The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-02-21


wide eyes had n PARKWAY look. IA IL
hey saw some tragedy, the shadow OF
which would never fail from her She
was indeed the tragic muse in her
floating white Grapnry. the tragic mu q
whose grief Is too deep for tears &c
watched her as she swept toward him
in the figure of the dance, the head
thrown back. slightly fore ihIstened.
the mouth smiling with the smile that
knows all things, the eyes holy wells
of truth 1t was like her to contrive
her brothers escape and then to dance
with the yer" men who had knottcd
the moose fD. his hanging. Henderson
was bowling 10 her, the dance was
over, and the next moment she was
alone
lis it you. Peter" She thrust Il
strand of hair back from her temple.
Her eyes rested on him for moment,
then wandered till in their absent look
was the rapt expression of the sleep
walker. The dark trimmed eyes had
in their depths the quiet Of II conflagra-
ton. and Peter. seeing these things
and knowing the gamut of all her
She had not come to dance in triumph
in the face of her brothers enemies
There was no triumph in her face, but
white. consuming despair.
Did you ask me to danceT Again
she put back the strand of hair. For
give me for being so stupid, but I've
kept postotlice today and had long
ride. and | danced with Henderson"
He drew her arm within his and led
the way out through the crowd Of
dancers to the star strewn night She
did not speak again. nor did she seem
TO notice that they had left the room
with the dancers. She turned her face
toward the lonely valley, where the
drama of her brothers passing had
been consummated. and something
there was in her look as II turned to.
ward the hills that told Peter.
"Tcll me, Judith. what has happen.
edT
For answer she pointed toward the
valley. They did it last night at the
i.
could not stay with Aida. had to
come here to dance that no one might
suspect"
Her voice was steady, but low AMI
thrilling. In its deep resonance was
the echo of all human sorrow. There
was no hint of accusation, yet Peter
felt accused He felt, now when II
was too late, that his position had been
one of almost pusillanimous negligence
From the beginning he had taken Il
firm stand against violent measures
lie had talked, argued. reasoned. in
Weighed against violence. No later
than n week ago he had ridden across
the desert to tell Henderson that the
Wetmorc outfit would take no part II,
violence of any sort and that the cattle
outfit that did resort to extreme meas.
ures would miss the support of tho
W-square in any future range bust
ness. But II had not been enough. He
should have made plain his position In
regard To Judith With her as his fu
ture wife the tragedy OF the valley
would not have been possible.
From the ranch house came the swell
of the hddles, the rhythmic shuttle OF
feet, the song of the dancers dulled b,
distance. Beside him was Judith. q
white spirit, the woman in her dead Of
grief And yet through all the grin
horror of the tragedy she remembered
the part that had been allotted t. her
threw all the weight of her personality
on the side of the game she was play
Ing.
You must be on our side. Peter. an,
when there Is talk of Jim's abscur,
you must simply imply that lie is cas-
somewhere You will know how {,
meet such inquiries better than we wo
men. Henderson will be only too glad
You should have seen the wretch whcl
| held out my hand TO him and tolC
him to dance with me, He came. whit,
ana stumbling. We have nothing t
fear from Henderson. Aida has M
money 10 go away with. She and
must stay here and make beginning
for the children, and. Peter, we wan
YOU TO help us"
He had no voice TO answer her BRAY,
words for minute and then his sen
fences came uncertain and hating.
You must think me II poor sort o
friend Judith. one who has been blinC
till the eleventh hour and Is then founC
wanting. | feel so guilty TO you, 4
your brothers wife, to that little child
who put out his arms SO trustfully I,
me that night, but | never imagined
that things would come TO such pas
rs this. The smaller cattle outfits hay,
been doing good deal of clustering
but the more conservative element sup
posed that they had them in check anI
did not for a moment think that the.
would take the law into their owl
hands. Believe me, this lawlessnes
has been In the face of every influence
that could be brought to bear, and |
shall not go unpublished"
she spoke to him from the darkness
as the spirit OF grief might speak
"An eye for an eye, tooth for tooth
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