The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12
The HERALOREPUBuCAN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SUNDAY SEPT H.

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| per. and afterward smoked cigar
waiting; but not a trace of young Lane
| did he see. At length he took the pro-
/ prietOr aside land there was a cool
/ ness between them since Nelson's eX-
plot Of two weeks ago.. You can not
/ deceive me-" said Nelson, I know you
| have the boy hid out"
/ Then talk with Homer Fox said
/ the other
/ Nelson raised his voice and called,
and Immediately a door opened and a
| very paragon of gambler ap-
! peared. 1t was person Of consider
able beauty, clean shaver but for a
| slight mUstache, holding himself with
the assured ease of one who has killed
| his man over a sensitive point of honor,
and may do so again, come occasion.
y want young Lane said Nelson.
The gentleman-g gambler felt Of his
mustachc, gaUgiug his adversary with
an eye some women had praised, and
he showed that especial beauty, his
teeth, in Il smile of unTuffied assurance.
1T is true" he said that Lane is
here"
u am waiting for him." said Nelson.
"You must wait your turn then" said
the other
"Oh, that is hard Nelson cried. u
am not a violent man. You make it
awkward for both of us. 7 do not wish
To bury You. and so I ask you i'm po-
! likeness and Ecutleness-T beg YOU
| kindly, to bring the boy out
For moment it was a bout between
them as to which would OUTAGE the
other. The gamblers gaze broke pres
emily. And for the second time that
| day Nelson carried the point of his
/ desire. Among men ne knew
what ne wanted and did not hesitate
| to ask for it,
Young Lane had been piled with
/ fresh drink, but Nelson got him away
| from the place. As once before, horses
were brought and the lad was raised
| into the saddle, where lie sat a waver-
| ing figure, With help not his, the hun
/ dred cattle were brought around and
! Nelson told him they were going home.
| They set out. But the progress was
! slow enough, with the bewildered steers
/ to drive. And bit by bit. from his
drunkenness, the boy emerged, and his
/ tongue was loOsened. It seemed there
| was nothing he could say that a man
might wish to hear. Yet ne spoke to
| the rider by his side.
What do you think Of me, I Won
der?"
Perhaps hope-you know" said
| Nelson.
You told me to wait for you. 7 am
not reliable. 7 meant to come back at
once. 7 am not reliable. Some
times" drearily land the thought was
not new TO him), IT doubt I do right by
my sister"
You do very churlish by your sis
ter. I think it was an i'll day said
| Nelson, when you were born into hel
family"
My family" cried the lad: what
about my family? Do you cast asper-
sions on my family? * Oh, yes
he subsidized, Il remember. You are q
sort Of distant half-cOusin, thinking tC
| use the relatives license. But
birth" he said, you cannot know what
il is, being plainly ignOble as you are
| We Lanes are different. Though The
money has gone out Of the family, yet
we are proud, very proud, and we ash
no favors Of people. My sister shall
make a fine marriage, and I also shall
marry in time: to rehabllitate the house
do You see. Why do you follow me here
hand there? And yet 1 know, you aspire
to her" He put a hand to his forehead
for little hammers were at work OF nj;
skull q see clearer than I ever did
I read your motives; and let me tel
yOU-if you think to degrade her, draw
ing her down to your level; if you thinl
to degrade her, 7 say"
You run far and wide" said Nelson
Il know what I am talking about
You want to marry her" cried Lane.
He thought that Nelson had not heart
him, for his words drew no respanse
| See here he added, u won't be pu
| off" and everything was forgotten bu
this thought uppermOst for the moment
| you've got to leave Virginia alone
/
her alone"
The other went forward soberly, anC
| replying, as he did at last it wal
seemingly from a diverse theme ID
YOU want to do right" said Nelson
and he a man; and grasp a few O.
these fine opportunities that lie so thicl
about I'm this country; and do you car,
for your name, and for your sister
| enOugh-nOt to die, but to live for them
Can you be a man and do right, or ar,
you rotten TO the core of your heart?"
Words and tone silenced Edgar Lane
And he pOudered the words and tn,
tone.
They had spent the whole night OF
the road. And now the dawn was afOO
in the hills; you heard its feet amons
the bushes; the clean new taste of i
was on ones lips.
on slowly. "I will. BY my belief II
God and the purity of good women. and
the honor Of my house. and the hope
have i'm life. and of a life beyond
swear it." He turned abOJE with a hanJ
extended his eyes bright with tht
thought of it-for was he not her shield
and protector, and was the other moi
given into his hands? And now" h,
said, your turn. Swear after me Iik,
this: I will not think of her any more
I will leave Virginia and go away, anC
/ never seek her again I'm all my life "
Il pass my word said Nelson slow
ly.
They looked in each others faces, gra!
with the dawn and plighted hands. Wit
a wan light still burning at this hou
the House of Lane stood abreast %
them. They drove She lowing cattle in
and the boy dismOunJ2l by the wei an,
threw cold water on his burning ten
pies.
Nelson looked COR mis- third TIM On tn
| house which he had sworn never to SCI
again. and where Suspicion and MisCon
| structiOn Scent to him to fiTd q nat
ural home. He turned hs back 10 +
all, and set out Trough the bashful day
light
He had some black mile. trJ adm,
hope and the future uudcuf9or. when tn
quick sound Of hOofs rose behind him
He turned about i'm Surprise. II wa
the girl on her hTOrhoTs horse.
You have had no breakfast SIN
said I'VE cannot let you 60 in tEi
way"
Indeed. I am not hungry AMI
/ orinya IN have hT071rHf Won hero Yet