The Signal, 1913-4-24, Page 6• TailItimet, Areill24,11191S
The Cha llce of Cowage
Being the Story of Curtain Persons
Who Drank of it and Conquered
A Romanc;' of Colorado
By Cyrus To vnsend Brady
Author of "The King and the Man,
"The he Island of Regeneration," ‘lhe
Better Mian," "Hearts and theHi-4-
way, " "As the Sparks Fly Up-
ward," etc.
Illustrations by Ellsworth Young
l'opyrl fht 1912:by
W. a. CHAPI1AS
"And -1 swear to you," asserted the
woman in quica; desperation. "if )..0
do not come ba,•k they shall l.a'.e
nothing t., carry from here but my
dead both' ou de not alone know
w hat love is," she cried resolutely,
"and 1 w ill not let you go unless I
Lave your word :u return."
And how will you prevent my go-
ing?"
"I can't. But I will follow you on
my hands and knees in the snow until
1 freeze and die unless I have your
promise."
"You have beaten me," said the man
hopelessly. "You always do. Honor,
what is tt? Pride, what is it? Self-
respect, what is It? Say the word and
I am at your feet, I put the past be -
'hind me." .
"I don't say the word," answered the
woman bravely, white faced, pale
'lipped, but resolute. "To be yours, to
jhave you mire. is the greatest desire
Wt my heart, but riot In the coward's
'way, not at the expense' of honor, of
atelf-respect—no not that way. Cour-
age, my friend, God will show us the
'way, and meantime good night."
"I shall start in the morning."
"Yea," she nodded reluctantly but
knowing it had to be. "but you won't
go without bidding me good bye."
"Good night then," she said extend.
ling her hand."
"Good night," he whispered hoars-
pey and refused it, backing away. 'I
on't dare to take It. 1 don't dare to
touch you again. I love you so, my
billy salvation is to keep away."
CHAPTER'XVIII.
The Strength of the Weak.
• Although Enid Maitland had spoken
'bravely enough while he was there,
'when she was alone her tem sank
nto the depths as she contemplated
he dreadful and unsolvable dilemma
n which these two lovers found them -
elves so unwittingly and inextricably involved. It was Indeed a curious and
ewildertng situation. Passionate
doratlon for the other rose In each
reast like the surging tide of a
ttee• sea, and like that tide upon
he shore It broke upon conventions.
kdeas, ideals and obligations intangi-
ble to the naked eye, but as real as
khoie iron coasts that have withstood
Lir waves' assaults since the %%grid's
°ruing
The man had shaped his life upon a
mistake. He believed absolutely ID
the unquestioned devotion of a worn -
fan to whom he had been forced to
mete out death in an unprecedented
end terrible manner. His unwllling-
ess to derogate by his own condi ct
om the standard of devotion which
to believed had Inhabited his wife's
osom, made it impossible for hits to
low the real love that had cone into
ibis heart for this new woman to have
Pee course; hotter, pride ant self-re-
Ospe, t scourged him just In proportion
to his passion for Enld Maitlan,l.
The more be loved her, the more
Darned he was. By a curi•tus rom-
einatlon of circumstances, Eaid Malt -
d knew the truth; she knew that
one point of view the woman had
en entirely unworthy the reverence
which her husband held her mem-
pry. She knew that his wife hcd not
Moved him at all, that her whole heart
td been given to another mean, that
Newbc.d had mistaken for a pas-
te desire for his society because '
was no satisfaction in life for
wife array from him, was due to a
lest without his protection she 1
d be unable to resist the appeal I
the other man which her heart
ded so powerfully. If it were
ly that Newbold would not be false
?to the obligation of the other woman's
(devotion, Enid might have solved the 1
problem in a moment.
I It was not so simple, however The
{beet that Newbold cherished this mem-
tory, the fact that this other woman
fought so desperately; had tried
hard not to give way, entitled her
Enid Maitland's admiration and de- I
dad her highest consideration as '
Chance, or Providence, had put i
In possession of this woman's se- •
It wag as If she had been caught
Ver'tently dropping She
not in honor make u.e of what
bad overheard. as It were: she
Sot blacken the other woman's 1
. she could not enlighten this
at the expense of bis dead wife's
on
Although ate longed' for him as
iss be longed for her, although i
love for hem *mined her by Its
intensity, eves to bring her
mea, scommensurate w Itb ber
sbe could sot betray her dead
The imposts of honor, !towthey ase to ~tan Nes they
OW all
lathM
_Wilma( , Me !StSeldly mist •
a •
Unit fhTdtfh oa-Ztft'- valance vy-Lh8
situation and the power that was hers.
