The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-09
he Widows Picture

| she finally fell asleep. from sheer dis
appointment. long toward morning" 1t
was still raining. bu, when she awoke
| the sun shonc and all the windows in the
I picture were up again.
This was misleading experience. how
ever. FOR she soon discovered that she
could not count upon any line OF conduct
| by the man in the hotel. as the fact that
! II had one time raired I'm the photograph
az the same time that Il ralncd outside
was but a coincidence and she was soon
SURPRISED to perceive all quiet along the
hotel piazza. not even an awning nap-
ping, while the earth. on hcr plane. was
torn by storms.
On one memorable occasion when her
husband had appeared. Tapping he win
dow pancs from within with u towel,
she had thought for one brief moment
that nc was beckoniDS TO her. and that
she might have TO go to him. and she
was beginning To experience Terror, with
shortncss of breath and other premonl-
lions OF sudden passing, when she dlscov-
cred that he was merely killing hies, and
she fiurriedlv tanned herself with tho as
tho stove beside her. and staggered out
10 a seat under the mulberrlcs as she
Stammcrod
II do declare, Morris II be the death
oil me yet. He's most as much care TO
me dead as he was alive-G made sure
made sure ned come after me-"
hen feeling her own fidelity chal-
lenged, she hastened TO add
Not that / hadn't rather go TO him
than to take any, trip in the world, but
but never did fancy that hotel. and
since I've got used to seem him there
so constant, feel sure thats where we'd
put up, My. belief is, anyway. that i
hereaflers for all From what ] can
gather, ] reckon I'm a kind of cross
between Swedenborgian and Gates
Methodist. Now that hotel. when i, was
consumed by fire. which To II was the |
same as mortal death why, II either
In trNf Isx.a- .zl IL
fen, in ashes--to the other place. II It |
died worthy. like as not It's undergon |
repairs nov for mansion Jasper cupe--
could be run UP in a twinklln.
still. from What I've heard. It's moro |
likely gone down 20 its deserts. II would
swned-off corridors 4 a- calmcd erbras
ures with teet-a-tcc. as, TO live along |
without sin.
She stood on her s;ep-laddey. wiping |
the face Of the picture as she spoke. |
and as she began to back down she dis |
covered the cat under her elbow, glarinc |
al the picture.
Yes. kitty! spit away" she ex-
claimed Like. as not you see even
more than do
And as she slipped the ladder back !
herself strictly:
III 1t hadn; a been for puss. I'd a
ture thar what have had-or will be
l!Fely TO have again. The way shes
taken on. I've almost come To hate IL" |
4 serpent had entered her poor little |
strIctor who. II given full swing. would !
not spare bone of her mcnscr comfort. !
neighhor who chnn"ed 10 come IN
last r"u-art. and Mrs. Morris. seeing that |
she was there. continued in an unchanged |
tone while she Ssyn EI., her chair:
guess who ! refer 10. mean that com
bly, turod wcnch that ken tho books |
an answered the telephone al the hotel
when she found tire time from her med
dim Somehow | revcr thought about
h~T holm burned in with Norris ,i puss
give her away. PrIss never did like the |
tim" see her spit an scratch al the
n'cturc iusi tho WY she used To do
wten"rr" sh" con-" in sight. why. II
iust strpcp p'e like cln0 n thunder
or, 81 a clenr sky rha, puss knew who
she was a-Spittr' at--7n' I switched !
"round suddcn-an' glanced Jp sudden
an
We'll what seen. seen, There VAS
that hcaufied-ur fypew,jtcr settin' in the
,vi7dow-eill q Norrlss buffers prn'ry-
on il s7" didn't wink at re malicious.
An she used rn" fingers against her
nose. too. most defiant and mnolite. So
! saws 10 nuss. saws. 'Puss.' | says.
goin's on Tiers in that hotel. sure as
'ate. Annsbel Fender hns got the better
- mo. FOR once An tel tho truth il
lid sposl the photograph for me for
u
didn't ser him somewheres on the watch
~ his faithful spouse. I'd sav 10 myself
Eo'S inside there with that pinI; fea tured
hussy,
You know. mans a man. MIS- With
Morris. an with his law
ia. wife cut off an indefinitely divorced
by iongevitied famiy--an' another
burned in with hiur--wcli. his fsithfulness
Is put 10 trial by FIRE. as YOU might
say SO, AS say. IL spoiled the picture
FOR me. for = while.
An. 10 make matters worse. II wasn't
an" time before | rccoliccted that Camp
hc'litc preacher thnt was burned in with
them an with that my imagina tiou run
riot. an Ia think to myself. If they're
inclined. they cert nv have things !
handy! Then I'd kctch myself an say.
Where 5 your ta!th in scripture Mary
Nlarthy Matthews. named after two Bible
women an born daughter 70 an apostle? |
what S the use? I'd say. an so first an
ast. Ia get sort q alpha an omega
comfort out a The passage about no
giNln in marriage. still, there'd pe !