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Show INDEF ENDENT. VOL. 8. NO i:, l'KlNCVILLE, UTAH, THURSDAY, DKClCMUEli 1, 1S9S. PRICE- 12.00 PER YEAR. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest rru nacers to health of the present day. ftOVAL BAKING POWOH OO., NtW YORK. 2 My MolherinLaw. I BY JENNY WREN. IT was hard to realize, as I came home ik'solate and forlorn the day of .y lather's funeral, thai 1 was alone in :he world; that no longer my first im-,'ulse im-,'ulse on cnteriiifr the huase iuiist 1)-.' to i.y with (jv.icl; steps totlu I'b.ar.- tosec the haiidsoine head ra'.M'd fio.ii his work of u riting- with some a 01 il of love o;i his lips, when now only an empty .'hair and noiiiiiIIcsr space hereafter would provi; my jrcetinf?. His illness hud been so short, eo sudden, that it ainiost seemed as though 1 should awaken from the frightful i'ic.htiitare of the past few weeks and find il all a diejiin, vivid but unreal. Only a fortnight fort-night before he had been strieken down, and I had sent in hot haste for my old practitioner, to find L'ini absent and a si ranker in his place. At first 1 felt i:ret, but when I raw )r. I'hiiilps ai.d v, itiu-ssed hi.s earnest, skillful eare, that f'eelini ave way to congratulation and the assurance that if Iniman skill could avail, he would he saved. It was he v. ho told me finally there was no lonp--.t hope; lie whom I turned upon with -p-'.ck fury that he should dare assert that my father's life was in absolute danger, dan-ger, when in all the wide world we two w ere r.lone together; he who stood beside be-side him at the last, then, witii f:nn, ;..?:! t le hand, drew uic from the chamber of death and himself prepared ihe sleeping draught which sent restful sleep to quiet my strained nenes. In my new sadness, my utter despair, he 'tune and went as of old. until It recmcii as though a brother's protection protec-tion had been offered me, ae.d 1 bega-i to '..ait and watch for the hour when 1 should see him, to feel a keen disappointment disap-pointment if it passed without him. i.ii ti! one evening, sitting alone by the l..v. smoldering fire in the first day of '.-prii.g, 1 was roused by his familiar Step. 'Helen," he said, drawing a chair dose beside me, "Dr. Kdwards, you know, has returned, and my own patients pa-tients in 1'hilaiielphia are demanding my presence among them. 1 have staved, already longer than I intended." "And vou now are going'.1'' 1 iur;-tioned, iur;-tioned, while a black cloud swept before be-fore my eyes. "Yes." lie answered, "but if yon will let me. I a;n coming back. I did not mean t: tell you of my love just yet. 1 can hardly hope that in all ihe drear desolation which has overspread your life, love hail found time to plant a single germ, but with me it has been different. 1 have lo.ed you from the first moment I saw you, and my fondest ."inbition is to see you my wife I to not answer me now; only when the birds sing- and the flowers bloom try to think ll:ev breathe a message from tiie. and when 1 return in the fall, re-meit'ibcr re-meit'ibcr my home will have been made i e, uly for vou, and if you can come to rr.y arms they will open, oh, so gladly! to reeei -e y iu." So he left me, and I let him go with no answer, for I did not know my own heart. That it was love beating at its junta's for admission- love which ha I made ids coming so welcome, his going r,o sad. I could noi realize until he ha I gone; and then came only the long, brot In r!y letters, so f nil of earnest solie-itude solie-itude for my comfort, so unselti.-li in the tarei el eu'Hi'd ever shown in his own feeling for me. fill 1 he time drew nigh when he was to come again. Then doubt, uneci'tainh . all fled, and 1 knew my heart hud passed from out cf my Keeping. So I went to meet him. standing stand-ing in the open door of my home as he nine up the pathway, and in answer lo l is question as fora moment he held me o'.T while he looked Rtraight into rny fves: "Helen, is this my wife?" J eon Id only falter: "Yours forevcr-inore." forevcr-inore." The rmeceeding week flew swiftly by. lie suddenly grew itnpat n : . 