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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES. NEFIII. UTAH Park IBoyd 1802 A name to remember when you buy Jewelry r' J -V. ' 7 1 Y V v CilII .STvU tJv' i J- ' III Vv AN ; f' v I, Diamonds are Good Inve&ments I If you have one you know it; if you haven't one it is time to buy one now. Our line larj;e and prices small. Christmas jjifts in endless variety. Something for everybody at a very moderate price. Christmas This is our fifty-rir- st and we've moie experience than anybody. Telephone, telegraph, come to the store. We can take or better write, and save you money. needs care of your is ill f I If ESTABLISHED, i - IS6Z 166 MAIN ill 4 and a desperate struggle to keep his feet on tbe globe had frayed its edges. No, be determined to go back there honorably, as he bad left. He might get a Job shoveling snoe but alas! it was one of those cheerless Cbriat-maseand nature bad not even the people out of work with snow to shovel. Mulcahy bad worked all his life. He was fifty now, and, as be unrolled tbe long catalogue of calamity which other people might have called his career, be found hat tbe only year of bis life that bad been a happy oue was bis last In Jail. These thoughts and tbe haunting smell of hops brought Mulcahy to Fouth avenue and a saloon. It wai twelve o'clock, and corned beef and cabbage-lea- f being slated for lunch on a blackboard under a Satyrish lock"schooner," ing bock and a determined tbe man, and be stepped Inside. The story will move much more rapidly If we do not follow Mulcahy and wait for 'him to eat bis corned beef and philander with a spirit more of bis Ilk then any he baa met for tbe last year, a spirit that seemed almost fabulous when dreamed of In t, tbe bartender. the "pen" Hut look where Mulcahy emerges half an bour later, the inner man lulled by the succulent cabbage and beef, but a melancholy gnawing at the outer man, whose clothes are alight protection against the Increasing wind. As the day drew her portals elowly together he fell to trembling again. How was be going to face tbe night? All alone In one of those ten-cebeds which promise so much to a s, sup-pile- d lijlf - yiok TusHrv life-site- d TUB boat pointed 1U dos toward tba city, the aolitary man at the prow turned hi back on freedom and gaxed longingly at tbe grayitons penitentiary, which aemed to be clipping away from him and growing amaller and cosier aa distance lent tbe enchantment of perapectlre to bia loneliness. Tor Mulcahy. daisied by liberty, was Tory lonely lndoed. Erery moment tbat tbe water widened between him and tba prison it lessened the distance from the city, and in two minutes more the man knew that the metropolis, bristling with antogonlsm, cold and strange and busy with Its holiday season, would be upon him. and It Clled his heart with a name-lee- s dread. i Hut. after all. he had only himself to blamei for his liberty. "Good tbat was the thing tbat had turned him loose from a comfortable home, three square meals a day, and his companions of the quarry. If be bad only transcreseed a few laws, broken a simple rule or two. all tie might might have been well. have eaten Christmas dinner with Jerry the Spike, Bottle, Hank and the whole appy crew who had contrived to spend another Christmas la the "pen" through trifling Indiscretions committed In defiance of the keepers. These reflections were Interrupted by the sharp teeth of the wind snapping at his legs throon the thin trousers and the threadbare coat. He shivered as the boat docked, and then took a lamg breath aa he walked up tbe gangplank and out Into was this freedom striking terror to his soul? He was only free; to go anywhere; but three people had their borne to go to, each his separate "penitentiary," where there were warmth and food and human things to talk to. He shut his eyes for aa Instant and started brarely ap the billy street that led to first arena. Then suddenly a strange thing happened. He forgot his misery and his wretched At first be couldnl realise Titjii tbe Influence was. then be reo-iix-l the southing and thtrst-lnspl- r ifg smell of hops tbat poured over him like a hot breath from tbe brew-eron the neit street This prompted a thought which was Immediately followed by a sharp movement. Mulcahy minded him of tbe faded bill he bad in bis pocket, the lat bounty of