The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
CHAPTER x

THE week that followed brought Ii
manifest change for the better in the
conditions surrounding the prisoner pa
...-- i'm t6, Louisville general hospital
IN -., tine day he first saw the face Of
r,.f-r Lame within these whitewashed
walls Holt had little care what hap
r..n.I to- him Weak, helpless, hope
lass BETRAYED by Fate and abandoned,
..s he. thought. by God and man, ne had
-.H,r into a state of such apathy as a
n1r time 20 give the medical officers
abundant reason to regard his recovery
as more than doubtful Whether they
Thought it the easiest and most nat
,.-ar solution of an ugly question,
whether in the midst of manifold cares
and eases they thought OF it at all,
cannot bee decided. He was left entire
IN rp himself To- brood at VIII. II was
is superb strength and constitution
that rfded him over the worst days. It
was the strong love in his young heart
rn.t thrilling through his whole being
al eiEut of the fair girl who, despite
obstacles and III report. had ever been
gentle. even sympathetic in her man
rrr to him. that now aroused his VIII
and wits and the spirit of fight that
was only latent, and So determined
Em To- action. 1t was his conduct III
keeping other patients within bounds
instead of seizing upon opportunity to
escape. that attracted the attention Of
The officers on duty at the hospital and
commanded the almost reluctant graft
1uI- of Mrs Lane. In the first i'm
pulse of Womauly pity at sight of his
thin. white face. and while still fun
eff ed EeTueSs to thank the soldier who
had saved her boy, she had let fall the
words that later she would gladly have
sred. and had exhibited a degree OF
pumpassiOn ITTepressible at the mo-
uaut, but iniudiciOus in view of her
plans for Daisys future. Moreover,
Sl- saw that the evidence OF Norman $
suffering had d telling effect upon her
child. he saw uneTringly the great
wave OF pity, of pain, beWildeTment
even Indignation that Welled mp from
DaiSy's innermost heart and realized
that all in one moment there was over
thrown the work of patient months of
undoing at Norman's expense. and of
worldly DrOmpJings in behalf of the
absent MalIoy.
They had talked it all over, her nus
band and herself. before the newly
made major left for staff duty in front
Of Washington. They knew and aC-
knOWledgCd DaiSy'S prediction for
Norman Holt, and even moUTned that
they had felt compelled To cold shout
der him out of their fTeSIde circle, but,
as has been pointed out, Lane wor-
SHIPPED wealth and influence and social
station Lane had made up his mind
that no matter which side Norman
might espOuse the war would ruin him.
Lane knew by midsummer just to the
last penny the extent of poor MCIn-
rvre's inrOads upon the little fortune
left in his hands for the benefit of his
sisters sons. Lane knew that barely
$4,000 remained to be divided between
the two. and later. as the war wore on.
i'm for "a oh h-4
tween the hoJ-headed father and his
second son. Even though TeCOnCiiia-
r.ru were later to come, what would
I- left of the Doctors estate by the
close of the war; Like Virginia in the
east. Kentucky promised to be d Crap
I.iuE ground in the west Who could
preserve AShOit from the TaVageS OF
TarrIer What would BeIleyiew'S in
Vulnerable UuCleS. auntieS SnC pick
slnuIeS be worth from q financial
point of view by the time the war was
ended and the south subdued? No.
THE Hollis had been for years his most
valued friends his partners closest
Kindred, but that beueficient partner
was dead and buried now. The for
tunes of the Hollis must soon follow
suit. SO what sense was there in senti-
r.-gr' a man must look out for his
".n- Here was Senator MaliOy, whom
.. Had' long looked upon with disfaVOr
..... Al>.-kH-ltI ialtc0 80 treated
l.H-noW coming forward in his bluff
hearty way. men of the world you
.HaN- as he said, perfectly willing to
... nE-gunas be by-gones to forgive
.s forget his Sights and Snubs. Aye
...n tp exert his powerful political in
..-.- tp father his interests and ask
F- nothing more, apparently. than
-... Lane should favor the suit of his
.r 10 would have been flying in the
.... ut providence 10 deny him, said
Lane And yet when he took his little
SILL u his arms To kiss her goodbye as