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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH ji Better 1 .. ......... V. fc ; i .. W Happy New Year The Old Tear EMMEM5M22MS wvyow. ...w--- Frk I -- -5 Y earl' would that you Vj l hre; -- i . Old Tear!"' say the words with many a fear! When you are gone another one Of life's unraveled threads Is cone, Cood-by- i . Old Year!" Thus some one we hold In life most dear Slip outward through the door, and stay. Heedless of tears, both you and they. "Oood-by- rTIlE garage man swunjrab-ruptl- to a scowling fellow wlio spoke to kirn from behind. "No, I wont pay you three dollars a cord for sawing It that wood." lie refused. ' il pay you SIJ.( worj! ( just what I offered two, and not n cent more. Take it or leuve It." The man shuffled away, ill. here t' culled the garage man Where's that sister of suddenly. yours I.et Jane? She pomlsed to imt In cooking for n.e today." 'Lows your pocketbook dont open wide enough,' growled the mail, without turning. I o'TereJ her fifteen n week." snapped tie gurtige man. which Is lug wages here for a cook, us two a day is more than you will ever let yourself earn." Meiihe, Indifferently Jilut you need Hot an me pretty had, so youll pay or do t limit." Hut thoiit. then." grimly dont lei me catch either of you round here borrowing provisions any more. I won't lend another cent or peek of potatoes to shiftless Idlers who wont accept work unless us a holdup." jI 'f Old Year, good-by- ! Good by, Old Year! YbufTusty rival aiandeih (tour. Hut I am loth to see you die Old Year, I io good-by- , good-by!- ftinjarei ' 'Br.ucc" HR bride and groom o' a year ago sut alone before the lire on their first New Y curs Eve That's wlmt together. Their Im up against." own hearth, their own danche explained, us ing flames, their own wed (ling-gif- t lie turned back to clock, their own the car. 'Tin In holiday candles. They sat a hole, and they very close together and know It So they waited with Indrawn breath their in silence, watching try to rob me.. You see, the first year out. Then the plans to silver chime of the clock sounded. tos'art u town here. Twelve oclock!" they said Hoganyears gether. and I. hit ago. It's !)J7," snld the bridegroom. hard. I hud some I'm going to miss 10'Jfi," sighed the I loved It." money, and put bride, which pays very In spite of that quarrel?" quesap this place, puell. Then I built a restaurant, which tioned the groom anxiously. would juiy fine If 1 could get help. "Forgotten!" asserted the bride. And as If this wasn't enough "Hut oh. Ned. can you ever forget the Then lie seemed to remember they hadn't paid him for supplies, and he Hopped short. More shiftless people! The car owner stepped from Ids ii. lining hoard, holding out a quarter between his fingers. That's for the gallon of gas 1 asked for," he said. "I knew 1 had that. Hut vmi remarked it was fifty miles to the next filling station, which probably I didnt know, and you would belter put in ii' e. And you added two quarts f oil, and tightened a screw or two. So I laid my breath, hoping I could scare up a forgotten dollar In some pm ket. Hut Ive hunted everywhere, end 11 Isnt to be found. So show me tint woodpile at two a day, or cord. Whore Is the wood?" Ills wife followed from the car. Tin a good co ok; If I. do . say .It," I'll take that fifteen-dolla- r she laughed. rall-roa- d ; 1 ' Job." The girl followed. if its going to be a family habit, she nodded. I may as well try reslnu-rAnd why. yes," as nt waiting. though suddenly remembering, tomorrow's New Year's, n good time for a family out on different lines." Leaving only me," chuckled a Feen-'eyed- '. haI u setting springing 'ground, lil boy. to the guess First New Years Eve T "gather. lime 1 gave HWy your old adored hunting punts to tt trump?" The groom winced hut promptly looked ashamed. "How ghoul the lime I brought t'ol onel Inverness home to dinner-w-ltltoletting you know? he asked It wns the brides turn to wince uow Tout dinner! Then she giggled And nil I Imd wns two chops, s blind half portion of cold pens. ;1 added site headache." Ing Well change till that In 11CT." said Well profit by the groom solemnly. ull our mistakes and promise never to do 'em again." "Hut we will do them all again." do dared the bride, sitting up very Well do Just such awful straight things ns these and more, loo. Were only human. Well do them hH through our lives. Hut when vVe do let's pray hard to our household gods for their help. "Our household gods? the groom Whnt are they?" wondered slowly. They are Humor and Tolerance."' smiled the bride. iti hnve to offer at anything. ness that New Year business I might tit me. tx." Ho w, w o w, wow." protested a collie. Jumping (wn from Hie cur. The garage man's eyes glistened, lie laughed. We All right, air," he agreed wont forget the dog. Just the policeman we want here at night. Too many .t.iiigh tramps pounding the railroad ties these days. Put him on our pay to the ear lull, surer-LJ- t owner, but sweeping his gaze to Include