The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-02-17

| 10 make hi| escape. Texas Tyler left
he bunk room Immediately AMI locked
for him in the room with the dancers.
The iiddles In the hands OF couple
of Mexlcans had act the whole room
whirling ~ II b. anagr. AZ the?
danced they sang. Ioluing with the
caller out" who held hls vpclrrrnus
post between The rooms iii the room
was rul pr singing. dancing Tien and
women. WHO spun aud promoted ~ II
| they had not care Ia h wtGld HI
| Texas Tyler WAS not " these, ~ he
/, looked through the dancer 10" hi,
man There w,S Il red flisl IN the pii.
| pills Of his eyes and he told himself
that he was going To do things the way
they did them In Texas. for of course
he knew that the loose Tipped idiot hat,
meant Judith Rodney and Peter Ham.
lltOn. Never before had surl, an idea
occurred to him. and now that II had
been presented To his minds eye he
wondered why he had been such II
blind fool.
He rushed from the room and down
to the stable. At sight OF him some one
lcapcd ON horse and rode out into tn"
darkness.
"Who was thatY' asked Texas of n
man lounging by the corral.
THAT was" And he gave the name
of the loose Tipped man.
Texas cursed long and pictures4licly
Then he went back 10 the bunk room
and tried 10 pick II quarrel with Peter
Hamilton. who good naturally AZ
Slined that his old friend had been
drinking and refused to take uirense
Peter went In 10 ask Kitty to dance
with him. All that evening he had
been waiting anylouSly for Judith.
Meanwhile le had used all his lnfu-
rnce aS II newly appointed member u
the Wetmorc outfit TO soothe the rur-
He'd feelings Of the cattlemen. or the
tragedy in the valley he had heard no
r,luor.
Kitty had come TO the point where.
she was inclined to permit Peter to re-.
sumo his suit. His acquicscence In her
refusal She had ut first regarded ~ the
turning of the worm After the wolf
hunt. however. her installations were
more disturbing She had never told
Peter Of that strange woodland m"ct.
ing with judith. yet Judith's beauty.
her probable hold over Peter. the de
gree Of his affection for her were. ran.
Killing questions in Kilty's conscious
ness. In the stress Of the>. consider.
ations Kitty lost her head completely
for 80 old II cumpaigner. She drew
the apron string ight-attemptrd fore"
Instead OF strategy.
Kitty and Peter iluiShrd their waltz.
one of the few round dances Of ;lir
evening
How perfectly you dance, Kitty,
It's II long time since we've had i
waltz together"
The cow punchers looked NJ Kitty
as n she were not quite flesh and
blood. Such faxen daintlness. femnln.
liy cthcrca izci To angelic perfection
WAS new 10 them. but their admiration
WAS like that given 10 delicate exotic
which. wonderful as IL II. one Is we'll
the florists window.
Peter was derprentisliy attentive and
Jealous 80 make the Wrtnurr party
have II thoroughly good time. yet he
did all these things. ~ II We're, with
his ey" Un ia. door. lie was not oil.
viously distract. He WAS the man Of
the world. talking making himself
agreeable. doing his duty" while hlS
subcuns"iOuSneSs was busy with other
I.attcrs. IL was rather through telepa.
thy than through any lack OF attention
paid 10 her that Kitty realized the state
OF ihngS, and in proportion To her re.
aliZniion came u feeling Of helpless.
ness; it was So new. 50 unexpected. 50
cruel. He seemed drifting away from
hcr on some tide of affairs OF the very
existence OF which she had been I'M.
conscious. Further ami further he had
driited till ineligible speech no longer
seemed possible between them. They
said the foolish, empty things that peO.
pie call out as the boat glidcS away
world may hear and In his eyes there
was only that smiling kindness How
had it come about after all these
years? What was ii that had first cut
the cable that sent him driftingi
The dancers seemed bitten TO the
quick with the tarautula of an ecsta,ic
hilarity. Their bodies swayed in per
feet harmony to the swing uf the fd-
dies and the swell of the chorus. The
most uncouth of them came under the
spell OF that mad magic. Their move
ments, that In the beginning Of the
dance had been shy and awkward be
came almost beautiful. They forgot
arms. hands. feet. Their hN.lies had
become like the strings of some skill
fully played instrument ohediently re-
sponsive 10 rhythm, and in that com
posite blending Of races each in his
dancing brought some of the poetry OF
his own far land The scene was
amazing In It's beauty and simplicity,
like the strong. inspirationsl power
and rugged rhythm Of some old border
minstrel. One by one the dancers
glowed with better understanding Dis.
coldant elements, alien nations, were
fused IN hurmony I'm this vivid ulrturp