Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-28

passed away from the fathers voice ana
manner, making the daughters more
and more tender, that she might win
him back to her.
"Goodby!' she said 1--WE shall re-
member each other kindly"
Eyes, gentlemen, said Mr.. Clitheroe;
this has been quite the pleasantest cpl
sode of our journey. You must not for
get us when you are roaming through
this region again.
He said this with his light, cheerful
manner. They turned away. It seemed
as # death arose and parted us. We fol-
lowed at distance and watched them
safe to their wagon. The night wind
had risen and went signing over the des-
ert reaches. bringing with 1t the distant
bowling Of wolves.
DO not speak to me" said Brent. ~
viii talk 70 you by and by
He left me and went toward our
horses. 1t had been impruuea. II leave
them SO long at night with bad spirits
about.
looked into the fort again. The
dancers had gone. Bottery was FUN
bling drunkenly over his fiddle. a score
of men were within the house carousing.
Old Bridger's whisky had evidently
flowed freely. In one corner Larrap had
unrolled greasy faro cloth and was
dealing. Murker backed him. They
were winning largely. They bagged
their winnings ont Of sight, as fast as
they fell in. Sizzum, rather to my sur
prise, was little excited with liquor
and playing recklessly, losing sovereigns
by the handful As he lost, he became
fnrious. He struck Larrap in the face
and called him cheat. Larrap gave him
an ugly look and then, assuming a
boozy Indifference, caught Sizzum by
the hand and vowed he was his best
friend Murker kept aloof from the dis
pute.
The game began again, Again Siz-
zum and the Mormons lost. Again Siz-
gum slapped the dealer, and catching
the faro cloth tore it in two. The two
gamblers saw that they were in danger.
They had kept themselves sober and got
The others drunk for such crisis. They
hurried out of the way. Sizzum and his
brother saints chased them. but pres
emily, losing sight Of them in the dusk,
they staggered off toward camp, singing
uproariously. Their leader on this festi-
val had somewhat forgotten the dignity
Of the apostle and captain,
This low rioting was donbIy disgust
ing to me after the sad evening with
onr friends. | found Sizzum more Of
fensive as man of the world than as a
saint. say man of the worid, because
the gambling scenes Of nominal gentle
men are often Just as hateful, if more
decorous, than those Of that night. I
walked slowly off toward camp sorrow
fui and sick at heart. Baseness and vul-
garity had never seemed to me 50 base
and vulgar till now.
suddenly heard voice in the bushes.
1t was Larrap. He was evidently per
suading his comrade to some villainy.
I caught a suspicious word or two.
"Ah! thought |, 'syou want our
horses. We will see to that"
| walked slowly. Brent was seated
by the embess Of a camp fire, covered in
heap, like cold Indian. He raised his
face. All the light had gone out of him.
This trouble had suddenly worn into his
heing. like the shirt of Nessus, and pol
soned his life
John, said |, u never knew you de-
spondent before
fsThis is not despondency."
s'What them
Despair
II cannot offer to cheer you"
1T is bitter, Wade. | have yearned
to be a lover for years. All at once !
find the woman have seen and thought
Of and known from my first conscious
moment. The circumstances crowded
my love into sudden intensity. l made
the observations and did the work Of
months Of acquaintance in those few
moments while we were at tea. My
mind always acts quick. | seem always
to have been discussing my decisions
with myself, years before the subject Of
decision comes to me. Whatever hap
pens falls on me with the force of a
DOOM | loved Miss Clitheroe's voice
the instant heard its brave tenderness
answering her father / loved her un.
seen, and would have died for her that
moment. When she appeared, and
saw her face and read her heart, knew
that it was the old dream-the old dream
that | never thought would be other
than dream. The ancient hope and
expectation, coeval with my life, was
fulfilled. She is the other self | have
been waiting for and seeking for"
Have you told her sos'
''Can man stop the beating or hi:
heart? Can a man not breathe: Not il
in words perhaps. | did not use the
lover words But she understood me
She did not seem surprised. She recog
nizes such passion as her right and
desert"
"A great hearted woman can see how
man worthy Of her c;sn nullify time and
space, and meet her, soul to soul, in eter
nifty from the first"
80 I meet her; but circumstance.
here are stronger than love
'-Can she do nothing with her father
Nothing She failed in England
when this delusion first fell upon him. I"
did she know what it meaAt for hel
and him:7
Hardly. She even fancied that they
would be happier in America than al
home, where she saw that his Old
grandeur was always reproaching him.
eDid he conceal frsm her the goal and
object Of his emigration?'
'.She knew he was, or supposed him
self to De, Mormon. But Mormonism
was little more than name to her. She
believed his perversiOn only transitory
folly. 1t is but recently, only since they
were away from succor, off in the desert,
that she has perceived her own risk. She
hoped that the voyage from England
would disenchant her father and that
she could keep him in the states No; he
was committed; he was impracticable.
You have seen yourself how far his faith
is shaken. Just SO far that his crazy
cheerfulness has given place to moping;
but be viii hear nothing OF reason
"What does she anticipateg'
s.She says she only dares to endure.
Day by day they 10th w,Er away Day
by day her fathers bright hope dwindles
away. Day by day she perceives the
moment Of her own danger approaching.
She co111d NOT sneak IN ma of IL. INIT