the others, do you mean all this. Just when Pm needing, you so i..uch, or Is It only for an hour or two to straighten yourself out? Far ns I'm concerned. I'd like to stay quite a spell." declared the womI want to rest. Been going an. steady now for most nine weeks. Start the New Year right, aud evbbe It'll stay right." "That will do for me, too," confessed the girl, with a smile. Traveling Is all right, but not wheo you have to rt it on a shoestring." Me. too. That The owner nodded. cent piece. whs nty last twenty-fivAnd you can guess what nine weeks have been, starting on $10. And oh. well, you may as well know It all. ,1 was sold out buck In Idaho, and only saved the old car and the $40 from the wreck. Seems like this Is time to start t? e New Yesr right." look-here,- ICopy right) Good Resolutions 121. Wtr SUwapaper Cnloa.) IJear Wealth I. Rabbit Have you made auy new resolutions? Turtle No I cant think cf any that I wont want to breult I By- (Copyright.) T WAS on uninteresting little town or so It peemed to young Ilendell cold, bleak, the most cheerless place on eurth to spend the 'winter He was holiday season. there on business for his firm. Christmas had been a grand fiasco us far ns-- he was concerned. He had no relatives and he knew no one about whom he cared enough to send even a Christmas card. It was New Year's Eve. Late In the afternoon he left the one hotel that the town' could boast about (and did) anti walked down the main street. It was not that Robert Rendell felt loneliness one must have known a friend to experience that emotion. He was Just bored. All that the holidays meant to him 'Were Innumerable wreaths and strings of holly, one half concealing wholly ugly chandeliers, and the perfunctory Merry mas" --or Happy New Year" that everybody seemed to feel It necessary to sny to him. How could people repent such silly, meaningless phrases, he wondered. They couldnt possibly mean them. Robert never used them He wandered into an art shop thal attracted him out of curiosity rather than a desire to buy. There was no one he wanted to buy anything for What a bore life was. As tie was about to leave the shop the kindly, little aid man behind the counter called cheerily after ' hint Happy New Year." Robert turned and looked nt him. There was something in the twinkling, blue eyes of the old man that made him wonder and he couldnt help asking, What can there possibly be that Is new?" The old man's eyes He didn't seem at all Just twinkled surprised by the question. He merely kept a silence that seemed to hide all the wisdom In the world. Roh?rt went on. How-c- an there possibly he any happiness for one who is alone in the The young-olblue i eyes world?" twinkled more brightly and this time the lips spoke. !One cant be alone when Hod Is his friend." Now Robert kept silence. Then he smiled doubtfully and went out. but hot before the old mans calm voice called tger- d . Tire Years -- '' l"r i. s Mur- the ray growled same way a cold sputters engine before it gets to warmed up move lie knew that lie must jo nut. and Investigate. He had done It often, lie would continue doing it as long as he lived In this rulher lonely farmhouse. There wa no one else for a mile either side o hi;i u driver In trouble tlosh!" In Poor Bag Did you turn over a new leaf? "No. I couldn't find a new leaf any where !" was preoccupied as she MARTHA home from the office that Saturday afternoon. For Martha, who bad been drlvlnglier" little car only six months, It was quite necessary to concentrate all attention on the road ahead and the gears before lier. Bui Martha was thinking of Samuel Stevens. Samuel Stevens was the youngest of the young lawyers wdio frequented the old law offices at which Martha was employed as stenographer. Samuel had a rambling sort of gait and no knack at dressing. Not a very favorable presence for a lawyer, but with the rare ability that Indicates success. That morning Samuel had some- - ' what falteringly asked Martha to. go . to' an Important football game that afternoon, and with her dainty head held rather high Martha liad declined the Invitation. Samuel, looking decidedly hurt and embarrassed, had mumbled out something to the effect that he asked her only because he happened to have the tickets tmd it seemed a shame to waste them. Martha felt a species of annoyance at (his rather uugallant speech. Also , slg felt annoyance with herself for having declined the invitation so heartlessly. Driving home, us she saw the cars bearing toward her currying overcoated men and women obviously going to the great . game, she felt a quick eagerness to be one of them. She saw again the confused, hurt expression on Samuels plain face. Hut she did not see approaching behind her on the car track to the left the fast line trolley. ller well mirror, reflected-- the trolley enough, but Molly was too preoccupied with thoughts of Samuel to look at that important little reflector. Then suddenly she did see ahead of her a break in the pavement. A sharp turn to the left occurred to her us the best way out of her difficulty ami us she turned she chanced to look 'at the miiTor, and there hearing heavily and rapidly upon her at the back was the dark form of the fast-lintrolley. Martlia put on lier brake quickly, felt a sickening jolt, heard breaking glass nnd grating metal and then shut her eyes and waited. When she opened them iu a second Hos- peri! seemed to have passed but she item bled on the verge of 1'ninting and dared not slip from her seal. "I couldn't stop on ft piece.