The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-05

The older man had held up his hand
as II to signify that what he was about
TO say should he listened 10 without in
lerruption. when a sharp turning OF the
lock OF the door caused both father and
the sultor TO start. Then they turned
and looked at each other with anxious
inquiry and with much concern. Tor they
recognized for the first time that their
voices had been loud. The older man
stepped quickly across the floor. bur be-
fore he reached the middle OF the room
the door opened from the outside, and
his daughter stood in the doorway, with
her head held down and her eyes look
ing at the floor
ELLEN" exclaimed the father. in a
voice of pain and tGe deepest pity
The girl moved toward the pace from
where his voice came. without raising
| her eyes, and when she reached him put
her arms about him and hid her face on
his shoulder. She moved as though she
were tired as though she were exhaust
ed by some heavy work.
were You istenins@' There was no
reproach In his voice, it was simply full
I o! pity and concern,
II thought" whispered the gir! broken
! ly. that lie would DC frightened, want
ed TO hear what ne would say. I thought
! | could laugh at him for it aiterward
did II for Joke. / thought she
! stopped with little sasp!ng sob that
| she tried 10 hide and ior moment held
herself erect and then sank back again
into her fathers arms with her head
| upon his breast.
! Latimer started forward. holding out
! his arms TO her. Ellen" he said. sure
! ~. Ellen you are not aGalrs. ne loi
see how preposterous It is, how unjust
! II is to me You cannot mean
| The siyl raised her head and shrugged
| her shoulders slightly as though she were
cold, Father she said. wearily,, "ask
him to go away. Why does he stag? Ask
! him 10 90 away
| Latnicr stopped and took d step back
as though some one had struck him, and
| then stood silent with his face flushed
and his eyes llashinS u was not IN
| he spoke, but TO their attitude and what
You stand there. he began. you
| two stand there as though were some
thing unclean. as though | had commit
ted some crime You look at. me as
though l were on trial [,,dn for m1rder or
me- What have J done What differ
cnce is there? You loved me 4 half
hour ago. Ellen: YOU said you did:
know you loved me: and YOU, sir he
friend. Has anything coms since then
To change ME or you' BE iar TO me,
he sensible. What is the use Of this?
IL is Il silly. needless. horrible mistake.
You know / love you, Ellen. love YOU
better than all the world. don't have
10 tell YOU that; YOU know il, YOU can
see and feel 81. 1t does not need to be
said: words can't make 81 any truer,
You have confused yourselves and stulti-
fGd yourselves with this trick, this Test
by Hypothetical conditions. by consider
Ing what Is not real or possible. It Isl
simple enough: Il Is plain enough. You
know ! love YOU. Ellen, and you only.
and that Is all ihorc Is TO It. ana all
that there is oG any consequence in the
world to me, The matter stops there
that is al there Is for you 10 consider.
Answer me, Ellen. spell{ TO me Tell
me that sou believe me"
He stopped and moved u step toward |
her but as he did so the girl, still with !
out looking UP, drew herself nearer 10 |
her father and shranE more closely into |
his arms: but the fathers face was trou
blcd and doubtful ana he regarded the |
younger men with = look OF the most I
anxious scrutiny. LatimcT did not regard !
this Thc.r bands were raised against |
him rs tar as he could understand. and l
he broke forth again proudly, and with |
defiant indignation:
''What right have YOU TO judge ns?' |
he began, what do YOU know OF what |
I have suffered, and endured. and over !
come? How can YOU know what have !
had To give UP and put away from me?
Its easy enough for YOU To draw your
skirts around you. but what can a woma u !
bred as YOU hHvo been bred know OF |
what I've had to fight against and keep
under and cut away? II was an easy.