The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-12-11

waiting lOi Dupont W COlnt DICK 10
his old range. Did you ever hear Du.
pont called by any other manner"
STE shook her head questioningly.
mo; wasn't that his real name?
The woman back there-wasn't she
his wife?"
"She was his wife, yes; but their
name was not Dupont. That was as
sumed; the correct one was LIE
Fevre."
lie Fevre! why-why, wasn't
that the name Of the man you told me
about once?-the of{icer who brought
you those orders?"
He Is the same. I did not know
him at Dodge; not until Hughes told
me. He had changed greatly in ap-
pearance. and only saw him at night.
But It was because I knew that I
tailed to kill him here: wanted him
alive. 30 I could compel him to tell
the truth"
| She gave q little sob, her hands
clasped together. The mans voice
softened, and he took q step nearer.
bending above her.
And yet now do not care quite az
much as l did"
She looked up quickly into his face.
and az swiftly lowered her lashes.
you mean you have found other
evidence?"
mo. but have found you, dear.
You need not try. for l am not going
to let you get away. It Is not the OFF,
GERS daughter and the enlisted man
any more. Those barriers are all
gone. do not mean that am indif-
ferent to the stain on my name, or any
less DESTROYS Of wringing the truth
from Gene lie Fevres lips. but even
the memory Of that past can keep me
silent no longer. You are alone In the
world now, alone and In the shadow OF
disgrace--you need me-"
He stopped, amazed at the holiness
Of his own words, and, In the silence
Of that hesitation, Molly lifted her
eyes to his face.
II think have always needed you"
she said simply.
He did not touch her, except to clasp
the extended hands. The loneliness
] Of the girl, here, helpless, alone with
him in that wilderness of snow, bore
In upon his consciousness with a sud-
denness that robbed him of all sense
of triumph. He had spoken passion
ately, recklessly, inspired by her
nearness, her dependence upon him.
He had faith that she cared; her eyes.
her manner had told him this, yet
even now he could not realize all that
was meant by that quiet confession.
The iron discipline of years would not
relax instantly; in spite of the bold.
ness of his utterance. he was still the
soldier, feeling the chasm of rank
Her very confession, so simply spoken,
tended to confuse, to mystify him.
do you mean," he asked eagerly.
that you love me?'
What else should mean?" she
said slowly. ut Is not new to me. l
have known It for long WHILE"
THAT loved your"
"Yes." smiling now. Love Is no
mystery to woman. | do not care
because you are in the ranks; that ia
only a temporary condition. / knew
you out there. at the very first, as a
gentleman. l have never doubted
you. Here, in this wilderness, am
not afraid. II Is net because my father
is dead, or because he has been guilty
OF Il crime, that | say this. l would
have said 1t before, on the balcony
there in Dodge, had you asked me. 1t
is not the uniform love, but the man.
Can you understand"
"Will you marry me--a sergeant Of
cavalry"
She was still smiling, her eyes
frankly looking into his own.
81 viii marry David Hamlln," she
answered firmly, "let him be what he
may"
The man let out his suppressed
breath In a sob of relief, his eyes
Frightening with triumph.
"Oh. Molly! Molly" he cried. 81
cannot tell you what this all means to
me. There Is no past now to my life.
but all future"
Am l that to your"
That! Yes, and thousand times
more! | had ambition once, opportun-
ity. even wealth. They were swept
away by mans lie, woman's per-
| hbys Out VI that WYNN, SiuWlCu ihlO
the world again a mere thing. l lived
simply because | must live, skulking
in obscurity, my only inspiration the
hope of an honorable death or an OPP
portunity for vengeance. Mine was
the life of the ranks In the desert, as
sociatlng with the lowest scum. in
constant contact with savagery.
could not speak to a decent woman.
or be man among men. There was
nothing left me but to brood over
wrongs, and plot revenge. | became
morose, savage, a mere creature OF
discipline, food for powder 1t was no
; more when | first met you, But with
that meeting the chains snapped, the
old ambitions OF life returned, You
were a mere girl from the East; you
did not understand. nor care about the
snobbery of army life No. 1t was not