The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-27
o Him Who Waits

~ HE Hermit of the Hudson was
d hustIing about his cave with un'
= usual animation.
s The cave on or in the top of
sittle spur of the Catslills that had
spyed down to the river S edge, and,
81 having a ferry ticket, had to stop
ire. The bijou mountains were dense
! woodcd and were infested by
,ocious squirrels and woodpeckers
It forever menaced the summer tran
,spfs. Like n badly sewn strip of
lite braid, a macadamized road ran
,lween the green skirt Of the hills and
u foamy lace Of the rivers edge. A
Il path wound from the comfortable
I'D up rocky height TO the hermit S
sse. One mile upstream was the View
Snt Inn, TO which summer folk from
q city came; leaving cool, electric
] ned apartments that they might be
a'ren about in burning sunshine,
licking, in gasoline launches, by
i adle-legged Modreds bearing the
nkest of shields.
i rain your lorgnette upon the her
= and let your eye receive the per-
hal touch that shall endear you to
'nIhero.
9 man of forty, Judging him fairly,
!. long hair curling at the ends,
natic eyes and forked brown
d ID like those that were imposed
p the west some years ago by
u appointed "diviue bealers" who
9 T.eeded the grasshopper crop, His
,alFard vesture appeared to be kind
= 9'nnny-sacking cut and made into
Il srment that would have made the
dsune of London tailor His long,
Sfshaped fingers, delicate nose and
as g of manner raised him high
fe the class Of hermits who fear
er and bury money In oyster cans
"fheir caves in spots indicated by
crosses Clipped in the stone wall
abe hermit's home was not altogether
Etlye. The cave was an addition 10
hermitage. which was a rude hut
M OF poles daubed with clay and COW
with the best quality OF rust proof
lroofing.
the house proper there were stone
81 81 for seats. rustic bookcase made
pplaned poplar planks. and table
S ed OF a wooden slab laid across two
p' ht pieces of granite-something be-
this furniture Of Druid temple nd
of a Broadway beefsteak dungeon
y against the walls were skins OF
lo rRnimals purchased in the vicinity Of
b street and University place. New
~ = rear of the cabin merged into the
EIk There the hermit cooked his
M on a rude stone hearth. With in
! kpatience and an old axe he had
o rbed natural shelves in the rocky
l5Y On them stood his stores OF flour,
w, lard talcum- powder. kerosene,
powder, soda mint tablets, pep
cd ralt and Oliyo- Cremo Emulsion for
sla and roughness of the hands and
thrs
Of srhernit had hermited there for ten
W He was an asset OF the View
!. tnn, To lts guests ne was second
-, psrest only TO the Mysterious Echo
/ dbS Haunted Glen. And the Lovers
vs1 beat him only few inches, flat
- rHe was known far (but not very
= d spn account OF the topography as
I'd GAR Of brilliant intellect who had
lG 20 = "a the world because no had been
~ y h. IN love affair. Every Saturday
= DE- IN Viewpoint Inn sent to him sur
tss usly basket Of provisions. He
. 10 ieft the immediate outskirts Of his
tge. Guests OF the inn who vls-
acgse,m said his store Of knowledge.
niore seintillating philosophy were
" gss1 "onderful, YOU know. That sum
"e Ie viewpoint Inn was crowded