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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER JUST A DESERT EPISODE By GLEN D. HURST . HE setting for the last chapter in the life of Old Man Murphy was the heart of the Nevada desert; the time the exhil- arating but turbulent spring season of T I I Late one qftemoon Murphy sat with the gun across his knees guarding his claim. Away in the distance along the route of one of the new trails there appeared a gang of workmen. His attention was attracted by the line of telegraph poles they were erecting. That evening he sat long in the darkness musing intently, and the next morning he put away the gun, fastened his cabin door, and skirting the camp was soon tramping at his best pace through the sand toward the line of poles. He spent the day trailing along with the construction gaDg, a new Murphy came back to the caf)in that evening. The prospectors had taken advantage of his absence to replace the mon- ument ftad destroyed, the year 190 . The old man stood in the door of his cabin on the side of a rugged desert range, and in troubled spirit he he raused when he saw what had been gazed at a group of strangers moving done. He scrawled a few lines to the about in apparent excitement on the boys, telling them they would bo d porphyry foothills that I bothered no more and to go on with him between and the gray, parched tbeir work, and placed the note where lay flat in the deceptive distance. It was they WOUld easily find it. only at long intervals during more I As regularly and persistently as he than a generation since the old man bad stayed on guard duty during the had lived alone in that cabin that any I preceding days, Murphy now followed one had disturbed his solitude, and aiong With the line builders, watching this sudden Invasion he resented. He I every movement of the construction y bad prospected and mined in a esul- - Work. He stepped off the distance st- way for so many years unm tween the poles, observed the number ed that he felt a sort of proprietorsnip set each day. and in the twilight, in In the surrounding country. bis cabin, he figured the number of The time was when he welcomed days ti!1 camp would be reached. Each his fellows to the desert domain, but evening he checked off the days prog-I- t was now long past. When he io- - rejS chuckling happily to himself if cated the "Atlantic Cable and Nova I t,e work had gone better than usual Scotia silver lode claims he felt that or feeling depressed if some accident his long search 'for riches had been j,ad been the cause of delay Under the stimulus of I successful. .jie Iagt strand of wire was strung, visions of wealth his mind's eye saw I Tle cjick Gf tbe sounder as the key swarms of treasure seekers burrowing cIosP(J tId the initiated that all was In the hills about him and his own I finished. The operator was taking his claims yielding bonanza. Then it was. place at the table when Old Man Mur-h- e Invited the whole world to share phy pushed through the crowd that his discovery and good fortune. How- - fiiJed the nevv oHjce and leaning over ever, the small silver ledge attracted the operator uttered an appeal that little attention and the district was wa3 backed by the longing of his deserted except for Murphy, who whole soul. worked his own vein and never guessed j jjoyt jet me send the first one? the real secret of the hills over which "The operator stared at the flushed he prowled. face incredulously, then Into the deep-seThe years went by and Old Man now brilliant, appealing eyes Murphy, growing more grizzled and Scarcely know ing why, he answered bent, became morose and cared less the old rnan by- - stepping back. Murand less for the society of his kind. phy flung himself Into the operators As a young man he had left friends seat and placed his fingers on the and family behind and joined the for- transmission key. The dispatch to be . western tune hunters In the far-osent first lay open before him. It read: desert. Then he had every hope of Crosscut on Balloon hill claim returning soon with wealth abundant. asHU failure galled his pride. The opened up four feet of high-grad- e Withdraw thousands. Into a the atone created of saying brooding years strange antagonism toward contact offer for sale. with tils fellows. and an uncertain With hesitation man watched In alienee "end Old Man Murphy commenced : old the on below hills the mt the activity .. OTVC of tvu I I I light-colore- I be-tor- I I t, ff OKe KT1 Wil rHEN andjp&V CABINET (. The 1925. Western Newspaper Union.) Humo BONNER. AVARY' GRAHAA NlWAfll -- reward of a thing well done is to have it done. Emerson. It Is better to try to do something and fail than to try to do nothing and succeed. GOOD THINGS TO EAT ,11 COfVUGHT T VtSTLKN UNION MR. RED FOX Summery desserts appeal at this Ice cream and frozen dishes lead in favor, though many puddings are very season. popular. Plum Here in the zoo, said Mr. Red Pox, they think we must ail sleep at night and be awake in the daytime. They like to have us all do the same thing, that is, they dont want us to eat the same food, but they like us to have certain hours for doing this and