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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES, NEPHI, UTAH - HIS NEW YEAR'S GIFT BY W. GLYNN It was yet afternoon was like twilight The colors of pictures, the red rest fulness of a divan, the stained curtains for models, the dis- order hinting a thousand tempera- mental hours, the blotched floor, the elegance become Interesting and taw- dry, an atmosphere which suggested the lingering of moments it all seemed apart from the day outside, from the north light peering above a blind. .The sat examining some drawings. He waa strongly built. In his early thirties, not handsome, but with eyes remarkable for their glance. His face had tire brooding, sensitive quality. The drawings, Impressions In wash and crayon, which he went over slowly aud of which there were scores, presented an art that only few have been capable of. He bad caught character and life In a thousand moods and stories, had done It with that Intimacy which cannot be defined. He finished the drawings with something of a sigh, then with something of a smile as his eyea dwelt on a picture set on an easel. Slowly his face filled with mocking THOUGH half-rolle- d artist-occupa- The Painting Waa That of a Young Woman. The painting was that of a satire. young woman done with almost Irra-- d lance. It seemed to portray, not flesh and blood, but the thousand things of feeling which the blood erred, the throbbing music which is The char played on temperament. acter waa conceived and translated poetically, but ita very nuances were striking because of the grasp of the artist. Yet did one fancy it did the smile on the lips change with an inde finable atain to what waa coarse and light even as you looked at it? Had Haatinga' repeated gloatlngs of satire wrought this subtle difference ia a thing done so tenderly? Or bad bisbrush unintentionally brought out benaath avon-thln- r the feminine eternal hat .mild nnt be denied. In the flux nf htnom ahnwn the nestling worm? In tbe varied mystery of life in which ootblng dies, where perhaps even thoughts become colors of flowers. who can know or dispute anything; It was New Year's dsy and tbe aft ernoon.-wmelting away. Hastings lorew himself on tbe couch sod for a long time rested, regarding tbe paint lug with a changing aspect The grayoesa of a thousand days seemed to set tie over blm, of drifting and not car big. ret carrying downward with blm Argonaut that gift supreme, of knowing that BEST WISHES. beauty was the necessary dream, but woman and always world that tbe made of It a lie, that truth could be spoken of only after money. He could think in those terms and yet he did His r.eed to eppreel not altogether. ate waa too strong. In art, at least, be could follow life hi tone, however deeply and personally be understood Its Irony. But be was no longer sure that be cared to follow It Tbe laugh and bitterness Of the Intervals mast lucres. He would become a diet Unte, glorious perhaps, but careless. And be would be careless, that was the worst of It At asy rale be' could color desnetsde with a a trth aifwL eoiild ramble like would good fellow what waa left not appear bard bit At this point be Invariably added a If she postscript to bis think lag. man. He bad only cared for the otnef wx?uld bear that and bave gone on But, after many times previously con fessing ber love lor mm. see n mimwi there that day they bad parted lour months ago and staled so busita fortunate Old Gentleman What's nesslike and with smug. Immovable that yoa Mid? V ia fchilosoohv: "A woman must marry mi within oa i money these days for ner own B4ripT New Tear. Coming from aer, n waa """""a"'-- " nd left him flat He could not point Tne Dying Year. out that she bad much money of ber Is dying away like lb Tbe most year cm success him for arwn, tbst sound lbs wind passes ovel of bells; wss an grew err soon, snd that it tbe stsbble and finds nothing to ml hope she would wsW for blm. She knew these things as sue move; only the red berries of tb m ss If they wools' He bad Slender tre knew thst he tnred her. os of remind fain there something cheerful to ber answer her no made was none. Hr statement killed even and the measured beat of the thresh the tbooeht that sb wss blag co- er a flail calle p tbe (bought thst Ii erced. If she bad only left It poset- tbe dry aa4 fallen year lies much ol tie for blm to tblak beautifully of I tbe noflrtshment of life Ooetba s " -" her. Nothing else mattered oulta at much aa that. And yet he did think beautifully of her In spite of every thing, though he could not but think In the terms of her own statement last. But It was "all In the game." A man, must laugh at those things, what ever the laugh did to him. He was facing another year today, that was all, and her marriage to