Show InW4kfl 1iaboflt I H P Gabbert traveling salesman for a locul grocery firm did not spend his vacation vaca-tion this year wltn Rahcher Iurphy In Lost Crerk canyon Ho hail arranged for a trip to thc ranch of the farmer but I Murphy wouldnt stand for IiI I Ii-I have been spending my vacations these for the last live years said Mr Gnijbcrl and was very much disappointed disappoint-ed ut his refusal to let mo visit him this year 1 had line times out there in the mountains fishing < hunting and taking it I easy Everything went along fine and 1 was on tho boat of terms with ahuphy urul his family until last summer The day I ai rived there lust summer two pigs which had been healing In the yuul declared war un each otlnr uiul at orijc be an hostilities rise lmltllng pigs no frightened a yuarln steer that he started wllileyil lovn the rand A JHtlo bOn of MniphyH had taken an alii work horse to the crock to wulur and was com lug 1 buck along the road when the steer came on a Htanipidc In an opposite > direction direc-tion The hors didnt look much like he would scure hut 1m Joined In the raco with tho steer down Uio load Thu little boy was thrown olT anti when he found him Was uuftarlnic Intensely wIthll I broken leg 1111 he goldruncd wild Rancher Mur Pliy I ItK nlth onu twenty year Ive i Juried that plug and I never heard of him wanting to run cfor That afternoon 1 started out to do my iirht Hushing of thc > soaaon I dldn want 10 use a il y HO I Bjirtud out to the Held I whpjc they VLti ploughing to catch some UiKli woiniH A hliod man was using one of She runiliers bust ICHRIB breaking1 up a WliJal llild Just before J ifacbed tho I joviKli 1 ativ n little ball faatincd to a i Uiiiii of vicU 1 piiktd It with my rot Uli liiHtantly a warm of fronxlcd lint lets iaiie ImmliiK out Into the air Tile luan ami l the plough hiippenod along just cH that time and thr hornets got buoy iht hnrso dtiKhod wildly acrosiii the Held llrilBliiK tin plough bfblnd The man rout I YiIlutg to the creek and jumped In Ht I I wall u arly dro ncil before he was rc cijoa and va compelled > to take to his bed Ill be Goldurrod said Rancher Mur phi its nIgh Into twenty year Ive t IdlOulsei thut Held and 1 aJnt never run 4 Into no honietsj before flu next day I 1 started out bright and carh to do sam real Hnhing 1 fished ui tub strcam < until nearly noon and had oaUth1 iscvira1 baaketu full of four unc trout 1 decided that t 1 had CMIIth to nail JL while and went out or thlJ Ixnik to eat my lunch and drink tim Cl1l1tClltx i of a tin y husk l of mineral wate i WhiCh 1 hurt brought along 1 huu finished my lunch and wan just ibottt to take a 1 short siesta when I was aroused by a deep rumbling noise or rour Looking around I saw a hupe bull on thp bmle > Just above me lie wag bellowing like a foghoi and was tossing the dirt high above his head He throw his head from side to sldll us his eyes glared susanne bigly 1 In my direction I Immediately de Idcd that It was to the tall timbers with me up a tree I climbed na nimbly as possible just In time to avoid the lush of the aiiEcred bull There was no one insight In-sight and ho stood under that trco toss Inc dirt over his bend and roaring until nearly dark About that lime a son of Rancher Murphys who had boon putting II ip busy in another Held came along with a pitchfork over his shoulder Seeing my predicament and wanting to aasha his uthcrs guest he at once attacked the bull with the pltchforlc lie was compelled to put out the eyes 01 f Mr Bull before hue fight was over The animal was practically useless after that 11 bo Goldurncd said Jlanchtr Mur Jlhy hen wo hud told him about the tn ounter on rcfiohliiK home Its nigh onlo wenty year that I owned that old bull and I aint never heard of him wanting a IIl irht t befoio Ills I I vlff nun dautrhlors v nlC preparing upper while wo slut out In front talking nuui > nh nc livuid a stream nnd on main tn to Ibm I > nnr I of tin t houso to learn the cause found that one oC his daughters had alien III the well She had caught hold or a ron < In fall hit however nod was anplng suspended ibove the water When we pulled hor out she told us I that tho lank abovii the well bad broken by l her weight wlien she started to raise a bucket o f water Ill be KOldurucd said Ba aches Mur play its nlh onto twenty year that Ive 1 lived horo and I aint never heard of no batty failing in that wulKbcfori1 The next day I was called homo by a telegram from 11 y firm I was rather glad of It for things hadnt gone as moothly as I would have liked Rancher Murphy and his family bid < mo farewell as politely liS ever but 1 was ratlmr hurt that I they i Idnt ask me hack I i didnt think much boiU it though hollrvijuv It merely an vcrsight nn tlnir art Tho firm wanted me to take n u trip Iwrk l JJn t ami I wasnt tibIa to spend UK rest of my vacation In Jot Cicek canyon that l year My vacation this year began 1 last week r had been looking forward all Mimmei I to a fishing tup to Lost deck and imvor louyht nl goIng aii > where except to LnnchfT Munliys I started out last iucdty and Venchcd there t Vcdnosday 1 nuntdiately Fciurtd a rig and started out to the rancher < I was driving leisurely alone the road when r sass hugo hog