1 of delay, and declared he could not go back to his work until I went with him. The thought of my loneliness without him urged me to consent, and so the days were filled with busy preparation, while in the evenings I sat by his side, content and blissful, while he told me of his home, of his widowed mother who shared it, and of the new, sweet daughter daugh-ter he was to bring her. Hut when all wan over, when I hud stood in my wed-dit'tr wed-dit'tr robes Ix'fore the gray-haired min-i-ier, and knelt to reef ire for tin' last iii.ic his b!rs i in.'-, when my husband's lirst rapturous kiss had been pressed ipon my lips ferxent congrat u lat inns oifei'ed b ihe few friends present, at our quid wedding, my wedding' dress exchanged for trawling garb, the long journey at last over, it -as with a feeling feel-ing of tired relief that Hie carriage in the dusk of the evt ning drew up before a handsome house, and my husUim! welcomed me to my home. Hut wheie i'. us his mother? All day visions had danced before my eyes of two loving arms wailing to enfold me, of a sweet, motherly face bending over me to imprint im-print the kiss of greeting ou my check, of the whispered words: " eleome, my daughter," sounding in my car; but no; the door was thrown wide open by a servant in livery, but the handsome hall in its long vista presented to sight no ot her occupants, and, to my amazement, I was hurried past the elegant draw ing-I'oom, ing-I'oom, where I caught sight of a cheerful cheer-ful tire burning on the hearth, and upstairs up-stairs into my own luxuriously fur nished apartments. "And 1...W does my bird like her nest?" questioned my husband, bending bend-ing over me with tender care as I sank exhausted into a chair. "So much, Hugh, that she feels an 1 hough she must stay here forever. May 1 not have tea here to-night "Oh, da rling. mot her would be so disappointed dis-appointed not to sec you! Come, change y our dress and look your prettiest, that I may present you to her." Change my dress! liven to-night, in the quiet home circle, must I remove my dust-stained garb and go through the exertion of a fresh toilet ere my husband's hus-band's mother extended to lne her welcome? wel-come? lint I could not refuse, and w hen, my toilet completed, Hugh's proud glance of approval met mine, I felt rewarded. re-warded. Then he led me downstairs, and we entered the drawing-room together. to-gether. In the farthest corner a tall figure rose from an arm-chair, and in nil the rustling dignity of velvet and lace approai lied me. "My wife, mother," Hugh said, while 1 felt a cold hand take mine in a passionless pas-sionless grasp. A kiss as if a fallen snowflake had p'sted on my brow, and Mrs. 1'hillips fell back with graceful ease into the chair from which bhe had risen. It was some ri.x weeks before her birthday that I once heard her ex pro -s a w ish that she had a picture of her'ooy (for so she ever culled Ki:-ijh), and i instantly in-stantly a resolution was farmed in my brain. I had always had ti talent for painting. Hefore my father's death it had been my delight and his pnde, and I determined upon carrying a miniature of Hugh 1 possessed loan artist I knew well, and ask his assistance in transferring trans-ferring t ii" like nes and painting a por-tiait. por-tiait. I'eihaps 1 thought a." my work it might soften her heart toward me. So the next morning 1 started out. and, to my inexpressible delight, I found my desiie feasible, and received the ai t isf's p-riiiission to i:so- his studio for four hours each day- the hours I 1, new II ugh would I e away f em home. It was not long ere I savf that Mrs. 1'hillips w atched my coming and going with suspicious sus-picious eyes, lint I, picturing her sha med look of surprise w hen she found my mission, v ent silently on my way ui:t il 1 he piet i' re was almost completed, a nd 1 had receh cd the art ist's congrat illation il-lation ujioii my siu i. ess, when, entering the house flushed and happy. I overheard over-heard tier voiie in the library addressing address-ing my husband : "Four hours every day, Hugh, she is absent. What can be her purpose? 