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CHAPTER XII.
Tlje Ship on the Horizon.
Yesterday morning she .had been
awakened by an earthquake. To-day
it was the call of a voice, his voice.
There was none other on the island.
Jt came to her through the open door
way. By turning her head she could
see the bright expanse of sand and
sea and sky beyond. Yet no figure
darlfened the entrance. He stood out
ol sight, but within hearing, calling her
name. She rose to her feet, gathered
the tunic about her waist by a cinc
ture of plaited grass, thrust the knife
iwlthin a rude sheath she had made for
£tt, and stepped out upon the sand. Site
an instinct that something un
usual had-happened, for never before
had he ventured to come to the cave
and thus awaken her. The change in
their relations might have moved him
to this extraordinary course, yet she
41d not believe that it had. She found
him in a great state of excitement.
As she cleared the entrance he ran
toward her waving his hands.
"There is something," he cried, his
voice thrilling with new and strange
emotions, "on the other side of the
rlsland."
Mls
,it something of enough impor
tance," she said, softly, laying her
.had upon his shoulder, "to keep you
from kissing toe good morning?"
Evidently whatever it was, it was
not, she thought for a happy moment,
as he swept her to his breast at once.
That had been his first Instinct, that
had been his burning desire the uight
long, to have her in his arm$ was
his constant thought but he was hew
.to lover's ways, unused to love's cus
toms, and, besides, he had sworn that
the advances must come from her.
But once the advance was made, the
signal was displayed, the permission
fwas given, he more than did his part.
Pressing back her head lie fed his full
upon her lips. No, not that, he could
never do that, but he kissed her long,
and for a moment forgot what he
Jkad to tell. It was she who first re
membered.
"And what is it," she asked, "on the
^ther side of the island?"
"I forgot it for the moment," he an
swered,. passionately, "as I forget
everything with you in my arms."
She laughed at this bold assertion.
"You love," she said, "as if you had
tyeen taught to do it from the begin
ning."
•r "TJie sight of you, your touch, the
air that hangs about your person,
they have taught me, and 1 am only
beginning now to show you how much
I love you."
"If this be the beginning," she
laughed, "what will be the end?"
"There is no end," he replied laugh
ing in his turn.
"But you came here to tell me some
thing else."
"When I started from the other side
of the island it seemed the greatest
thing tliat I could tell, but since I have
seen you—"
"Man, man," she cried, with pleas
ant impatience, "what is it that you
itw?"
"I think it is a ship/' he answered,
with sudden gravity.
"A ship!" she cried.
-She laid her hand upon her heart
and sank down upon a near by boul
der. If his words were true, what
would it mean to them both?
"I have never seen a ship, but there
la a dark object yonder," he point
ed across the Island toward the farther
horizon, "too far away for me to dis*
ttlnguish what It Is but smoke rises
from it."
"Let us go!"
She rose to. her feet and extended
her hand. lie took it and they began
to run. They r#n as often as they
walked, except in the greater heat of
ihid-day. Lithe, free-limbed, lightly
clad, deep dhested and strong, in this
emergency they headed straight
across the hill instead of taking the
longer, way around the sands. The
distance was not great. There was a
sort of rude path which they hud
made and often traversed, and in a
few moments they stood panting a
little, for they had been unusually
.speedy and eager, on the top of the
.- hill.
"There!" cried the man, pointing to
seaward.
His eyesight was better than hers,
but hers was still sufficiently keen, as
she lollowe&his outstretched arm and
extended* finger, to see upon the far
horizon a dark object which was un
doubtedly a ship. A hazy column of
smoke elongated behind it, and told
her it was a steamer.
"You were tight," she said at last,
a little sob in her voice. "It Is a ship.
It means rescue. The world is coming
to our shores."
"My world is here," he returned,
laying his hand upon her shoulder,
and for answer she drew closer to
hini, glad to feel his clasp about her
waist.
She had time to think how singular
ly like the language of convention
was the language of nature. It was
•"Yes," She 8ald, "It Pass*, By."
