The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06

| he drew back deeper among the trees.
! IL was the councillor who lind shown him
seIt, For few moments the old man
| stood gazing In the direction or St. James
! as II watching for the approach Of other
| p.rsons. Then he lodged cautiously
along The edge of the bushes. keeping
| ualI within thcr cover. and moved swift
~ In the opposite direction toward the
center Of the island. Nathanicis blood
| ienpeG with desire TO follow. Tic nigh,
before he had guessed that Obadiah with
! his gold and his smoldering passion was
| not man To isolate himself In the heart
| OF the forest Here--across the OPEN
was evidence OF another side OF his life.
In that great square built domicllc OF
logs, screened so perfectly by Towering
| lilac. lived Ohadiabs wives Captain
pium laughed aloud and beat the bowl OF
ms pipe ON the tree beside him And
the girl lived there-or came from there
To the woodland cabin so frequently that
her feet had beaten a wellworn path.
! ilad the councillor lied to him? Was
tho girl lie rad seen through the lSihg's
window one of the seven wives OF Strang
Or was she tho wife OF Obadiah Price?
Tho thought was one that thrilled him.
IT The girl was tho councillors wife. what
was the motive Of Obadiah's falsehoo31
And If sho WAS Strangs wifN why had
her fcet--and hers alone. with the eX-
cepiion OF The old mans-woru ;his path
from The lilac smothercd house Ia the
Typhoon regretted now that he had given
such explicit orders to Casey. other
wise he would have followed the figure
that was already disappearing INTO the
forest on the, opposite side Of the clear
ing. But now he must see Strang. There
might he delay. necessary delay, and If
X so happened that his own blunderinf;
! curiosity kept him on the Island until
sundown-well. he smiled as he thought
OF what Casey would do.
EeflliUg hts pipe and leaving a trail
of smoke behind nim he set out boldly
for st, James. When he came 10 the
h.. pkt
that Obadiah had said they were his
graves. a sort of grim horror began to
stir AT his soul as he eazed on the grass
grown mounds--proofs that tho old cOun
cllor would Inherit q place In the Nor
mon heaven. having obeyed the inJunc-
tions OF his prophet on earth, Nathan
icl now understood the meaning Of his
| words Oh the night before. This was
the family buryinS ground OF the old
councillor.
lie walked on. trying in vain to con-
o&itratc his mind solely upon the busi-
ness that was ahead OF him A few
days before, lac would have counted this
walk 10 St James one OF the events OF
his life Now ii had lost its fascination.
Despite his efforts 10 destroy tho vision
OF the beautiful face that had looked al
him through lhe kings window its mem.
ory sun haunted him. The eyes, soft
with appeal, the red mouth, quiverjng,
and With lips parted as If about to speak
10 him: the bowed head with its tumbled
glory of haiI-all had burned themselves
upon his soul in picture too deep to
be cradicatcd, II st, James was inter-
csting now IL was because that face was
part of it, because the secret OF It's life,
Of the misery that it had confessed TO
him. was hidden somewhere down there
among its scattered log homes.
Slowly he made his way down tho slopo
in the direction OF Srreng's castle, the
tower OF which. surmoun,od by It's great
beacon, glistcDcd in the morning sun. He
would find Strnns there. And there
would he one chance In thousand OF
seeing the girl--If Obadiah had spoken
men and boys coming up the slope and
others moving along at the bottom OF
IT., all going toward the interior OF the
island. They had ShoVcls or rlllcs or
hoes upon their shoulders. and hc guessed
that the Mormon fields were In that di-
rcciion. others bore axes. and now aud
then wagons. many of tnom drawn by
oxen, left the town over the road that
ran near the shore or the lake, Those
whom lie met stared ut him curiously,
much interested. evidently. in the ap-
pcarance of stranger Nathaniel paid
but small heed To them, AS he entered
the grove through which the councillor
had guided him The night before. his
eaScrncsS became almost excitement. Ho
but cautiously. keeping as much from
view as possible, As he came under the
window through which hc had looked
upon the king and his wives. his heart
lclDcO Win anticipation, WIN uODf l1Jl
was strangely mingled with fear. For
only moment he paused to listen and
Notwithstanding the seriousness Of his
position he could not reprcsS u smile as
there came To his ears the crying of
children and tho high. angry voice of a
woman lie passed around TO the front
of tho house. The door OF Strang's cas-
tie was wide open and unguardeJ. No
one had seen his approach: no one ac-
costcd him rs lac mounted the low steps:
there WAS no one in the room into which
he ga2cd moment later. IL was tho
great hall into which lie had spied n few
hours previous. There was the long ia
bic with the big book on IL, the lamp
whose light had bathcd the girls head
in halo of glory. the very chair In
which he had found her sitting! He was
conscious of throbbinG in his breast a
longing 10 call out-if lie only knew her
name.
In the room there were four closed
doors. and it was from beyond these that
there came to him the wailng OF chill
drcn. a fifth door was open. and through
il he saw a cradle gently rocking. Here
at last was visible life, or motion at
least, and he knocked loudly, Very grad
ualy the cradle ceased it's movement.
Then 1t stopped, and woman came out
into the larger room. In moment Ma
thanieI recognized her as the one who
had placed 81 caresSng hand upon the