the other man took place that night. A black cat came out of the corner, washing Ha face In the center of the room. A homeless kitten, It had appeared the first day she had come, stealing la the door at the time of her departure. He had kept it aa an omen of rood luck and more. That was something like nine months ago. tf BUch time could ever be reckoned by calendar. She had told him then that she was a model, but had refused to pose for him without drapes. Who she really was he had found out weeks later. It was too late then, for he had fallen In love with her. There waa a knock at the door, and he went to open it. Stanton, the editor of a powerful weekly, entered. He stalked around the room as one with something to unload, and, at length, flinging himself on the couch, proceed ed brusquely: Hastings, you're an awful ass, and because It was New Year's I dropped In to tell you about It. Ten weeks ago your picture won highest honors at the London exhibit. Two weeks later you repeated in the Metropolitan with another picture. But you have not been acting like a successful man. but to the regret of your friends, like sloth aud a fool. A couple of the boys have seen you beastly drunk. You have shut yourself away from everyone and everything. You are be ing reviewed by every Important Journal In the country, and yet you mope around as though you were your own lackey. There are one or two of us have begun to think It Is a woman. We do not know of any woman but that cussed portrait Is always sitting there. And I do believe the thing lives." "It is Hastings laughed a little. purely fanciful," be said, "not really a portrait. And, of course, it is absurd to think, of a woman in the matter. 1 suppose that I have not been quite ell. Let us have a drink, because It's New Year." "Ill be banged If I will, Hastings. I believe you have been drinking too much. I have got to go now. I just turned in for a minute. But do not forget what I have aald." "I will not forget. Stanton; and thanks for your interest. We cannot sometimes explain ourselves to our selves." After Stanton bad gone be took out bis watch. It waa five o'clock, and she was to be married at nine. He ould alt in the rocker and go to He would waken probably aleep. about about twelve and know that it waa all over. He would bave a sand wich flrst and put the decanter of claret beside him. Claret alwaya bad a tendency to make blm sleep, particu larly if be put a little sugar In It Ha did these things, but It took blm hours to drowse off, and only after be bad turned tbe portrait on the easel. It aeemed but a minute bad passed when be awoke. Of course be knew that be was not awake, that be was dreltalng. Someone was weeping soft ly cn bis shoulder, caressing bis balr. Only one woman on earth bad that aroma of person. If anywhere in tbe world be found one of ber balrs and touched bla cheek with It be would tave known to whom It belonged. Then ber eyea, penitent, and wet with I tears, came around, slowly meeting bis. I With a start be realised that be was awake. He held ber. looking at ber as something to msrvel at She ex plained It all In a whispered breath. "I could not do It Paul." aha aald. "I ran away from them, from them alL Will you will you marry me now, dear tonight V He looked and aaw that aba wore a. wedding gown. There never was a minute when 1 would not" be replied. San Ftanclsco - .. lllf -v lit SOMEWHAT OfeOLIXYEAR tm 4HARLOWEA DANinAII i w y ' tbu HOVT i v ha- - f W I '4 A Aaown tne patnway oima yeas, neath nis pacr or joys ana woes. Of Junetldo smiles and April tears, Across the fields with snowdrift white. Year passes on tonight. htm- - 0 if let hirtvtfo. His He was a goodly Year So let us toast him, every one, And bid the we rer "God- Old Year, a final hea to you I You were a comrac tried ELL. more-expensiv- Piles Kefleved by First Application udm Andeumd In 610 by PAZO OINTMENT, tti universal remedy lor all forma of t'Uaa, Di nggiftu set und luouey it it fails, 90a A frenzied financier Is one who earns hia money by the weat of other men's brows. Not Satisfactory. kissed me for the firs lme last evening.'' He told me It was tbe last time." 'George Her Advantage. Women can't fool roe. I can mak every one of them show her band." "How do you manage It?" "I'm a glove fitter." Incredible. 'Nero fiddled while Rome bumed." 'I don't believe It," replied the mt who likes to disagree. "No violinist with Nero's political pull would have permitted a pyrotechnic display to go on as a rlvaf performance." Make the Liver Do its Duty HE Old Year goes. The New . . ceiore tne aoor ana It may be easier to coax a woman than to drive her, but it's a lot d VIE watched him grow. ThdswtnterUrne W Ebbed Into oprtntf.