Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-01-21
CHAPTER II.

.11HEELER BRAND gazed at
NV the girl, and above his own
i misery rose his sympathy and
(E&{EGaj thought for her whom he
longed to comfort. for the girl OF his
choice, whom duty said he must cause
to suffer. He yearned to take her in
his arms and wipe away the tears, but
he knew that she would repulse him.
He throbbed with the desire to prove
TO her his love by assuring her that
the attack on her father was ended
but his duty whispered, No"
And to himself be 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 had
spoken through the pen OF Wheeler
Brand. and be was one OF those men
strong enough to refuse to take the
price Of silence.
He led the girl he loved to chair.
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
those who sit In the high places must
pay the penalty for sin. even as the
lowiest among us who more blindly
goes 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 90 sell. co,crc,p0surr Several
minutes passed before she was able
to speak in evenly balanced tones.
"Whetyer," she finally said. IF any
one had tod me that you would or
could do what you have done against
my father, against my famlly"-her
voice began to break agnln-"against
me, / would not have believed It. And
you have not told me that you will
cease your attack
Brand thought to pa,liate her. He
seated himself Oh corner Of the man.
aging editors desk and bent toward
her as she sat in Il chair near him.
Now. Judith, let me try to explain"
he said entreatngly. Il think l can
make you understand. You see, the
Lansing Iron company owned lot OF
valuable prOpertips-Ore ranges. ma
chinery, railroad trackage. etc. If II
had been managed halfway 1t would
now be wealth producing business.
but some of our spectators down
town were trying to get hold OF it to
gnmble with. They wanted to milk
il. 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 final
ly got 1t by juggling 1t into receiv'
ership which they never could have
done If United States Judge had not
been willing to exceed his functions
That Judge was your father
Since the works shut down. he
went on strongly, 1.-The men are out OF
employment. and the gamblers have
got rich because the company's gone
broke. That's just what happened.
and that's all l said"
But it wasn't your facts, tell you.
It was your insinuation that was
false"
mot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
"But 1t wasn't true-it wasn't true"
"Oh, yes. it was true, and more"
Judith verged Oh the hysterical
again.
If you loved me as you pretend to, |
no matter II you thought 1t true or not.
you could not have written that arti-
cle'
Cant you see that wasn't writing |
about your father. but about a United
States judge who i
She moved tarther away from him.
That's splitting hairs. Wheeler" 4
He walked to her side II