The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21
By ALVAH MILTON KERR

Superintendent Joy at once reinstated him. and Bar
rett resigned only to find that Joy would accept
+ his resignation.
Then came terrible night. A great crowd stood
In faint mist of rain listening to the little cap
tains impressive pleading With yearning and pity
in every gesture and she poured her message
OF love Shandon stood not far away, pale and suf
feTing dumbly. Then there came rush of heavy
feet, men unsed yelling through the crowd people
were overthTOwn, there was surging and confusion
missiles whisted through the air and the little cap
tain suddenly toDped and fell backward from the
speakers box. bleeding wound her forehead
With gasping moan in his throat Shandon leaped
in and gathered the slim figure in his He rose
up, holding her as might hold child. His face
dead white and he swept two blazing eyes over
the confusion of faces about him. IF I only knew
the man whodid this you mob of cOwards," he cried
she fetehes you message Of love-you stone her
in the streets I'll whip yoU by man. find
you-you that are putin Up this outrage
He turned about, and utterly unmindful of what
might be said thought strobe across the street
and down the opposite sidewalk toward the boarding
house Little HalleIujahApoor little HalleIujahI
he muttered he looked down upon her face Iying
pallid and blood stained against his shoulder. When
he came to the house he set the door open with a
big, impetous foot and pushed his way into the hall
The aHdlaGy came out of the sitting with sud
den paiing couuenance. They've killed her-they've
stoned her. said Shandon chokingIy. Where shall
II lay herr
They placed her in a room of the parIor and Shan
don rushed away for the company's surgeon. At the
end of half an hour the surgeon cane out "A pretty
bad concussion-stunned heT-but she'll be all right
if kept quiet he said She's a soldier sure enough.
As soon as she came TO she wanted go back the
street and speak"
Shandon's lip moved. but he did not speak
An aching lump spreng into his throat he
turned away and strobe of toward the roundhouse.
At sunset the next day he came softly into Halle
lujah's room. The girl lay propped up among her
pillows. wan and weak white bandage upon her
brow. She laid a testament which she had been
reading on the counterpart before her and looked
up to Shandon with q welcoming smile. The big
engineer stood through a breath or two awkwaTdly
turning his hat in his fingers, a swift surge Of emo
ton visbly sweeping him at sight of her. I wanted
to see you--to find out how you gettin' along
he said, with apology in his tone.
You are kind-so kind. Bring g chair and sit
here won't you?' she said. Her voice was sweet
ana cool and grateful to hear.
He drew chair by her bed and sat down.
she put out her slim hand and laid it on his. You
are good friend and / THANK you. There is some
thing growing in your heart think-something that
concerns me- but l. want you to- not worth it
there is something much greater, much sweet
er-you understand, don't your She turned her
eyes to his apDealingly.
Shandon returned the look steadily yet his hand
shook under hers. Il only understand that THAT
love you, he said. q want take you away from
this thing you are doing TO marry and protect YOU
Her eyelids uttered shut and she lay in silence
little while but she did not take her hand from
his You do pot really know who sm-what have
been" she said slowly. with eyes still closed
Il don't care" he said.
I have drained the cuD-DerSonal love. YOU
your love would be different / know ] would like
to taste it, but large it seems it little thing
beside the Great Affection. Cannot you understand
to fix the heart only one-it is toy beside the
spendor of planet" Her big eyes, luminous with
the thought and ecstacy of it. dwelt Upon his face
He sat looking down. kind of numbness creep
ing over him. Then the Fest-to YOU
am but part of the whoe?"
Her fingers frightened upon his hand. | would
sin by saying that true she said caressingly
yet you ask me to take the cup? Once il would
have satisfied me-nOw ii would not You worLd
marry me, would try to make happy-onIy me.
How much sweeter. how much more unselhsh tJ work
for the salvation and joy of all mankind The c5ject
infinitely larger You understand, do you not?'
He stirred restlessly- Il seem to see-somehow-
little. bur cannot feel it,, he said desolately. 4
want only you"
you must enter into Gods love. 1t viii fiji YOU
and then you will love he loves, caring tendery
for all life. Love grows by Jesus / believe
kept himself from sin only by constantly doing good
Let me help you little-let me lead you-just one
step"
Her eyes closed and she began praying for him
plaintively. simply, softly. When she had finished
he arose a struggling sob in his throat She took
both his hands in hers and both looked each other
through tears You viii be good, she said. You
viii be great in the best sense, won't you? am SO
little-only one-amost nothing. Think of the thou
sands OF SICK the unsaved the fallen. Forget me
in thinking OF them because it is better for you and
I because might lose myself in loving only YOU"