The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-10-25

As the Alhltross steamed into the
little harbor saw Mowbray Lang.
don's Incidence at anchor. / glanced
toward Steubcn point-where his
cousins. the Vivlans, llyed-and
thought recognized his launch at
their pier. We saluted the Incidence:
the Incidence salutcd u.s. My launch
was plpcd away and took me ashore.
7 strollod along the Path that wound
round the base Of the hin toward the
kcnncls At the crossing Of the path
down from the house. paused aud
fingered on the glimpse Of one Of the
corner towers Of the great SNOWY
palace. / was muttoring something
I ligtcucd 10 myself II was: "Mul.
holland. Mrs. Mulholland aud tho four
little Mulhollands" And / felt like
laughing aloud such a Joke was Il
that ! should be- envying a policeman
his potato patch and his Tat wife and
his four brats. and that he should be-
In a position to pity mo.
You may bee imagining that. through
all. Anita had been dominating my
mind That is the way II Is In the
romances: but not I'm life. No doubt
there are men who brood upon the
impossible and moon and mnundcr
away their lives over the grave ~
dead love; no doubt there are people
Who will say that. because did not
shoot Langdon or her. or myself or
fly to q desert or pose In the crowded
places Of the world as the last scene
of a tragedy. / therefore cared little
about her | offer them this urgos.
lion; A man strong enough 10 give
a love worth womans while II
strong enough 20 live on without her
when he finds he may not live with
her
As I stood there that summer DAY
looking toward the crest ~ the Hill
at the hooking mausoleum Of my dead
dream, realized what the lncessani
battle OF the street had meant TO me
There is peace for me only In Ia,
storm" said I. But. thank God there
Is peace for me somewhere"
Through the foliage | had gllmpses
Of some one coming slowly down tho
zlgzag path. Presently. AT one OF the
turplngs halfway up the hill. appeared
Mowbray Langdon. "what In he do.
ing here" thought 7. scarcely ablo TO
believe my eyes. Here Of all places!"
And then | forgot the strangeness Of
his being az Dawn I'm In the strange.
ness Of his expression. For Il was ap.
parent oven at the distance which
separated ms. that he was suffering
from some great and recent blow He
looked old and haggard. he walked
like a man who neither knows nor
cares whore he Is going.
Tie had not seen me. and my i'm.
pulse was to avoid him by continuing
ON toward the kennels had no cs.
pccial feeling against him. had not
lost Anita because she cared for him
or he for her, but because she did not
care for mc-slmply that TO meet
would BE- awkward. disngrocablo for
us both At the slight noise Of my
movement TO go on, he halted. glanced
round eagerly. as II he hoped the
sound had been made by some one he
wished to see. His glance fell on me
lie stopped short. was for an instant
disconnected; then his face lighted up
with doyllish 10y "You!" he cried
Just the mani" And he descended
more rapidly.
At first | could make nothing Of this
remark. But as he drew nearer and
nearer. and his ugly mood became
more apparent, felt that he was look.
ing forward 10 provoking mo into Civ
Ing him a distraction from whatever
was tormentlng him. | waited. A few
minutes and We were face to face.
outwardly calm, but my anger slowly
lighting up as he deliberately applied
TO II the torch OF his insolent eyes. lie
was wearing his old familiar air Of
cynical assurance, Evidently. with
his recovered fortune, he had recoy.
cred his conviction Of his great su.
poriority to the rest OF the human
race-the child had climbed back on
the chair that made Il tall and had
forgotten its tumble, And / was won.
dering again that /, 10 short timc
before. had been crude enough TO be
fascinated and fooled by those tawdry
poslngs and pretenses, For the man.
as | now saw him. was obviously shal.
low and vain, a slave to those poor
"manoftheworld" passions ostenta.
tion and cynlcism and SKIN at vices old
as mankind and tedious as a tread.
mill, the commonplace routine OF the
idle and foolish and purposeless. 4
clever, handsome fellow, but the more
pitiful that he was by nature above
the uses 20 which he prosiurted him.
self.
He fought hard to keep his eyes stead.
fly on mine; but they would wayer and
shift. Not, however. before ! had
found deep down In them the begin.
nings OF fear, You see. you were
mistaken" said l. You have nothing
TO say 10 me-or 10 you"
He knew had looked straight to the
bottom Of his real self, and had seen
the coward that is In every man who
has been bred 20 appearances only
Up rose his vanity, the towards sub.
stitute for courage.
You think ! am afraid Of you2' he
Eneered, bluGing and clustering like
the school bully.