-thmotorman told her. What the blazes did you think I was going to do? I didnt expect you to do unyihi) g." Martha said with tears in .her eyes. Hut I'm very much obliged to you for doing sdiat you did." Meanwhile strong-armemen were shoving and lifting her little car away from the front of the trolley. Windows broken ami shes kind of sioe in, re marked one man with a grin, .bai 1 guess she'll go. Fools-- luck ain't it? And the conductor none too courteously was asking Martha to prodj.-her license. Then Martha felt a strong, steady hand upon her arm. Excuse me." . said a dear voice beside her. but happen to be this ladys lawyer. Martha looked and saw the calm, strong face of Samuel - Stevens. He seated her again at the wheel, io,,k the number of the trolley car ami in parting shook hands wiih the motor-man- . He had been going h.::.ie on the trolley when the accident occurred not caring to go to the gamwithout her. Passengers piled hack into the trolley which "was soon rolling rapid. y on. Then Martha pressed forward her own light car ami breathed a of deep relief to know thal Samuel was at lier side. "I saw it all," said lie, and have, the names of witnesses, l'he trolley wasn't even scratched but theres about a hundred dollars worth of damage al! told to yoniear. Fault of the county. Theyll settle, lil : t tend to that. Of course you ought not to have turned to the left that way. 1 know it," said Martha, "hut I fur-cla- d - e leii-ce- 7iT d VV preparation. e jr as he stepped exclaimed from the back porch Into the yard, what a night ! Klq Neu? Sleet blew against his cheeks, prickA ing the skin like needle-points- . him olT bis wind took nearly strong Oq KATHERINE ED ELMAN feet. The ground was slippery. No business," muttered Murray, no all this coming year, I business to be out a night like this." THROUGH A lighted lantern swung from bis I shall And something every day Ii described wavering circles hand. To gladden me and make me know That blessings sweet and true shat) of yellow on the snow. flow After a few moments of slipping Through every hour and every duy and . buffeting against the wind MurIf we but seek them on tbs way. ray rraetied the lot next to the house. Too often, with unseeing eyes. HI, there!" called a mans voice, Thwt never tries With bitrer-lrear- t, cant you help get this tire on? To look for things of Joy and cheer, We go along through all the year, Why In thunder," boomed Murray, Nor aee the hundred pleasures small are yon driving such a night? Don't That fill the way for one and alb you know lerter? Unmtndful of the things we hold, Do you Sure, we know better. More precious far than gleaming gold. think were out for our health?" We fume and cry. we chafe and fret For something that we cannot get. Murray threw the light from his lanAnd spurn without a passing sigh With tern on two kneeling figures. Sweet homey pleasures that are nigh. cold, stiff fingers they were trying to unscrew holts from the rlru of a How many times Iri other years I nurtured troubles, doubts and fears. wheel. And would not raise my eyes to see We are In a hurry, and there U The pleasures that awaited me. no time to he lost," they said. The hundred blessings I could find If sought with open heart and mind. Then Murray glanced at the big, black machine. It was the cjty ami shall resolve this coming year bulance ! I'll seek my share of Joy and cheer. The share I am entitled to. Who is It? he gasped. That is my own, my honest due; Mrs. Peck. She slipped down Old I would be foolish, most unwise her steps and broke her hip. Doc says To pass surh wealth with blinded eyes 1S2S ustern Newspaper Union.) we must Jump right ulong and get her Into the city hospital. It took about two seconds for Murray to get nt those bolts, lie worked In no furiously. time nt nil the old on qA New tire was ntT and the new one on. GNew Eve Ouess I'll ride along, too." said caroless-- I Murray By '5ljrlu Banning Thomas M r s. Heck, y. 31 $ used to give me cookies with caraseeds in 'em was way (iMKTHlNO I was a kid. when certainly the mut- Dorn u n u c k y ter out In the lot New Year's for next to the Jmuse. her' There wns a conHat lucky for fused ' sound of her you came voice's Then a out that to help us. on sharp tupping he glad to metal Sometimes She'll, trmrw you are it was then this again dearly, It bus. He never a mufflers, us the wind carried the noise on me New Years Day,' misses calling to or from (he farmhouse. was us, and I guess you she telling Murray threw down his (took nnd It this miss year