Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

just left was a new one-the only new
thing to be seen In the whole shabby
place
The next night that door was locked
on the inside. The young man had
taken possession. As he put away
the remnants of meal he had cooked
for himself, he cast a look at his sur
roundings. and impereeptibly sighed.
Then he frightened again, and sitting
down on his solitary chair, he turned
his eyes on the window which. incur
tanned and without shade, stared open
mouthed. as 1t were, at the opposite
wall rising high across the court.
In that wall, one window only
seemed to interest him and that was
on level with his own. The shade
of this window was up. but there was
no light back of IL and so nothing of
the interior could be seen. But his
eye remained fixed upon IL. while his
hand, stretched out towards the lamp
burning near him. held itself in readi-
ness to lower the light at minutes
notice.
, Did he see only the opposite wall
and that unillumined window? Was
there no memory OF the time when,
in previous contemplation of those
dismal panes. he beheld stretching be-
tween them and himself, long, low
bench with plain wooden tub upon
II. from which dripping cloth beat
out upon the boards beneath dismal
note, monotonous as the ticking OF a
clockY
One might Judge that such memo
ries were indeed his. from the rapid
glance he cast behind him at the
place where the bed had stood In
those days. II was placed differently
now.
But II he saw, and II he heard these
suggestions from the past, he was not
less alive to the exaetions OF the pres
ent, for, as his glance flew back across
the court, his finger suddenly moved
and the flame 1t controlled sputtered
and went out. At the same instant,
the window opposite sprang into view
as the lamp was lit within. and for
several minutes the whole interior re-
NAMED visible--the books, the work.
table, the cluttered furniture, and,
most interesting of all, its owner and
occupant. II was upon the latter that
the newcomer fixed his attention, an
with an absorption equal to that b.
saw expressed in the countenance OPP
, posite.
!. But his was the Absorption Of
! watchfalness; that OF the other OF in
trospection. Mr.. Brotherson-(wd
will no longer coll him Dunn even
here where he is known by no other
name)-had entered the room clad in
his heavy overcoat and, not having
taken 1t of before lighting his lamp.
still stood with 1t on. gazing eagerly
down at the model occupying the
place OF honor on the large center
table. He was not touching it--not
at this moment-but that his thoughts
were with 1t, that his whole mind was
concentrated on It, was evident to the
watcher across the court; and. as this
watcher took in this fact and noticed
the loving care with which the enthu.
, siastic inventor finally put out HIS fin
, ger to rearrange thread or twirl a
, wheel, his disappointment found utter
| ahSO III u oibh WnlCn CCuOcu bdQly
, through the dull and cheerless room
Had he expected this stern and self
contained man to show an open In
difference to work and the hopes OF
a lifetime? II so, this was the frs,
OF the many surprises awaiting him
He was gifted, however, with the
patience OF an automaton and contin
! ued to watch his fellow tenant as Ions
as the latter's shade remained up
When II fell, he rose and took few
: steps up and down, but not with the
celebrity and precision which usually
: accompanied his movements. Doub
disturbed his mind and impeded hi
) activity. He had caught fair glimps,
OF Brotherson's face as he approached
I the window, and though II continued
5 to show abstraction, II equally dis
e played serenity and a complete sat
isfaction with the present IL not will
the future. Had he mistaken his mar
after all? Was his instinct, for tn,
first time in his active career, who'll,
at fault?
e He had succeeded in getting
d glimpse of his quarry in the privacI
n of his own room. at home with hi
g thoughts and unconscious of any es
h pionage, and how had he found him
q Cheerful, and natural in all his move
L ments.
t. But the evening was young. Retro
,. spect comes with later and more lone
= ly hours. There will be opportunitie
d yet for studying this impassive coun
. tenance under much more telling an,
r productive circumstances than these
He would await these opportunitie
| with cheerful anticipation. Mean
Y, while. he would keep up the routin
Is watch he had planned for this night
d Something might yet occur At al
y events he would have exhausted tn
a situation from this standpoint.
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