The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-10-17
CHAPT Err VI.
CHRISTMAS SCENES.

] Il
above zero You felt Christ.
mas that day. the joyous relaxation.
, the pleasurable excitement.
/ Yet the spirit of good will was not
universal. as three men in that city
| could have testified. They shivered In
a downtown Office and glowered hate.
! fully ut one another.
ITS no use talking" No was say.
/ ing firmly II won't have It. He must
never come to trial"
But. heavens. man." No. 2 respond
ed impatiently. the mans SO plainly
| guilty IT'S fragrant case"
Caught with the goods on" No. 3
added Il couldn't help getting "A con
viction II I tried"
IAN the more reason why he must
not come to trial"
But think what II meansr' No 2
argued. Everybody knows all about
this thing. The newspapers have pub
lished beforehand the testimony OF the
/ bellboy who overheard him Offering to
take the bride. They have published
| facsimiles of the check signed by Hen
derson and Endorsed by MaIassey. Ev
cry morning there is a fresh editorial
bowling for his conviction. The whole
country is yammering. 'Malassey must
go to jail, Our credit is a little strain
ed as 1t is; we must do something to
placate these bowling fools"
Bah. MACPHERSON. I'm not fool
Do you think haven't seen through
your scheme? You're trying to dis.
credit Inc through Malassey. because
he's my councilman. oh. don't bother
denying IT, Either this Indictment is
pigeonholed you fight me-" He
brought his clnched fst savagely down
on the desk
I'm not afraid of you" MACPHERSON
snarled
The square chinned man laughed
harshly THAT'S another lie You are
afraid OF me You wouldn't be worth
the powder il takes to blow you up II
you didn't have me and the Sixth's
majorities. while ! can go ont and get
/ the old Harmon crowd together and
/ beat you all along the line day after
| tomorrow. | don't want TO do IL. but
{
up or shut up, Is Malassey tried?"
There was silence minute
mo" The monosyllab sounded
more like VOLTS bark than human
/ voice.
The square chinned man laughed
again IAN right. There's a good deal
OF profanity packed away In that no
Save II until I'm gone" He put on
his hat and left the Office.
In secluded corner OF the city's
most fashionable restaurant sat man
and woman at early dinner. They
were evidently brother and sister. hav-
ing the same dark hair and eyes, the
same regular features of the same
slightly Semitic cast The man was
talking
And so I laid hold on the man who
has life by the throat. Now what do
/ you think OF your most unworthy
/ BROTH
mo one hut you would have done It,
What audacity"
"Why not? ! cant afford not to be
audacious II is the only role that
suits me
AN. hut viii YOU win with all yonr
boldness? You say yourself that he
threatened to crush you"
"My lear sister, the doubt IL IN
worthy of YOU Rest assured. he wiz
yield Tonight will prove me right"
Her eyes rested proudly on him
YES the doubt is unworthy. when
did YOU ever fall? Who can resist the
wlrchrry ~ your magnesium
at il wt'cbery, isn't It? Hut We
come rightly by It. Strange how, after
Ave generations Of Puritanlsm. our
breed should cast back and produce In
you aud me copies OF our Hebrew an
cestress- glorious woman!-who fell In
love with Puritan, abandoned her
people 70 marry her lover. deserted
her husband 70 go on the stage aha
bring the world to her feet. A mag
netic sensa tionallst! she hvedI And
we are her children"
The woman shuddered. "DOntl |
always think Of her tragic disappear
ance from the world and her hldeous
end Perhaps that is part OF our her
itage too"
Nonsense. or what use are five
genera lions NJ Puritanism II not TO
save us from that2 But even II II
were not So, what OF ~ While she
lived she lived-as | shall, through
him"
"Ah, but will you be good for hIm7
Even IN our philosophy there Is the
theory OF equivalents.
N'Yes. or course that isn't why |
seek him-you and have no illusions.
But like him, and, please God, will
be good friend | viii teach MIN our
philosophy My friendship shall dis
cover rn hin, the tremendous annette