The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-02

1t without recognition and with no pres
| ent application until ne came TO the
verse which tells how the father came 10
his son when he was yet a great way
on He saw him, fl says when he Was ;as
| YET a great way Off. and ran 30 meet
| nm. lie did not wait for the boy 10
KNOCK at his gate and beg to be lei in.
! but went out To meet him, and took him
| IN ms arms and led him buck TO his
| nome. Now, my boy my SON. 1t seems
| 10 Inc as If you had never been so far
on ora, as you are at the present time. as II
you mad never been so greatly sep
aratcd from me in every thought and
interest; We are even worse than stran-
gers, Tor YOU think that my hand Is
against you. that | have closed the door
Oh your nome To YOU and driven YOU
away, But what ] have done / beg of
you 10 Forgive. TO forget what / may
nave SAID IN the past. and only to think
good boys and have been good sons to
me- and God knows ] am thankful for
sncn sons and thankful TO them for
bearing themselves as they have done,
- Bnt, my boy. my first-born my LITTLE
Secll' they can never be TO me what YOU
,'aye oeen' can never feel for them as
n,pe nee' ,iIn iHr You, they are the ninety and
ilIle VINO nave never wandered away
upon the mountains and who have never
peen tempted, and have never left home
i9r either good or evil. But you. Cecil.
thouSn you have made my heart ache
untiI thought and even hoped II would
STOP oeating, and though YOU have sivcn
me ~ many, many nights that | could no,
sleep. are stll dearer 10 me than any.
thing else in the world You are the
ilesh Of my flesh and the bone OF NV
oohe, and ! cannot bear living on with
look forward contentedIy 10 n rest here
aiter. unless You are by me and hear
me, unless 1 can see your face and touch
you and hear your laugh in the halls
Sarne pack 10 me Cecil, to HarrIngforrl
a. ana uhe people that know you best, and
EEnoW what Is best in YOU and love YOU
,or ,or u can have only few more years
mere now when YOU will take my place
and keep mp my name I win moi he
mere to trouble you much longer: but,
my, boy. while am here. come 10 me
iiie. There are others who need you,
Secl. You know whom I mean saw
ner only yesterday, and she asked me Of
d y9u WITH W.T. such splendid disregard for
what inc Others standing by might think.
ana as though she dared me or them 10
say or even lima glne anything against
Sotb SoH n[s5 YSg Iansn1 Sannot keep away from vs.
come back and make us happy for the
rest OF our lives"
The Goodwood Pluneer turned bie hac,,
to the lights so that the people no ssinc
could not sec his face. and tore the let
pie piece up ovap sp"S Ike ap9 dropped piece BY
he whispered; "If could" The pain /
vas 2 little worse than usual Just then
eIInaton WAS s no i21ger 2sF or question Of IN
stop these thoughts and doubts and tho
tremor that shook him To
rest and sleep that was what he must
have, and peace, There was no peace
al home or anywhere else while this
thing lasted. He could not see why thoy
worried him in this way. IT was quite
impossible. He felt much more sorrv
for them than for himself, but only be-
cause they could not understand He
was quite sure that II they could feel
what he suffered they would help him
even 10 end Il.
He had been standing for some time
with his back 10 the light. but nov he
turned TO face il and to take up his
watch again. He felt quite sure the
lights would not burn much longer AS
he turned woman came forward from
put the lighted hall, lowered uncertain
s. before him: and then made a silent
salutation which wna som ott1inE be-