The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-11-10

""iNh nave no part IN this record
its substance being fully in the con.
seriousness OF the writer. he tenderly
Folds 1t up and returns II TO the mack.
age-yellow and brittle and faded and
having that curious fragrance OF na.
pers that have lain for scores OF years
In the gloom and silence OF q locked
mahogany drawer. SO alive are these
letters with the passion OF youth in
long forgotten years that the writer
ties the old ribbon and returns them
10 their tomb with a feeling of sad.
ness finding singular pathos I'm the
contrast of their look and their con.
tents. They are turning to dust. but
the soul OF them has gone into this
little history.
The young man and woman mounted
their horses and resumed their Jour.
ney. 1t was after two o'clock. The
Grand Prairie lay ahead Of them. The
settlement Of Plains End was twenty.
one miles away on It's farther side.
They could just see Its tall oak trees
In the dim distance.
I'VE must hurry, IL we get there
before dark" said the girl. above
all, we must be careful to keep our
direction. It's easy to get lost down
In the great prairie"
They heard cat-blrd singing In
a near thicket as they left their camp.
II reminded BIN Of her favorite bal
lad and she sang II with the spirit OF
old:
MY sweetheart, come along
Don't you hear the glad song
As the notes Of the nightingale flow7
Don't you hear the fond tale of the
sweet nightingale
AS she sings In the valleys belOw1
AS she sings In the valleys below?"
They went on, shoulder.deep I'm the
tall grass on the lower stretches Of
the prairie. Here and there II gave
Harry the impression that he was
swimming his horse In "nolsy, vivid
green water" They startled herd
OF deer and number Of wild horses.
When they lost sight Of the woods
at Plains End the young man, with
his cavalry training. WIS able TO ride
standing on his saddle until he had II
located.
It reminded him of riding in the
Everglades and he told OF his adven-
lures there as they went on, but very
modestly. He said not a word Of his
heroic fight the day that he and sixty
OF his comrades we're cut OFF and sur
rounded in the Gland OF the grassy
waters" But BIN had heard the story
from other lips.
Late In the afternoon the woods
doomed In front Of them, scarcely a
mile of. Near the end OF the prairie
they came to road which led them
past the door OF a lonely cabin. II
seemed to be deserted, but its win
dows were clean and faint column
OF smoke rose from Its chimney. There
were hollyhocks and sunhOwers In It's
small and cleanly dooryard. A morn
ing-glory vine had been trained around
the windows.
BROAD creek is Just beyond" said
BIN. 81 don't know how the crossing
will be-"
They came presently to the creek,
Unexpectedly swollen. A man stood
on the farther shore with some seventy
feet of deep and rapid water between
him and the travellers.
''That man looks like Stephen
Nuckles," said Harry.
ut is Stephen Nuckles," BIN an
swered.
'Howdy, Stever the young soldier
called.
"Howdy, boy" said the old minis
ter. "That ar creek is b'ilin' over. l
reckon you'll have to swim the hosses,"
They tried, but Bins horse refused
to 60 beyond good footing
"You kin light at that ar house an
spend the night, but the folks have
gone erway," the minister called.
81 guess you'll have to marry us
right here and now" Harry proposed
"Night Is coming ana thht mouse ~
our only refuge"
"POor boy There seems TO be no
escape for your BIN exclaimed with
sigh. "Do you really and honestly
want to marry met II there's any
doubt about 1t I'll leave the horses
with you and swim the creek, You
could put them IN the barn and swim
with me or spend the night In the
cabin"
"It's a cool evening aud the creek
is very wet" he answered. I'm go
ing to take this matter In my own
hands"
He called to the minister. Steve
this is the lucklest moment of my lie
and you are just the man Of all others
1 would have chosen for its most Inn
pOrtant job. Can you stand right
where you are and marry usr
"You bet. kin, subj" the minister
answered. "Pve often said | could
marry any one half mile erway II
they would only talk as loud ms l KIN
I've got the good book right here IN
NV pocket, sub. My OF woman
..,t,, oba1I no hVah I'm minute