The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-07

than an idle Jest"
Hassnm Ali gave her quick. shrewd
glance. lie wondered what was going
on IN the girls mind Had she any
suspicious? II was inherent for her To
speak the truth.
Have you intimated to Storm OF the
gold?" he asked.
mo" rather scornfully. II have
given my word You ought TO know
that | never break H."
But often regret giving ~"
"perhnps." -
well. my advice In. stay home
There Is no reason why you should
people" ....
"You said " was probably q bump
kin's joke" ".
"Yes. but the negroes cannot b.
trusted In case whore their irnagin
don may Eet the better Of their com
mon sense Bettsr wait until you hear
from this fool Of q hover Ut yours"
II am better able to judge John
Storm than you" cusdsy. "Hs 10 not y
fool"
"Hoity-toity! Hasn't u Sver occurred
to you that storm IA young. alone and
built like most young meRr'
'Svhat do you mean by that7'
HAS he told you everything about
his life before he met your
"Will you kindly explnin?"
LET him explain" said Hnssnm All
and. having planted this barb Of doubt
turned on his heel and retired to his
len, rather well satisfied with himself.
But Zudoras love was like a shield.
The barb bounded OF harmlessly. John
Storm was clean man In thought and
In life. She had not passed through
thir peculiar schooling of hers without
being able TO read between the lines
She was absolutely certain that love
could Not blind her to any defects In
John. All Hassam Ali accomplished by
his innuendo was to enlarge that
smoldering suspicion which was ever
In her heart
A good many Of us are nearsighted
mentally. II is easier to judge things
In the distance than close mt hand
While the general world knew that
Hassam All was miser. Zudora was
quite ignorant OF the fact Had she
definitely known of his inordinate love
Of gold. her subsequent miseries might
have been avoided to some extent.
Storm went south Immediately. The
ei 20 l,l.
There were two or three bits of an.
tlque furniture which had been saved
from the wreck. 1t was night when he
arrived. The country railway station
had with its usual nondescript crowd
Of iders. witnessed his arrival. anC
the news Travelled quickly. lie regret
ted that he had, not come secretly and
gone about his investigations unob
served. But the damage was done and
proved conclusively that he was uo
cut out for detective.
lie was greeted fondly by his par
! ents. and they repeated with elabora
tions what had been recounted to him
In the letter. 1t was downright serious
no laughing matter. The help were de
claring that the mystic hand was the
warning of the worlds end. Not few
Of the poorer class OF white folk were
accepting the hoax as u serious affair
Some OF the negroes We're even going
so far as to kneei down 10 the hand
from cafe distance) and intOnt
prayers
"Humphr muttered Storm. Il wan,
II good look at this thing. And some
one h going to get rafting good
kicking before go back to town. Why
the dickens should they pick out oul
| hlll for their tomfoolery?"
| Father says it's because some one
has n grudge against the family" sait
his mother.
"Pifle!'
IAN imaginary grievance" she added
who could possibly have a grudg,
| against you two. who have done every
thing to make life decently worth
while to the helpy'
You never can tell" said old Mr.
Storm. digging into his pocket for bis
pipe,
| What time does 1t generally ap
pearT' p. ..
"Oh, amy time between shutdown ant
midnight"
"All right, IN take shotgun anC
so hunting for Mr. Ghost this yer,
night" Storm declared wrathfully.
But he wasted his time. Also tn,
night following nothing came of hii
vigil. The third night he was called
u the door In time to see the hanC
flicker for II moment and then vanish
He rushed toward the hill, but found
nothing. He began to grow very
angry, He admitted, the little time h,
saw II, that It was grewsome enough
II was eight or ten feet In height, will
a shadow in the palm like an embed
ded bullet subconsciously he seemed
to recognize something vsguely famil
lar about the shape Of the hand,
He did not go into the village, bu
prowled around In the vicinity where
the hand appeared most frequently