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Show UTAH'S MEANEST ON. Love's Labor Lost, or Why I Did ' Not Go t the Circus. V - TJi liij: itiTulr vu8 to tuko placo in tH a 'ofty boiiio milofl fiom my homo town, but' nil llio bnjn uero going to - too it, until of course among the rest. Jusl how I wua going to rniso tho wht'iuwlth I did not know, but 1 was ' - determined to umbo tho effort of my lifo in Hint direction. About two I ( wooIih bof oio tho long-ad vortisetl show cumo, ono ovoning ne 1 walked homo-,' homo-,' . ward, driving tho family cow from -the' herd, I whb accosted by a man who UHltcd mo if I would go to tho canyon with him on tho morrow. 1 tho'ught immediately of benra ; and my nnxioiiM desiro to eco them in a cugo utHho circus ovorcamo tho four of Hcolng thorn in tho mouutniiiH, and I gladly consented to "biro out" for tho day. How much would 1 want? ho asked. Thinking of tho price of admission and a litlld to spoud on thl hide, I niiBworcd, "six bite." "All right, " eaid ho, "romo to my hdiiBO nt J o'clock in tlip morning." I'WJH thero even bofoio thai hour, and Boon wo wero on our way to tho t'unyon tho first trip, excepting go-lug go-lug up n littlo way with tho boya to gather obokucharrioa nnrt Service-bojfiios, Service-bojfiios, 1 had evor takon into tlio . mountains. Wo hud not proceeded ( many miles beforo my boss asked mo to get o!f and walk, to muko it easier for tho team. This I una glad ' enough to do, uh tho canyon breozo was chilly nt that early morning hour. llut as wo proceeded further, tho ascont beenmo fctoepor, and tho I Hharp rocks hurt more and moie my i poor bftro fcot. I would gladly liavo takon my placo upon tho "runuiug goara" ulongsido tho driver, but waa notinvited to do bo, notwitliBluud iug the fact that tho linos wero largo anil, atrong and would fccurcoly liuvo 3""" "S, " Tfotlcod my Blight weight. lilavlng arrived at tho bond of lite i canyon wo unhitched, and each taking n hon.o proceeded up tho ' 'drag road, " t through thick brush and timber, to a " point ai)out half n mllo from where Tw.- lofL tho wagon. Thero the logs woro lying, having boon out down and then out up koiuo tinio boforo. stf' A-fwo faccurcd enough tor tho llret WMj&0&& , "ilrag'.iny Iciiitl omployor pointed 'tf iiijjlodt twoJ oga "1 1 iiilm jAYHtjio rt ma ;u' ' jflHPoPeoTSu'l uS"o iuli&WgelEt oVuSirtijugi i tC"- wagon load. Right thero la where I " ' my spirits wont way down boloiv I zoro. I atartlod at ovary sound, oven t whilo closo to I) i in, mid to think of coming up thoro nlouo woli, "kcul my!" nB David Harum would havo B-uid; but I had it to do. Tho Jogs wqrp not vory largo nor heavy, nolthor fwaflM a very lnrgo nor hoavy thirteen -yUur-old boy. Not knowing how to fasten tho chain properly, I could not koop tho logs togothor; ono would Blip out. and bofpro l'could stop tho I ' hor on tho flteop hillpido, would j bo fur in tho rotir. I would thou havo to "hand-apiko" it down to Uh companion, only to havo tho inis-fortuno inis-fortuno ro-QCCiir. I was a loag limo getting tboao loga down to lho wagon, and for the delay received a scoring that hurt worse thuii my earatohod. nud blooding huuda and foot. I'. Whllo going down tho canyon lho brnko broke, and wo went nt u territfo Bpood down a eteop hill, at lho bjttom of whiob ran a crook, spanned by n bridgo of loso slabs. Theeo guvo V way and tbrovv. tho hordes into tho torroul, orie of them being ooni-plotaly ooni-plotaly submerged uud uimblo to mov'o. Iloforo tho frightened driver oould moyo or any a word, I wa iu i i tbo ioy stream, holding tho drowning nnlfnal'H head above '. water. The I ma 6oon rccovorod himself sntlloi- cntly to try to unloosen tho harness, 1 , but tlio togs wero no tuut that ho - couldn't bidge thoai 1 RUfUJited i that ho cut ono tug, but he wouldn't do it, and it wua aoine time before , 1 was released from my cold uud -y perilous position. It wis lute nt night wIihii wo got ho:u.) Hud I was - wot, tirod, hungry and soro fmn hotid to foot, but I bad earned enough t' money to go to tho oirous. 1 didn't go to get my pay until the ' duy boforo 1 ueedo.l it for thj ubow. Ho fluid bo didn't know bow ho could lmy mo just then. "Mother," ho drawled out, "have you any butter i - or 6g,ja you could aall to pay thia bjy l,(J3& it quarter?" "No," alio whine 1 in i w roply, "I htroii't nuy to aparo ' fS HO.V.." I tliuIJIy romiudod him Unit ,jj? Jt was sevflnty-llvo coutj ho owod mo, not twenty-live. "Oh, no," said be, "1, thought you said t.vo-hiU, nud-be4ldoJ nud-be4ldoJ you lost my sprosul oheok-ring." oheok-ring." Oh, lionveiiE, how could I be B3 all forgetful I What ho aaid about the riug was truo. Whon I wua in ! lho deep, cold creek, Buviug tho lifo of hia hotvo, I iinfiiatouod one of the check' strnpa, rind n corroded iron ring foil into tho ' stream. iTinnlly ho guo&cd tlmt ho might lot mo havo u littlo wheat. This waan wondorful concopalon, conaidoring tho fact that tho grain in hia bins only amounted to hundreds of bushola, and in other ways lie was equally well-to-do and proaporoua. Wheat was then selling for Hfty conts per bushol Ho mca-Bttrcd mca-Bttrcd mo out n half bushel, then took n pieco of Inth rind smoothed oir tlio top of tho moasuro until not another kernel would fall. I toted tho sack lo lho nearest store, my hoiut boing honvicr than was lho whnnt, which, wben woighod, brought oxnotly twonty conts. Tho merchant was not paying cafili for wheat juat thou, what would I havo in oxebonge? I bought a package of tea for my mother, and carrlod it homo lo her. I might havo gono nud soon tho circus parodo, bul 1 didn't. Dnviil Harum only liopnd to ecu lho parado, but lio saw tho wl'iolo ahovf; I intended to tuko in tho otiliro per foimanco, but didn't nvo:i eoo the dust of tho" baud wagon. Hut thou Hillio I. had a heart boating within hia manly breast, and not a blood-pumping blood-pumping makeshift such os lay noxt the gull of my lath-lovoling omployor. om-ployor. I have slnco read of tho man who was eo .stingy that ho used for a collar-button uvnrt on tho imok of bla neck, uud of otbors moro or lesa mpnn and dospicablo, but I havo uovor load or heard of any yet who could tuko tho palm of citsrduoaa from that hyena who called himself u tr.nu. i If thero la u :ilaco wlioro ton thoUBuud eouIs cum dnueo on 'lho point of a n ceil lo, 1 am suro it must iucludo i fraction by "winliy-odgo" souls such as his; only tho noodlo would i have to bo much hinnller than any I ! havo over seen, or tho dancers would i lose Ihoiufcolevs iu tho spacious bull I room. D. P. Oollott, in tho Utah Pioneer. |