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Show TRUTH. ' 1 r 14 ' . ' i' t S':! left ' f, I.: ; ' P Tlie young author seated himself with that, nonchalance which may be expected in one who is introduced by the editor in chief to the mere editor of a dartment. He scratched a match upon the side of my desk it really is mine, and not the establishment's and lighted one of those Egyptiau cigarettes which smell like an early spring bonfire in Maggie Murphy's backyard. What kind of stuff do you want?" he inquired. Id take a good valentine story, said I. At that my visitor assumed a smile suggesting the early stages of seasickness. Oh, I say, said he, in a tone of languid protest, that sort of things played out, dont you think? Who cares about valentines? Theres no romance in them any more. In society, if people notice the day at all, they send flowers, not picture cards." Our circulation exceeds 400, said L We have outgrown society. Give us something about young men and women. The talented author blew a green Egyptian cloud into the air and slowly shook his head. Were going to have a lot of valentine stuff in the issue of Feb. 13," said I, and most of it is rattling good, but, of course, if it doesnt appeal to you He shook his head very sadly and ; . i V irf'-f.' ( , II: v-'f.- i i i ;- i. t, - . 1 V ' I I . Jj I t . , - r muttered : Good Lord!" what's the matter? I In- Valentine stories! .Why, quired. said he. I try to to life; to write the keep pretty close thing that is, and not the dream. Do I make myself clear? Well, such being the case let me ask you one question. In the last ten years have you known or heard of any human creature who has attached any serious importance to a valentine or had any really romantic adventure connected with one? Yes, sir, I have, said L He shook his head slowly and sadly. I could have cuffed him for that insolence, and yet his question, his method of getting at the matter, appealed to me. I will spin you a little yarn, said I; a true yarn, and not a bad one. Delighted, said he, lying back in his chair and closing his eyes. This happened to a fellow named 7ones, said I. He was a newspaper correspondent in the Philippines, He had been out there six months and hadnt had a letter from a girl. Particular girl? queried Breck. There was a Any girl, I replied. so very particular particular girl; not ' either, and yet hed have been mighty glad if she had remembered him on the other side of the world. Most fellows, of course, would have found a romance of some kind suited to their individual tastes anl fancies out there, but Jones didnt have the luck. Hed been brought up in a little sociable city where everybody knew everybody else, and though he no longer had any close relatives there very few, in Now look here, f c v f v a n tc hi cc d cr dr su rli Ai at th ly the the old . deed, on earth there were his friends, including some very nice girls, whom he had traveled a hundred miles out of his way to say good-b- y to just before leaving his native land. Theyd all promised to write to him Including the girl, said Breck. Yes, said I, and the fact is that a considerable package of mail for him, sent through the publishers whom he represented, and tardily forwarded, had gone to tne bottom of the Pacific ocean, but he didnt know that.. In Manila he met a young fellow named George Templeton, from the same town as himself. Templeton was a sergeant of volunteers, and a homesick soldier if ever there was on 3. He excited Jones sympathy, which became acute when Jones learntd that there was a girl at home who had stopped writing to Templeton for an unknown reason. Templeton was not naturally sensitive, but the experience had made him so. He told his secret grudgingly because it was forced out of him, but he never revealed the name of the girl. In the latter part of January Templetons company was sent up into the interior to a little, forsaken village where there was a peck of trouble. A mail steamer came in the day before the detachment marched, but it brought no letter to Templeton. The poor fellow revealed this misfortune to Jones with tears in his eyes. He seemed to think that this was his last chance. A few days later Jones learned entirely by accident that a letter for Templeton had really come on the steamer and liad been delivered by mistake to a surgeon of the same surname. Jones had had it in liis mind to try to get through to this place where the trouble was. He thought he saw a good story in it. He told the surgeon of his intention and was permitted to take the letter. By pulling all kinds of wires he got leave to join a snail party that was going up with dispatches, and the result was that he had adventures enough to fill a book: The party got through alive, but every man of them was wounded, including Jones, who made the last forty miles He found Templeton flat on bis back and raving with fever in a quaint century old church that had been turned into a hospital. The surgeon! in charge told Jones that it was practically all over; the man was as good as dead. Will he be conscious again? asked Jones. And the surgeon said that it was possible. tVhen is it likely to happen? Heaven knows, answered the surgeon. And he sat down on the foot of the bed. Of course they tried to take him away, but he wouldnt go, and as everybody was pretty busy he was presently forgot-ten- . Ill wait, said Jones. Templeton raved and tossed, and he said some things that might go to a feeling mans heart, considering the circumstanqjes, but he mentioned no name. About 3 oclock he became quiet, and from that hour till morn Give it How do you know what . t d. - The Value of a Smile. Delegate Mark Smith of Arizona came Into the house restaurant in C'l ( Washington and joined some congress-mewho were discussing