Sykes, who since mother
died, has been more than mother to me- l can
never repay her kindness and yours"
'You are all forgetting my grandpa. and | love
grandpa so very much" exclams little Loo, pulling
Mrs Sykes by the sleeve.
Richard Hinton advances ana JOINS the Happy
group
"She's the prettiest bride [ ever saw. Dave"
yah Tom; you bet she is; and as good as she
is pretty looking, and her husband him that was
Hutton, is man, every inch of him"
ralph Hinton is all right, and his father Is
the proper sort too. Strange, Tom, how things
turn out They say Ralph Hinton first me his wife
in London, when she was mighty hard up He be-
friended her and her mother, and now they meet
again and get married" A.
ITS like romance ye'd read in one of these
bloomin' books. Dave"
O''G .Yab. Tom, but / hope we won't lose Mr.
No, Dave. They say after the HONEYMOON hin
ond his father is going back east to settle up al
fairs and then out here to live You , r know
he's part owner now with Mr.. Sykes IN the Hope
" Pm glad of it, Tom; downright glad OF it. anf
en- ;e all the camp.