Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-21
CHAPTER II.

choice, whom duty said he must cause
to suffer. He yearned to take her ir
his arms and wipe away the tears. bu
he knew that she would repulse him
He throbbed with the desire to prove
to her his love by assuring her thai
the attack on her father was ended
but his duty whispered. mo"
i And to himself he repeated the NO
For he must go on, and she must en-
; dure, and the judge must pay the price
The voice Of an outraged people hat
/ spoken through the pen Of Wheeler
Brand, and he was one Of those mer
strong enough. to refuse to take the
| price of silence.
| He led the girl he loved to chair
4 even as she sobbed and whispered
Wheeler, Wheeler, Wheeler" endear-
ingly from her hearts depths. Brand
looked down on her with world OF
sadness in his eyes. He well knew
/ and the world would soon know, that
i those who sit in the high places must
/ pay the penalty for sin, even as the
1 lowliest among us who more blindly
| go astray.
! Judith Bartelmy had been long
! enough in society to learn the art OF
/ the control and the concealment OF
emotions under many trying circum-
stances. Probably in any other situa-
ton than in one where her father
| and the man she loved were so deeply
concerned. as in the present, she
/ would have been able to retain a larger
degree of self composure. Several
| minutes passed betn"s she was abe tc
speak In evenly balanced tones.
Wheeler" she finally said, IF any
| one had told me that you would or
could do what you have done against
my father, against my family"-her
| voice began to break against
me, I would not have believed It. And
you have not told me that you will
cease your attack"
Brand thought to palliate her: He
| seated himself on a corner of the man
/ aging editors desk and bent toward
her as she sat in chair near him.
Now, Judith, let me try to explain, -
he said entreatingly. Il think l can
make you understand. You see, the
/ Lansing Iron company owned lot OF
valuable properties-ore ranges, ma
chinery, railroad trackage, etc. If 1t
had been managed halfway it would
now be a wealth producing business,
but some Of our spectators down.
town were trying to get hold CT 1t to
/ gamble with. They wanted to milk 1t,
as the saying is, by watering 1t. They
did have a stock market battle or two,
which profited nobody but the lawyers
on both sides. But they finally got II
| by juggling 1t into q receiversnip
which they never could have done II a
United States judge had not been will
ing to exceed his functions. That
Judge was your father.
"Since the works shut down." ne
went on strongly, "the men are out OF
employment, and the gamblers have
I got rich because the company's gone
broke. That's just what happened
and that's all I said.'
But 1t wasn't your facts, tell you
1t was your insinuation that was
false"
Not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
But It wasn't true-it wasn't true.
"Oh, yes, 1t was true, and more"
Judith verged on the hysterical
again.
IF you loved me as you pretend to,
no matter If you thought it true or not,
you could not have written that arti-
cle."
Cant you see that / wasn't writing
about your father, but about United
state, judge who
She moved farther away from him.
That's splitting hairs, Wheeler
He walked to her side
Judith, please-please don't let's
quarrel about this"
The girl turned to him impulsively.
"Oh, Wheeler, we were on the verge
of it, weren't we?" He cast his arms
around her. You're sorry, aren't you%'
She looked fondly into his face. And
YOU will take back that article. won't
you?"
You mustn't ask me to do that;
can't" looking at her earnestly.
You can't?"
| No"
Judith drew away from him a step
or two. She surveyed him coldly.
wheeler, l came here thinking only
of my father, but I suddenly find my
self facing a much more serious ques-
tion-not what kind of man he is,
but what kind of man are YOU
Brand was deeply cut by her manner
and her intonation.
Judith, If you only knew the truth
all of 1t, things can't tell you, you'd
be with me heart and soul In what I'm
trying to do"
He caught her in his arms again.
"whateyer I've done or whatever
may do l love you" he Insisted pas
sionately.
Judith showed equal fervor as she
said:
And you're more to me than my
father, but for my sake you mustn't
work against him. How could we ever
be happy together if you did? you'll
do this for me, Wheeler, just this?
wan, YOU to carry out your Ideals and
live up to your high purposes In every
other way, but you must not attack
him. Promise me that you'll never dc
it again. Won't you promise me that?
And you'll retract that article you had
this morning. You'll do this for me-
just this?"
"Judith-lt's the truth-and, know Ing
that, would you have me retract it,?
Yes"
II can't"
Judith began to take off the engage
ment ring Brand had given her.
You don't mean to do that! ne