•what any other man who loved would
jhave said, and in the same way.
"Thai ship la passing by," be went
-on. "When I saw It as. I woka this
worutng,. It- was there, It goeg rap
idly,"
«be isidj "it msu hr,"
inn
piWWIIiy»i^*f||ffH|jj1Byiili^^
"I care not." lie Interrupted, "I don't
want anything else or anybody else.
Now that 1 have you, I am content
here."
"But we shall summon It and bring
It back," she went on, resolutely.
"How?" he asked curiously.
"By lighting the beacon yonder."
"I had forgot that."
"But 1 did not. Go back to the cave
and bring the flint and steel. You will
And them in the Bilver box on the
shelt by the Bible, and make haste."
"I will go the quicker," he said,
turning to her, "that I may be the
sooner back with you."
lie turned and bounded away like
a young deer. She watched him
through the tre'es, and then sat down
upon the summit of the hill and stared
toward the ship. She was glad, of
course, that they were to be rescued,
but as in the joy of their love there
was sorrow, so in her gladness there
was apprehension. That test of which
she had dreamed tho night before
was npw to be complete. She would
postpone the telling of her story un-%
til he could hear In comment upon it
the voice of the world.
They had lived in Eden, Eden with
out a serpent. They hnd plucked the
tree of knowledge at will and no
consequences evil had ensued, yet
nevertheless, they must go out into
the world now, the world with its
pains, its tolls and frets, the world
with Its mockeries and scorns, and
lake up the appointed life of men. He
loved her now—there could not be
any doubt about that—but what would
he do when he knew and when he
knew that the world knew as well
what she had thought, what she had
been, and what she had done. Alas,
when that ship's boat touched the
shores of their island, the angel of
the flaming sword would always guard
their entrance and prevent their re
turning to it.
She was a brave woman. She could
face the Inevitable with courage, with
a philosophy which now at last was
Chrlstlau. She had had three peace
ful years and a day of such happiness
as falls to the lot of few of the chil
dren of sorrow. Perhaps that was
an that she Was destined to look back
upon of joy. Perhaps the future held
for lier only expiation. Perhaps.she
ought not to rebel against that possi
bility. She ought to be glad of such
ata opportunity, indeed. But she was
a woman, and by and by she hid her
face in her hands and wept.
In all their intercourse he had never
seen her weep. Tears were entirely
foreign to his experience. He knew
what sorrow was, what sadness was,
what sympathy was, for his heart had
been torn when she had read to him
the story of the Man of Sorrows and
his sufferings. A child of nature, the
pathetic in the Old Covenant and .the
New had appealed to him profoundly,
but his were not easy tears. He .had
never shed any.. He had never seen
any. He wiuj appalled, therefore,
when approacWig noiselessly he laid
Ills hand upojr her shoulder and saw
and heard th" evidence of her erief.
tie dropped the box to the sod and
knelt beside her.
"Has the sight of the ship made you
wee])?" he said, softly. "1 wish that"
I had never come to tell you It was
there!"
"We have been so happy together,
you and I," said the woman. "This
Island has been my world, my haven,
iny heaven, rather, and you have been
humanity to me, but now the earth
opens before you. You will have oth
er hopes, other ambitions, perhaps—"
"Don't say it," protested the man,
vehemently. "1 shall have nothing,
nothing but you anywhere, every
where, and, besides, nothing is
changed. See, the smoke grows faint
er the ship more dim. She passes
beyond^ Things shall be as they,
were! We shall live on, and love
on!"
Her desolation, her sorrow appealed
to him profoundly. He took her In
bis arms. He laid her head gently
upon his shoulder. There was protec
tion and tenderness as well as paB
sion In his touch.
"Together," he whispered, patting
her hair softly, "alone, you and I!"
For one delicious moment with
closed eyes she let herself be so
aootlied and comforted. But her bet
ter nature woke on the instant, as it
were.
"No," she said, drawing away from
him gently, "it would not be right.
