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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH THE BRANDING IRON - By Katharine Newlin Burt Copyright by larharin. thinking of him, that she was far away, staring beyond her horses head Into the broad, west N. Burt sunset-brightene- CHAPTER II After that night, there began a sort of persecution, skillfully conducted by Jasper and Betty, against the ferocity of Jane. It was a persecution impossible to imagine In any other setting, even the social simplicity of Lazy-found Itself a trifle amused. For Jasper, the stately Jewish figure, would carry pails of water for Jane from the well to the kitchen, would help her In the vegetable garden, and to straighten ; out her recalcitrant Betty would put on an apron a mile too large, to wash dishes and shell peas. She would sit on the kitchen table swinging her long, childlike legs and chatter amiably. Jasper talked, too, to the virago, talked delightfully, about horses and dogs he bad a charming gift of humorous observae tion talked about hunting and shooting, about trapping, about travel, and, at last, about plays. Undoubtedly Jane listened. Sometimes she laughed. Once In a while she ejaculated, musically, Weill Occasionally she swore. One afternoon he met her riding home from an errand to a neighboring ranch, and, turning his horse, rode with her. In worn corduroy skirt, flannel shirt, and gray sombrero, she d he Where were you schooled? asked her. He had brought her back and her She gave him a face stiffened. startled, almost angry look, dug her heels into her horse and broke into a gallop ; nor could he win from her another word. A few days before he left, he took Yarnall Into his confidence. At first the rancher would do nothing but Jane on the boards! Thats laugh. a notion followed by explosion after explosiou of mirth. The Jew waited patient, pliant, smiling, and then enumerated his reasons. He talked to Yarnall for an hour, at the end ol which time, Yarnall, his eyes still twinkling, sent for Jane. d The two men sat in a room, known as the ofllce. Yarnalls big desk crowded a stove. There was no other furniture except shelves and a box seat beneath a window. Jasper sat on the end of the desk, swinging Ids slim, leg; Yarnall, stocky, gray, shabby, weatherbeaten, leaned back In his wicker chair. The door which Jasper faced was directly behind Yarnall. When Jane opened It, he turned. The girl looked grim and a little pale. She was evidently frightened. This summons from Yarnall suggested dismissal or reproof. She came around to face him and stood there, looking fierce and graceful, her head lowered, staring gloomily at him from under her brows. To Jasper she gave not so much as a glance. Well, Jane, I fancy I shall have to let you go, said Yarnall. He was not above tormenting the wildcat. Female 1 stove-pipe- big-gam- well-boote- looked like a handsome, haggard boy, and, that afternoon, there was a certain unusual wistfulness In her eyes, and her mouth had relaxed a little from Its bitterness. Perhaps It was the beauty of a clear, keen summer day; without doubt, also, she was touched by the courteous pleasure of his greeting and by his giving up his ride in order to accompany her. She even unbent from her silence and, for the first time, really talked to him. And she spoke, too, In a new manner, using her beautiful voice with beautiful carefulness. It was like a master-musicia- n who, after a long Illness, takes up his beloved Instrument and tentatively tests his shaken powers. Jasper had much ado to keep his surprise to himself, for the rough ranch girl could speak pure enough English If she would. You and your wife are leaving soon? she asked him, and, when he nodded, she gave a sigh. Ill be missing you, she said, throwing away her brusquerle like a rag with which she was done. Youve been company for me. Youve made use of lots of patience and courage, but I have really liked It. Ive not got the ways of being sociable and I .don't know that I want ever to get them. I am not Beeking for friends. There Isnt another person on the ranch that would dare talk to me as you and Mrs. Mo-rehave talked. They dont know anything about me here and I dont mean that they should know. She paused, then gave way to an Impulse of confidence. One of the boys asked me to marry him. He came and shouted It through the window and I caught him with a pan of water. She sighed. "I dont know rightly If he meant it for a joke or not, but the laugh wasnt on me. Jasper controlled his laughter, then saw the dry humor of her eyes