!What she could not do herself she
ooald not allow anyone else to do.
rhe obligation upon her must be ex-
tended to others. Old Kirkby bad no
eight to the woman's secret any more
khan she; he must be silenced. Arm-
strong, the only other being who was
,privy to the truth, must be silenced
iiOno thing at least arose out of the
•a of trouble in a tangible way; she
as done with Armstrong. Even if
e had not so Loved Newbold that she
uld scarcely give a. thought to any
IOtber human befog, she was done with
7Armstrong.
A singular situation! Armstrong
bad loved another woman, so had New-
bold; and the latter had even married
this other woman, yet she was quite
willing to forgive Newbold, she made
.every excuse for him, she made none
tor Armstrong. She was an eminently
sane, just person, yet as she thought
of the situation her anger against
Armstrong grew hotter and hotter. It
was a safety valve to her feelings, al-
though she did not realize It. Atter
all, Armstrong's actions rendered her
a certain service; if she could get
over the objection in her soul, 1f she
could ever satisfy her sense of honor
and duty and obligation, she could set-
tle the .question at once. She had
only to show the letters to Newbold
and to say: ;'These were written by
the man of the picture; It was he, and
not you, your wife loved," and New-
bold would take her to his heart in-
stantly-.
These thoughts were not without a
certain, comfort to her. A11 the com-
pensation of self sacrifice is In its
realization. That she could and did
not somehow ennobled her love for
bim. Even women are alloyed with
base metal. In the powerful and
universal appeal of this man to her,
she rejoiced at whatever was of the
soul, rather than of the body. To
possess power, to refrain from using
It in obedience to some higher law, fe
perhaps to pay oneself the most flat-
tering of compliments. There was a
satisfaction to her soul in this which
was yet denied him.
Her action was quite different from
his. She was putting away happiness•
which she might have had in compli-
ance with a higher law than that
which bids humanity enjoy. It was
nattering to her mind. In his case,
It was otherwise; he bad no con-
sciousness that he was a victim of
misplaced trust, of misinterpreted ac-•
Hon. Ile thought the - woman for
whom he was putting away happiness
was almost as worthy, if infinitely less
desirable, as the woman whom he now
loved.
Every sting of outrage, every feel
ling of shame, every fear of disloyalty,
scourged him. She could glory In it;
be was ashamed, humiliated, broken..
She heard him savagely walking up
and down the other room, restlessly'
Impelled by the same Erinyes which
Dt old scourged Orestes; the violator
of the laws of moral being drove him
on. These malign Eumenides held
him In their hands. He was bound and
helpless, rage as he might in one
moment, pray as he did in another. no
tight came Zito the whirling darkness
Of bis torn, tempcet tossed. driven
101. The irresistible inputs. and the
movable body the pbiiosol sera puz-
ded over were exemplified in him.
Whilst he almost hated ti:e '.w• tc:n-
as, whilst he almost loved the ofd,
yet that he did neiehe • the one thin:;
Dor the other absolutely we, s:gniG-
eant.
Indeed he knew that h. ors glad
Enid Maitland had come tn•o his life.
No lite is cc - iplete until It Is touched
by that dk a fire which for lack of
another tr., we call love Because
We can ex once that sensation we
ore said t•, • made in God's image.
The 'mag. blurred as the animal
perdominx It is fearer as the spir-
Hual hay
xsrc:.deocy.
The man ved in his mind. White
lased, stere he walked up and down
he tossed b arms about him, he ;drip-
ped,
topped, his . closed, be threw his
bands up ' .:rd God, kis heart cried
oat under laceration d the blows
Indicted o 11 No flagellant of old
ever treml t beneath the body lash
as he und• • he spiritual pemisbment
He pray, 'bat be might die at the
game mon. that he hanged to live.
file grapple, blindly for ,elutions of
the problem •hat would Nave him with
Yataraisbee honor sad uadleslalabe4
gaff repeat and fidelity, sad yet give
Um tar wr ::aa, amid N vela. He
strove M t a way to reeeselle the
past With t pree•al, reaalitag as he
did w the tnity of s eek a preposl-
t1sa. Gam r the other must be se -
promo, he at laeseisbly field to his
Woo sad (dean, or he must !flee
!felly tat • yenta&
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'fides-Trlglit'al a as the battle that
ed within his bosom! Sometimes
bis despair he thought that he
mould hate been glad It he and she
NMI gone down together in the dark
Waters before all this came upon him.
tbe Goods of which the heavens had
Mewled themselves had borne her to
Ws Oh It they had Only swept him
ant of life with Its trouble, its trials,
its anxieties, Its obligations Its impos-
sibilities. 1f they had gone together!