that, and those hours arent always the ones we would choose if we .could. Now. when I was free, and if I were free now, I would go out every night. I would hunt and get a good HER INSPIRATION NEEDED A BETTER EXCUSE Pudding Cover Jelly. half a box of breakfast and dinner and supper. But gelatin with one-ha- I would get all of these during the of cupful cold water and let stand for half an night. Now Im supposed to be asleep, but hour. Chop one cupful of raisins, add many nights I dream of the h of a cupful each of currants oh, how I rested and of the nights when days and sliced citron. Cover the fruit with when to hunt and roam, roam I used a tablespoonful of orange juice. Scald and hunt. two cupfuls of milk, add one cupful of I hardly ever used to come home an Melt dissolved. sugar, stir until before the morning so I was really up ounce of chocolate or cocoa over hot in time for breakfast. Yes, I was In water, add to the scalded milk with the lots of time for breakfast, anyone gelatin which lias been dissolved over might say. hot water. Strain into the milk and Now that the weather is not quite remove from the fire. Let the pudding so hot and before so very, very long, stand until It begins to thicken before the snow will be here, I keep flunking adding the fruit. Stir it in gently un- of the nights I used to go over the Turn into a mold and snow in the winter, trying to make my til put away to harden. tracks puzzle those who would follow. Frozen Pudding. Scald one cupful That Here I dont make tracks. cupfuls is, I dont get a chance to hunt and of milk, add one and one-hal- f of sugar, and stir until dissolved. Mix run and play and get the meals. It one tablespoonful of cornstarch witli a doesnt matter how I run along and little cold milk, add the beaten yolk whether my back feet go in the marks of an egg, add to the milk and cook of my front feet, so as to make my of an hour, stirtracks look single, or not. fully three-quartefire the from Take Who cares In the zoo whether I am ring occasionally. and add a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful two footed or four footed and so who of vanilla, one cupful of chopped rai- cares about tracks? One doesnt have h cupful of nuts. to be smart In a zoo. One doesnt have sins, and When cold add one cupful of preserved to fool people and always be on the peaches or other fruit, and a- pint of lookout for oneself. whipped cream ; freeze. Half a box No, In the zoo, one can be as stupid of gelatin may be used In place of the as stupid can be, and one will get cornstarch. along Just as well. But out In the Time. great world one has to be smart and Pickling clever and think up tricks to fool the a Pickles of various kinds occupy " enemy. If omitted menus and place In many Yes, Its good to think of those wonthe lack Is felt. use derful nights I had when I was free, A moderate of pickles and and though I'm safer here, Im glad the spent where condiments for first part of my lifeI was in order to knew to wliat show I had the average adult I . la healthful and get along I am going to tell now of a naradds to ofthemore rowBut escape I once had. Of course you wholesome tuole. lf Theatrical Manager Your Inst net was magnificent, Miss de Fleur. Your suffering was almost real. Leading Lady It was. Ive got a large nail in my shoe. for Theatrical Manager Well, heavens sake leave It In until the end of the run! Passing Show (London). A jury was being qualified. A salesman from Ilunk Center spoke up. Your honor, I dont think Im fltten fer to he a juryman. Why not? I aint road all the laws of this kentry." Neither have I," said the Judge Louisville Courier-JournaYoull do. Justice Tempered With Mercy Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, began the attorney for the defense, can you look upon the prisoners face and not take pity on her?" And all six of the ladles on the Jury did take pity on her and offered her their cosmetics. Western Christian l. one-fourt- well-inixe- Scraps of Iium6 Same Old Thing tear-staine- d Doolittle was unquestionably the kindest hearted man In town; also the laziest. ' Dearie, lie told his wife, when I pass away I shall leave everything to Advocate. you. d. rs one-fourt- been doing ever she snapped back. Itehoboth Sunday Herald. Bird Life Thats what youve since we married, Never lived in the suburbs before?" Never. Youll enjoy the bird life on the This Is a house for the bluebirds. And yesterday I saw a cuckoo, on the lot. Good, Ill hang out an old clock. Had Enough of ,T hose place. The landlord had at last agreed to repaper several of the rooms. What kind of paper would you like?" he Insomething 'with large figquired; ures?" Decidedly not, answered the tenant. They would be a constant reminder of the rent I have to pay. Toothpick Room? Smith Here are the plans for my new house. Here is the dining room and heres the breakfast room That Was That John, it is bad form to court a Why dont girl on a park bench. you court the young lady in her mne?" No - chance. There daughters In her family. are I WAS NOT MAKING OUT eight PI SC A TORIAL ARITHMETIC - nt Jones Wheres the sandwich and a glass of milk room? ! flow Kfun tllarlnar A r |