We belong in the world of men. Men
.and women are. not men and women
until they have lived among their fel
lows, until they have Jought down the
temptations of which we know noth
ing here, and have conquered them—
out there. Give me the flint and steel.'
1 must call back tfte ship!"
lie stooped as she spoke and picked
up the little silver box. He extended
his hand toward her, and then sud
denly drew It back.
"You cannot light the beacon," he
said.
"Cannot!" she cried.
"No, lor I will not give you the flint
and steel."
"You must give it to me."
"I will not. I am the stronger, and
you Cannot take it from me," he re
turned, with growing, firmness.
It was the first time lu all their In
tercourse that he had disobeyed a
command. She looked at him amazed,
lier heart, nevertheless throbbing at
the mastery In his tone, at the thought
that he was willing to throw away the
world for her. It Is true he had bad
no experience of that ho was giving,
up. but he was not entirely ignorant of
what lay beyond the horizon, and
she had presented It In such a
way that It glowed with colur and life
and cliarw. The evil, the sordid and
I he wretched had been lightly al
luded to, Just definitely enough to
shade the picture and bring out the
•higher lights of civilization. His was
not the decision, therefore, of an un
tutored, Inexperienced savage, not the
abandonment of a toy by a child
there was some reality In It and the
reality measured hie affection. Her
heart leaped In her breast at that
thought. For one fleeting moment she
acquiesced. Things would go on In
the old way. But things could not'go
on In the old way. For a day and a
(light, In spite of (lie great change
tlmt Imd coma to their feeliugg, lift
Im4 pa usual, but tbsr# iru
I
/S" I* •.
v.
hi
nn in if
-v..1 .•'-[ :—1_.. ..'junji
a~ limit'to human power. It was bet
ter, whatever betide, that they should
go back to civilization. The woman
stared at him long and earnestly, her.
lip trembling, her face pale, her eyes
shining. They stood speechless at
gaze for a moment, and then she
spoke.
"You are right,'1 she SSifl, ''my pow
er over you has
roijc.
I can no .longer
command. Mine has.ceased to be the
supreme will, but 1 beg you, I entrat
you, I pray you, give me the flint and
steel. See, on my knees I ask you!"
She sank down before him in an at
titude which he knew to be that of
prayer. They had often read the
sacred Scriptures and had said their
prayers together on the sand or' be
neath the trees since she, too, in.'the
solitude had seen God and believed.
"I cannot, I will not," he answered
hoarsely, stepping nearer to her.
"No," she said, "you must not touch
me, you shall not touch me. I shall be
to you as a stranger, unless you take
me by force. If you will not let. me
light that beacon."
"No," said the man, doggedly.
"When the world touches our shores it
brings you unhapplness. Let. It pass."
"Listen!" Bhe said. "I have tried to
tell you something about honor and
duty. My honor sayB that that ship
must be called. My duty, bids me Call'
her. You said that you love me."
"Said!" exclaimed the man.
"You do love me, then," returned
the woman, "and I you, but that love
must be tested, tried.In the world.' I
can never believe In It, in you, until
the trial has been made. We must
call back the ship!"
"But I can believe In you without
aqy test."
."I am different. .1 have been out.
there. 1 know what It Is. I have
seen other men."
She looked fixedly at him. He bent
closer to her and laid his hand upon
her shoulder, not this time In caress.
She winced from the tightness of his
grasp, the fierce .intensity of his
clutch, yet she did not draw away,
and he was not conscious of the force
he used.
"You have seen other men.. They
have loved you?"
"Yes," she forced herself to reply.
"And you?"
"I have loved no man but you."
"You had something to tell me.
Th?» -T
Eagerly she opened the silver box
and took thence the tiny implements.
Fortunately they were in the heart of
the dry season. To strike a spark
was easy, to communicate It to the titi
der-like bruahwood was easier still, (n
a moment, catching the Inflammable
wood dried out by the tropic sun, the
I llantes roared through the great mass.
The cliff fir peak at the top of the is
land made a background for the flame,
and soon a pillar of fire 20 or 30 feet
high leaped and curled up Into the
still air of the morning.
