The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-22

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be. There was n mortgage Of NOR
than $1,000 on their home. which sol,
as advautageously rs il might be woulc
realize little more than double tha
sum. Although John s services woulC
be required for time bv the receiver
at advanced pay. they knew it woulc
be only n question OF time, few
months possibly at best, before ht
would be forced 20 hud employment
elsewhere. and they faced the posi-
bility of long period of jdleDess be
fore employment could nc found.
How much would be saved after the
affairs or the company were at last
wound up, no one could say, hut John
knew too much about receiyerships to
expect much from that source. and the
future looked about as gloopy as pos
| sible
After they had talked it all over,
Mrs. Russell rose from her seat, AS was
her custom when any new emotion or
idea came to her, and coming over 10
him, raised bis head and implanted d
kiss upon bis cheek.
John looked up.
"What is it. Maryg" he said, know
ing there was something out OF the US
ual on her mind.
81 have an idea, John" sbe said
simply. ''You gave it to me that
evening when the trouble first began y
She paused, and began toying with
his hair.
"well, dcar?'' be said, still looking
into her eyes.
"You said, love, that night, that
YOU wished you had been born d
farmer.
"Well.'
ttIs it too late, Johns Let us soil
our home and buy a piece OF land in
one of those new irrigated tracts in
Utah, even if it is only r tiny farm.
We can learn to do things. | already
know how to manage small flock of
chickens. and | thibg by using the
same methods | can be successful on a.
larger scale At least, dear, We will
not starve, and at any rate we will
not have to pass through the torture
we have endured while back. At
first, dear, we MY not make much,
but at least VIC can be contented." ."
John Russell never took his eyes
from his wife face while she was
talking, and she watched him as close
" to see the effect of her words. At
first his face lighted up, and he
caught the hand that was toying with
his hair. and pressed IT. But at last
his face clouded. and she knew that
some obstacle had arisen in his mind.
''But, Mary, dear he began, Chow
would it be with her when she comes
home7'
The hand he held trembled at the
mention Of the dear ones name, but
the expression on her face did not
change as she answered;
fT have thought of her, John, and
J. think when she comes back, the poor
dear would prefer quiet home in the
country to the city, whore she would
be forced to meet so many of her old
associates. It may be that that is what
is keeping her away
That night they went TO sleep full
Of their new idea, and John Russell
dreamed of waving grain fields and
lowing cattle and the song of birds,
the first pleasant dream he had had in
months,
SUMMER again has come, and among
the newly erected yet cosy cottages in
a newly irrigated tract in Utah is one
that is owned by John and Mary Rms
sci. They sold their home in the city
at fair figure, the new owner assum-
ing the mortgage. After he received
his wages from the receiver Of the But
Ter Mercantile, and everything was
summed up, their total capital amount.
ed TO little less than seventeen hum
dred dollars, Four hundred was paid
down on the land, buying ten acres
in what an experienced horticulturist
designated as fruit belt. AS the to-
tai cost of the land was eight hundred
dollars, John felt no uneasiness in 90
ing into debt for the remainder, for
his business sense told him that the
moment bis land was broken up and q
house erected upon it, be could at any
time sell it for more than the total
outlay. Besides the payments ran over
term Of years, aud so were very
light, and he felt sure he could meet
them without trouble.
By adding his work to that of the
carpenter, for he had always been
somewhat handy with tools, and by
tending mason" to the plsstercr, the
house cost him five hundred and 6ftv
dollars. A horse and a single LIGHT