Aad then he knew that he was glad
ares for the torture, because he had
Mees her, because he had loved her,
pad because she had loved him.
He marveled at himself curiously,
In a detached way. There was a
Oman who loved him, who had con -
ft boldly and Innocently, there
none to say him nay. The woman
o stood between had been dead five
rs. The world knew nothing, cared
log; they could go out together;
could take her, she would come. On
impulse he turned and ran to the
rand beat upon it. Her voice bade
enter, and he came In.
icer heart yearned to him. She was
ocked, appalled at the torture she
w upon his face. Had he been laid
EED.the rack, and every joint pulled
m its sockets, he could not have
en more white and agonized.
"I give up," he cried. "What are
tionor and self respect to me? I want
u. I have put the past behind. You
ve me, and I, I am yours with every
ber of my being. Great God! Let
cast aside these foolish quixotic
ruples that have kept us apart. It
man's thoughts declare his guilt. I
already disloyal to the other worn-
; deeply, entirely so. I have be-
yed her, shamed tier, abandoned
. Let me have some reward for
at I have gone through. You love
come to me."
-"No," answered the woman, and no
taak ever laid upon her Lad b n hard-
er than that. "I do love you. I will
Clot deny it. Every part of me re-
sponds to your appeal. I should be so
espy that I cannot even think of It, it
Could put my hand In your own, If I
r ` �
She Stood With Her Hand Still on His
Breast.
•
could lay my head upon your shoul-
der, it I could feel your heart beat
against mine, if I could give myself up
to you, I would be so glad, so glad.
But it cannot be, not now."
"Why not?" pleaded the man.
He was by her side, his arm went
around her. She did not resist phy-
sically, it would have been useless.
She only laid her slender hand upon
his broad breast and threw her head
back and looked at him.
"See," she said, "how helpless i am,
how weak in your hands. Every vole:-
In
ole^In my heart bids me give way. if yo.
Insist I can deny you nothing. i am
helpless, alone, but it must not be.
I know you better than you know
yourself. 'You will not take advantage
of affection so unbounded, of weak-
neas so pitiable."
Was it the wisdom of calculation, or
was 1t the wisdom of instinct by which
{be chose her course? Resistant^
would have been unavailing. In w•"ok-
pess was her strength.
Blessed are the meek, for they
e,herlt the earth! Tes, that was true.
knew it now, 1f never before, and
go did h•.
Slowly the man released her. She
1116 not even then draw away from
She stood with her band still on
breast. She could feel the beating
Of his heart beneath her gingers -
"1 am right," she said softly. "It
■ me to deny you aaythlag. My
yearns toward you. Why should
deny It? It is my glory, not my
S haine."
"'there 1s nothing above love like
Ours," he pleaded, wondering what
Marvelous mastery sbe exercised that
• stopped him by a band's touch, a
tempered word, a faith.
"No; love Is life, love is God, but
en God himself is under obttgatttss
righteousness. For me to man
you now, to marry yes noxi. to be
ar wife, would be unholy. 'hgsw
oold not be that psdailt saudideaii
ween us that RIM tlmdnse la that
velation. Your baler Mad 54... VOW
respect aad Rhin. tMgY Interpose•
i can't have yes with a etaar ooze
, If you can't come to Me to the
way. we are better apart A4
It kills me, althotegb life with -
you mems sothlag, I wend rather
live 1t, we are better apart I
mart be your wife eatil---"
"Uatfl west sad marl wheal" 4e -
'7 drNewbold. Newbold.
at blow," said the imam "Mt
bear" that ssmewhwee M■mMew.
ASS SIM a way eat ei ear MY
. nem Is a vac" elbe Mold •
Ineautleuely. 1 blow '•"
"hew It M N."
'*q 1 amemK
,t
•
wast p,YM
'f'he samee,thlag which prevents yes.
bo..r, tags w"
"To amaar
"To a wt "
"1 do nor � MtsMer.
rand."
"No, bet bee will some day." She
called at Ida. "See," she say„
"through aNan I can sails at yea.
though my L breaking. 1 klow
that In Got.�g good time this will wort
itself out."
"I can't Malt for God. I wast you
sow," peralmsd the other.
"Hush, dael't say that," answered the
woman, tory moment laying her hand
on his lips, "But 1 forgive you. I
know how lea suffer"
The man Goold say nothing. do noth-
ing. He stared at her a moment and
his hand went to his throat as if he
were choklag.
