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~ U,to Hto q p'tSo "tSt tth1 VtpS tte
rioltn TO you"
sic" he said. "but It need not apply
here" He took the bundle. unwrapped
1t and disclosed battered violin. Let
me explain" he continued. For the
owner OF this you fought battle yes
terday. You tested its tone little
later. 1t seems that you are n master
OF the most difficult Of instruments.
There was a time, ! believe. when the
old man was Its master also. He waa
once, they say. the conductor OF an
orchestra In San Francisco. Drink and
the devil finally brought him down.
For three years past he has lived in
Smoky Mountain. Nobody knows his
name. The town has always called
him Old Despair You did him what
Is perhaps the first real kindness he
has ever known at its hands. lie has
done the only thing he could to requite
It."
Harry had colored painfully as Eel
der began to speak. His voice was I'M
steady as he answered:
II appreciate it, am deeply grateful,
but 1t Is quite impossible that accept
1t from him"
You need not hesitate" said the
lawyer. "Old Despair needs 1t no long
err He died last night in Devlin's
dance hall. where he played when he
was sober enough for his lodging.
happened to be near by, and | assure
you 1t was his express wish that give
the violin to you"
Rising. he held out his hand. Good
night" he said. Il hope your memory
will soon return. The town is much in
terested In your case"
The flush grew deeper in Harry's
cheek. though he saw there was moth
ing ironical in the remark. 81 scarcely
hope so much" he replied. Il am
earning that forge.fulness has its ad
vantnges."
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Of these days"
Prendergast said little during the
meal. When the table was cleared he
board covered with penciled figures
and scrutinized It.
"Hope you remember how to play
old sledgeT' he said.
Harry did not move. As they ate
he had been wondering how long he
could abide that sinister presence. AS
he was about to speak q knock came
at the cabin door, and Prendergast
opened It.
The visitor Harry recognized IN
stantly. 1t was the man who had
called for fair play Mt the fight before
the saloon, who had drawn him into
the hotel.
Fielder carried bundle under his
arm. He nodded CURLY to Prender-
CAST and addressed himself to Harry.
II am the bearer OF gift from
some one In the town." he said. 81
have been asked to deliver this to
you" Hc put the bundle into the
others hands.
Harry drew up one Of the chairs
hastily. please sit down." he said
courteously. He looked at the bundle
curiously. "Et eos dona ferentes," he
said slowly "a gift from some one
In the town"
A keen surprise flashed into the law
yer's glance. The quotation Is clas
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with the boy, bu,"-hc tc7acd out his
hands-"you see, there is She temp:a-
ton. 1t Is his unhappy welkHaSs.'
Jessica remembered the yellow
s;nirky face ROW she had rassed him
on tbs day Jo:n Telder had walked
WITH her from tho Mountain Valley
House. ard the lawycr had told her nc
Myed IN the cabin jus, below the Knob
where she so often sat She felt
culver OF repulson.
"He is not intoxicated" she said
coIdiy. He is ~. You know him.
them
knew him. he echoed and laugh
ed--a dry cackling laugh. II ought to.
And l guess he knows me-" He shook
the inert arm. Get up, Hugh he
said. ITS Pcendcrgast!'
There flashed through her mind the
phrase Of the surly hotel keeper. His
side partner. Prendergast." Could n
be? Had Hugh really lived in the cab
In on which She had so often peered
down during those past weeks? And
with this chosen crony.
She touched Prcndergast's arm. He
Il Ill. l say" she repeated. He must
be cared for at once Your cabin 10 on
the hillside. isn't it?"
IBIS ab.n," he corrected. "A rough
place, but It has sheltered us both !
am but guide. philosopher and friend"
She bit her lips. Lift him on my
horse" she said. She stopped and put
her hands under the twltching Shout
ders. II viii! help you. am quite
strong"
With her aid he lifted the swaying
form on to the saddle and supported
It, while Jcsslca led the way.
"Here Is the cutoff" he said pres
entity. "Ah, you know IT," for she had
turned into the side path that led
along the HILL under the gray, snake
like fiume-the shortest route to the
grassy shelf on which the cabin stood.
The byway was steep and rugged,
and rhododendron clumps caught at
her ankles. and once she heard a snake
slip over the dry rustic of leaves. but
she went on rapidly. dragging at the
bride. turning back now and then
anxiously to urge the horse to greater
speed. She scarcely heard the often
sively honeyed compliments which
Prendergast offered to her courage.
1t seemed an eternity they climbed
In reality 1t was scarcely twenty min
utes before they reached the grassy
knoll and the cabin, whose crazy
swinging door stood wide to the nigh
cir. She tied the horse. went in ant
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Chapter 14!Ss
'.-.1

