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OP OF I PEACE BAGg S WAYS v YS OF OP I I I II Somewhere over mN against ug Iho tho ho hills which shelter such towns of Utah as ns I have seen there thero must be written I ih ihL 1 L- L words which all nfl the natives understand the twelfth J i s d the of plea pleasantness pleasant pleasant- r commandment Make Make your our oura a ways R ways wars ness ahl and all your our paths of peace for tor the stranger that i Is IS 1 1 l within i your I gates And nd tho ho order has so far been leen rl t. t i v ohe obeyed lII It was vas so at Richfield It Jl was so FO at al Logan It 1 was so 10 at PI Provo PIO O It lia ha has been so at other towns an and iti its it's It s 's i Fj seems Reems of oC tho ho realm VI I J t Thorn a was a first day of oC sadness In Provo Prove for for for-a a littie littie lit lit- tie tIc girl gir Id that hat had been the delight ht of oC home homo and aini the star i of t C school chool had met In a sharp struggle Ie that terror of oC afflictions tins till spinal malady and her slender li limbs had finally relaxed lit J the tho sn s that shall n nr r e i i. i it t i II her M- M Thorn Thom was au an hour of oC sorrowing at nt I. I I 1 t her biN bier an nil c evening In lii which my heart hearl VEnt out to th hiti the hit 4 i stricken one ones in the Iho little family that that hour for them themI I I In which tho ilo excitements ments of the lay day the nervoUs ous dec de dc- de- de c mantis mands of the sick iok son season had gone gono and antI when only the thc i i I s silence hence and the vacant chair remained We WO e who loved loxer diV I ti tho parents of the little girl jd sat nt there in another part f of the town and antI silently reached out nut through h the dark daik- Ij rt for know knew that sorrowS sorrow POSH to touch them In we S c came caine mo with her hel most pol poignant nant pang here thero In the gathering gather s-ather- 1 f J ing lug gloom of oC tho the twilight ht Next morning mornin- It Was fiS different Somehow joy joy Jy f cometh In III the morning A good deal deal had boon been said at atthe I the tho funeral about the future life that land In iii which all allone allone l' l S one hopes for hero here il is faithfully realized an and In the thc sunshine sunshine sun sun- 1 shine on the hills lulls In the tile winds s which came gently up Y j from the tile valley valle In the fleecy cloud that hat traveled exultant exult exult- i i ant across the sky k one could be lieve all that lore lo an and hope had promised Hea en seemed more possible than It eer ever had seemed before J I I. I S JI J. J Down at al Richfield that commandment to entertain I. I I the stranger had hati one little exemplification that I shall not A A big crowd crowl ha had gone one to the bustling town lown 4 1 the people had exhausted themselves in pu public Hc enS en- en S S 4 t t. t That I is s a thi thing 1 common enough h every every- k poh po- po h rc nUl In ng r 4 N S. S at at tJ the chool h hall hail II and before the festivities festl at the rink iTt I an n the JC were left Jett to their own resources Two women of oC Iho tho visiting party strolled along the streets f fora for 91 u ua a time and then being tired went ent into a store an and sat loWn An attentive e clerk came caine to them and when he found they required nothing but the privilege of or resting rest rest- resting ing n In lu his place gave ga them better bolter seats seals and anti without any ostentation made it clear that the they were welcome A resident woman who was aH In the store at the time came caine I. I K l V- V over ox-er to lo the tho two strang strangers rs an and asked asle them to lo go home ome lomei with her II It will vIll be better than to lo sit here herc she said i t And Ill you U W I bo he ver very They went with her and she ma made e them at home in ina l 1 a a delightful tru big bedroom where were all aU the tho little JULIe accessories ac ac- ac- ac r which even tho the most provident can not wholly carry with them They might loosen their theil clothing lie town down an and rest And they did i Then thc they made their 1 toilets the for an hour to the dance and the speaking speak speak- k- k vv V. V lug ing in tho the rink before retiring to their beds heds In the thc special r t car that ha had been