The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-15
RUSSELL SAYS
HE HESITATED
When Tannef Entered the Taber.
naCle He Became Determined.
WANTED FACTS SHOWN UP
WOULD NOT BELIEVE STORIES
AGAINST JUDGE AT FIRST.
WANTED FACTS SHOWN UP

They say that have been in-
discreet, that / am young. that I have
done this thoughtessly."
AS he spoke Samuel Russell walked
restlessly up and down his porch. His
arms We're folded across his breast and
the wavy mass Of sandy hair which
covers his head was unprotected by a
hat.
why L have pondered over this
thing for months FOR a year" he ex-
claimed hercely. He became more
calm and said. 'I do not act hastily
i had not fully made up my mind 20
do 30 last sunday Yet / felt that
something ought 90 be done 90 stop
this. I went into the taber-
nacle with others and took "a
seat. I'm the aisle opposite me sat
my brother. Then nay eyes fell upon
Miss Thatcher. She was sitting just
in front OF me- ] was determine. yet
when x saw her i hesitated.
'I looked around for him, for Tan
ner, but 7 did not see him. He was
not there then. Later on he came IN
and took a seat i'm the front of the
tabernacle. When I saw him, pulled
up with pride, walk across the church,
lt settled me. 1 hesuted no longer. I
watched"
Russell told how he waited and
listened 20 the reading OF the names.
and among the list of home mission
fries was the name Of one who be
did not believe ought to be permitted
HrH
$. Tanner.
Objected to Tanner.
He waited until the list was finished
and the speaker called for the vote.
Hundreds OF hands went methodicaIly
upward The speaker asked for those
opposed 20 manifest their disapprOval
in the same way. This was the mo-
ment To- which Russell had been wait
ing nearly a whole year. He arose i'm
his seat, standing partly In the aisle.
Then he said, calmly and distinctly.
u am opposed To the name of Henry
3. Tanner for home missionary"
The great audience was electrified
Then he sat down. a hum swept
through the church and the Incident
was momentarily forgotten.
AT the time I saw Miss Thatcher
to them IL was the first time 1 had
been able 10 see her since my return
from a mission, although I had called
at the house when she was not there.
] asked IL they had tickets and they
said, No. i got i'm the line TO buy
three tickets. but when / looked around
again they were gone
My seats happened to be near them.
They we're with Tanner and his wife.
and had seats together. Even then T
did not suspect, I don't know why.
That night i was downtown until
about z o'clock. when / met the four
again. IL was not until then that the
truth flashed into my mind I re-
membered the stories j had heard.
81 wanted TO talk 20 her. TO Miss
Thatcher remembered then. I re-
membereC how she had avoided me
and 4 turned away. have sometimes
wondered If 1 did the right thing. But
II 1 had Obeyed my impulse to Join
the party I don't know what might
have happened. I was hurt. Only a
year, but what a change had occurred
in that short time.
Wouldn't Believe Stories.
Before that meeting I would not let
myself believe the stories Last Janu-
airy I saw her go TO his house To was
late In the afternoon. After that I saw
other things. 1 understood. / was
thankful then that she had no claims
upon me nor I upon her. 7 had never
said anything 90 her about my inten-
tons. To isn't always necessary 90 say
things 20 be understood. / knew / was
going away. to be gone three years. /
Three years IS a long time She had
other callers. on the night the hold-up
occurred in front Of her house had not
been there before In "a month. I ex-
pected to see her again before I went
away. I wanted to see her again.
Il expected 20 be gone a long time
and 1 wanted no woman TO feel that /
had any strings on her. I expected F..
some day 20 come back. and T.
We'll, somehow i had hoped 20 lind f.
everything as it was when / went .
away. I came back sooner from the I.
mission than I expected. I had 60 .
bring back a sick man. I was here I.
only a short time when 7 heard these /.
stories. I would not let myself believe +.
them. I tried 20 see her. but I soon /
saw that she was avoiding me. She
was never home when L called al the F.
house. One day I was crossing the#
street and ] saw her coming. When .
she saw me she turned and went back. .
After that I tried TO forget. did for /
get I had no time 20 think I was
busy building this house But him. /
could not forget him. IL I had come
back and found her married 20 some
honorable young man i would have
thought nothing Of 10.
Whatever my intentions may have
been when I went away. they could not .
be the same when I found out. / made .
up my mind that he should be known
as he ISL he said. fiercely His breast
heaved Ike "a man who Is under great
excitement He became calm again
and said.
II ga not want the responsibility. I /
admired her once more than any other
woman. L wanted the truth known.
Have I done WrOngH' Russell looked
up into the quiet sky as n expecting am
answer there. and the moonlight fell
on his face Then he turned slowly
and went into the house
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BENEFIT FOR ORPHARAGE.