The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-10-19


and not until then did | abandon the
hopeless struggle.
And | did not so over to the ban
dts: ! simply resumed my own neg
lected personal affairs and malo Vile
Week at least personal triumph
There is nothing of the spectacular
in my makeup. | have no belief in
the value of martyrs and martyrdom.
Causes are not wun--and in my hum.
BILE opinion never have been won-in
the grayeyards. Alive and afoot and
armed, and true to my cause, am
the dreaded menace to systematic and
respectable robbery. What possible
good could have come of mobs killing
me and the bandits dividing my
estate?
But why should | seek to justify
myself? care not a rap for the
opinion Of my fellow men. They
sought my life when they should have
been hailing me as deliverer; now,
they look up to me because they false
ly believe me guilty Of an infamy
My guards expected to be recalled
on Tuesday. But Melville heard
what Crawford had done about me,
and straightway used his influence to
have me detained until the new grip
Of the old gasg was secure. Saturday
afternoon we put in at Newport for
the daily communication with the shore.
When the launch returned, Mulholland
brought the papers to me, lounging
aft in a mass of cushions under the
awning. 1--WE are going ashore" said
he. "The order has come"
| | had sudden sense of loneliness.
! 'Tll take you down to New York, y
said |. 81 prefer to land my guests
where I shipped them"
AS we steamed slowly westward |
read the papers. The country was
rapidly readjusting itself. was return.
ing to the conditions before the up.
heaval. The "fnanciers"-the same
old gang, except for a few of the
weaker brethren ruined and few
strong outsiders. who had slipped In
during the confusion--were employing
all the old. familiar devices for deceiv.
ing and robbing the people The up
Sti Ndb llblN'h, anu wv
mixer was seated again nd busy, the
good old COW standing without Sc
much as shake of horn or switch OF
tail. "Mulholland," said I, what dc
you think of this business of living|
"I'll tell you, Mr.. Blackjack" said
he. 81 used to fuss and fret good
deal about It, But don't any more
I've got house up in the Bronx, and
bit of land round 1t. And there's
Mrs Mulholand and four little Mulhol
lands and me-thats my country ant
my party and my religion. The res
is off my beat, and | don't give Q
! damn for it. | don't care which fakii
gets to be president, or which swim
dler gets to be rich. Everything
works out somehow, and the bes
any man en- do is to mind his owl
business"
"Mulholland-Mrs. Naturalization
little Mulhollands," said |, reflectlvely
That's about as much as one maj
could attend to properly. And--yor
are on the level aren't you?"
Some say honesty's the best pol
ICY" replied he. Some say II isn't
| don't know, and don't care, wheth
er it is or 1t isn't It's my policy
And we six seem to have got alont
on II so far"
sent my guests" ashore the mex
morning
NO, I'll stay aboard" said / t.
Mulholland, as he stood aside for m
to precede him down the gangwa,
from the launch. ] went into tn
watch.pocket of my trousers and dreN
out the folded two 81 ,0O0-bllls | Away
carried-it was habit formed in m
youthful, gambling days. I handle
him one of the bills. He hesitated.
For the four little Mulhollands,"
urged.
He put II in his pocket. watche
him and his men depart with heav
heart. / felt alone, horribly alone
without a tie or an interest. Som
OF the morning papers spoke respec
fully of me as one of the strong me
who had ridden the food and ha
been landed by 1t on the heights {
wealth and power Admiration an
envy lurked even in sneers at m
"unscrupulous plotting" Since ha
wealth, plenty of wealth, did NJ
need character. OF what use wa
character In such world except Q
a commodity to exchange for wealth
Amy orders, sir?" interrupted m
captain.
looked round that vast and vivi
y scene of sea and land activities.
!. looked along the city's titanic sky-lir
}. the mighty fortresses of trade an
>, commerce piercing the heavens an
a fiinging to the wind their black ba
@ ners of defiance. felt that | We
! under the walls of hell itself.
S ITO get away from this" replied
t to the waiting captain. go baC
r. down the Sound-to Dawn Hill"
), Yes, | would go to the peacefr
soothing country, TO my dogs al
e horses and those faithful seryan
r bound to me by our common love (,
h the same animals. Men to cro
,, swords with, TO amuse oneself with