the good home serous the river. He pulled It out and looked at It It represented two weeks and a half f life: tbat Is. be calculated that while be was locking for a jnb It would provide food and s heifer for bim. If be couldn't find a Job but tbat thotieM ended with a look toward the river; and again be saw the "pen." aad another thought occurred to him. If be didn't find anything to do, he could go back to the "pen" and bg thftn to take him In. No. be couldn't his rrred He do that ahotildprs as If trying to rise superior to the thourht, for thre was a tm-nan- t of pride In Mulcahy. albeit time AS to-wl- ;o L mm A r$fM mmmW five-doll- rubber-- 5T LAKE CITY, UTAH Afterward, when Mulcahy left her standing at the door of her home waving at him and smiling in ber, I Love doesn't make tbe world go Thrift sweet, frank way, he wondered how steal to It he had found in his heart The etory of a thoughtful boy per- round as often as it makes tbe lover the necklace; but there It was in. might be no less applicable to go broke. his band, still warm from contact with haps certain adutrs, says the Chicago her throat Then be darted away from the The sermon had "Thrift" for Its substreet and, clasping the locket tightly, ject and the minister wated eloquent flew to the first police station and concerning thrift of the real said misOf a firm who has been making gave himself up. kinds. Noting that Jim watched taken for over Twenty-fiv- e The judge did not conceal his dis- and listened with ail his eyes and ears Exacts be learned when tbat Mulcahy gust to the lad as tbe latter was years is back of he Record-- The Guarantees Herald. and when ha bad robbed a spoke child; church. uttered sternly, "Six months on tbe leaving "I think the sermon Interested you, Uland for him," be marveled at tbe sonnie," he said kindly. "I was glad brutality of a man who could smile at to see that you seemed to like it Are the sentence. to the lesson icto use?" IlWIrtl'K IUCh (ratlc KxtructM All dealers will supply you, for you going put I have," answered Jim earnest-lj- . "Oh, bad Twlller they know that Hewlett's ExMeantime, Violet Van "I was going to put my nickel in the been received with the tears and relike their other products, ut after you said so tracts, joicings of a hysterical and loving fam- collection plate, are best to the good. about always much putting money ily and diligently interrogated con I made up my mind I'd save It for uses tbe events tbe of evening. corning Poet's License. )vcr and over again she repeated some real need." tbe story of tbe "kind, ragged gentleRobert W. Chambers, the novelist. Advertised. Have Oiould man" who had bought ber candy and was talking about a New York pott She was a sentimental young girl soda and bad found her borne for ber. "His poetry Is always awkard. Later, Mr. Van Twlller discovered and bad devoted much time and ten- Mr. Chambers said, "lie drags in decorations to borne tbe der had lost Violet her that thought mysteriously words that you can see are there sole locket; but, though he suspected her for Christmas, Her surprise may be ly for the sake of rhyme. In fact be imagined when she came downstairs reminds me of a Lake Sunapee epione morning and found tbe decora- taph. tions moved around. Tbe mistletoe 'In a little churchyard, overlooking boughs, tbat had been half hidden In Lake Sunapee, a gray, mossy stone secluded places, bad been substituted bears this Inscription: for the holly wreaths and were now "'As sinks the sun with lengthened hung In tbe front windows. In plain shadows, view of the passers-by- . So sank and died the good George Meadows.' "Say, sinter.' etplained her little " name wa brother, "you've had that mistletoe 'N. n. Deceased's hanging up for nearly a week and Fields, but Meadows Is substituted for you haven't had a single customer. the sake of tbe rhyme.'" Philadelthere were some little trays of gold- What you phia Bulletin. You're not up to date. filled pins and bracelets scarcely want to do is to advertise." Judge. And worth the effort c2 attainment. Probably Soup. yet a handful of thrc Jrlfles, flagrantStrategy. man who Tbe witness, a beavy-e- t ly abstracted, might attract the at "My-- dear," sa'd the great million- looked as though ha spent a gnr tention of a detective. aire, I am going to have our cars share of his time feasting, was called Perhaps there were