The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01
By PAULA BROWN

the day was done They had shared the
cabln, cooking and sleeping there fol
about two months. The evenings were
still cool up in the canyons, and little
bre was not uncomfortable
- You re about through with the mill
ain t you?H
'Nes, in two or three days she will
be running IN good shape
Where do you go from here; you II
not be leaving Utah right away. will
you?'
"No, 7 think not / wana 70 see a
little of Utah and her people first, for
have been too busy to see much of
either yet, -
'Well. ] leave here in two or three
days now. so we cap go down to the
city together, and we can be room.
mates there till after the wedding. l
am going TO Idaho right after the we'd
ding, to look after mining claim / have
up there
''Will won STAY there7n
Yes, for. a time, at least, for I'm
going 10 work il. -
II can depend on YOU, thenG"
"Oh, yes; III see you through your
trouble" answered Wilbert. with n
mlscbievous twinkle in his eyes
Three days later they were com
fortably seated in the stagecoach that
was about to start for Salt Lake City.
The driver gathered up the lines,
shouted to the horses, cracked the whip
and away they went rumbling down
the canyon. The sun shone clear and
warm, and the steep sides Of the can
yon were covered with sego lilies
and other wild flowers. The water,
clear as crystal, murmured softly ms il
rinpled over the rocks in the stream
below Here and there the bare, rugged
rock walls arose several hundred feet
high, almost perpendicular. like a high
cathedral wall. Wi!bert gazed, spell.
bound at the beauty and grandeur of
nature, and said, almost involuutarily,
There's sermons in stone, books in
the running brooks, and good in every.
thing
They arrived at their destination. and
took rooms at the same rooming house
where they had stopped before. A few
hours later they strolled out for a walk
and smoke, much ms they did two
months ago, but there was a great
change in the scenery. Salt Lake was
n plcturesque-looking little burg, nestled
in the Great Salt Lake valley. with the
Great Salt Lake on the west, with sew
eral small mountains rising from its
waters, forming islands. The waters of
this lake arc the finest in the world for
bathing purposes. 1t floats person like
q cork, one cannot sink in it; the only
uauSeI ID lIpIl SlTauulnR, the primo is
so strong. and ono comes from the bath
feeling exceedingly light and refreshed,
but hungry,
Tho city had broad straight streets,
with n row of shade trees and a babbllnp
brook OF clear, cool water on either
side. There were shops, stores, res
taurants, etc, extending from about
two or three blocks on each side of
Main street, which were kept open till
10 o clock p. m. as most of the shopping
was done In the evenings in those DAYS
The setting sun cast a glow over the
city, hnginG the snow-capped noun
tains, and the lake reflected back the
brilliant carmine Of the sky, until II
seemed as if earth and sky were in
flames. Wilbert and Frank paused on
a foot bridge that was slightly elevated, |
to admire the scene
''Oh. TO be an artist for a short time, |
that might paint that sunsetl' ex.
claimed Wilbert.
"We, have grand sunsets here" re-
sponded Frank
''lsn't that gorgeousf The finest l |
ever saw, without an exception