"teworthy, , he said hoarsely, 'un-
worthy of the past, unworthy of the
presoak unworthy of the future. May
God forgive me, I never can."
"He will forgive you, never fear,"
answered Enid gently.
"And you?" asked her lover. "I have
ruined your life."
"No, you have ennobled ft. Let
nothing ever make you forget that.
Wherever you are and whatever you
do, and whatever you may have been,
I love you. and 1 shall love you to the
end. Now you must go, it is so late,
I can't stand any more. I throw my-
self on your mercy again, I grow weak-
er and weaker before you; as you are
a man, as you are stronger, save me
from myself. If you were to take me
again in your arms," she went on
steadily, "I know not how 1 could drive
you back. Por God's sake, if you love
me—"
That was the hardest tbtng he had
ever done, to turn and go out of the
room, out of her sight, and leave her
standing there with eyes shining, with
pulses throbbing, with breath coming
fast, with bosom panting. Once more,
and at a touch she tsight have yielded!
CHAPTER XIX.
The Challenge of the Range.
Mr. James Armstrong sat at his
desk before the west window in his
private room in one of the tallest
buildings in. Denver. His suite of of-
fices was situated on one of the top
Doors, and from it he had a clear and
unobstructed view of the mighty
range over the intervening house tops
and other buildings. The earth was
covered with snow. It had fallen stead-
ily through the night, but with the
dawn the al: had cleared and the sun
had come out brightly, although it was
very cold.
Letters, papers, documents, the de-
mands of a business extensive and var-
ied, were left unnoticed. He sat with
his elbow on the desk, his head on his
hand, looking moodily at the range.
In the month that had elapsed since
he had received news of Enid Mait-
land's disappearance he had sat often
in that way, In that place, staring at
the range, a prey to most despondent
reelections, heavy hearted and discon-
solate indeed.
After that memorable interview
with Mr. Stephen Maitland in Pklla-
delphla he had deemed 1t proper to
swatt there the arrival of Mr. Rob-
ert Maitland. A brief interview with
Oat distracted gentleman had put
bkar possession of all the facts in
l S ease. As Robert Maitland had
WI, after prepentatlon of the tragic
Mary, the situation was quite hope
lass. Even Armstrong reluctantly ad -
Omitted that ber uncle and old Kirkby
bad dose everything that was possi-
ble for the rescue or discovery of
the girl,.
Therefore the two despondent gen-
*Ala orot7corangima 11w/
won Els OM
ton& Igo an at
,.. Promised hats- „e a Soo
oata.dve soiree books r
baa etahi, In sorts& Art a
n
Iffsather Mme5b to hUh
his Gomm tin meatalai.
�
Wt. Stsglen Mat toad a coo
fata t! to bobs
jet lest sear the plans where neither
the nor any one had any doubt his
!daughters remains lay hid beneath
'the wow or icet�ea the mountains in
She freezing cold. Robert Maitland
Mad so other idea than that Enid'a
body was In the lake. He Intended to
Miran It—as engineering task of no
jgreat dimculty—sad yet be intended,
;also, to search the hills for miles on
:either side of the main stream down
;which she had gone, for she might
'possibly have strayed away and died
ief starvation and exposure, rather
ithan drowning. At any rate, he
'would leave nothing undone to•discov-
er her.
He bad strennomily cppoeed Arm-
:strong's recklessly expressed Inten-
ttlon of going into the mountains im-
�medlately to search fur her. Arm-
strong was not easily moved from any
:purpose hs entertained, or lightly to
be hindered from attempting ahy en-
terprise that he projected. but by the
!time the party reached Denver the
winter had set in, and even he real-
ized the futility of any immediate
search for a dead body lost in the
4
_ ce
I"It 1s Madness,V. Urged Robert Matt-
i land.
'mountains. Admitting- that Enld was
idead, the conclusions were sound, of
course.
The others pointed out to Armstrong
that 1f the woman they all loved had
tby any fortunate chance escaped the
'cloudburst, she must inevitably have
;perished from cold, starvation and ex-
posure in the mountain long since.
!There was scarcely a possibility that
she could have escaped the flood, but
If she had, it would only to be de-
ivoted to death a little later. 1f she
`was not in the lake, what remained of
:her would be in some lateral canon.
:It would be impossible to discover
;her body in the deep snows until the
sgrin` and the warm weather came.
When the snows melted what was con-
cealed would be revealed. Alone, she
.could do nothing. And admitting again
that Enid was alone, this conclusion
was as sound as the other.
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their western homes, Robert Maitland
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