Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-02

different protests, perhaps petitions Tor
forgiveness. a final victory for herself.
She had mover intended him TO ACCEPT
his dismissal nc her hands ia this way,
aud his blank Arrangement. which she
tool, for Indifference. annoyed her.
$50 that's fixed. b. IL. JcGF
81 s'poso go" Jon spoke shortly and,
ne she thought, sullonly Aud again
there was % long silence
81 reckon III have 90 goo away now,
JET said presently. us though thinking
aloud. I'm on duty MP 90 Mount Sew.
ern depot tonight an tomorrow cvoniu
III como down nm take my traps au move
EN- over there" Then. after pause.
GOOD night, Thea
Onco she started aud half opened h1f
lips 60 call him blck. but pride and th'
sight Of bis determined boring $50 DE-
sirodo away tied her tongue, aud she lti
the opportunity pass.
After all, Jen was only one among
whole tovnful Of nimircrs, and " j.
didn't care why should aho :
Besides. thore remained the cnuse C..
OH thil trouble. she ltung engineer BW
ton, who had como down 20 inspect ti
bridge and had found The acconmoia
ton uf the City hotel 30 much to vi
taste
True. Burton himself would not has
confessed 60 anything more than IT,
most harmless nir.ation-a Irritation LAID
upon rather bY.dcr lines possibly tia
be- would hayc followed with girls Of hi.
own class. but certainly nothing mos
serious.
The storm that had been threatening
an the afternoon broke soon ana sud
| dculy-such % storm ng tho Bar Island
valley had mot known for many Yeas
All that night 10 RACED and well on ID
the next day and Al,HCn, sitting by hcr
self at home. had ample leisure 10 thnl
| matters over
Hcr feeling NJ first was ono Of freedom
and consequent relief
But this feeling was short lived. and
whom It passed 10 LEFT her very lonely
Burton was out. facing the storm down
by the bridge
Bat sho did not think OF him some
how. Her mind kept r1yosiiug Go The
thought Of Jei puzzling cover bis ,rans'
Indifference of the previous evening
wondering whether sho had understood
him rightly.
And by midday she found herself in .
very agony oi rcmurse and humiliation
Yes, sho had treated Jon shamofully.
She had dismissed him hoartlcssly
wantonly and without cause. And nov
she would have fiyon all the world to b.
nblo 10 call him back again.
At last She could bear Il no longer
Tho close atmosphere OF tho room secmcl
20 suiocato and choke her Rain or NJ
rain, sho must get ont Of the house an,
breathe fresh air II only forhalf ana hour
So throwing a shawl over hCr head AM
shoulders, she slipped quietly ont am
walked. alone and unnoticed, down IN
| deserted street.
lnseusibly her steps tended toward III
bridge. In tho old days-she thought d
that timo ~ though Il Ind been year
and years ago-shu and JoiI used often b
walk some way out along the bridge an
stand enjoying tho magnificent view u
and down the valley.
Twilight had fallen before she stcppe
on 10 the bridge, but tho way was 80 "a
miliar to her that she did not notice THU
The rain had ceased, and tho wine
though still strong enough at that gree
height, had abatcd considerably sin,
morning. Althen faced It and drew LON
refreshing hrcaths as each gust struck
her out Of the darkness.
Tho cool air seemed to brace and @
hilorato her spirits, and the novelty
her position, suspended between cart
and sky. with blind, empty space on a
sides Of hor gave her % curious sense
detachment and mental exaltntion. 81
forgot Joil-forgot an her own trouble
But home and everything in her pa
lifo seemed 20 distant, so vague and i
significant, that sho easily dismissed Il
matter from hcr mind and pressed ,
} again. Tho bridge swayed slightly In q
wind She must bo just above the riy
. ! now, she thought,
, suddenly the hand rail by which n
, had been guiding herself slipped fro
her grasp The speed Mt which she W
walking carried her ON q pace or tvs
! aud then she stopped, struck with a m
/, mentary fear, and CROPPED after the n
with her hand.
Not finding Il Hho stopped cautious
backward aud touched It just at {
point where she had let It 60 The Il
, was broken OIL short, the wood ingg
: and splintorcd. And at the same n
!, ment squall shook tho bridge and so
10 Althea down ON her hands and Rnc
a clutching at one Of tho foot plunks al
q straining every muscle to hold hersl
against the wind.
, She was not frightened IN tho lea
- Slowly for perhaps 10 or i2 feet s
a. cruwled along in this manner, and IN
m ono hand put out very cautiously Def,
M the other missed the plank and fou
only empty space.
Again she stretched out the hand, Il
4, time 10 right and loft as far as she COZ
:, reach, and again Il found nothing Tn,
was no moro bridget
"A Althoa raised herself into sitting p
NJ turc, drawing hor feet up under !
NJ skirts and resting upon one arm.
" must consider this thing that had h'
a uoned