an address recently delivered to an association of dry goods and other clerks on The Commercial Value of a Smile." Mr Smith was asked what he thought oi the matter and he answered: I have Just settled, and my experience leads me to the conclusion that two smiles cost a quarter. - n it is? cei voi Ho on 190 Adi asked the surgeon. Jones could not answer. We ought to open it, said the doe-tor-, PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP in order to communicate with . the writer. Some one might want to know that he got it. He took the envelope out of the dead mans hand and opened it after some hesitation. Dear George, he said in a whisper. Mail this to Frank Jones if you know where he is, and never tell him who sent it. I dont know how to address him, but you can find out. Thats mine, said Jones in a dream. The doctor put the inclosure into his hands. It was in a separate envelope, unaddressed. This is a friendly letter from a mighty fine girl, said the doctor. Id like to take something of this kind with me when I go. He put it back into its envelope and laid it inside the rough woolen shirt which was the dead mans garment. He has delivered your message, little girl, said h and hell never tell who sent it D 190. Consult County Clark or ths signers for further information. A. L. HOPPAUGH, Attorney. Auerbach Building. Et Cr NOTICE. In the District Court, Probate divls- Lake County, State ion, in and for Salt of Utah. In the matter of the estate and guardianship of Derwood Francis Devlin, minor. Notice. The petition of Benjamin Blake,' the guardian of the person and the estate of Derwood Francis Devlin, minor, for confirmation of sale of the following described personal estate, Six thousand two hundred and fifty (6,250) shares of the Caravel Gold A Silver Mining company stock, a corporation, for the sum of (350.00, and upon Cash upon the following terms, confirmation, as appears from the return. of sale, filed in this court, has been set for hearing on Friday, the 20th day of February, A. D. 1903, at 10 ra h In tl to-w- it: slon, i State In tli W. Hu, The Jones oclock a. m., at the county court of said court, has come back to this country, and he house, in the court room Lake county, Salt ' has that valentine a pretty card with in Salt Lake City, : Utah. a little love verse on it, but not a sud of clerk Witness the scrap of writing. He doesnt know (Seal.) court, with the seal thereof afwho sent it, but if he did I think ho fixed, this 4th day of February, A. D. 1903. would find that girl. I feel. quite sure JOHN JAMES, Clerk. that he would find that girl. By J. U. Eldredge, Deputy Clerk. Not bad, as such things go," said So that's the whole story. adminif Hugus, of sale 'dent, a: . . Breck, rising, but conventional. 1 Conventional be beg your par don, said I. Why, the thing is true. I dont see that that helps it any,1 However, thats replied Breck. neither here nor there. Im hard up, and if a valentine storys what you want Ill go home and see what I can do for you. By the way, it wasnt Templetons girl, of course? The one who sent the valentine? Certainly not, I replied. When Jones got back to this country he looked up Templetons affairs a bit to see whether he could do anything for his family and that sort of thing, and he happened to discover that the girl for whose letter he had waited was really waiting for him waiting, as I have faith to believe, very near that rude church in Luzon where the man closed his eyes so happily to open the eyes of his soul next moment in her presence. You mean she had died, said Breck. Precisely," I replied. And Jones hasnt found the one girl who remembered him upon the far side of the world? No, said i, but he will. Breck lighted another of his deadly cigarette. or D. 1 to-w- it: appear cause vt granted necessai real est The wes orthwei lection 1 erldian 'ommen A. L. HOPPAUGH, Attorney. C. M. NIELSEN, Attorney, Constitution Building. rner t ; NOTICE. hence In the District Court, Probate. in and for Salt Lake County, : State of Utah. ofU estate of the matter In the C. Olsen, deceased. t ast 22, place hearii The petition of Martha Olsen pro-infor the issuance to herselfestate a of administration in the g oil-ter- Ole C. Olsen, deceased, has been for hearing on Friday, the 20th day februaryf s o February, A. D. 1903, at Jen JJ A. M., at, the Cpunty Cowi said of the court room VW Lake City, Salt Lake County Witness the J Court with the seal tMJ M., at e court e City : A. D-- . JOHN JAMES, Clerk By J. U. Eldredge, Jr:, for C. M. NIELSEN, Attorney, Smith & Ripley, Attorney Commercial Block. NOTICE TO CREDITOR .T- - n tii C. M. Coi nistratrix C. P ceased. Creditors will underiBeu the to with vouchers I In the Di Qn, in am ate of tJt In the ma ivander, d The petit! tioner. Estate of Emelia j (Seal) By J. u. RIPLEY Jtitioner of affixed, this 2nd February, t 990 - Notice. ri lection DM-aio- - je." las d. con-fidenti- He took the letter and raised It to his breast as he sank back against the pillow. Jones waited, but Templeton did not move. He lay there Bmiling, with the letter on his breast. The man was dead. This is a valentine that some one has sent to him from home, said1 Jones when the surgeon came. think we ought to bury it with him. , - ?. - to me, said Templeton, extending a weak, thin hand. i. - Why cant I write this thin rnJ i you? he inquired. Not for your life, my friend, Raid i ' Why not? he demanded. Because I am Jones, Raid I at present the matter is sacredly an(1 When I have found that I shall write the story myself girl Chicago Record-Heral- down to ing he seemed to bo sinking death. Then he stirred and half raised himself. Hello, Jones, said he. Where did you come from? Ive got a letter for you, George, It came after you was the reply. i f ivander. der of s |