Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13
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CHAPTER VII.

The anonymous letters, or rather
scrawls, which Philip found by the
side OF his unconscious wife as he
stopped to raise her up read as fol-
lows:
preacher Better pack up and leave
Milton is not big enough to hold you
allie, Take warning in time.
preachers Wife--As long as you
stay In Milton there is danger Of two
funerals. Dynamite kills women as well
az men,"
Philip sat by the study lounge hold
ing these scrawls In his hand as his
wife recovered from her falntlng fit
after he had applied restoratives. His
heart was filled with horror at the
thought OF the complete cowardice
which could threaten the life OF an in
nocent. Woman. There was with II a
nocent woman. There was with II a
feeling OF intense contempt OF such
childish, dime novel methods of In
timidation ms that OF sticking a knife
into the study desk. IL 1t had not
been for its effect on his wife, Philip
would have laughed at the whole
thing. AS Il was, he was surprised
ind alarmed that she had tainted, a
thing he had never known her TO do,
he listened anxlously to her story.
1T must have been an hour after
you had gone, Philip, that I thought
heara noise up stairs. and, thinking
perhaps you had left one OF your Win
dows down at the top and the curtain
was tapping, / went right up, and the
minute stepped into the room | had
the feeling that some one was there"
Didn't you carry up light?"
mo. The lamp was burning AT the
end OF the upper hall, and so | never
thought OF needing more. Well, as |
moved over toward the window, still
feeling that strange, unaccountable
knowledge Of some one there, q man
stepped out from behind your desk
walked right up TO me and held out
those letters I'm one hand, while with
the other he threw the light from a
small bulls eye or burglars lantern
upon them"
Philip listened in amazement.
Sarah, you must have dreamed all
that. IL isn't likely that any man
would do such thing
philip. did not dream. / was ter
ribly wide awake and so scared that
/ couldn't even scream. My tongue
seemed TO be entirely useless But
felt compelled to read what was writ
ten, and the man held the papers there
until the words seemed TO burn my
eyes. He then walked over to the
desk and with one blow drove the
knife down into the wood, and then
tainted away. and that is all can re-
member"
.sAnd what became Of the MANI"
asked Philip, still inclined 10 think
that Lis wife had In some way fallen
asleep and dreamed NJ least part OF
this strange scene. perhaps before she
went ND 10 the study and discovered
the letters. Il don't know; maybe he
Is In the house yet. Philip, | am al
most dead for fear-not for myself, but
for your life"
~ never had any fear Of anonymous
letters or OF threats" replied Philip,
contemptuously eying the knife, which
was stlll sticking In the desk. Evil
IDENTIFY the saloon men think ] am
a child to be frightened with these
bugaboos, which have figured In every
sensational story since the time Of
Captain Kidd"
"Then you think this is the work OF
the saloon men!"
"Who else can II be? We have no
other enemies of this sort in Milton"
But they viii kin you, On, Philip,
I cannot bear the thought Of living
here in this way Let us leave this
dreadful place"
Little woman" said Philip, while he
brayely drove away any slight anxiety
he ina- have had for himself, don't
you think II would be cOwardly TO run
away so soon?"
Wouldn't II be better 20 run away
90 soon than to be killed? Is there any
bravery In staying In place where
you are likely 10 be murdered by some
coward?"
II don't think shall be" said Philip
confidently. "And ! don't want you
70 be afraid. They will not dare TO
harm you"
"No, Philip" exclaimed his wife ca
gerry: 'you must not be mistaken ]
did not faint away tonight because I
was afraid for myself Surely ! have
no fear there. IL was the thought of
the peril in which you stand daily as
you 20 out among these men, and as
you 90 back and forth 10 your meet
ings in the dark ! am growing nery-
Gus and anxious ever since the shoot
ING, and when | was startled by the
man here tonight ] was so weak that
tainted. But | am sure that they DO
not care to harm me. YOU are the Oh,