The woman beckoned. The two ran
around the peak of the rock until
they were sheltered from the fierce
heat of the fire. From where they
stood they could see the ship.
"Do you think," asked the man,
"that the people on the ship will see
the flame?"
"They cannot fail to see It."
"And how will they regard It?"
"Ab
a signal."
"And what will they do?"
"Turn about and head for the Is-,
land."
1
"And how can we tell what they are
doing?"
"When the smoke ceases to elon
gate," she replied, "it will show us
that they have turned and are heading
this, way."
There was no breeze, apparently,
a ad the smoke would follow the wake
of Uie ship. They watched the little
speck on the horizon with strained In
tensity for a few moments.
"How if she passes on?" asked the
man, at last.
"1 shall take It as a sign," said the
woman, slowly, "that—Look!" she
cried, in sudden gladness.
The ship had turned and the cldud
of smoke now rose straight above her
in the still air.
"They have seen the signal," went
on the woman. "They will come here.
We shall be taken away!"
"It Is your fault," said the man,
grimly. "1 wanted nothing but to be
alone with you."
-?4SS
"CHAPTER XIII.
The Long Search.
Mr. Valentine Arthur Langford was
wearily pacing the quarter deck of his
magnificent yacht, the Southern Cross.
Mr.'Langford was an Intensely dis
appointed and embittered man. He
had made two ventures which, by a
stretch,of language la one case at least,
could be called matrimonial, and both
of them had resulted In disaster. Death
opportunely bad relieved him of one
wife the other who had stood the
place of the former without the legal
ceremony or the spiritual benediction
had vanished under circumstances so
mysterious that he had no Idea wheth
er she was alive or dead. On a certain
night
Borne
three years ago he bad a
dim remembrance that he had be
haved like a brute to a woman. His
remembrance was only dim as to de
tails, It wus entirely clear as to the
fait.
What had happened as a result of
his conduct he could not alearly state.
The next morning the crew had found
him lying Insensible on the cabin floor
with a fractured skull, The woman
ws» gone, also the power boat which
had trailed astern of the yacht In the
pleasant weather. Such was bis physi
cal couditlon that when he was not
unconscious, he was delirious. He had
been able to give no coherent aaoount
of affairs and equally unable to give
any directions as to the future move
ments of the yaetit, which had been
bound nowhere In particular upon a
pleasure cruise.
The old sailing-master and captain,
much distressed by the situation and
the Emergency in which he found him
self suddenly plunged, decided that
his best course, In fact, bit only
course, was to get back to divulgation
aod a doctor at soon possible. He
bad Joiumly nut (tw mht about ant)
WS-f'
headeH for the*noarest land" where Tie
night hope to get suitable care for hiR
terribly 111 young employer. He
pushed the yacht to the utmost speed,
and in three weeks dropped anchor in
Honolulu, just In time to save flie
young lnnn's life. Indeed, for si long
tfcne.it was tourti antf-Bo'-as to-wheth
er his life could lie saved at, all, and
it wns not unt:l nearly a year had
elapsed bei'orc the Southern Cross
sailed for San Francisco with a weak
and shaky, but convalescent owner, on
her quarter deck.
The departure of Katharine Brenton
with Valentine Laugford had made a
great sensation, hut it was nothing to
the sensation which raged when it be
came known that Valentine Langford
had returned without her. She was
a! woman ol' too much Importance, she
had played too large a part In the af
fairs of the world, civilization had
n^anlfested. too much interest'In her,
tj allow her to drop out of Its sight
without at least making an effort to.
fipd her. The position of Mr. Valen
tine Langford became interestingly
difficult in the face of a storm of in
quiry. Mr. Langford's previous mar
rijage was, fortunately lor him, un
known, but the world had had a com
plete and adequate Idea of the terms
of the unlAn rohlch hail beenleoiered
upon so blithely .between Langford and
Miss Brenton that the first question
that met him wlien he came back'alone
was as to which one had repented.