wnA. HE scene in the hotel Of
II. IA fee had left Jessica In
SytsSM state of mental dis
lNJM traction In which rea-
r. III son was in allegiance.
In the confusion she
had slipped into the little sitting room
unnoticed, feeling sense almost OF
physical sickness. to sit in the half
light. listening to the diminishing
noises Of the splling crowd. She was
wind swept. storm tossed, in the grip
OF primal emotions. The surprise had
shocked her. and the strange appeal Of
the violin had disturbed her equipose.
The significant words of awakening
spoken in the office had come to her
distinctly. In their light she had read
the piteOus puzzle OF that gaze that had
held her motionless on the balcony,
Hugh had forgotten the past-all of IT.,
its crime, its penalty. In forgetting
the past he had forgotten even her
his wife. Yet in some mysterious way
her face had been familiar to him. 1t
had touched for an instant the spring
vi TIE Itlt,S'Nt ill'llN'AN.
AS she SPARED through the transient
twilight, past the selVage Of the town.
and into the somhcr mountain slope,
she strucl; the horse sharply with her
crop. lie who had entrapped her, who
had married hcr under the shadow of n
criminal act who had broken her FL
ture with his, when his whole bright
fife had crashed down in black ruin
could such one look as he had looked
ut her? Could he make such music
that had wrung her heart?
All at once the horse SHE'D violently
almost unseating her A man was ~
ing BY the side of the road, tossin.
and mutterlng TO himself She forced
the unwilling animal closer and lean
ing from the saddle. saw who it was
IN moment she was of and beside
tho PROSTATE form, spasm Of dreat
clutching ut her throat at sight Of the
uervcless limbs, the cLalky pallOr 0,
the brow, the fever spots in the cheeks
A wave OF pity swept over her. III
was i'll and alone. He could not be lief
there. He must have shelter. She
looked fearfully about her. What coul(
she do? In that town. whose intoler
ence and dislike she had seen so &C
lively demonstrated, was there no one
who would care for him? She turned
her head, listening to nearing sound
footsteps were podding up the road
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Gus sparkle In the you better"
eyes. you've got
through with me-" he covered, land
you think you can go it alone Ihs
old suspicion leaped in the malicious
countenMnce well. 1t won't pay you
to try 1t yet | know too much! Dc
you understand? | know too much!'
Harry went out OF the cabin. At the
door he turned. IF there is anything
you own here" he said. take 1t WITH
you. You needn't be here when l coma
back"
His fingers shaking with the blact
rage in his heart, Prendergast gath
cred his few belongings. rolled them in
the white horse skin which be drew
from beneath his bunk and wrapped
the whole in blanket He fastened
the bundle in pack strap. slung II
over his shoulder and left the cabin
He settled his burden and went rapid
ly down the trail. turning over in hia
mind his future schemes.
AS ii CHANGED. there was one whl
cav his vindictlve face. Jessica,
crouched on the Knob, had seen him
come and now depart, pack on bscSl
and guessed that the pair had parted
company. Her whole being famed
with sympathy. She could see his
malignant scowl plainly from where
she leaned. screened by the bushes.
1t terrified her. What had passed be-
tween them in the cabin? She left
the Knob wondering.
All that evening she was III at ease.
At midnight, s,eepless, she was look
ing out from her bedroom window
across the phantom peopled shadows,
where on the face of the pale sky the
stars trembled like slow tears, Anx.
lefty and Tread were In her heart;
pale phantom of fear seemed lurking
in the shadows: the nisO was full OF
dread.
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She called, and
presently a Pc
dcstrian emerg-
ell from the half
dark and came
toward her.
He bent over
the form she
showed him.
ITS Stires,"
he said with
o chuclle. Il
heard he'd come
back" The chuc
kla turned to a
cough, and he
shook his head.
his IS sad.
YUu never
belle % how |
la 90 labornu
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presence u p " "
him. In t h l $
little comm'ini-
ty, which appar-
emily he had for
SAX en- and TO
which he had by
chance returned,
he stood n rogue
md n scoundrel,
n thing to point
the finger at and
to avoid. Il h G
question that had
burned his brain
to fire famed up
again. The town
despised h ! m.
What had been
his career? How
tonAt,l n
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ing into painful disorder sense ..
grateful GOODNESS. of fragrance ana vi
rest.
AS he stared again at the seated ny
arc, the grim fact reared like sris'!
,pecter, deriding. thrusting its haEsaru
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significance Of which she did not com
prehend. That kiss. she told herself
that night. had been given to her dead
IDEAL that had lain there In its purify
ing grave clothes Of forgetfuness. Yet
1t burned ON her lips, as that other kiss
In a darkened room had burned after
ward, but with sense OF pleasure. not
OF hurt. 1t took her back into crimson
meadows with her lost girlhood and its
opaled outlook-and Hugh.
But largest OF all In her mind next
day was anxiety. She must know how
he Jared. In the open daylight she
could not approach the cabin. but she
reflected that the doctor had been
there and no doubt had carried some
report or MIN to the town. So MS the
morning grew she rode down the
mountain ostensibly to get the cherry
cordial she had left behind her the day
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deWy baIsams IN her nos
trils. the dust rising ghostlike behind
the rapid hoofs. She found David
Stircs anxious and peevish over her
late coming.
She felt relief when the old man
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Ike iron on Prem
derglst's Shout
der and turned
him forcibly to-
ward the open
door. His other
hand pointed. and
his suppressed
voice said: This
ca bin has grown
too small Tor us
both. The town
Will SUN you oct
ter"
Pre- u dergas I
shrank before the
wrath " hitened
face. the danger
Gus sparkle in the
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oAI1e
orBs0
~ 49,
- -

