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Show I I 925 11 Provo Gity--Ohristmas Story lRy --1 fl "Ye sir, please make my ticket read OV&the MolVat Itoatl tb Provo, Utah" said a distinguished looking gentleman Id th ticket ilgent in one of the laro Chicago depots. "H's RrcaV route I'm told", he continued. Itwasumlcr-KtooU Itwasumlcr-KtooU from this statement that the gentlcmat had never been over the Modal Hotul. "My name 1 Eber Wadley, If you pleuc." Kber Wadley left the ticket olllco and was fooh directed by a depot porter to tho train which was to carry htm to tho fanLd far-west. Tlie ringing of the 'fogiiP IhjIIh was mnnlo to UU ears. It pleased ym and he could hardly help ' but havo a happy expression on Ills faro, iThoiintlro system of train" nnd de pot bin-liiess was so different to what ho was ueSustomecl to, No European engine hod a bell. While there was consldorablnmistle about tho depots, he was not used to the Amcrlcan'style or rush. Ills Me for a number of years had (been of an English style. Ho had not lived as lotxjn seventeen years ns the Americans had, duo to tho contrasting methods orthe two countries. To sec tho dlHcienco nt this time was a plensure to him. Heated comfortably In a l'nllmnn smoker Wylley enjoyeil tho conv forts airorded by the service on the train. Ho slowlll(ihted u fragrant Hav--x I ., nun and with a feeling of satisfaction in thinking limine was again under the . protection of the Stars and Btrlpes nnd tho thouKlvS of boyhood days came to his mind. Happy wero the thoughts, the boyhood teams wero tho best after all. To think of youth spent in America's Hteiit wftt made the blood go ' warm with Joy In Wndley's V Ins sad the thought atolc'jnto his mind, "Can j i It be that I havo missed tho chance of life by leaving thUjtolr country. Surely P It Is tho chosen land of earth," Thus drcamlngly ho sat pondering over the past. 'And then that dear girl, Fair good nnd kind. Thio she Was young when he saw her last, Y,ot so was he. Could It bo that she im Rtlll alive and still true to the outhf ul vows made when- he luft her y earsligo. " "Ij08etjtion evening press, paper, Blr?" Tho "1'eantt Hatcher" Inter- " runVd tlie pleasant dreams of the past occupying tho mlnO or Wadley. Hv I onught A paper. Thought ho, "Tluwo Amcricun paicrs do hive'a ditrerent np. Vahco to outs." Scanning the headlines carelessly he noticed tho following I ahd smiled', H "Eber Wadley, Junior partner In thd English Tress Sjndicate, passed I through Chicago today on his way to his old homoln tho west,,", Mr. Wadley's trip Is said to bo solely for pleasure, and Is making an ellbrt not to diilne his I Identity. M "While Mr. Wadley has lived In Liverpool and other UnclMi i .for E iUUUcUlUJlljli.ut.U1 umi.uuuiL.iii nut ni.i.ij i uu" j-tuui Ji -'I'.ui'.'r '," B lie was born and raised in tho city of Provo, Utah, and for soiiieeaoii came ffi east. After meeting with discouragement in several of the Urge luslneMi can- tors, he went to New York, where he did his llrt newspaper won, tnklng a I iwsltlon as "devil" on tho Sun. Owing to his general Imiulsltlvenert ho dlssat isllel tho foreman nnd wus released. V H "A short tlmo later he took passage s a coal passer on on oceaujlncr and m landetl on English Hhorcs with but n limited amount of money, Hejb;nlned t u pouition one one of the papers In Liverpool and for years made tuieirbrt to I ' jearn the business. HU American style und unlimited ambition hoonrought I the attention of the mannger of-the paper and lie was promotwl from ufiordin-I ufiordin-I ary "typo" to the position of reporter, In this position he dUtinguUhel him-I him-I self ns the fastest man in the city nnd continued to receive favor fron the I managers of tho paier. He soon took the editorial chair and mado a rnncess, I In this pontlon his fearless exposure of some of the abuses, of the couitry ' I V H 'I brought him fame from all parts of tho IWtNh Kingdom. "Later, through his excellent work, ho become Junior partner In nn Fug-llsh Fug-llsh press syndicate which Is known In all parts of tlie world, The fact that Mr. Wadley Is an American, makes his success especially Interesting." Wadley sat back and blow his cigar smoke nt the window, "Tho prnttle of some cub. lint I remember very well the day I wns 'fired' from that paper," thought ho. "This Is n funny, .funny world. I nm mighty glad thnt I am going out west where I hop that linino will be homo to me." , A-f.41-v pr-eitsyrrwrTHntTrrir?-n-4i'wg-nThTtwr acim. Kadloy went to his tent In the Pullman. J "Seventeen years Is a long time," she thought, as sho rcvlcwednho prigt of a small diary which hod tho appearance of some wear. "JuRtscvcntccn years this fall since Jock left mo. T remember so well tho day he phoned mo to meet him In the new llbrnry which had Just been completed. SVe wero both kids, hut sometimes I think we must have been old for our age. Thau he told mo he wns going nwuy and would never see me again. Ills fattier hod driven him out of thn house because he sold ho thought something ofjW, and Mr. Wndley hated father. I am at least glad that our fathers are friends now. Ho went away; and to think that no one has hoard anything concerning him. "Tonight we went to tho Hex theatre," sho read. And again show-as silent sil-ent In thought. 