The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-16
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even the youBg sioss Rrand could re-
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iass oaicry II. drew nr.sF II lie editor.
Brand. arv zen iaEsisans~ he dr.
BANDED Ss-eisly. pointing 10 the pros
frated cir With his walking stick.
Human, hunsan. Judge Barielmy,-
ise exclaimed Yoa are true to ycur-
self to The ard fon bring your daugh
ter here 50 .,.sil By torIuring me With
ire sight of her suffering you may es-
cape the Iseaaiiy Of your thievery |
vas willing size should think me heart
less 10 spare Der the greater pain of
knowing ron as you are. But now you
bring her here III her innocence TO re-
peat 10 N. your lies You're degrad-
ing her. dragging Ter down to your
cwn lerei- just rs you did her mother
before her II size lets you 20 on using
he- 1t viii be gitn her eyes OPEN
Judith raised her had amazedly.
What are sou sayingf- she asked
Brand turned TO her and then TO the
Judge
why. he's lied to you just as he's
led all his life. He told you he was
trying to shield others. He lied. He
nerer shielded any one but himself.
Judge Bartelmy, the power of men
Ike you must be destroyed When
justice is corrupted the nation rots. II
/ keep silent about you and your meth
DDS become your accomplice; / be-
tray my trust inst as you have betray-
ed yours
Barteimy raised his hand deprecat-
ingiy Brand. however. drew deep
breath and went resoIutely on He
spoke 10 both the girl and the Judge.
Judith, if at the cost of my life
could spare you this grief would do
it gladly. But even that would do no
good. You would always despise me
for failing when my test came and al
ways despise yourself for having caus-
ed me to fail Cant you sec you and l
are nothing in all this? The iadiUidual
does not crist. only the cause. Judge
Bartelmg. TINT story goes to press" he
cried, raising his eyes to meet those of
Judith's father
Bartelmy saw that he had played
his last card. 1t was his highest
trump. but it had failed to win. What
Judith could not do he surely. under
the existing circumstances, could not
do. Nolan, the only man who could
save him if be would. had gone, he
knew not where
Ana 1t was now press time. All was
over. Bartelmy took single step to
ward his daughter.
Brand that story is my obituary
he said IN low tones.
"Oh, no." was the response in sad
dened voice. Men like you don't fin
ish that way You'll have about six
hours, judge. before that story is read
by the public"
Judith, too. was ready to admit that
her last and eliminating effort had
Deen in vain. Wearied and unstrung.
she raised herself from tue fatal form
that was TO besmirch the name and
the father that had been her source Of
pride She crossed over toward her
father, who stood silent and despair
ingly in the shadow of one of the limo
type machines.
iGoodby, Wheeler am going out
Of your life forever. am sorry 1t had
to end like this all our plans, all our
hopes
The thought of the happy moments
that she had spent with Wheeler
building air castles for their future
when they would be man and wife.
came over her. 1t swept down the
wall Of reserve and determination with
which she had deemed It necessary to
surround herself She halted and
Gazed steadfastiy into her fathers
face. Slowly she raised her hands and
pressed then against her cheeks as
though horror stricken. Then she
turned. rushed inlpuisiyely back to
Wheeler BRAID. AID. berding tensely
toward him. she searched lis strona
Young face ns best her tear Cin,med
eyes would lct her lie rcgUrred her
gaze nnfinchinGy
Judge i3auelny saw the girls strug
gle 10 decide ln'iweeD the father who
| had dishonored her name and the
lover who neant n life Of happiness.
| purity, success aud inspiration. He
was wise enough IN The ways OF the
world TO know that again was Brand
to prove victor over him.
The girl stood immoyable d moment.
Then she extended her arm toward
i ifaI lover Iisffffi, Is, ~ 80, ~. Il Il !