ROM the moment her
kiss fell upon the fore
head of the delirious
man in the cabin Jcs'
sica began to lie n prey
to new emotions. the
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I was pitch dark when
Jessica reached the san
itarium. though she went
like q whirlwind. the
chill damp smell of the
l q. kn~ 49,
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So Chapter l7A ~

HE little town had been
uncOnsciously' grateful
for its new sensation.
The return of Hugh
Stires and his apparent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
SENATE BREAKS NEWS TO HOUSE.
HOUSE PERPETRATES OFFICIAL JOKE

The extensively advertised caucus of Re
publican house members didn't caucus
yesterday The reason for the breaking of
the caucus was the fact that the best Mr.
Fuller and Mr. Thompson could do was
TO round up twelve of the twenty-five who
originally signed the call for the caucus.
Early yesterday many of those who had
signed the cali for the caucus discovered
that they had done so under ''misTepresen-
tation, and therefore withdrew their
names As a consequence, the house
gIandstand play designed to show the
senate that it was not to be 'ebuffaloed"
went away for the time being at least
How the Nane Vaned.
Along toward closing time last even
ing a communication from the senate Of
Tcldliy announced that house bill No 81
by Cannon (the prohibition bilD, had been
rejected.
McCracken moved that inasmuch as the
senate had returned the bill. it should
also be requested to return the petitions
containing the names of 1900 citizens of
TINS state asking for prohibition"
McCracken got a second. and the matter
was Officially before the house
move YOU, Mr.. Speaker" said HoI-
man, that as a substitute for the orig
mai motion the word citizens be changed
to minors, adults and others.
the motion, of course. was lost
Morris said he would support the motion
IN order that he might, at future date
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
FIRE AT PARK CITY.
Special to The eIIeraldl

