| Show I Tones rones f eJ and nd J JAN IHal HalfTones r ones AN OCTOBER ETCHING TINY village midst the mountain A high A clump of birches with leaves A crystal stream that rushes madly by A deep fir forest where the low grieves Above the peaks a glimpse of or deep sky sk A mountain road an old deserted mill A stretch of or meadow and some same hay ha stacks nigh A low log cottage standing by a rill nil Surrounded by the spreading apple trees S And lordly firs standing stuDding serene and still sUllo by the gentle mountain breeze A bunch of ot cattle on a neighboring hill hiU A patch of at flowers still musical with wItt withA bees beesA s A hunter leaning on his gun at ease A Touch of Nature The Th other afternoon a well dressed middle aged stranger boarded a Second South Smith street car In his hand was a a L bunch of or flowers the choicest the florist could get together and which he held I with the greatest care At Mount Moun 1 Olivet he left the car and hunting up ur P the sexton made his way to the farther side of pf the grounds Baring his head he placed the flowers upon the grave of a a man who had slept beneath the mound moun I j for several yrs years but to whose last lust rest j I Ing place thre th re Is seldom a pilgrimage He Ho stood beside the grave for some someI I time with his hands clasped and his hi head bowed then with a sigh turned turne I and made his way wa back to the entrance Do you wish to leave any instructions instruction 5 about the grave graveT the sexon asked He i seems to have been a stranger here No let him rest neat was the answer Vas Was he a relative of yours again I the sexton ventured vent red He was neither relative nor friend said the stranger but the deadliest I enemy I ever had In all the worlds worlO Ho He i injured me rae as no other man could The Tho sexton ei asked no further tl questions SU SUIng S but his eyes expressed his wonder wander See Ing lug this the stranger continued 1 I told him when I saw him last that thai I would cross cr ts continents to stand by his hi S grave and gloat over his downfall Sev Several Several eral years ears ago I heard he was dead anc am and I burled buried here This is the first time I have I been In Salt Lake and I came hero her to te tesee see the spot But time has hag learnt me mea mea mea a lesson Life is too full of resentments resentment and sorrow to carry carr hate beyond the thi I grave grae Instead of or curses I have brought I flowers Tho The females In the Spokane county count Jal Jail I hav the commissioners f fOr r a i piano iano to aid them In passing the time tim away way They did not state In their pet peti petition tion on whether they wanted a baby grand gran S Sor or r an upright |
