The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-02-12


forever, leaving behind no trace be-
yond memory SO short that IL nad
become recollection almost unbeiev-
able to the few that had heard 1t.
Now her ears were filed with Its
music to the exclusion of thought or
reason OF consciousness Of self. She
became nothing more than sentient
channel. The easy power of the Voice
lifted 1t beyond the common standards
of vocal classification and gave 1t the
allure and the terror Of the superhu-
ian. Its tenuity seemed q thing In
coiporated apart, an actual substance
with beckoning arms and hands. 1t
drew her slowly, steadily out into the
quiverlng moonlight. held her, lifted
her face with II toward the sky.
With her breast rising and falling in
aching accompaniment to the mount
ing rhythm, cheeks pale, lips parted,
eyes staring in vain pursuit Of the In
credible flight of sound, she stood, a
slim tense figure for once made free
of that domain that IL beyond art, be-
You'd genius and Is called quite simply,
Gift of God. With toss and back
ward shake Of the mans great head,
the voice climbed smoothly to that stu
pendous high G that has wrecked the
reputation OF many pyginies and
brought fame to a daring few. II held
and ctll held until earth and moon and
stars seemed little things that paused
TO listen, DISTRACTED In unimpoftant
courses. Breath suspended until her
lungs were near to bursting, Andrea
waited for that note TO come down in
to the range of normal belief, but TO
her mind at least 1t was destined 10
hang eternally in the heavens, for the
man had turned.
Her eyes knew horror for the first
time. The mans face was half Oblit-
Grated. 1t had been plowed by conilu
ent smallpox and destroyed by worse
disease. The nose was gone, leaving
an ignoble ruin OF Stripped cartilage,
dried in the air III II was like wealth
cred parchment. One ear had been
raynged In a clean cut so that II rose
to a needle-point. That the wounds
were healed only added an lneyorablA
finally to their responsiveness.
Only the mans thick red lips and7
his blazing eyes seemed to have es-
capped the pestilence. AS his startled
gaze fell upon Andrea his mouth
opened to wide. soundless laugh.
With broad shoulders stopped, his-ah-.
norm. Ing hands curved NJ
like monstrous talons and his shaggy
beard wagging to that silent laughter,
he advanced upon her, enclrcled her
waist with his fingers and shot her up
lightly so that she fell doubled across
his back and chest. lie gave low
whistle and sped from the craal at an
incredible pace. The boat-boys arose
stealthiIy and lifted after him.
To Andrea's transfixing terror was
added memory-a feetlng glimpse
Of Trevor, standing hands in pockets,
, before his door On his face was an
ger--cold white. unforgiving anger.
She thought she cried out to MacClos-
ter to stop. to give her but one moment
to explain, to beg forgiveness, to
grovel at the feet OF the one man In
all the world but no sound came from
ntf l1DS
Not until she stood lettering ON the
canted bottom OF MpcCloster's ,oot AZ,
'life come back to her heart and veins
and lungs. She threw upS,her beas
and screamed os she had never known
mortal could screams wild. terror.
winged wail Of desperssys st1....-,s4 Mo-.
Closter spatched filler from rnddsr
struck her across the shou,ders
knocked her, face down. into fetsd
hIige.water.
The stencil OF the stale water pre-
auced In her reaction; 1t was 20
npusea ting that Il momentarily drove
thoughts Of all stAsr thiags frsm her
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