Had the-woman come to her senses,
had the man grown tired of her, had
they parted, and whore was the wom
an? These were queries which were
put to him with the direct simplicity _of
the American public through its Impe
rious representatives, the reporters.
And to these questions Mr. Langford
could return no adequate answer what
ever except the truth, which he could
not bring himself to tell., He de
clared Jhat "she had left* the yacht ill
the South seas, that he d(il not know
her present whereabouts, and' refused
to say anything further- privately or
in! public. Miss Brenton'had no near
relations what was everybody's..busi
ness was nobody's, and presently pub
lic Interest In her decline^. She and
her philosophy were practically for
gotten by all but .Langford himself.
Vou
were to tell me to-day."
"Yes."
"Was It about some other man*"
"Yes."
ltr
"I will tell you when we have gone
back where men and women live."
"Why not now?"
"You must hear the voice of the
world In comment upon what I say."
"But If we do not go back.?"
"There will be a secret between us'
which I will carry to my grave. It
Would be fatal to our happiness. You
see we must call back the ship. Give*
me the flint and steel,.for God'B sakSj
If you love me, man!" ..
She had never adjured him in that
fashion before. He stood Irresolute
a moment and dropped the, bqx at her.
feet. She had conquered,., conquer^,
by appealing to his love for .her. Noth
ing else, she felt, would have moved
htm.
He had married his wire, In 'a mo
ment of boyish. lnCatuatlon, The union
had been impossible'almost from tlte:
first. She ^ras little more than an
adventuress, much ol^er than he, who.
had entrapped liifil for his' money.
•There had s^en^a'separation on a lib
eral' flna'nciai bas[s, to which the'woni
an ^had—re'aaily,v «-^n cheerfully,,
agreed, ^arul he..",'had -jip' lingering rt1
:malns t)f affection to hold him back:
Hfr death, was only a relief'to'film.
He felt that he owed reparation, to
Katherlne irrentoii, .and he-was more
wHIIng to pay the debt because be was
honestly and genuinely In love 11h
her so far as-^t man of his tempera-,
ment could be In love with a woman,
He' wanted jjti: make amends for' his
treatment. He wou'4 hqye given any
thing he possessed tti have been able
Mr. Langfbrd .Was an Intensely Dis
appointed and: Embittered Map.
to say'how ashamed he was of all that
he had done, and to beg her to forgive
him ai)d marry hifu.
The death of his.-/athor-and 'the ne
cessity for ,th& administration'^of the
vast interests of. the ,bonanza' king's
estate prevented him from at once
engaging upon the search- which4'he
promised himself lie would make, "but
he expedited mattera,. sometimes- Ho
his own loss, .aft..rapidly as -,he .could,
and after nearly a year's:stay hi-San
Francisco, he found .himself tn*'lB(Sl
tlon to undei-tiUfg. hls-i-quest. FJor,,.®
year thereafter he and the Southerji
Cross traversed'the unexplored, unyis-.
ited waters of the South'* seas.
had landed- upon- island alter Island
which lie had examined'with minute
particularity. Some he had found in
habited by natives, whom, tlirough In
terpreters he had procured lie "ques
tioned uuavalllngiy. 'He ran. across
stray vessels- trading '-among the. Is
lands. and through-Iheiii wfjth con
stantly Increasing, ever widening me
dlums, he carried-on'his search', "but
without result, 'tii tlrfas sweeping tlie
Paclfie-, he visited' Everything that was
charted, and till that he "cc5uld iind^
that was not, and Vas'now liOiiie'ward
bound, convinced that the launch must
have foundered and that he. would
never solve, the mystery of lier .dlsap
rearance.
So ffsalduously had lie, prosecuted
his search that the crew of the Sojilh-.
ern Cross, Who knew nothing.as t.o'. the:
cause^ of "life, eagerness, wjtll tbe.' g*.
ceptlou of' ttie' jnaster,.. Jooked
upon t!lin a«" a ifar'mlpis visionary,.
Tliey had been away to lung had
yjgttftd
ig
Consequently the lookout' on the
foro-topmasi cross-tree on a certain
summer morning, catching sight of a
dim, blue liaze. on the horizon far off
to starboard, made no report of it.