placed at the tho disposal of oC the visitors i 0 J it It was as as a n little thing thing- but women everywhere e will t U understand and anil men will appreciate the courtesy courteS of or that t. t K t w- w k n Richfield woman S S t 1 At Logan the town wn was crowded with visitors visitors an and andover J over o n and over again aln that same some thoughtful service ice b by resident matrons mati was marked They l knew new the tho women fo L visitors would bo be wearied with the tho lon long ride the drive drI c abut about the college grounds rounds the banquet and the speeches I and find they made mae tho the delights and the comforts of or their own h fI residences s of or rest resl for of or the day lay And men were quite tulle as ns cordially treated Wherever er I they went the they found gentle speech courteous answers answer to questions tho the p proffer orr r of every facility facUlty required require for I. I such w work rl as as must be bo done one It was not an effusive obtrusive o attention It was wag simply a kind of or friendly make yourselves es at al' al home homo And It will not lOt soon be I 4 forg forgotten a aI a t I On another another day a thero there was a hap happier visit to Provo No o special preparation was ma made e but in tw twenty nty minutes i r I a a. r l' of oC men an and n women gathered in tho the rooms 4 o 0 of the tho Commercial lal club and provided an on extemporized r. r ment that marks marls Provos Provo's people as cultivated r. r n an thc they ara are aro courteous s. s 4 1 One man with a n won wonderful bass baRS voice olee sang an that tha S. S 4 r rare tc too soto Asleep slee 4 In iii the Deep and antI won applause A tenor and antI a a. L rendered r ono one of oC tho the old old lov love Kongs one ong- ong ono one of or r the soi sort t that I 1 always new because I It I j l breaths leath iho tho thu passion that thal is tho the samo yesterday toda today i I and Rill for forever vor In tie the long ag ago agu a Girl back In m my Indiana country country it to sang me Inc one autumn night on a portico f. f when soft S g winds rinds came camo laden Jaden with the perfume of oft i ripening grapes And I have t never ne Inco heard hear words or ort t nIl nir but hut I smelled those grapes with the ouch of or ori i i. i I tile the fro frost t upon them and nd caught again the lie perfume of oC garments garments' and hair hull and dear young oun womanhood all I J In iii tho the II harmony of o e 4 A little girl rl name named Li LIda Llda a E Edmunds pupil of Professor Profesor J sor POl or Lund Lun Lund pla played od the piano with little plump hands that scorned unable to conjure the music that came caine from the I willing Instrument A marvelous little performer who should bo ho known hereafter hereafter If If IC f she he shall prefer fame to the gentler gentle fortune of t her I kind And then there was a game gamo of or whist whilst with three me men II r who knew where lever every card was after the lie second lend lead an and followed every suit to the end of the pia play It was a n pleasure to be be beaten by them I All MI these are little things In the telling toiling But nut thero there ii 1 Jq so gracious a n. greeting reeling In every overy fac face to so kindly lI nn an ni answer an- an an an- to cr c every qu question lIon so willing a service If Ir there be t I anything th i that must be lL lii And Antl tid I tin tin- Ii M- M iVi withIn with A Iii Iii- In Iii the gates ates knows that the commandment has hns been fulfilled Utah writes the word Welcome cleome lar largo large o Ineer in er e every action sings It in every word vord nn and proves It in every CIT day of steadfast and commendable living I wish all the world worl knew Utah as I have hn found it ft it- it as nn any man ma may find It if Ir he will wilt look for It with fairness fair fail ness floss and candor An And some day the tho good will be tol told of oC the tho state slate the state the good oo which so mightily outweighs the ill III An And these alle valleys alleys s 's will fill with people who are worth worthy themselves es and whose use of oC their welcome will prove pro thorn brothers to the men nn and the he women who extend It It I can not wish for or them a better hetter fortune fortune- I. 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