aw detectives, locked la the garage, and I want you to the stand as a witness In a case ot after all. This thought smote to htm In wear the oldest and poorest clothes assault and battery. to the act of reaching out e, trembling have for a while." "You were In the restaurant at the you band toward a delicate "What on earth is the matter?'' time this hsppened." began tbe jud?e. in be Then and tbat paused, bangle. "If we go on permitting the public Now tell tbe court Just what you moment of hesitation, he felt a twitch not will to see us enjoying luxuries It beard." at his coat and. turning to face what be possible to strengthen the belief "Who. me?" ask'd the man In be be frit must be authority either la that times are aa bard as we've been wilderment "I d'dn't hear anything. plain or blue clothes, he perceived at claiming they were and those people I was eating." his side a very pretty little girl down at Washington will be wanting well She was dressed ; and after tbe A Wife's Real Vslue. to Impose more restrictions." Chica first shock he felt, on looking into go Record-Herald- . her clear blue eyee, Mulcahy ssw a "Nothing." said John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., recently, "Is holy to the cynic beautiful locket std chair clasped Soma Offer. " around her neck. Why. even marriage Is a target for hi An enterprising young florist. In or darts. Apropos of a man whose af In the mean time she has possessed der to Increase his trade, displayed fairs had become Involved, I said the aa if it were herself of his this sign In bis window: other day at the club; "Poor old his hand, and clung to him as she Bosstad to Jerry, the Splks. "We give a packet of flower seeds Smith! He's got a good w!fe. though. asked: with every plant" It's when a man's in trouble tbat be "Have you seen my mama?" Her was so grateful to across the street learns tbe value of a wife." Ills voice was smothered by the crowd strange friend, he compet'tor gentleman" that tbe neit to meet the compe "'Yes.' sneered a cynic over b'j that pressed around her, and Mulcahy the "ragged be advertised In all the papers promptly sought In his window the fol had to lift her up in his arms to make day glass of buttermilk, yes, he can put placing he wished to reward the person tition byannouncement: that himself heard. bis property in ber tiarr.e, ehf" who had restored his daughter to her lowing "We give tbe earth with every "No," he replied, his face close to family. Was Suspicious. her pretty neck and ear. "Shall we Hut Malcaby never learned of this plant" be added, go and look for her?" Tbe agricultural department now apportunlty which might have In Suspense. touched by the sudden moisture that golden him says the crow is tbe farmer's friend a new start In lire, though given blurred her eyes. A small boy gaed long and earnest "I'm," grunted Farmer WbirTle-tre- e, the officer who accompanied he Aa be spoke he carried her to the himgave a fat man who stood on a cor at ly adname to tbe Island and the Once out in the street dress of tbe little owner of the neck revolving-doo- r. ner absentmlndedly chewing the end "Won't bat alter your attitude toshe told him tbat she had been shop- lace, and It was sent to ber. of a piece of string. Finally tbe man ward him?" ping with her mother and bad got "Not a bit I've got lots of friends The day saw Mulcahy safety noticed tbe boy and inquired: lost Sb lived, she aald on Fiftieth aboard neit I m suspicious of." Kansas City "Well, my little man, what Interests tbe Fidelity and headod for tbe street, between Madison and Fifth "pen." Journal. you?" avenue. She'didn't know tbe o amber, "Pleaae, sir," the boy returned At the end of the week he was sitbut there were green trees at the Equipped for Fame. the Christmas dinner which "when are yon going to pull that at ting door, wnd It was a white house. do you think that your boy "Why tooth?" Judge. bad seemed a fantom on that dreadTon musn't think that this esca ful Josh will be prominent In tbe pble he was set at liberty. day pade diverted Mulcahy from his origi-a- l Hetween mouthfuls of fat turkey Help. eye?' scheme. Only he wanted to be of and "Ilerause." replied Farmer Corn-- I man walk he boasted to bewhikered "See that riuce cranbrrry use to the child, aed he also saw a and Itottles of ing with Mis Teach, lies hirsute ousel, "he's ra sin' a kind of