The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-27

"It's all because of the money
she whispered to Tan-Shin. call be-
cause | have it and he hasn Z. And he
might have it if he, wasn't so silly
| and proud. Still he does care for me,
1 know that now, and it's great
comfort, so you must he a love-god as
| thought Why couldn t he have had
an Uncle Horace? For now the money
has spoiled it all, and ! Just hate 1t. -
| 1t was quite beyond Tan Shin S com
wanted money, but the possession OF
| it made her more unhappy than ever.
Also, she said that she hated it, which
was n unique condition that he could
not conceive of, but-worst of all
it seemed that because of the money
she was going away, and that meant
] much to Tan Shin,
over the problem. while Helen packed
| her steamer trunk and prepared TO
leave the studio for an Indefinite time.
The final day of parting arrived,
and Jack, with grave face, came for
| her
,''Good.bye. my little god" she
| whispered softly TO Tan-Shin; 'take
and keep me always in his thoughts. y
| So she had gone, and Tan-Shin knew
that Jack would presently return alone
F., TO take up his abode there. His
reasoning over the cause of Helen S
departure had led him to several con"
clusions, and he intended to profit by
the experience in the future. The
money was. without doubt, the cause
of all the difficulty. Therefore, Helen s
unhappiness and her ultimate abandon
ment of HIM were traceable to his
interference in her affairs. But Jack
had forced her to 90 abroad and was
entirely responsible for her tears. Thus
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| and trouble were synonymous in this
strange. country, and second, that he
disliked Jack cordially Then he re-
membcred that Helen had told him in
her first conversation on the subject
that money would be Jack s ruin. Very
well, then, money Jack should have
And the more miserable it made him
Money, with all its attendant diff
culties, should pour in upon this de-
| spoiler of his shrine, and Tan-Shin
gloated over his prospective revenge.
There was only one possible chance
that these plans would miscarry In
the event of Jack S neglecting him or
failing to show any respect these
necessary that the recipient of his
bounty should be a worshiper. There
| fore. the god waited anxiously for the
coming of his victim.
Jack arrived after dark and closed
the door behind him with bang.
.tShe's gone, little god" he said,
gone, gone, gone and ell be mighty
lonesome without her,
| Tan Shin. watching intently. saw Jack
take what he thought was white stick
out Of a box and put it into his mouth
Then he struck match. as Helen did
when she lit the gas. But Jack held the
| light to the white stick between his
| lips for moment and then blew it out,
so that Tan-Shin could only see bright.
burning point in the darkness. Present
lY Jack came over to the mantel, and
a little cloud Of smoke enveloped the
god.
lncense,!,'. was Tan-Shin s first
come at last, and although it was not
the kind to which he was accustomed
still 1t was incense. He knew that
Jack was worshiping. and he sent out
his occult vibrations with all the energy
Of the old days in China, Jack Duffcd
away at the cigarette. talking now and
or growing at his poverty. little dream
ing that Tan-Shin was saying charms
that would soon make him prosperous.
1t was not until the cigarette had
been thrown away that the god realized
what had occurred, This unexpected
demonstration on Jack s part had, for
the moment, really put all thoughts of
retaliation out of his mind, and he had
worked his smells quite mechanically,
| He was disconnected, therefore, when
the truth came TO him that in return for
this incense, he would only be giving
| trouble; but this did not bother him
long. for, being god of riches. and
possessing consistent attributes, he was,
Of course, deficient in gratitude.
He had used his most potent en-.
deavors, and knew that results might be
expected at once. so he watched Jack
open letter on the following morn
ing, grimly pleased in anticipation of
the results. But Tan-Shin was hardly
prepared for what happened. Jack read
the letter with delight, jumped to his
feet and strobe up and down the room
with every evidence of keenest Joy,
Then he stopped before the mantel.
''You foxy old god he said ir-
reverently. ~ we won tho gold medal
and that means money You don't un-
derstand; no one would but Helen and
have waited day later. Never mind,
old boy. maybe this luck will keep up,
and, if it does, II be going over there
to bring her back
In the three months that followed,
Tan. Shin received almost daily evidence
of his failure in the revenge that he
had planned Instead of the expected
trouble Jack seemed TO radiate happi-
ness and went about his work singing
or whistling the ive-long day. Also
he was very busy There were people
coming constantly TO the little studio
| who would sit patiently while he paint,
ed them; and as each canvas went out
of the door Jack s spirits became more
and more buoyant Then. to Tan Shin s
utter perplexity Jack made another rev
elation,
"Onlv little more now. he con
ided ono evening during the incense
ceremony, "'onlv Il little more money
and we II be going across. the water to
bring her back. Yes. You re going, too
you silly old idol You may be love
god, as Helen insists, although YOU don I
look the part. but you re certainly a
| lucky nlecc nr fnrniImra for anNnnn 10