1 told you when you brought a young, giddy thing- info this house you would regret it. It is your duty to see where La Grippe, Followed by Heart Disease, Cur-ad by DR. MILES' HEART CURE. MR. C. C. pnrLTS, of W!ntcrt, Iowa, Inventor and manufacturer of tdiults' Safety Whiflletree Coupling writes of lr. Miles' Heart Cure. "Twoye-trs ago an attack of LaGrippe left ma rlth a weak heart. I l.ad run down In flesh to mere skin and bone. I could not sleep lying flown fornmotherins spells; frequent sharp (tartlnc pairs and palpitation caused a constant con-stant fear of sudden death, notlilnc ceuld Induce me to remain away from homo over nltrht. M7 local physician prcse.rlhrd Vr. Miles' Heart Cure and In a few days I was al.lr to sleep well and tho pains jrr.idually lessened, and finally ceased. I reduced the the d;.-ts, having puiucd fifteen pounds, and am v i',v fr-rllmr better in every way than I have for yearn." l)r. Miles' Ileniedles arc sold by all druggists drug-gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money refunded. re-funded. Hook on dls-aases dls-aases of the heart and nervtofrfc. Address, WW mugs' Roitoro 1K. MII.FS MKDli'ALOO., Elkhart, Ind. Wmmfi kite 9d844Ce4'3 tOe SPACE will I'.ot i e ! in it nif to itt mize, I nt 1 have tliis to say for iliejnontli of Dt-cciiibor: Dt-cciiibor: If you want Furniture of tiny kind, Ranges anil Stoves, Household Han!-wnro Han!-wnro and Tinware, Dishes and (ilafsware Lntli fancy and common; Fine Christinas (iil'ts of all kinds; and Toys for the children, it will pay you to investigate my large variety and prices. If you appreciate a bargain, and wish to buy fancy goods at honest, prices, then come to II J MORTENSEN, Spanish Fork i & she goes and w hat she does." Hut I could lu ar no more, as, with 1 flashing eyes and head erect, I entered the room. j "Since 1 entered this house six mont hs ago a happy bride, a joyous girl, I have met, madam, at your hands, with in- suits and scorn, which I hao suffered I in silence. As my reward you now try j to take from me the last thing left me -my husband's confidence. What my! mission has been you shall know tomorrow. to-morrow. Accept, it as my gift the gift ; of an iii jurcd w oman to a cruel injustice, j Hugh." (turning to my husband) "the: same house no longer can hold us two. j ( boose between us!" and 1 turned and ! left the room. j My husband, following, strove to calm i me, but in vain. j "i will rot li""i with vonr mother," I ! saiu. i. you must - : home I will go." ' 1 I .. I : I 1. t. ... : mining, i caniioi iish nei to icavc ii. when old age is creeping' upon her. She ; de s not know you yet. Wait! Have j patience yet a little longer, and you i will find your way into her heart, and ; once there, y ou v. ill know hoe.- really wani it is, u hieh she conceals beneath . a cold exterior." j "ih' has chosen between us. lie will , not give l.er up." With this thought j hugged to my heart for comfort. I saw : him leave me next morning with an ! anxious frown upon his brow, and 1. I (jiiicl-.ly gathering' together a few things, called a carriage and wasdriven rapidly to the depot from which I had . determined to take the lirst outgoing ' train. My plans were all for .ed. l! would go to the house of my old nurse. ! who would eare for me in my coming) I trouble, and if I died there would be j none to