Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-24

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whole history to give him an under
standing of such feelings as these.
He. Orlando Brotherson. had never
thought much of love. Science had
been his mistress; ambition his lode
star. Miss Challoner had reused
well, his pride He could see that
now. The might of this new emotion
made plain many things he had passed
by as useless. puerile. unworthy OF
man OF mental caliber and might. He
had never loved Edith Challoner at
any moment OF their acquaintance
ship. though he had been sincere In
thinking that he did Doris beauty.
the hour he had just passed with her.
had undeceived him.
Did he hail the experience? II was
not likely to bring him Joy. This
young girl whose image hoated In
light before his eyes. would never love
him. She loved his brother. He had
heard their names mentioned together
before he had been in town an hour.
Oswald the cleverest man, Doris tho
most beautiful girl In western Penn
sylvania
He had accepted the gossip then;
he had not seen her and IL all seemed
very natural-hardly worth mo
ment's thought. But now
And here, the other demon sprang
erect and grappled with him before
the first one had let go his hold. Os-
/, valid and Challoner! There Is more
than Fates caprice In Challoners In
, terest In man he never saw. Had he
found the connecting link? Had 1t
been-could II have been EdithY The
. preposterous Is sometimes true;
could II be true in this case?
! He recalled the letters read to him
, as hers in that room OF his In Brook
: Ign. He had hardly noted them then.
!, he was 80 sure of their being for
= geries, gotten up by the police to mis-
= lead him. Could they have been real,
: the illusions of her mind. the breath
!. ings OF her heart, directed to an ac-
tuai o. b.. and that o. b., his brother?
N Oswald had been east, Oswald had
even been in the Berkshires before
:, himself. Oswald Why 1t was Os-
"a valid who had suggested that he
10 should go there-go where she still
= was. Why this second coincidence. IL
60 there we're no tie--if the Challoners
:, and Oswald were as far apart as they
!. seemed and as conventionalities would
a naturally place them. Oswald was a
sentimentalist. but very reserved
about his sentimentalities. II these
suppositions we're true, he had had a
sentimentalist's motive for what he
> did. AS Orlando realized this. he rose
=, from his seat, aghast at the possibili-
- ties confronting him from this line OF
% thought. Should he contemplate them
10 Risk his reason by dwelling on a sup
10 position which might have no founda-
10 ton In fact? No. His brain was too
n, full-his purposes too important for
90 any unnecessary strain to be put upon
his faculties No thinking! investieat-
8, ing first. Mr.. Challoner should be
able to settle this question He would
see him. Even at this late hour he
ought to be able to find him In one OF
the rooms below; and. by the force OF
an irresistible demand. learn in mo-
ment whether he had to do with a
mere chimera of his own overwrought
fancy, or with fact which would call
into play all the resources OF an hith'
erto unconquered and undauDted ma
ture.
There was a wood-hre burning In
the sitting-room that night. and around
II was grouped number of men with
their papers and pipes. Mr.. Brother
Il son, entering, naturally looked thai
way for the man he was In search OF
and was disappointed not to find him
there; but on casting his glances else
where, he was relieved to see hin
standing in one OF the windows over
4 looking the street His back was Il
II the room and he seemed to be lost In
fit of abstraction.
Orlando was, as have said. an extra
ordinary specimen of manly vigor II
} body and In mind, and his presence II
any company always attracted atten
ton and reused. II II never satisfied
to- curiosity Conversation accordingl!
he ceased as he strobe up to Mr.. Challon
no er's side, so that his words were quilt
on audible as he addressed that gentle
his man with a somewhat curt:
ur- "You see me again, Mr.. Challonei
lie May beg of you q few minutes
ON further conversation? I will not dc
ID: tain you long"
In The gray head turned. and the man
by eyes watching showed surprise at tn
lch expression of dislike and repulsio
TO with which this New York gentlema
at met the request thus emphaticall
ID urged. But his answer was courteou
no enough. II Mr.. Brotherson knew
place where they would be left undi
he turbed, he would listen to him II
ere would be very brief.
In For reply. the other pointed to
IN small room quite unoccupied whic
our opened out OF the one in which the
zen then stood. Mr.. Challoner bowed an
not in another moment the door closed "a
art, on them. to the infinite disappoin
OF ment or the men about the hearth.
What do you wish TO ask?" va