•What was the use? It would only de
lay. matters and they were within a
few weeks of Honolulu now, and an-
other fortnight beyond Hawaii would
bring them hack to the United States,
for which they all longed with the de
sire of men who liad been away from
home and con'ine*1 to the narrow
decks of a cruising ship for ovet a
-year.
Something—as to whether it- was
.Providence, or not he was somewhat
doubtful in Ills mind afterward—.
brought Langford on deck before his'
usual time for rising. The watch was'
in charge of a. rather ..sleepyV stupid
•8Gfidnd Ofiicer," unimaginative and un
obst.-vVnt. Ho had. not notice4..-the
•laud-which it was difllcult*to see from
the deck at any rate, especially as It*
did not lie between the. yacht and the
•sun, and as it had .not been reported
from the masthead, he knew nothing
of it.
Langford had found sleep Impos
sible. The year of search,the constant
disappointment, the pressing sense-of
•mystery, tho feeling that his -conduct
•was indeed irreparable had preyed
•lipon him. He was thin, worn, nervous
and irritable. .He walked up and-down
the deck
Fortune, which bad1 done him some
evil turns, here, however. Interpos'ea to
his advantage. The lady who legally
bore his name departed this life and
left him a free man'. Bikite though he
hud been,' Langford ,was not without
some strong Idea of honor and de
cency. Indeed, he. had- enjoyed long
anil undistributed hours of njedl'tijtlon
upon hls.8lus of oirUsBloii ancf commis
sion during his' period" of convales
cence, and the" culm consideration of
character nud career had dbne jiim
good. At heart, In splte-of hlr. brutal
conduct, for which drlnk-liad largely
been responsible, he was-a gentleman,
and capable, of-'•tilings flne'find -h'lgh
under the stim ulus- of some really,
great emotion. JIc had come--to real
ize, to_ put it mildly, what an awful,
fool he had been to say nothing of his
villainy. Whu't had.led him to this
realization had beeu. the remenibnjnce
of thq hours lie had passed with Kath
arine Breftton before the -clouds had
arisen which had culminated in tliaJ
awful storm,-- ihe recollection of which
fairly made him shudder.. However,
he had deceived her* by professed-ad
herenee to li£r wild'.theories"and' Jm:.:through
possible phllbsophles.Jifl had*honcstiy
.lovfed her, and association with lier
Viad' been of benefit to him." J( .he
only had not givfcn away to "ht3 tam
per and his appetite! If it had ijp.t,
been for his .former-obligation!'
111
Holtzman?"
The- officer took a quick lobk
the glasses, handed .them back
to their owner, tind'.said -laconically:
:"Land! Fire! Smoke, sir.".
"Head the yacht" to that' island at
once."
"Very good,' sir," said the officer,:
turning-to th(i man at the -wheel and
ordering the helm' to be put aport.
The yacht's bows swui)g .slowly'
round 'until the island and the light''
were both dead ahead.
."Now,-.-Mr. .Holtzuian," said Lang
ford*, when tile'maneuver was 'com-:
pleted, "who is Tit the masthead?" -.
"I'll see, sir," answered .the. second.
.'Officer, .stepping forward.
"Bring -him to' me," said the owner'
i»- the officer turned away."
., _lii'.a few-moments the ofllcer came
back to- the quarterdeck followed by
Anc of the seamen. The man looked,
very much frightened, for. Langford
was in a towering passion, and when.
he was in a passion he was not a.
pleasant-spectacle.
-j. "Did you see that island yonder?"
began(the.owner, fiercely., ,j
"I—er—" 'Mi)
.. "Answ.er me!"
Yes, sir," feaid the man, desperately
"You did?"
"Yes, sir."
"Why didn't ypu'report it?" "#¥•.
The man hesitated, shifting from
one foot to another, muttered some
thing about a wild goose chase.. Car
ried .away by anger, Langford sprang
at htm,-and would have done him bod
ily violence, had he not been quickly
restrained by. -the second ofllcer.'