regret lne, since even Hugh had ', given l:it up. "I'r.der Tiger's shed. Down dere in Dixon's alley." "Ver see," continued the hoy, confidentially, confi-dentially, gradually thaw ing out under the gentle influence of light, heat and food. "Tiger keeps de dogs, an' Jini-mie Jini-mie au' me, we jest creep in too, ou' (ley keeps us warm." , "Who is .linunie?" ".liuimie's me pan!!" "Doeis Tiger ever give you anythiug-to anythiug-to eat ?" "Ver rite! Wen he ain't full he t'row s us bones same as dedogs!" "What does he do w hen he i.s drunk?" "Ye dust, yer bet! Ycr wouldn't like ter meet Tiger w'en he's drunk he rears and charges- wljew .' Well, ver see, sur, de shd got busted ternite an' I wuz hi'iiMn' fur ji place an' suthiu' made me eiiasc in "ere." "Where is .linunie?" "Dunno; ef he'n in luck he'a lu da hum!" "How much does it cost to get bed in the home?" "My babe, my bonny child ! " Oh, how the words of motherly greeting fell on my heart as she clasped ine in her arms when 1 alighted at her door, and I told her in broken words as much of my story as 1 thought necessary. Hut uk the? weeks grew into months, and I spent long, busy hours in fashioning the tiny We Cai) SaVe Yoli all About Dressmaking, and what is better still, we can save you money. We can fit any mrrriS (Xlaists and Skirts in Silk or UUool. Wool Waists, I2..10 lo $3.00; Silk Waists, $2.-0 to $6 50; Tatl'ettu Silk Waisls, $5, $3.G0 nnJ $0.00. Skirts,!.' in Wool Mixed, to $0.00, $7.00 nml $11.00 in All Silk. "7V7o Dross You -rarn - X7S7'o Swo You Money. Som, 11 Centre St., Provo. I ; Utah t garments t he lit 1 1" : ' ranger coming was to fill, softer memories began to creep into my heart, aim a (!:ni w onder as to j whether 1 had let my pride gain too much ascendancy, and if Hugh really j had given up hii mother for my sake, I could I still ha e loved hi in so v ell ? So. , drop by drop, the gentle dew of repentance repent-ance fell on my heart, and tra-r after tear upon my work, until there came a day when nil was done -a day when a child'scry broke forau instant upon my car as if a sound from Heaven had reached me. and then darkness closed round, and I knew no more. In the anxious time which followed I was aware of son c one near me with Hugh's eyes, some one with Hugh's voice, and I would try to catch anil bid ff stay, but in vain, until one morning the mists cleared up, and I opened my eves to his dear fuce beuding over tmi. iTTmi wJwl ' ' afj murmured ".Not a word, my darling! We cannot can-not expect a woman's wisdom from n child, but our little mother must grow wise now for her baby's sake." Then, with a happy, dreaming .-mile, t fell asleep again, his hand clasped close in mine. When I was stronger he told me how he never had lost sight of me, but thought it best to let my own better self work out the end, and when he whispered: "There is some one, Helen, waiting to see ynn- siimi' one w ho said no one could lake care of baby as she could. May she come i a?" I ga'.e glad assent; and w hen, a few moments later, a sweet, motherlv face bent oer mine a face from which all the. hard lines seemed forever fled, as her arms clasped close a sleeping infant, in-fant, and her gentle voice whispered: "My daughter" in my ear, I could only clasp my arms around thorn both and answer: "Mother!" N. Y. Ledger. I Dromlful Nervous. I was d read fully (Jen Is nervous, and for relic!' took your Karl's clover root tea. It quieted tnv nerves ami ' ' L'tciifoitlwiii ul ii' .' , , ... , , . . i... tt'Ill. t ion 1 was troubled with Const i pa-Kidney pa-Kidney atld Ilowei trouble our ten soon cleansed tnv system so thoroughly that I rapidly regained health and strength. Mrs. rv A. Sweet, Hart fold, Conn, Sold by C. L. Ctiindall ,t Co, I)IVI1:; THE COl' MY. A Lehi View of II . North Knd I'ajs Ihe Tuxes. The 1 'ay son (ilobe says there is a njuve on foot, iti the