either!" (losli!" he mat- wont pulled up the shade, sent up c prayer of thankMurray tered. I wish on New Year's Kve at had sacrificed a book he that fulness n f"r to in time help put on a neyv tire. Swm! " Wi'1 VVMicrn Newspaper Union. I in:. (boose this road particularly, so they cun run Into my fences or turn them-stiveto Think About upside dowu on my front lawn." Things firstAt blackness into lie peered the as the New Year Comes be Could only see iiis own distorted re-HTTKIt Imve h New Year and get Ih'ilbm ou the polished glass. Then rid of the old one. trud'ially he was able to make, oat n (Jet oft on your right foot or you dark, moving mass near the maple will find yourself left behind the proroe at tiie bridge. cession "'.Vliy will folks he such fols as to Many a mini does not turn over a drive a stormy night like .this?" he new leaf because he has come to the I went on grumbling. stay al home end of the volume. and content myThunk Hod you can turn over a new self with a good lea fb.ee apse you still have a few unused ones left. hook, hut ottier Will the New Year be a flyleaf, or people must doll the beginning of another grand diup nnd go somevision of lifes volume? Western Idiots 1" where! Christian Advocate. All this growl Ing vms merely a 1 On Their By JANE OSBORN - "I'm older now than when you came, And wlserl Ah, how low my aim! Hut nlndom cornea through many a sigh, t-- Accident H. LUCIUS COOK could tarry heart exclaims, "Old friends best." Jt holds (hem dear above the rest. My S X&P.bfe h- Old OOD-B- 1 ; 4'V Herbert 1 The Fortunate The Old Man Didnt Seem at All prisod. Sur- - Happy New rily after him again Year." Robert hud been invited to a New Years Eve dunce and he returned to acA business his hotel to dress. him in had town the urged quaintance to come and he accepted for polite reasons rather than from any desire to mingle with local society. It was at the dunce that Robert met Ethel She interested him at once, and with business-likinitiative be Immediately booked her for most of the dances ol the evening. Whvjr Robert returned to New York i tie day after New Years he experi encod for tho first time in his life the sensation of genuine loneliness. Most remarkable of all. he felt strangely happy In bis new sadness, for now he always had the vision of a pair of dark laughing eyes to cheer Ids loneliness. Mre than once lu the ensuing months he found occasion to make business trips to the little town which sheltered the langhlng dark eyes and before another year hut! passed his loneliness had turned Into complete Joy, for he had married the pretty owner of the eyes. At his own request his firm stationed hlro permanently In the little town which a year ago had' seemed the most cheerless spot on earth, and Robert and Ethel settled (Iowh to a cosy, comfortable married life. It wns New Yeara Eve again nnd Robert was in the little art shop where the old man with the twinkling blue eyes still presided behind the counter. This time Robert had come fie had ordered with dcflulteMntent. a frame for one of Ethels sew photo graphs. "Happy New Year," lie said cordially to the little old man. The blue eyes twinkled knowingly and he said, I thought there was nothing new." Robert smiled It was a very different smile from the donhtful one that had curled his lips the year before as he had left the shop. "I hadnt found love then."-b- e replied, But love Isnt new. It Is as old as as everyones Friend," the oid man said softly. lint it was new to me," Innghed Robert and as he left the shop It was he who called out cheerily Happy New Year again, nnd he really meant It. The old mans klaJiy blue eyes twinkled more merrily than ever and he srd'od a litlle, sweet, wistful smt!e z UVn w!ra Vw e 1 1 - wasnt ' thinking that is, I wasnt thinking of the road or anything. I was Just thinking of you." Then sullenly Martha felt very weak ami exhausted. She drew her ear to la right out of traffic ami stopped. '! cant drive any more just now. she said, and then she felt the eimrmo-.satisfaction- of 'her resting head against Samuels shoulder mid shed ding tears on his rough coat whll without the slightest hesitation or eniharrassment Samuels strong arm Dont encircled her. Martha dear," he was saying. "Youve been" , j-ry- so j.ood to me, said Martha, "and I was so horrid." lve-onldone wlint any man would hnve done for for any woman," said Hut I wish 1 could have Samuel. done a lot more. Because I love you. I ought not to tell you, perhaps, but (!od knows how hard it is not to. Martha, forgetting that it was stiii broad daylight and that they were on a busy highway, beut over toward Samuel, turned his face to her with her hands and kissed hint. Samuel, dearest, I love you, love you, low you." Samuel' told Murtlm she was an angel and that he was the happiest man In the world and no doubt he was. Then taking the wheel seat lie said be would hurry her home. But I dont want to go home." sai-- 1 Martha. "I want to go to the game. And now that were engaged, we really ought to celebrate." |
