Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-01-21


built like most young menr'
what DO Won mean by thatT'
HAS h. tpId you everything about
his life befvrp ht. met your
"wlli you kindly expinlnT
"T,et Tim eytIfsin said ilnssam All
and. hnvinr ldant 4 this barb of doubt
turned ON bis heel and retired TO his
den. rather well satisfied with himself.
Bot Zudora's love was like a shield.
The barb bounded OF barmlessly. John
Storm was clean man In thought and
in life She had not passed through
this 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 Iiassam Ali accomplished by
his lnnuendo was to enlarge that
smolderlng suspicion which was ever
In her heart
A good many OF Us are nearsighted
mentally. ~ II easier TO judge things
IN the distance than close nc hand
while the general world knew that
Hassam All wns a miser. zudop was
quite ignorant o. the fact Had she
definitely known Of his inordinate love
OF gold. her subsequent miserics might
have been avoided 60 some extent
Storm went south Immediately. The
home was simple and comfortable.
There were two or three bits OF an.
tiaue furniture which had been saved
from the wreck Il was night when he
arrived. The country railway smtion
had. with Its usual nondescript crowd
Of idlers. witnessed his arrival and
the news Travelled quickly He regret
ted that he had not come secretly aud
gone about his Investigations unob
served But the damage was done and
proved conclusively that he was not
cut out for n detective.
lie was greeted fondly by his par
ents. and they repeated with elabora
lions what had been recounted to him
In the letter. IL was downright serious.
no laughing matter The help were de
claring that the mystic band was the
warning OF the worlds end. Not n few
OF the poorer class Of white folk were
accepting the hoax NJ n serious AFFAIR.
Some OF the negroes were even going
10 fur a. 20 knecl down 20 the hand
from safe dlstancci and lutonc
prayers.
"uumphr' muttcrcd storm 4 want
good look NJ this thing And some
one II goinE 90 get a rattling good
kicking before 20 back 10 town. Why
the dickens should they pick out oui
hill for their tomfooleryr'
Father says IT'S because some one
has a grudge against the family" sale
his mother
"Pinlcr'
An Imaginary grievance" she added
who could possibly have n grudg'
against you two. who have done every
thing o. make life decently wortl
while to the helpf'
You never cnn tell" said old Mr.
storm. digging into his pocket for hi
pipe.
what time docs n generally ap
pearl"
"oh. any time between shutdown an'
midnight"
"All right III take a shotgun nn'
20 hunting for Mr. Ghost this YER
night" Storm declared wrathfully.
hut he wasted his time. Also th
night following nothing came OF hi
vigil. The third night he was calle'
10 the door In time Co see the han
liic.er for a moment aud then vanish
lie rushed toward the hill. but foun
nothing lie began TO grow yer
/ angry lie admitted. the little time b
, saw II. that II was grewsome enough
D u was eight or ten feet In height. wit
n shadow In the palm like an embeC
4 ded bullet Subconsciously he SCENE
90 recognize something vaguely FAM
4 lar about the shape Of the hand.
Tie did not 40 Into the village. bt
prowled around In the vicinity wheI
. the hand appeared most frequentl.
A There was no evidence of phOspho
4 essence. no footprints except tho'
made by the negroes some two 4,
d. three hundred yards below the nil
a John was puzzled and irrltnted nt n
n same time This Joke was being pc
10 pctrnted 10y some one who had brain
4 Meanwhile the crops lay ungnther,
u and were beginning 20 rot In the tield
4 Something must be done In hurr
else he would be compelled TO send
!, the city for emigrants, who won
% doubtless take 20 their heels after Il
N same manner NJ the negroes 10
D. telegraphed for Zudora.
And Zudora came
!. The Storm family had heard abo
her, you may be assured But un
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