southern p u t of the county to divide UUh count y, the line of division hein; belween Sprin'ville anil l'rovo. There is a great deal to sy ?on this subject of To t he Editor-county Editor-county division and for the past four j We wish to thank our many friends weeks we have been encatfcl in col- fr if.r kindness ami sympathy leetiii(r some facts on this subject for : s,v, ii duriiiif my husband's illness publication and iti subsequent issue we will nive them in our paper. Iiut A FIRST Restaurant 'is Now Open in the Parlor Next to Whitehead's Store. It. A. HKKM.K.V. Examine All PROVO PEAGE BEESELY is now declared between the United States and Spain, and to keep peace in your home you should buy your wife some nice article of furniture to beautify the same. We will sell it to you at the lowest possible figure, and take wheat -m-Bxehange: ArOLEN & CAFFREY. U WHITE o CREAM i Worms! vERraiFucEi For 20 Yesrs Has Lad a!i SOXj33 11 Y AliXj i r-parwi by JAEMES F. BALLARD. St. Louis. For 3.le By O. J. Poterjoii, iDrgguist. il, ilftv event we can s'alefhat, Ihe southern end of the county h;ts no (Milsefo complain. For years Ihe northern end of the riimty and l'rovo have stood I lie burden of taxation tax-ation by reason of unjiist assessmenrs. The (owns in the not f hem end of t be ! county have more miles of roadbed i and it is in I lie besf. of enndit ion I without anv aid from the eniintv i .. l.;o. ....... l . ...... .....I ..f tl... ........... : " u,": 1 '" 1 ,,,u"1 ; ,,!,s lM,,,r r"'l,is an'1 r,',!"iv(' s,'ll',h 'e:ir I I i riio c i ii n? f ri ill i I I i ii i in ii I ii 1 i lil1 , tt niii I I v 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 ' , . ,i i u 1 1 i y . .in ill lenient or two concerning assessment s. In Lchi there is a Ihiclillle home S lhat can be purchased any day for ' f.'iOO. In Payson there is a similar i place which sold not long ago for $.V0 The Lchi proiiet ty is assessed at $:!7'- and Ihe J'ayMui properly at lu While in I'ro.o last week a lady told us that her taxes were $o a year on propetty she can onlv rent for 41 a mouth. She, says she can repeatedly offer the property at t wo-t hitds Untax Un-tax val ual ion. but no one will give that price. Jjlti Banner. Card of Thank". Si'itiNovn.i.K, Nov. 30, l.-:!iS. and death. Mils. 10. O. II AY. MOM). Thai Trolible - CLASS T1I08. A. IiEKSLEY. M A N t'FACTt'KK.HS OF IIIGII-OKADK MARBLE MS fDonumental : Ulork IN MARBLE AND CRANITE. Our Work. Get Our Prices. ink (run! untied strictly first class. UTAH 1 Jlinl In V""JMIy. nest In (jimmy, Worm Rimedies. ftJS&lffl 1311 i;RGrISTS. Petit Juror List. The following petit jurors to serve for the December term of the fourth district court, commencing December Decem-ber lth, when the jurors are required to he in attendance, were drawn Saturday: Sat-urday: W. II. Gardner, Salem; E. F. Walker. Alexander Bullock, F. C. Hanks, C. I!. Harper, James H. Gill-tiian, Gill-tiian, Reuben Mcek, I'leasant Grove; Caleb II. Davis, Win. D. Alexander, Joseph S. Strong, Sidney Vincent, David St HtfK, l'rovo; A. A. Hjorth, Clinton: (icnrjre M, Child, Henry M. Smiflt, Lehi: A. (). Child, 10. L. Whit-itik'. Whit-itik'. E. 1'. Ihinton, I'. II. Royer, Spi inuville; J. J. Holin, Highland; Wtdliiititon Wood, Spanish Fork; Samtitl Iliiniiel, Lake View: (ieorifC CiinniniMiain. American Fork; Isaac M. Carter, Santaipain; Samuel Stan-lleld, Stan-lleld, (joslien. He not deceived! A cuiitfh, hoarseness hoarse-ness or croup are not to be trifled wifh. A dose in tinio of Shi Ion's cure will save you much trouble. Sold by C. L. Craudall & Co. WAN'TP!) Trust --Tortliy iiml active icrntlo-mi'ii icrntlo-mi'ii iiml linii"-, to travel for re.ioiisll)lo. i-- a lil i ln-l In hi in f 'lu It . Mont lily K and expenses. I'osil inn steiidy. Hcfcrence. Kn-i'Iosc Kn-i'Iosc self mlilresseil :.taniif(l envelope. Tho Dominion Co., Ilept. V.. Cnlcatso. |