1 The door bell nnnounced that some one for whom sho had been waiting hod come, and she put the well-worn diary aside and stepped Into thoVorld of the present nnd left tho rculmtf of thought. 1 "Enid," (for that wos her name, Enid Proctor) said Will Leo, "Itfteems so natural to como to your house. You seem just like n sister to ine.lLet's see, how many years havo wo been running nround together? I "Yes, that's right; ever since Juok wont away." f "What makes you think that he will conio back some time? Seeniffto me.you would forget tho-e ohtldlsh notion. Poor Jack is most lllioly aVny froin the trouble of this world or we would have hoard something from him in these many years. 1 "SuppcAe, Enid, tint wo get a lltilu more serious in our frlondsnlpwo know I care only for you " Until warn -I In a Mthgre nf th m :'it. a Iiuh finally slla iio'l UP thai '""'ThTiuIiTvTnrrreauT here again." "ffli "I'll be you roister, Hill." Tho clock In the hall struck eleven, and all was quiet. IBS "My God, pan I believe my eyes," said Wudley to a fellow paswnger lis the train entered the Utuh valley. "And this is the valley In which TspeiSt my boyhood days?' j lie was silent for a time nnd thsn added, "And that Is tho gr-t work; net-eompllshed net-eompllshed by the Htrawbwy projoot. When I went away years ago, thj part or the country w as dotted with sa-'cLcisli. Hjmiilsii Kork, Sprlngjifll" und Kulein vcreb K. co'mtry .loc e 'inuired vilh Uu ir p-e-ent hv.f, and thosetwoeiUCitot'iCfc it h or us I nut n v 1'Vurd of Hee UiCAVi arcy" urds and prosperous looking r-r. ., - Jlook or that slabllo, thty TllIM ll''' tn'' (t',,n lil '-n - O uVI T'te trnl" n'll'od liff tnf"i1' ai 1 Hitod n,ti' i 1Mt ewiCrr llHI town, everything nbont the depot, had the lr of an Imnortnnt cltv. Hotel IIhI runners met the train nnd the hustle and bustle surprlcd Wndley, '11 Tho train started, and the porter announced that the next stop would bo lIBH Provo. Wadley was too busy viewing tlie great changes which hnd taken lll place and the porter wns obliged to tell him tho second time thnt the next pfll " HfiffT(nT"wnTT)vorT " 'H southern towns nnd Provo wns n revelation to tho home-comer. To seo the ' ninny homes which hnd been built where Wndley used to go night nnd mom- 11 Ing to pasture his father's cows again caused wonderment nnd lie felt thnt soon 1 WM ho would believe most anything. jjl Itv tills tlmi Hi" Iraln hnd whistled Into tho lnrgi union depot In Provo. ?rlflfl Into this dmiot "i 6f the Hlo Grande Western, Salt Lake Route nnd r il the MiiTatt road entered. It was n modern structure which hnd Just been SbI completed. '11 As Wndley stepped from tho train, ho saw a number of automobiles lined fll nn nod the hotel runners mnko the nlr hluo with their calls in the Interest of their respective hotels. Wadley remembered tho Roberts nnd found It reprc- 31 sentednmongthe runners. The Tmpcrlal, n now six story modern bulldlnp.hnd 11 the largost machine nnd not caring to go whore he might be recognized, Wad- H ley ehoc the Imperial and stepped Into tho car. Wadley found the streets nil 'Sfll paved. Sixth flnuth street was occupied from First North to Third West tffl street with general railroad business and tho business carried ouwnsofgrcot fH "when the machine started, from the depot, It went directly north on ill Third Wost street. Wadley wos no doubt the most Interested man In tho car. SI He hod becomo acquainted with an eastern traveling man and Wadley could ueH not hclpbntcxprosssurprlRoto him or the growth or Provo. 'When I loft iffl this city a few years ago, this street was lined with residences. Today their WU places are tilled with business houses; the streets are paved and on both sides ! 1BJ of tho street tho clear mountain water Hows." t H It tielng forenoon when the train reached Provo, Wndley went directly to H the hMel, which wns located on Center and First West street on the old tab- K H ernne'e property. It was a lino modern structure nnd afforded every modern L H comf .rt. lie registered and after taking a refreshing bath, ordered a machine Jfl "1 want you to show me this city from tho mountains to the lake," 'said """""""llB Wad' -y to tho challher. J T teilrst thing which Impressed Wndloy was tKo excellent car service UflJ whlc'i oovored all parts ot the city and nttor n llttlnlhouht horaM that the nw ; i ot the city really required tho system. "IJVw dlft'erent when 1 left i Prov n IPOS." ho thought. I BH 1 "'aind'our made n quick trip to Ttah bfe, Wadlev found hnt the fll rum) 'in been manademlzed from tho eit to the lsk and, nnu h-iV - - in uh of the Provo river a bsoutirnl resort lad'lwen es.lnhUslin.'MtEij : Vfet' jH th. r -rt building w(as built over the water nn.l stxetchtAVWjrtlr1' ' flBaflH He'i- ees and grass pia.de It i'l" " f the v'f Jtf HVtrrinThy.- Aa,e)eA . sWl u,"t lin. r'iufrnn J, Mn5gTve hmnches, yackf ftnd Xv1ffl |