The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-23
mems consciences easily adapt them

mems consciences easily adapt them
| selves.
1t is merely a matter of chance, this
amusement. which may or may not be
| harmless. A selfish man takes the risk,
| risking nothing himself.
! All this was clear to Hardwood as he
| lay there in the dark, but it did not
/ satisfy him as it had once. Moreover,
| whereas a few days ago he was certain
| that ne himself risked nothing. now he
/ was far from sure. He asked himself
whether he was in danger of caring Sc
riously for Hide, but he could not re-
| ply. Had he been simply curious to
know how far he could go? Had it
been vanity after all, or d lower incen-
tive? fs
His face grew heti7with shame and
self-resentment. He was mentally vim
dicating Understanding her against
himself, but he did not know it. He
thought it was himself that he was vim
dicating. This mental protest of inno-
cence left him calmer and less restless,
and after a little he fell asleep. What
ever he dreamed must have been pleas
ant, for the morning sun. stealing into
the room, Illuminated his face, young,
peaceful, touched with smile as irno-
cent as the woman he was walking
with u dreamlaRd.s
Bourke woke him, regretfully, say
ing What the deuce are you grinning
about in your sleep? Get up, jim I'm
going to St Cloud to see what's in the
wind. You'll come. too. won't you?"
Yes" said Hardwood. Il suppose
the trains are running yet. What's. the
! news?"
While he was bathing and dressing
Bourke ran over the morning papers
reading aloud the Geographic dis
patches.
''Hello-What do, you think of this?
When the Germans entered Laoc some
crazy French soldier ran to the citadel
and flung a torch into the magazine"
Read it," said Hardwood, lathering
his face for a shave.
Here it is: Through the cowardice
or treachery of the governor of Loan.
the Duke of Mecklenburg entered the
city or the 9Th Of September, at the
head of the enemy's Sixth cavalry di-
vision. 1t was raining heavily. Sud
denly a frightful explosion shook the
city to it's foundations The citadel
haG blown up, killing more than hun
dred of our soldiers and $50 Pruss!anS.
This awful catastrophe was the work
of an old French soldier, a, veteran of
the Crimea and of Italy. who. not hav
ing the courage to surrender the place
to the Prussians. crept into the mag
azine and set fire to it, blowing himself
and every body there to pieces. The
Duke of Meclkienburg was wounded.
Our General Theremin was killed. The
German troops. recovering themselves,
cried that they We're betrayed, and,
fiinGing themselves upon our Unarned
Mobiles. massacred them in the streets
and at the house doors. The slaughter
Numbering the horrible courage of that
heroic mailman, can pronounce one
word of blame or of regret for his
deed? Honor to the dead!'"
Hardwood. razor poised. face lather-
ed, stared at Bourke.
It's simply CHASTITY" he said. 1T
brings the whole business out more
few days march from Paris. l can't
realize that people are doing things
like that while you and l sit still and
scribble rot to the journals"
Il don't know that we've had such
an easy time of it, said Bourke.
"Mars-la-Tour was no football game,
Jim. And as for you-you've given the
your idiotic head off. haven't you?"
"Nonsenser' said Hardwood, return
ing to his shaving. Il mean that
there's a vast difference between us
and those poor devils of soldiers out
there. That citadel business chills
me to the marrow. Go ahead with
your newspapers, Cecil"
Bourke continued reading aloud,
skimming through the mass of pro-
pitfalls. charities. until he was tired.
There's nothing new" he said,
throwing down the journal its mere
ly the same crisis growing more acute
hour by hour AS far as l can make
out the Germans are somewhat be-
tween here and Laon, the French fleet
has done nothing, the Mobiles are a
nuisance, the National Guards are rails
ing hell in Belleville, an army is form
ing along the Loire to assist Paris and
Garibaldi is coming to France That's
a fair synopsis Of the whole business.
AS for the United States interfering,
it's not likely; Italy's gratitude is not
to be counted on; France must face
the music alone"
II wish" observed Hardwood, that
the Paris journals would exhibit less
hysteria and more common sense.
had Bismarck killed every
week since last August, they've cap
tured Noltke. they've innoculated the
Red Prince with typhus. they've an
nounced the mutiny of every regiment
in the Bavarian and Saxon armies.
Look at the way the government is
blowing up tunnels and bridges. What
lunacy, They're only hampering their
own movements and 1t takes about a
day to lay pontoons." Herput> on his
coat, standing UP for Bourke to brush
him.
That's big cannon they've mount
ed down there" he observed, looking
out of the window. Come on. Cecil,
breakfast must be waiting"
AS they descended the stairs Hide
and Yolette stood at the front door