The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24

Thus driven. II do. indeed" h,
J averred- II gee great harm In outrag
. ing the wise opinion"
oh, the wise opinionw came hel
mocking echo. You see. 1t Is the opin
lon OF others that matters TO you. Sir
We5tcott, and not your own
1T Is not. OF course. my affair"
IL Is not she promptly agreed
1 shall trust" said Westcott stiuv
not only to your better Judgment hui
to-to-to-' plainly he did not know
to what 20 true--to your valuation OF
my good opinion he concluded i'm
pressivoly
Perhaps that is not so great as YOU
Halter yourself" she flashed back. de-
mahtIy. n goodnight TO you. MIR.
| Wcstcott"
And you must never, never tclI"'
NeverF' echoed the small Elizabeth.
solemnly
Never" echoed the smaller Miles.
| because went on Zellah as she
bent over them in the chill dark OF the
Christmas morning. because II you
ever tel one word about 1t there will
never-be-another-t
A long-drawn "Oh-h-h" came from
them. The tree was very small one.
and tho candles were the green BAY
berry wax OF their daily use and the
scarlet garlands were only the red for
NSt pei iies' Out 10 thelr round eyes it
was a blazing spectacle of delight.
"a Christmas tree" whispered Eliza
beth In awe-struck tones. Miles could
only stare.
Yes. a Christmas tree" repeated
Zellah gayly. a joyous sense of ad-
venture and of daring. mingled with
subtle, feminine satisfaction at this de-
hance OF cautious Westcott, nued her
Win merry excitement She whlsked
across the room, and, bundling the
children UP In comforters. sat hugglng
them to her while they watched the
candles burn.
so wrnpt was she that she did not
hear the step on the stairs Without
warning the door was flung open and
Uncle stood staring In on them as on
scene accursed.
Her ofIensc seemed such a triyIal
thing TO the girl, so harmless and child !
lsh disobcdiencc. that she was total !
~ unprepared for the catastrophe Il |
brought upon her.
She. Zellah Cotton, TO be brought into |
court ike common III doer, denounced |
by her own uncle, stared at by dread !
tul ring OF neighbors!
over her head had ratified the hail of |
the magistrates rcbulLe: she had heard
100, as In dream. her uncle'S voice, |
lamonting this disgrace TO his house, |
but accepting the Lords VIII in tones
like knife. the sentence
Oh punishment, She was TO stand two
hours In the public square beside the
plllory, bearing about her neck the
Dlacard, "A Wayward and contumacious
person"
Beside the house OF correction they
halted and Zellah mounted the small
platform beside the stocks Justice
Bliss pinned on the paper with its con-
iemninS description and shook his
Srlzzled head In stern sadness over it.
without turning her rigid head she
vas aware OF the faces increasing about
lcr. Frankly curious, in the fore
;round trooped the children-lured by
his new spectacle from their mockery
II rat old Goody May chained to a post
II the corner OF Prison Lane for haY-
ng slapped her husbands check
lelghborS' children. some of them.
Vhom she know and played with. star
ns at her with awcd horror, others
nc children OF servants and slaves and
reedmen, staggering and laughing IN
ears.
Behind them sauntered the sailors
rom the Conrad. gaping and Jestlng at
er beauty. and all around, crossing
nc square In tTos and thTces, came the
ownspeople In the release from work
nat lecture day brought them
She drew her hood further over her
cad, and as she did so she lowered her
yes and saw three figures crossing the
luarc-Betty Morrison. gay in her new
ondon cloak, and her mother, and
william WcStcott. In that moment It
setned TO Zellah that she tasted all the y
name that life can hold. -
n laugh rose from the children, ever rr
reSSing closer TO the platform foot, n