- and surnhven then We saw him pulse with virile pride i When autumn fields were ripe again. And now, we view him at the last. NiODed by December's chilling bust. j TI When all others fall to pleasa Try Oenison'a Coffee, v Mother's Errand. "Is your mamma at home?" asked av caller of Lola, who an HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES swered the bell. "No, ma'am," answered the siusIV With Cutlcura, the Quick, Sure nd miss. "She went out to get some Easy Way. Trial Free time." 'To get some time!" echoed the Bathe with Cutlcura Soap, dry And apply the Ointment. They stop itch' caller. 'Yes. ma'am," replied Lola. "Sh ing Instantly, clear away pimples. over to one of blackheads, redness and roughness, re said stio was going move dandruff and sculp irritation, the neighbors for a minute." heal red. rough and sore bands as well as most baby skin troubles. Why Is Castor Oil, Anyway? Free sample each by mall with Book. Mary Catherine, three, hud been told Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L, that Gnii made everything. She had also been taught that (!od likes everyBoston. Sold everywhere. Adv. one. One day she cried, coaxed an. I Worked Both Wsys. .pleaded to avoid a dose of roedirlno. It was the morning after a hard Having to take it, however, she Iookel raliiMorra and the roof had leaked. up with a tearful and dubious expresWife Henry, you reallvniust have sion as she wryly wiped her mouthy tb landlord come and see for blui and asked: self the damage the rain did to our "Mamma, if God likes little girls, celling. hy did ho make castor oil?" Cleve Hub I can't without letting him see land Leader. the damage the children bave dene to tbe rest of the bouite. T I George McBeuii, a Jamaica negro, eeventy-flvyears old, a sailor for 61 years and still an active and able Bos- man, veteran of a thousand storms and a score of shipwrecks, has been telling the Philadelphia Public Ledger how to void illness and attain old age with out losing an ounce of the strength of youth. Here Is George's recipe: "Eat as much as you like, whenever you desire. "Eat whatever you like. "Sleep whenever you feel sleepy. No particular hours are necessary. "Just live like you want to." There is no doubt that George has the right Idea. Youth at loast until Implacable age has broken it of Its desire believes In eating as much aa It likes, whenever it likes, and in sleeping when It feels sleepy. But by tbe time one ia more or lens able to "Jubt live like he warts to" a lifetime of training in the opposite direction holds up Inhibitory hands and robs his libertr of its savor. George Is an example but he per haps owes more than he realizes to tbe belaying pin and the rope's end, both of which alda to good habits were In their prime when his habits were forming. Knickerbocker Press. e HE New Year comas. The Old Year goes iLVEMONTrl'pasfwe welcomed ew Yaer he, one year ego. now nts eye is wean, ana arm. tters on with footstep slow omplaining on the breeze. of the trees,. Qomes Nothing Jolts a smart man so biuret as being beaten at his own game. 6turdy Veteran'a Recipe for Long Life All Right, but for Certain Strong Considerations. .NEW r?nn W HARD TO FOLLOW Free Advertising. "Have you a publicity stall?" Nine times in ten when the liver If "1 used to maintain one," answered the stfjmach and bowels are right. right the prominent railroad president, "but LITTLE CARTER'S hete Of late the government bits kept UVER PILLS me so much in the public eyo tbst contrive to get on the front pire of gen U y but fi rml y com pel a lazy bver 10 ir.nDTFBU newspapers every day or two without do its any ollcittlon whatever." Cures Co-- . we Ho. bring him in with welcor The Year Is dead I Long . stipatioa, la Hair bat Tlra4 Evas difasbon. older than wa ara. Keep Sick you will look youns". W your Eyas rounu and rfSSf After the Movlra Murine Tour Kyea. Dun t Haadacha.' t"ll your ae. Murine ! ye Hemedy Co. snd DUtreaa After Eatiag. Wot Ormr make us look gappS Slew gipn Hrm Tmr with Si SKOtnd to OMM Tha foQowtr Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your deeds. Sirsngth enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Qrace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Chanty enough that shall see some rood ia your neighbor. Cheerfulness enough that shall make others glad. Love enough that shall move you to be useful and hslpful to others. Faith that shall make real the things of God. And hope that shall remove a9 anxious fears concerning the future. youngest boy of tbe battalion enters, dressed ss the high chief of snclent Ross, to represent the New Tear. Tbe colonel shakes hands with tbe boy, while the band strikes tip. "A Guid New Year to Ana and A'. After the colonel'a greeting to the battalion the national anthem la played and the men fall out When the World'! All Nsw. la the same old world that we greeted