South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-23

known through his literary work .
as %. Henry this American mas .
Ter Of short-story writing had begun F.
Iur HsmptOu's magazine the story
printed below. illness crept upon
him rapidly and ne was compelled .
20 give up writing about az the
point where the girl enters the
story.
When ne realized that he could do
20 more tit was his lifelong ha pll
- write with "a pencil. never dicial-
sug 10 a stenographerb %. Henry
TJId d. detail the remainder Of the
tn0w Man 90 Harris Merton Lyon.
whom he had often spoken Of as one
sf the most effective Eh rt-story
writer's OF the present time. MY
Porter had delineated alI of the
characters leaving only the round
tlg ont OF the plot in tho mai pages
g. AR Lyon.
Housed and wiud0wpaUcd from d.
the greatest wonder 20 little chli-
oren Is the snow. To men, IL IS
something like 90 cructble IN WhleH
tn,Ir world melJs into q white star
J0.BG0.00U miles away. Tho man VINO
cam stand the test is q snow man.
TGd this is his reading bv tahren-
Ieit. Seaumur or Moses cdrVeh
Tablets II stone.
Night had nuttcred "a sable pinion
love the canon OF Big Lost river
Uud ] urged Inv horse toward the
lay Horse ranch because the snow
Vas deepening. The Takes We're as
Urge a. an hours circular tatunB
~ Miss wilkins ablest spinster, be-
fokening a heavy snowfall ana less
entertainments and more adventure
tnau the completion Of the tatung
could promise. 7 knew Ross Curtis
az the Bay Horse. and that / would
Gee welcome as snOw-hOuud pill
I.rim both for hOspitality's sake and
because Ross had few chances 70
sonndc in living creatures who did
not neigh. below. bIeat, yelp. or
howl during his discourse.
Th. ranch house was just within
The jaws Of the canon where its
builder may have fatuously fancied
that the tfmbered rocky walls on
both sides would have protected IL
from the wintry Colorado winds. but
feared the drift Even now through
the endless. bottomless rit Ia the
Iills-thc speaking table OF the four
Nriuds-came roaring the voice OF
the proprietor Of the little room on
The top floor.
Al my hello" a ranch hand came
=
INV thankful horse In another
1.iuutc. Ross and / sat by stove in
eGe dining-room of the fOur-roOm
ranch house. while the big. simple
welcome of the household lay al my
disposal Famed by the whiZzing
northern. the fine. dry snow was
Itrd and boItcd through the cracks
and knGthoIes OF the logs The cook
room, without "a separating door,
expended.
Ia there could see short,
sturdy. leisurely. and weather-beat-
tu man moving with professional
Fureness about his red-hOt stove. His
face was stoHd and Unreadable-
HmcthinS like that Of great think
a.. or OF one who had no thoughts
4 conceal / thought his eyes seem
od unwarrantably superior 10 the
clements and 10 the man. but quick
is attributed that the characteristic
t.If-impOrtanCe of petty chef
camp cook was the Mich that
I4vc him in the hall Of types; and
Ie fitted il as an apple fits a dump
I.nE.
Cold it was i'm spite Of the glow
ilc stove and Ross and I sat and
talked. shuddering frequently, halt
from nerves and half from the freez-
1HE UrduEElS- 30 ne Drought Aut
bottle. and the cook brought boil
i4e water. and we made prodigious
lot toddies against the attacks OF
1ioreus We Clinked glasses often
They sounded like icicles dropping
from the caves. or like the tinkle OF
thousand pTisms on Louis XIV
Chandelier that i once heard at
boarders dance IN the partOr OF d
1O-a-vecll boarding house Ia Gram
sIcy square. Sic transit.
silence is the terrible beauty o.
the snow and of the sphinx and o.
1he stars. but they who believe tina
an things. from a without-wine table
d'hute to the crucihNioR- may b
Interpreted through mpsic, nigh
have found a nocturne or a sym
phony TO express the isolation o
THAT hlOtted-Out world. The Clinl
of glass and bottle. the aeolial
chorus OF the wind in the hous
Cranuies it's deeper trOmbon
Through the canon below, and tn
NYagncrian crash Of the cooks pot
end pans united I'm a fit disCOrdan
melody. l thought. No less welcom
an accompaniment was the sizzling
of broiling ham and venisOn cut
let's. Endorsed by the solvent fume
az true Java. bringing rich promise
a. comfort 20 our yearnlng souls.
The cook brought the smokin
supper 90 the table. He hooded &
inc economically as. ne cast tn
heavy plates around as though b
were pitching QuQits or hurting tn
q .scus- 7 looked at him with som
gppraisement and curiosity. an
1ruch Cancellation There was n
prophet TO tell US when that driftin
wi outside might ease 90 fall; an
I. IS well. when snow bound. 20 stan
somewhere within the radius OF IN
cooks favorable consideration. Bu
] could read neither favor nor dis
Unproval I'm the face and maune
a. our pOt-wrestler.
he was about five feet nine niche,
and 500 pounds or Common-plaC,
lull-neckcd. pink-faCed, a I ] u
calm. He wore dcuk trousers 10
t-sht and too short, and blue flau
Iel shirt with sleeves rolled aboy
lis elbows There was a sort q
Frim. steady sCowl on his feat
that looked 90 me as though he IA
TVed 90 there purposely as a protcC
zion against the weakness OF an IN
herent amiahuity that ne fancie
tvere better concealed And then
- supper usurp his brief occupanc
a. my thoughts.
t.U,-,,t- ,rr lzaoro, s,fF Pos