The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-08-29

Frances Cables face was white and
drawn, and her eyes were wet Her
husband started forward as she extend.
cd her hand to him. He clasped them
In his own and looked down into her
face with the deepest tenderness and
usefulness In his own. Her body
swayed suddenly, and his expression
changed to one OF surprise and alarm.
"Don't-don't mind. DEAR" he said
hoarsely. ut had to come. Sit down,
do. There. Good Lord, Frances. IL
you cry now Tll-Ill 60 all to smash!"
He sat down abruptly on the arm Of
the big leather chair into which she
had sunk Imply. Something seemed
to choke him. and his fingers went
nervously to his collar Before them
stood the straight. strong figure Of the
man who was to have Jane forever.
Neither Of them-nor Jane-knew
what Frances Gable had suffered dur
ing the last hour She accidentally had
heard the words which passed between
the lovers In the den downstairs. She
was prepared when Jane came to her
with the news later on. but that prep.
aration had cost her more than any OF
them ever could know.
Lying back In chair after she had
almost crept to her room. she stared
white faced and frightened ut the cell.
ing until 1t became peopled with her
wretched thoughts. All along she had
seen what was coming. The end was
inevitable. Love as 1t grew for them
had known no regard for her misery.
She could not have prevented its
growth; she could not now Illustrate Its
elimination. and yet as she sat there
and stared into the past and the future
she knew that 1t was left for her to
drink Of the cup which they were all.
ing-the cup Of their Joy and Of her
bitterness.
Fear Of exposure ut the hand Of
GraydOn Bansemer's father had KEEP:
her purposely blind to the inevitable.
Her w0man's intuition long since had
convinced her that Graydon was not
like his father. She knew him to DC
honorable, noble. fair and worthy.
Long and often had she wondered at
James Bansemer's design In permitting
his son to 60 to the extreme point In
relation with Jane. As she sat there
and suffered 1t came to her that the
man perhaps had purpose after all
an unfathomable. selfish design which
none could forestall. She knew him for
all that he was. In that knowledge she
felt slight. timid sense of power. He
stood for honor 20 far a. bis son was
concerned. In fair play she could ex.
pose him II he sought to expose her.
But all conjectures, all fears. paled
into insigniHcance with the one great
terror-what would James Bansemer
do In tho end? What would he do at
the last minute to prevent the mar
riags Of his son and this child Of un-
known parentage? What was to be his
tribute to the final scene In the drama
She knew that he was tightening his
obnoxious coils about her all the time.
Even now she could feel his hand upon
her arm. could hear his sibilant whis-
per. Now she found herself face to
face with the crisis Of all these years.
Her only hope lay In the thought that
neither could AFFORD the scandal OF an
open declaration Bansemer was mer.
CHESS, and he was no fool.
Knowing Graydon to be the son OF a
scoundrel, she could under ordinary
circumstances have forbidden her
daughter to marry him. In this In.
stance she could not say him nay. The
venom Of James Bansemer In that
event would have no measure Of pity.
In her heart she prayed that death
might come to her aid in the destruc.
ton Of James Bansemer.
It was not until she heard GraydOn
coming up the stairs that the solution
dashed into her brain. II Jane became
the wife Of this cherished son James
Bansemer's power was gone! His lips
would be sealed forever. She laughed
aloud In the frenzy Of hope. She
laughed to think what fool she would
have been to forbid the marriage. Thl
marriage? Her salvation! Jane found
her almost hysterical.' trembling like
a leaf. She was obliged to confess
that she had heard part Of their CONVEX
sAtion below In order to account FOL
her manner. When Jane cenfded to
her that she had promised to marry
0raydon In September-or June-sh'
urged her to avoid long engagement
She could say no more than that
Now she sat limp before the tw'
men, wan smile straying from on
to the other, exhausted by her sup
pressed emotions. Suddenly. without
word, she held out her hand to Gray
don. In her deepest soul she love'
this manly, strong hearted young fel
low. She knew, after all, he was wor
thy of the best woman In the land.
"You knowT cried Grayd0n, clasp
ing her hand, his eyes glistening. Jan
has told you? And you-you think m
worthy"
Eyes, Graydon-yOu are worthy,
She looked long into his eyes, search
ing for trace of the malevolence tina
glowed In those Of his father. The
were fair and honest and sweet, an
shc smiled to herself. She wondere
what his mother had been like.
"Then l may have herr" he criet
She looked up vt her husband, and b