The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-05

Mean what? Pardon an old n7s,.-
slow understanding. What are ,-,-s
talking about my son?'' 'ON
raIher Beret glanced furtiveIy ,b,,..
then quickly stepped through the a.
way. walked entirely around the 49,
ana came IN again before FsrDsTr,-S,
/ could respond Once more ses-s.l 20. 81
| ms stool ne added. interrogativer,-- '
/ moving Outside2' ~-'-Hs
No
! Hou were saying sometbfro- --r-----
Went out Pardon my interrlTprf5r, y.
farnsWOrth gave the priest a sa7---
ing and not wholly confiding 1ool- 40 Il
You did not interrupt me Es-L
hereL l was not speaking. WI
I you SO watchful? Are you arr+i5 ~.
eavesdrOppers2 o.
You were speaking reckIcssrv
words were incendiary- ordentia go
MY son. you were suggesting n -
/ Serous thing Your life would So
SATISFY the law were you Couvf-+s-F -
ilslnudtIES such treason What e
OF your proving guards had ova-Es---s
EouF Your neck and mine mfgb- -
me halter Quod avertat d0rnf-,,- q.
I He crossed himself and in d SOLE.
voice added in English.
May the Lord forbid. All. ny son
- ~ ISIS II oLEEN muse We love
and J. who am not mt 10 tia ,
/ priests shoe. do likewise. FatLe-
/ love Alice ROussiIlon-'
Love Is holy thing. my son. Arra-.
/ diylnum est ct humanum-"
/ Rather Beret, can you help me-"
/ Spiritually speaking. my s.H4rr
Il mean, tan you hide NaE=raisarr.
/ RouSsillon in some safe place. II +sl-a
her out Of the prison yondere That's
I just what l mean Can You do it7',
| Your question IS a remarkable IN.
Have you thought upon IL from an
directions. my som Think OF your no
/ sition, your duty as an Officer"
A shrewd pOiemical cEpressio,
/ beamed from Father Beret's eyes arT
/ a very expert physiognomist might bsya
| suspected duplicity from certain lines
/ about the old mans mouth
Il simply know that I cannot stand
( by and see Alice-MademoiseI R0us-
| sillon-forced too suffer treatment to-,
/ beastly for an Indian chief That's tho
/ only direction there is for me ro Tool-
I at it from. and you can understand NV
/ feelings II you will; you know tina.
/ very well. Father BeFet. When a man
loves girl. he loves her; that's the
1 whole thing
The quiet, inscrutabIe half-smfla
! flickered once more on Father Beret-x
1 face but he sat silent some time With
a sineWy fOrefinger lying alongside his
nose. When at last he spoke il was In
/ a tone OF voice indicative Of small in
/ terest in what he was saying. His
/ words rambled to their goal with the
| effect Of happy accident:
There are places in this neighbor-
/ hood in which a human being would be
/ as hard 10 find as the flag that You
/ and Governor Hamilton have so dill
/ gently and unsuccessfully been in quest
/ OF for the past month or two. Really.
my son, this is a mysterious little
/ town.
| Farnsworth's eyes widened and i
/ flush rose in his svarthy cheeks.
/ Damn the fiagI" he exclaimed. Let
/ it lie hidden forever; what do I care?
tell you, Father Beret. that Alice
/ ROussillOn is in extreme danger. Gov
1 ernor Hamilton means to put some
! terrible punishment on her. He has
( a devils Yindictiveness. He showed it
! 10 me clearly awhile ago.
You showed something of the same
| sort 10 me, once upon a time, my son"
/ Yes, ] did, Father Beret, and I nj
a load of slugs in my shoulder for il
from that brave girls pistol. She
I saved your life Now ] ask you 10 help
( me save hers; or, if not her life, what
/ is infinitely more, her honor"
| Her honor," cried Father RsTet,
I leaping TO his feet so suddenly and
/ with such energy that the cabin shook
| from base 70 roof. What do you say,
/ Captain Farnsworth? What do YOU
mean2"
CTo be Continued Tomorrow