wh the Hank, Spike, Jerry much better way of obtaining his sr- how he had hoodwinked Justice. that wou:d attract attention Isn't he?" rest and entrance to prison. When he reported for work, a few "No, he's her suitor." The locket and chain he knew days later, the keeper who presided ' Depressing Influence. would serve his purpose, for he In- - over Marvelous. In breaking men engaged the soon as be tone remarked tf;ndf d stealing them as defec "Pn make would a a to "Hazel fellow yoil don't like hat professions! great casually bad found her home. There were tive" optimist?" keeper: four dollars and ninety cents left "Not mufh." replied Mr. Orowrhe-- ; "So?" "I see Mulcahy Is back on the Job." from the "pen's" munificence, but he we were at a mti!i''al rim- "there are times when I rnizht forEt the other replied; "he was "Yes; pent enough of it in a candy-storand now he's ed y the other night and she followed my troubles if he were tint cens'ant:y liberated a week to have provided for himself for two back aeain.. I tell ago, advising me to make a terrible effort you this place Is a the plot all the way through." dsys. S!ar. to cheer up." Washes-tocinch for those fellows. They're do Frank, at Least Over a congenial glass of Ice cream life on the Installment plan . If Ing Th Limit soda the tittle girl gave him her name yrw dumped the whole caboodle Into "Won't you s ng for ns, Mr. FalViolet Van Twlller. Tbe telephone the East fiver and told them to swim lows?" asked little V.'iil e. GaV Cailee owes everyV1y I book did the rest In the matter of lo- to New York, "Certainly, Will; but why do you town. they'd all turn like a lot cating the Van Twlller mansion, of rats snd squeak to come back to ak?" StPTe Is his credit bad? whither Violet was escorted by ber the 'pen.' " "tJertie and I are playing sh'p-wreOabe P.ad! Why. he crml In't eve ragfed friend. k arvi w need a fog horn. borrow trouble. Cincinnati Oosrit IL tooth-brlsbe- gold-tille- coat-pock- Sfl Mi home-slcknne- y misdemeanor suggested Itself to his overwrought brain. If he could only ateal something long enough to get arrested and sent to the Island! Hut bow? When, and above all where? street Uroadway and Thirty-thir- d with Its triangle of shops, answered that question. It was very late, but be knew that a week before Christmas the shops would be open until late. In the hope that his clothes would contribute their help toward arousing the suspicions of the store bis steps detectives, he quickened feverishly. .Inside tbe shop was warm, brilliant and Jammed with people. Tbe Incoming and outgoing crowds Jostled snd pushed Mulcahy as If he were a washer between the hub of a wheel and the linch-pin- . Presently be found himself at the notion counter, swept there by the tide of customers. He wondered at the confidence of the storekeepers, who took no trouble to protect their wares set forth In little compartments. Now be wss backed into a little case of He felt his fingers close on something; mechanically he aaced the thing In his pocket and then let himself drift along with the crowd. He bad stolen something! Was It a cske of soajv perhaps; but with a sickening sensation of Impotence be remembered tbat one cake of soap might not unlock tbe Iron gate of tha "pen." Mulcahy sighed. Now he was in Uu Jewelry . department It yielded vast possibilities as far as valaubles were concerned, but these were carefully protected by glass cases. True, SALZT "Msvs Voi es My Mimmir weary body that soon discovers the l substance of the promise? He shuddered and harried down a side street of American-basemen- t bounds, with their dainty Roston ferns and yews, pretty windows with costly curtains that sealed bappy homes from the profsne eyes of tbe public. And this atmosphere gave Mulcahy bopo. The inspiration born of despair took root. He Intended to sbandon all thoughts of getting work until warm weather. It was woree than bopelees to think be ould get work now why, the weather, his age, all were against 1L He would go back to the "pec" If he had literally to "steal" bis way back. The thing to do now was to conjure readonable offena. some up om trifling tranagresoion that would open thn Iron gates of the prinon, as difficult of entrsnce ss it was of exit sud tide him over tbe winter montt. Hut what could he do? Not a single egg-shel- tat ts aiy-v.here- ." n c j KTiq-ilre- |