The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09


carrying several lengths with IT, The posts pcr
worthless and it clear that new icnce was needed
between the two houses.
MIR. Sill spent two tosome evenings in composine +,
note to his ncighbor After three weeks during which
reply came and the fence lay flat on the ground h.
spoke TO Dan morning:
Miss Comstock ever say anything about A i,,I.
er-business letter l sent her? I must a mailed \
three weeks ago"
A." Mailed ii? said Dan.
YES"
4" At the ost-oticc,"
Yes"
" Guess it's there yet then, Mr.. Sill We don't
neither OF ever get to the post-oficc
Well, you tell her there's letter there for her. wild
YOU?
Yes suh" assentcd Dan chceriully
That afternoon, they were saving through one a
the large trees Dan suddenly paused and looked up.
She wont lei me get it out" he said.
What's that?
She won't let me get that letter out o the post.
Office"
Why not"
g Dun know Dan pushed the saw again
Only two persons possibly three understood WIN
the foot OF Miss Tilic Comstock never crossed th,
threshold OF the postofficc.
Thirty years before, coming home one Friday nigh
IRON prayer meeting Elmer Daggct-hc was not post
then-had squeezed her hand in the moonlight
and asked II he might pay attention her. And sh.
in the moonlight-had told him that he might Th.
next Friday night he walked home with Amelia Bacon
and they had spoken to each other since
The possible third person was Amelia Bacon, WHOM
he had married Ii Miss Tillic could only have beer
that he had never known.
On the morning alter bis conversation with Dan Nd
Sill walked over the fallen fence and knocking at M
Comstocks kitchen door gave her the first news ths
their JOINT property was in disrepair.
Miss Tillic put on her pink sunbonnet and accom-
panied him down the garden walk. AS she survcyc,
the gap and PROSTATE lengths her face took tho cold
OF the sunbonnct
Ii looks as ii We should hal to have hull ney
fence" Mr. Sill said
'Can't-cant it be fixed? ," his ncighbor stamnlercd
Twoudn't really pay. You see for yoursci
the posts I'll along pretty-cr~-decaycd" Mr. Sil
gave one OF them 4 kick with his heavy-soled shoe
The question IS now. what kind oi one we'd bette
put up
Mr. Sill politely deferred to his neighbor and Mis
TIllic could not decide She did not want wire q
the house thunder storm. Stats were so con'
vcnieut for boys Boards were ugly and shut of youi
view Up the street Pickcts made the best-lookins
icnce you had the front OF it your way but they wed
expensive
Reckon well have to build yc z stun wall said
Dan. who had drawn near, with his whesibarow and
rake.
After several visits at the back door OF morning.
Mr.. Sill went ono evening 10 say that whatever fen
she might choose, he would DC pleased TO have ali th
posts on his side i
Miss Tie treated him to glass OF home made win}
and plate of seed cakes, and the next time Mr. 81
went over he wore cuffs.
That was the following evening. Miss Tillc hs5
taken time consider his kind offer. and thanked him
but she could not be selfish and unncghborly as ri
accept it. II
Not every post Mr.. Sill" she said But hayf
plan. Why can't We each have. every other post:
She put the question the carpenter when he canit
the next morning make estimate, 4,
" II you want Virginia snake ma am, he said
II while they were discussing fat pickeis qs
square that Luther Sill went down town and boush
hat and three nccktes with clintS OF Gd in then
The days grew short and the sunsets took their ana
tumn colorings, The spice OF drying leaves was ~
the air. There came a morning when Mr.. Sill toFr
Dan that he might tear down the old fence and besnr
cutting it up. 3e
Fin'ly decided what she wants, has shc:' ask'fi
Dan ~
Mr.. Sill vigorously pulled off a loose ribbon IA
We amt going TO have any fence at ail ne ssFa
Going to throw it all into one big lot he ,ers7
of several pickcfs and sent them after the strip "a
ribbon And Dan you and mevc got TO work iivsk
on that heap Of timber over there. It's night IN IN
way. Going to put ell on our house Inc P@1
viii look good with All ell. III
Dams gaze rested Tor while the pile OF tnIos1
then travelled slowly to the Sill house ~,
When ye goin' 10 build on -.
Amt going to build on Going to move on. III"
pointed across the marigoids and sage TO the hopk
Going to put tha, on rollers and move 1t over 1ss
Join it on and pitt suilar under it, before sr0pi.
freezes KS
With a dropped jaw, Dan regarded the Conis'%s
house Tor another long period At last he turned
10 Mr. Sill. IE
What's gon' to become o her; ne asked s,ovE J
with motion OF his mead over his shoulder 'rks
was chuckle in Mr.. Sill's throat. Ia
Oh, she's coming with the ell nc sa'd. a. M
Dan began slowly pulling of plckcs UraduAns ~