Park City, Feb. "a fire. which
threatened TO wipe out the greater mari
or the business district in Park Citv- brol-e
OUT IN the McPOlin building this evenfns
apout O'Clock. The south room, of tbe
Dnllding, where the fire started. was ocrI,-
pied oy B. Y. Roberts, manager of the
Park City Dyeing d Cleaning connanIt
VINO vas at work cleaning clothes win
gasoline, and it is supposed that the best
OF the room in which he was working sat
IRE 10 the tluid, which later exploded The
man IouSht hard to extiuguisf the bIsze
Dut MS work was of no avail and he -
SeiNeu quite q severe burning about the
race and hands. This fire is considere5
one OF those lucky ones by local citizens
as at the time the fire alarm was ss1I1n6 ,e,
the water in the city reservoir was ye1y-
low, and before stream could he sro+ts1
on the burning building IL was necesssr -,
70 get IN communication over the tel,
phone with the foreman at the Alliance
IGnhei, from which place the water Games
ana nave MIN stop the water pump which
was taxing the water to the Silver Kinr
I mil; Inc total loss will amount 70 abo,'3
slrVV' and whether or not the niacs 80
insured is not known. This is the first ~,
IRE Wnlch has occurred in Park Clity, fo-
SeNeIdl months past, and much credit ia
que the local department for the msnros
IN winch they handled the blaze
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24

move that the names of the signers of the
petitions be printed in the journal
Mr.. Hammond wanted the petitions back
because there were some from Grand
county, and he wanted to know if there
we're names of children on them.
Mr.. Bower of Utah said he did not be-
lieve the petitions were really needed in
the house, out that they were actually
needed in the senate where their reading
might help.
A substitute motion was 30 the effect
that a comm unication be addressed to the
senate that the members OF that body read
the petitions.
A vote was taken.
At first the chair was in doubt.
Make it Joke"
a division was called for. and on the
count the motion prevailed by a count of
% to T.
After a while Mr.. Thompson moved that
the sense of the house be that the motion
requesting the senate to read the petit
tons be considered Joke" and that the
clerk make no notation of 1t in the jour-
nal. The motion carried, and the serious
ness of the strain was relieved.
At one time in the debate Mr.. Thompson
remarked that if the clerk received back
the petitions in connection with the pro-
hibition bill, he would better keep them
where we can get at them. for [ think
the senate may want to see them and this
bill again before we get through with this
question:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
OPENING OF. LEHTEh SEASON
Ash Wednesday Services Will Be OBJ
served in Episcopal and Ro-
man Catholic Churches.

The Lenten season begins today, Ash
Wednesday. Appropriate services will
be held in the Episcopal and Roman
Catholic churches.
At st. Mary's cathedral mass 1yiil be
celebrated at 1880 and O'clock The
ashes will be blessed at the o'clock
mass and distributed to the people.
This ceremony consists Of the priest
making the sign of the cross on the
torehead of each person as he or she
kneeis at the altar. saying in Latin:
Remember, man. thou art of dust, and
unto dust thou shalt return
Services will be held at 7:90 every
evening during Lent, and Friday nights
the stations of the cross will be said.
A strict observance of Lent means
that all days except Sundays are fast
Gays of obligation, and all persons un-
DER Il years Of age and over 60 .-ears
OF age are exempt. Flesh meats are
permitted at all meals on SUNDAYS and
once day at the principal meals on
Mondays, Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and
saturdays, with the exception of En-
Der Saturday, the last Saturday in Lent
IN the English prayer book the Com
inlnat1on' service is used on Ash We'd
nesday as provisional substitute for
the "godly discipline" to which of old
oftenders were subjected on this day.
Inc usual Ash Wednesday services
VIII be held today in st. Marks cathe-
oTal ana ST. Pauls EPISCOPAL church
d Andrews associate mission will hold
services this evening, as follows: Litanv
win ADDRESS at 1:45, at st. Johns chan
ell Logan avenue and Ninth East
street; evening prayer at 7:9O o,.loCIx
at ST. Paui's chapel, 657 North second
West street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