"Mr. Langford, sir,'1 said Holtzman,
grasping him tightly, "r'eoover your
se|f, sir."
..Tfye check was sufficient.
"Go forward!" cried Laugford, con
trolling himself..with difficulty. ".Mr.
Holtjsman. send for.Capt. Harper."
"Very good, sir," answered the offi
cer.
"And meanwhile you are to keep
straijght for that island until further'
•orders."
.In a few moments the old cagtaln
presented himself before the owner.
"Harper," began the young man, im-'
perlously, "the lookout -this morning
deliberately failed to report that land,
that ^Island yonder, I want- him dlsrat-'
ed t^id hja pay stopped. Put him iu
the gig and set him ashore at the
first civilized, port."
"Very w.ell, sir," said the old
'••$?'$
-r '\T'" ,' •*..
,v .i'* *v'*.•
Ytfrk.fjHjRIf-
many lRlasds with so -mucrh
i, £bui ml, Ai* ^.hzvuni
hardship, oftentimes witn~ so mucn iy nny||| Tn
danger from uncharted reefs in the un- Ri Ji OH I All HUR IN 19 I
known seas tlmt they were one and all I
wildly nnxlous to return from the, to
them, aimless wandering. If lie had ANNOUNCEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO
comaiuuieated to them at the first hia I EDITOR OF COMMONER.
quest, they wqitld have "shared hi»
cagcrners, but ho kept it tn himself,
as ho hrwl !:':,'t hts own cni:n:cl in
San Francisco, av.d lie straltly chargctl
his sailing marter to say mvhing of It
the cool of the morning
'thinking. For three years practically
he had had this woman .-.before hia
oyes as the goal of his efforts. Now
she was gone, and he must concen
•irate his life upon something else. He
azed languidly and. Indifferently
•"bout the'horizon, his unpracticed eye
•noticing nothing for a.time. Sudden
ly.-however, staring off to. starboard'
•listlessly during 'a pause in hia sleady
tramp, he'thought he caught a glimpse'
of light. "He looked idly iu the direc
tion whence. Ihe reflection had come
for a few moments and saw It agalq
thin cloud of smoke, or was It haze,
•rose above it. He was puzzled by It,'
•of course, and stood staring. The con
centration In his gaze, he thought, dis
covered to him a cloudy, blink In .the
'fsray of the dawn which might mean
land. He knew there was no land
charted In those seas, Jor he had care
fully studied the chart the night be
fore, saying nothing to anyone, for. he
.had become somewhat sensitive about
he at
He ran dawu,:the companion ladder
into his cabin arid feiched thence a.
new and powerful glass! which, uppnj
jhis return to the deck,' lie focusod
upon the distant point of light. By
the aid of those powerful binoculars
he made out what it was. He wd^ 'a.
rman ol quick decision and purpose.
,He called the officer, to him, pointed
to the light, and handed'.the glass to
the man in question.
"What do you make of that, .Mr.
CIVIC
Balling
master, not daring to remonstrate un-:
der such circumstances.
"Do you know that ,ls|and?" contin-'
ued Langford.
"No,, sir,' answered Harper. 'Tis
not set down in any chart. I have
never .-heard of It before.
"Harper," said- the other,- laying his
hand upftn the old man's arm, "it's our
last chance. We are passing out of the
region of these islands. If she- be not"
there ,we shall never find her.":?
"I am' altaid not, sir."
fefifWTO BB CONTINUED")
,. The Transfer Was Old?
With a.transfer ticket punched to
expire at 12 o'clock, au elderly wom
an goJ on a car.
"I c^n't. take this, lady," satld' .the
('ouduqtor. "Vou see, it's marked for
12. buimow it's ten minutes of two.