on New Tear'a morning. But somehow It looked so different Tbe It Chicago, Brads Kye Hook on reuasU ftaSBBSkS) r I ' SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL VKICX. Genuine must bear Signature. Ons Man's Wisdom. She What do you think of that singer's high note? Said He t can't Indorse It Bald CaMi To Prevent tbe Orlp ma caa. I 1 promo Oalnin r !! Grip "Hraano ao o B hra la anly aaa boa. W. CKOVfc, S Itauuaa." hiuIik ea ac Every dog has bis day, but. like men, they always want more. dividing line between Isst Silent watches of the night are yesr and this bss made possible a those we forget to wind. new angle of vision. The grip of old passions seems to bsve lost Its bold Whan all others fall to please snd a new purpose, partly old, partly Try Oenison'a Coffee. A gennew, throbs for recognition. tleness appears In fares thought to An IgTiorxnt man la unually Ignoiant be bard and cynical. Happiness of the fact that be la Ignorant. sparkles In tbe eyes of sad snd lonely folk. A sort of Introduction Is needed to oneself. For the dawn of the new year makes possible a fresh stproblems, uck on the te-wcarmother sttempt to produce ths best Instesd of the good, and a new walk Content, is FloM Drachma CEREMONY down of human experience QUAINT SOLDIER where one may be a eood Samaritan How Crack Scotch Regiment, the Ssa- - with no eye but bis to see snd understand. The world Is all new on forth Highlanders, Ushers In New Year's morning my world, ths New Yssr. your world, our world to make over " no1 ; Ralph Welles The Beafortb Hlghlandera. one of for the Kingdom. Scotland'a crack regiroente now at the Keel or. front bave one of the most peculiar A NEW YEAR'S PRAYER. New Tear's eve customs of the whole British army. The ceremony Is pictiflp me reach Ibat Mti-- r plane turesque and Imposing. AUmoi.-- .i ir.H ci.nt. Above all anrrlM. awtnah Hrlfal On tbe night of Hogmanay, at about AVrtfcfnWc Prr.imlkmfcrA-ainulntin- ti m a pure Ufa to attain. Hlp 10:J0 o'clock, the regiment assem- Knr count tba rout, nrr heed the rxilfi, tlx rondsnd RrtHiLs-F.'" bles In the bsrrark square. A few liar. though t loava thla liim ltr Momarfi. and Ikavr is of haarMa I cata. minutes Ister tbe oldest Midler In the While Ood's rlaar Hntrah . Orover C. Clark. battalion, dressed as a Druid, makes bis sppnaranos. to the accompani' Musician's rnMnoIrs I)iCfsliort,UnTffiiK Sally. ment of a flourish of trumpets. As Victor Herbert tells this story of nr nnJ Rr M Onlflift nrirhrr cending tbe Improving throne, be two fsmous musicians: opi"m.Mrpi'i" nor Xuirrnlj calls on tbe veterans to show their "Do Parti man n and Ooldmark onca lVrrr N'aiicutic. of achievements and uniforms bygone met In rront of tbe tatter's Vienna Jbaarar-lasna OritMUimrtM times. To tbe music of the pipes home. Gofdmsrk wss a most Aavia.W' brass band veteran after veteran, arold chap, and, aa everybody At SaaaM 1 aWiia Solum I rayed In the uniforms worn by the reg knows, a writer of exceptionally brilIment at different periods, msrehes liant and melodlons music, but bis psst and salutes the Druid. Tbe Druid one grest fault wss bis overwhelming 1 llmrtfmd Smur Uin toasts The geaforth Highland conceit As De Psrhmann and Ooldia.a.aj llrmf era." mark walked swsy from tbe composA fn rwd Rrmdy rorCajra-TTrSAftrfT a displi.y of Highland dancing er's bouse the pianist pointed backlion, wir kmvta.PirirriBK, the alarm Is sounded, snd the second ward and ssld: Worms. rewrihiaf snd oldest soldier, arrayed aa Father Time, "Tbst modest little edifice will be IrOSSOFSlEEP, The veterans then re- signally distinguished some asy after approscheo. treat leaving their honors to be guard yon are dead.' Manila-- 5fiiwlirv of ' fat ed by their successors, and Father "'Indeed!' said Ooldmark. " 'Yes." continued Do rarhmsnn, Time etpels the Druid. TMt Csktmir Cfnewrr. At the last stroke of midnight a 'they will decorate It with a tablet' " 'And wbst do yon suppose they loud knock Is beard st the ft'e sod NP,W T)T?K. owt rings tbe sentry's challenge: will say on the tablet?" asked tbe oompoaer. esgerly. Halt! Who gres theref "Tbe New Tear!" comes back tbe "To let! replied D rochmsen." answer. Philadelphia Ledger. "Advanoe, New Tear, and give the The anre of friendship Is'sntiro-neas- . is lbs next commsnd. ewostersign!' taaa-Cm WrutH -a tntsl magnanimity and trsst Psss, New Tear; alls well!" Emerson. Tbe cat to then opened and the Invisible BLACK LOSUS SURflT rttVDITl sa rtl,t: Mm av Phi St CofWa fcrlfH rrmh. pi.r. mj t Waatara m ijan vo MHT ImI HT4f Mftta toit. W M WrV 10 MOM ,f1 , l Mica em, - . Slaaatoa etna 4 a ttm V an? taw,, tout Cwnea wt, Vfe , IS fcniHa at Cuti errtar4a la ffta, 9upm In raaaiaaa aaa earnaa aafy. fmrI flf ta aatfar , lpt aa Cattar'a. 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