and Ups and let out his mirth. Why, sir, said Jane, youd be surprised at the foolishness of men. Sometimes It seems that, just for pure contrariness, they want to marry her that least wants them about. The day I came tramping Into this valley, I 6topped for food at the ranch of an old bachelor down yonder at the ford. And he Invited me to be his wife while I was drinking a glass of water from his well. He told me how much money he had and said hed start my stove for me winter mornings. Theres a good husband! And he was sure kind to me even when I told him no. Twas that same evening that the boy from rode In and claimed me for a Lazy-Y cook. Mr. Yarnall is a trusting man. He took me and didnt ask any questions. I told him I was Jane. and that I wasnt planning to let him know more. He hasnt asked me another question since. Hes a gentleman, I figure it, and he's kind of quiet himself about what he was before he came to this country. Hes a man of fifty and he has lots back of him, She only hes taken a fresh start. sighed, Folks like you and Betty seem Its living In awfully cities, I suppose, where every one knows every one else so well. This astonishing picture of the candid simplicity of New Yorks social life absorbed Jaspers attention for some time. Wouldnt you like to live In a city, d heart. Jasper had been absorbed In the plot and had not noticed Jane, but Yarnall for several minutes had been na -- open-hearte- Jane? She laughed her short, boyish Hoo! It isnt what I would like, Mr. Morena, she said. Why, Id like to see the world. I would like to be that fellow who was condemned to wander all over the earth and never to die. He was a Jew, too, wasnt I do know that every woman const love beauty and ease and knowledge and experience. For what else, he smiled, did Eve eat the apple? All these you can have If you will let va take you East. Of course, If I find you cannot take this part, I will hold myself accountable for you. I will not let you be a loser in any way by the experiment. With your beauty" Yarnall fell back in his chair and gaped from the excited speaker to the silent and your listener extraordinary voice, and your magnetism, you must be especially fitted for a career of some kind. I promise to find you your career." Every drop of blood had fallen from Janes face and the rough hands on her knee were locked together. What part, she asked in a quick, low voice, is this that you think I could learn to do?" Jasper changed his position. He came nearer and spoke more rapidly. "It Is the story of a girl, a savage girl, whom a man takes up and trains. He trains her as a professional might train a lioness. It Is a Dassion with him to break spirits and shape them to his will. He trains her with coaxing and lashing not actual lashing, though I believe in one place he does come near to beating her and he gets her broken so that she lies at his feet and eats out of his hand. All this, you understand, while hes an exile from his own world. Then, In the second act that is the second part of the play he takes his tamed lioness back to civilization. They go to London and there the woman does his graining infinite credit. She Is extraordinarily beautiful ; she Is civilized, successful. courted. Her eccentricities only add to her charm. So It goes on very prettily for a while. Then he makes a mistake. He blunders very badly. He gives his lioness cause for Jealousy and to com to the point she flies at his throat. You see, he hadnt really tamed her. She was under the skin, a lioness, a beast, at The Girl Looked Little Grim Pale. and a ferocity always excites the teasing Youre getting too boy in a man. ambitious for us. You see, once these rich New Yorkers take you up, youre no more use to a plain ranchman like me." What are you drlvin at? asked Jane. it to her, Yarnall I" Jasper snapped his elastic fingers, color had risen to his face, and he looked annoyed. Miss Jane, wont you sit down? Jane turned her deep, Indignant Are you and your eyes upon him. wife the rich New Yorkers he says are takin me up? No, no. Hes joking. This is a serious business. Its of vital Importance to me and It ought to be of vital Importance to you. Please do sit down ! Jane took a long step back and sat down on the settle under the long, horizontal window. She folded her hands on her knee and looked up at Morena. She had transferred her attention completely to him. Yarnall watched them. He was an Englishman of much experience and this picture of the skillful, cultivated, handsome Jew angling deftly for the gaunt, young savage diverted him