The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-12-19

il dead u has NJ right to live, Kath
leen."
In her heart she was crying Jealous.
~ to her secret, MS the las, thing
can do for him" Aloud she said:
You must tell him that TOO"
He did not notice that her voice was
sharp and constrained lie was
watching th" ires ~ real suffering
burning oui the last vesiigr Of the
self thai had been paul Remington.
When Buh came home the two men
met quietly What was said then
need moi ne set down here. but new
footing wps established. Thereafter
many things were ignored Ivy them
Paul went uu the SAT- Of Bob's news
paper. IN" nugie's editorials are
often uu"is N other newspapers vi
note,
Many have often tried 10 initial,
them IN vain, perhaps because they
breathe u spirit that cannot be simu
lated conNincingly. lie is no longer O
public figure In the Steel City. Few
now remember his sensational dis
equally sensational amenda Some
times there have been struggles with
burning appetite. AZ such times he
has fed To- Kathleen. lie tells her II
Is she who mas conquered
Roth Kathleen and rHul are nappA
At least they nave achieved content
The train mat WhrIed Pant toward
the Steel CIV was passed by Wu' nrl
hearing NIyor McAduo 60 the death
bed of man vino bad come very clns,
To him
lob saw much Of MurChcli during
the two years following the Steel City
mayorality election He came To fcel
mighty admiration and affection for
the great general who had created n
new political era. who had shacklcd q
nation To the service Of n vast. vOra
cious system. who had lifted at least
one nonenuty to the presidents chair
and who in the last ypnrs OF his life
was struggling 10 undo the work Of his
prime
"Wbcn man reaches his thrcescorc
years ami ten" Murchel said TO him
one day, he has learned that the evil
or good uan does concerns himself
least OF all The balance must remain
heavily against me | must strive not
10 atone Dut 80 make the way ready
tor other mon VINO win undo what I
have done
MurchcIl> lofty self ignoring gay,
10. 49, -,
late
Many other things OF less abstract
kind he learned from the master
Murchell revealed TO him the secret
intricate inner workings Of the vasl
machine that gripped the state as In n
wise. II was not all pretty More
than once he saw rebellious bosses en-
ter the presence OF the master to leave
shaking. stunned by the knowledge
that they were inextricably In the
power of man who seemed to know
everything Many things Murchel|
and Bob did OF which they said naugh'
to the gentle Dunmeade that they
might save his heart from burning.
Gradually Bob came to understand
too, why the secrets and sources OF
Murchelrs power were revealed &c
him. He was being prepared to take
Murchell's place. Upon him, not upor
Dunmeade, the masters mantle wal
70 fall.
And now Murchell was dying.
Bob knew as the train bore hin
swiftly TO the east that he was goini
10 assume that mantle.
Years before Il win be master OF IN,
state before | dier' ambition had cried
Now We said. - am not We, forty
ana | am master " the state
Master ot the state lie had dream
ed ~ power \nw power tremendous
farlrarnng almost unlimited power
would DO" Ills II d" ""u'd "Hhu' wu"
Nur,uu0 wnuld ,rrN ~""u pHrr IN NJ
hands
Il can. viii" Has teeth nuvh"o
Ms muscles tlgnt"urJ ~ ~" stress "
MS drtrrmIuauun II viii be- true 4
my trust ! win use my power "a
the good Of this people So help m
Godr'
His words were o prayer, not Il
oath. There was no eIuitation In hi
! heart, neither was there humility. Sci
was forgotten. His task doomed larg
before him, self Obliterating, filing hi
horizon as be hurried toward the go'
ernor's mansion. In the library SON
one was playing the plano very softl.
, the gentle. soothing chords lingerin
/ In the air. Thither the servant shov
; ed Bob.
On the threshold Bob halted sbar
I Iy. Death, power, battle. were In q
4 instant swept from his mind II
heart eaped convulsiyely