wallowing by the ondside Thcro was another buggy com lug from the opposite dlicctlon The hog ookid so infernally liry and brazenly impudent im-pudent that I took a vlrnck at him with ly whip With I a loud grunt and snort ho leaped up and started manly down the road Tho horse which was being driven from the other direction shied at the hop which came dashing at him and turned the buggy Into a ditch The driver was brown out and dragged for a short dlb unuc I at once went to the mans assistance aunt imagine my utuprlhc to see that it was Rancher Murphy Ills face was all skinned up and one eye was closed In the ccldent Ill be EOldurncd he said as soon asp as-p recognized me its you Is It Its nigh onto twenty year that Ive lived out lucre and r aint never had no bad luck I WI last summer when you came All my beep were froze last winter and everv thIng has gone wrong since you came You are sure my hoodoo and my wife wears she will leave mc if ever vou ciome back there again For Gods sake go horne a Abe Hopper was an old Salt Lake character who will be remembered by i lany for hlsi easy business ways and his unfailing good nature He ran a black mlthing and carriage shop here and was a 1 very line workman himself One time ic was sick l and called In a friend to bali him with his books The friend is snails dlcal to a degree and what he found was I chaos The old man had little notion I of how to keep books For < example one entry en-try run Man with a white liorse i Woman with a bay mare and a loose Ire 2 He thought hard when asked who they were but he finally ijave it up The next was after all the bills reedy able hud been gone over and the friend asked for the accounts payable to which the old man replied I Why I don t keep them The other fel low knows what 1owo him One day he wan at dinner with this same riend at the time being convalescent from an Illness He wan dressed in a right i 1 I striped blazer rather Incongruous wIth his general appearance and he was talkative Ills voice suenried to come hrough his nosu and ho was guerulous There was also a minister oC the Pres jytcrlin church at the dinner IL was Saturday and the time of year when trout bite hard Old Hopper I looked up and said Tomorrow the laws up on trout and I rjuess I oughter go If 1 dont all the kids In Christendom will bo thcro with pins and worms But I sposc Ill have to stay homo and let them go 1 don t know as It vlll hurt urn much to stay away from Sunday school anyway How do you know o h1 Inquired the I rcuchcr did you ever go to Sunday school schoolo No sir I never l came the sturdy answer an-swer fell then you doss I know said the man of the cloth with u smile VchI anyway replied the old blacksmith black-smith wheie Ignorance Is blisj It Is illstftr to he wise That bioko up the discussion but Hopper Hop-per did not go after trout 3 S Vhen the Washington news writers wore here some of them had sauna fun on he I side Incidentally entertaining the natives na-tives One of them Little Is his last lame one night walked along Main street laving I 1 two or maybo three drinks under his waistcoat He was con frtuhle nnd at peace with the world when the Salvation Army tambourine girl started o solo She passed the hat and when she came to Lit tie be gave her a fiuarter and nald If youll slug that song again Ill 1 give you n dollar That was < asv money thought the girl 01 perhaps slit ncrrtcd It badly At any Ill to she sung the solo all over and he paid her the dollar ayinp Do It ngiiin and Ill 1 give you another dollar It was too much of a cinch tho girl thought and rather suspcctol l that she wouldnt yet the second plunk but she Hlnrtid bravely and t wound up on high h A wllh 1 some to spate Bho got her coin and Little said Now slntf It again asia Ill puss LIla halo filer was a bIg crowd on hand < by that time and tho girl of the poke bonnet thought hhc saw visions of a big collection collec-tion as never was So she went all through it again hitting the high note well If i a trifll hard Little went through thin crowd and didnt l Get a I cent He looked thoughtfully at the girl a moment and mounting a box began as follows Ladles and gentlemen Ibis la the real thlnir Im auhitmud of the scarcity of coins In that bat Vqii have I nlopd here and heard that Hallelujiiii iasaic sing several sev-eral tlnus a good oldiaahloncd bong that should make you think of home Im com hug around attain while she repeats the song and I want you to bhell out IIe did 10 uutauumsd agaIn unl when he countml cHll his colllctlon he foun he bUll S15 and 0111 ollta fh crowd Just IWlcled 11 little clsllu5lrll1 UIl lucy liked Little o Papa why do you stay out so laic at nIght asked his little motherless daughter daugh-ter the other night Why papa In working dear answered the wary parent Why do you havo to work so much he Iutmcd foU5lteioiiov to buy my pet 1 clothes and toys and food and all aorta of things he went on Hut papa do you havo to stay at the store so Into asked the daughter Sce dearie It IK I necessary and cant bo helped he replied wearily But papn It mal eti your breath smell no bad when you come home shun sighed unconscious thut she had tnuche1 the HO crct of the late houiu and micni headaches head-aches |