William Wittorf. Salt Lake.
Isabelle Thomas, Salt Lake.
J. Z. Openshaw. ir., Salt Lake.
Adelinas1OalteT Salt Lake
Clifton Pierce, Murray.
IrOnnie Muir. Heber City.
Charles Shirley, Idaho Falls, Ida.
Elizabeth 3. Crabtree, Idaho Falls.
John Lowe, American Fork.
Jennie Wynn. Sandy.
William 3. Colburn, Goldfield. New
Ethel Leona Reddingfield, Eureka.
Harry Derby, Salt Lake.
Mrs. Martha Williams, Salt Lake
Jens p. Nelson, Richfield.
Martha SoTensen. College.
George Sole. Mill Creek.
Sarah Wood, Mill Creek
Albert Lingard. Salt Lake.
Annie Craven, Salt Lake.
J. Brigham Wilson, Midway.
Lota Huffaker. Midway.
Andrew J. Petersen, Theodore.
Effie NJ Gray, Salt Lake
Thomas Hatch, Brant, Alberta, Canada
Ona Pierce. Roosevelt.
Leonard Kesler, ir.. Salt Lake.
Alta Maud Harrison. Salt Lake.
Fred A Jackson. Salt Lake.
Mabel Z. Campbell. Salt Lake
Leroy Sweat. Salt Lake.
Ethel White. Salt Lake
Z. J. Watkins, HarrisViile.
May Burton. Ogden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
LOVE At FIRST SIGHT.
Butte Business Man Msrries Former
Salt Lake Girl.
Especial to The Herald. }

Butte, Mont. Feb. ga case of love
I first sight is that of Miss Virginia
KING of Los Angeles and Phil Carr. a
popular business man of this city, who
were married this morning after fer
vent cOurtship of two weeks duration,
which period embraces the acquaint-
ance of the couple The wedding was
first proposed in 3 jocular vein by Mrs.
Creighton Largey. wife a young mil
liOnaire of this city. in a telephone con-
versatiOn with the lovers, and the jocu-
lar expression took on a serious turn
when Mrs Largely was told, apparently
also in fun. to engage a minister. and
Mrs. I.argey, taking them at their word,
d d so.
The wedding was solemnized in the
red room Of the palatial residence of
the La&gys, Rev. George kessulhuth
OfficiatinsN A fun orchestra was IN at
tendance, and All elaborate wedding
breakfast followed. Dancing was in
dulged in until the departure of the
couple on d honeymoon trip to New
York. Miss King formerly lived at
salt Lake. and Mrs. CaprOn, sister of
the groom. made a hurry-up trip from
that city TO act as bridesmaid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-24
VICTIM OF DRUAKARD'S
RAGE OUT Of DANGER
Mrs. Taylor Recovering From Shock
of Stabbing-Father Processes
Ignorance of His Act.

Although greatly weakened under the
nervous strain and the physical shock
following the terrible experience which
she underwent Monday night, Mrs.
Isaac Taylor, the victim of her own ia
theirs infuriated assault when he
plunged a knife blade into her breast
is lying at her home practically out Of
danger. 1t was reported last night that
she was not resting so easily as on the
TpreviOus night. following her injury,
but this was considered due to the reac-
ton following the excitement. the
wound in itself is not of a serious ma
ture, except for the chance of infection.
Theodore Syphus. the young woman's
father, had little to say of his brutal
crime yesterday, but the night in Jail
seemed to have brought him to some
realization Of the enorlnity of his Of
Tense. With a low cunning. he attempt
ed to shield himself behind the mask of
Inconsistencies of his act, or of what
had transDired at his home. Il don't
remember stabbing her" was his plea,
and then he launched cut with a vOlu-
bic story of how he had been angry at
his daughter for some time past be-
cause she married Taylor. lie admitted
that he had been drinking Monday
night. as If to imply that he was not
responsible for his actions.
Mrs. Taylor yesterday repeated the
details of the assault, as told III yes
terday's Herald, and could add but lit
tie to the story as told. She had been
asleep on the bed. still dressed, await
ing the return of her mother from Muir
ray, and holding her little baby In her
arms, when the father entered the roum
and awakened her. As he began to pour
out volley OF drunken oaths, she drew
hQpIr n md 60, al -
the rage of Syphus. He spat in her
face and then. before she could more
than scream for help, he plunged the
knife into her breast. Before he could
strike another blow, the brother, TheO-
dore, jr., rescued his sister.
Mr.. Taylor, the husband of the IN
fortunate young woman, was inter-
viewed last night, but could say moth
ing more than had been told