hugely. He screwed up his eyes to get a picture of it. "I am a producer and manager of plays, said Jasper, which means that I take a play written by a more gifted man and arrange It for the stage. Have you ever seen a play? No, sir. "But you have some idea what they Do let me explain are? I have read them. Shakeswrote peare quite a lot of that kind of talking pieces, didnt he?" Jasper was less surprised than YarAt preseut 1 have a play on nall. my hands which is a very brilliant and promising piece of work, but her Jasper flushed. People were not in which I have been unable to produce the habit of making direct reference for lack of a heroine. There isnt an to his nationality, and, being an actress on my list that can take the Israelite who had early cut hitnself part and do it justice. Now, Miss off with dislike from his own people Jane, I believe that with some trainand cultivated the society of Gentiles, ing you could take it to perfection. a man without a country," he was My wife and I would i ke to take you to New York, paying all ' your exacutely sensitive. Yes. Where The Wandering Jew? penses, of course, and put you into did you ever hear of him? training at once. It would take a I read his story, she answered ab- years hard work to get you fitted for sently; an awful long one, but In- the part. Then next fall we could teresting, about lots of people, by Eu- bring out the play and I think I can promise you success and fame and gene Sue. Jaspers lips fell apart and he wealth In no small measure. I dont stared. She had spoken unwittingly know you very well ; I dont know ABd ha ccold see that she was not whether or not you are ambitious ; but Yes. leaning forward, his hands tightened on the arms of his chair. The Instant Jasper stopped he held up his hand. Quiet, Jane, he said softly as a man might speak to a plunging horse. Steady I" Jane got to her feet. She was very white. She put up her hand and pressed the back of It against her forehead and from under this hand she looked at the two men with eyes of such astonished pain and beauty as they could never forget. Yes, she said presently; thats something I could do. At once Jasper hastened to retrieve his error. Oh, Im so sorry. Ive been clumsy. Do forgive me. Do let me explain. I didnt mean that you were a wild" She let the hand fall and held it up to stop his speech. Im not taking You offense, Mr. Morena," she said. say you arrange plays and that you have been seeking for some one to who play that girl, that lioness-gir- l wasnt rightly tamed, though the man had done his worst to break her? Jasper nodded with a puzzled, anxious air. For all his skill and subtlety, he could not iiRerpret her tone. "And you think Im beautiful? My dear child, I know you are, said he. You try to disguise It. And I know that In many other ways you disguise yourself. I think you make a great mistake. Your work Is hard and rough She smiled. Im not complaining pf ray work, she said. Its rough and so am I. Oh, yes, Im real, true rough. I was born to roughness and raised to it. Im not anything I dont seem, Mr. Morena. Ive had rough travel all my She sat down days, only only again, twisting her hands, painfully In her apron and bending her face down from the sight of the two men. The line of her long, bent neck was a beautiful thing to see. She spoke low and rapidly, holding down her emotion, though she could not control all of her the exquisite modulations voice. There's only one part of my travel that I want to forget and thats the one smooth bit. And its hateful to me and youve been reminding me of It. I must tell you now that Id Iron rather be burnt by a white-ho- t here sli; gave him a wide and horrified look like a child who speaks of some dreadful remembered punishment than do that thing youve asked of me. I Hate everything youve been telling me about. I dont want to be beautiful. I dont want any one to be telling me such things. I dont want to be any different from what I am now. This is my real self. It is. I hate beauty. I hate it. Im not good enough to love it. Beauty and learning and and music Her head had been bending lower and lower, her voice rocking under its weight of restrained anguish. On the word music" she dropped Her head to her knees and was silent. I cant talk no ''more, she said, after a moment, and she stood up and ran out of the room. Ill be d d! swore Yarnall. Rut Jasper stood, ids face pale, smiting one hand into the other. I feel that I, at least, deserve to be, he said. (TO BE CONTINUED.) 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