:The ticket's been dead for nearly 'two
..hours,"
."Well," was the womar's reply,'''T
took the first car I could get after
leaving the bank. 1 had to wait to
have my interest figured up." I
"If it took 'em two hours to figure
ttie interest on my money I wouldn't
•argue-about a transfer. I'd -pay my
fare oroide in an auto/' said the con
-ductor/
'The woman made so retort, but
flshe*^ ftlefeel 'out of. her ..handbftf
and gas«tt to tb* conductor.™ftw
niiM III 4 ni
1
Alio Declared He Will Not Become
Candidate for the United States
Senate.
Omaha, Neb., Jan.. 18.—William J.
Bryan will be a candidate for presl
dent In 1912.
This announcement was made by
the Omaha Bee with the explanation
that the statement fs attributed to
Richard L.- Metcalfe, editor of Mr.
Bryan's Commoner. The statement Is
further made that the Democratic
leaders in Nebraska are being called
to the Coin uncr office and told the
news, with the order that they get out
and work for his nomination.
Under no circumstances will Mr.
Bryan .be a candidate for the United
States senate, Is the announce
ment which
iB
made with the
report that.. .Mr. Bryan will again
be a candidate for the pres
idency. Mr.' Bryan la said to believe
that this state' will:go Democratic ht
the next election and-that he would be
the natural' choice of the -party for
United States senator, but tjiat he
fears that this, might injure his
chances in the next national campaign
and for that reason will refuse to be a
candidate for til.' next lower office.
THREW BRIDE INTO WELL
JOSEPH MAROK ARRESTED FOR
ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.
Woman Rescued After Clinging to
Frozen Surface Thirteen Hours
'U —She May Die.
Sprlpglleld, Mass., Jan. 18.—Joseph
Marok, who. it is alleged, assaulted
his bride of three days and threw her
into a well lnt Fairfield, Conn.. Satur
day nlgfit and left her there for dead,
and his supposed companion in the as
sault. Barton!' Lasky, were arrested
at. the "Union station In this city when
they, came to the baggage room and
presented a check for the woman's
trunk containing her bank -books.
The marriage certificate and a
Woman's pocketbook answering the
description of one. taken from Mrs.
Marok were found In Lasky's pos
session. A notice of the marriage in
tentions of Marok and Miss Anna
Maskol o( Chicopee was found on
Marok. The prisoners- were hustled
back to Connecticut without extradi
tion formalities. The specific charges
against them are assault. with intent
to'murder, highway robbery and theft.
Mrs. .Marok was found by William
E. Ferris in his well and rescued after
having- kept' lier face above the water
tor 13 hours by cllngit% to the frozen
surface. Both of her feet will have
to be amputated and .she riiay die.
PIHCHOT IS 6HEFOVATION
FEDERATION ACCORDS EX
FORESTER WARM RECEPTION.
He Makes Brief Speech, But Does Not
Ajlude to His Controversy
with BalHnger.
.Washington/ Jan. 18.—When Gifford
I'lnchot, ex-foroster of the United
States,, walked to the rostrum at the
mfceUng of the, Civic federation he
was accorded a reception that bor
on riot.
4
-Hon. Alton B. barker was presiding.
Jfe caJJed the name'of Pinchot and in
ihe •minuti. that it "required tor the
opnsfrrvationitft' leader to walk from
his seat in the: back of the hall to the
speaker's platform, there' was' pande
monium. The. dignity of-the whole
serious-minded federation was thrown
to the
3len stood oh chairs waving hats
tuid umbrellas, while the women shook
their handkerchiefs. The cheering
lasted nearly five minutes.
BANKER MILLS' WILL FILED
Leaveo $400,000 to Public Institutions
—Remainder of Big Estate Goes
to Children.
New York, Jan. 18.—The will of the
late JJarlus Ogden Mills, banker,
which was flled In the surrfigate's of
flfc?, contains, the-folloVing'public be
.Tiests: To-the Metropolitan Museum
»f Art. *100,-opo loathe AmeVlcan Mu
^e'uttVof Natural Hlatory, *100,000 to
the Home for Incurables Jn the city of
Netv York, *100,000 to the Botanical
Garfden in the ilronx, "$50,000 to .the
Aioer^au Geographical society, $25,
000, and to.', the- Aiherlqan National
Red.,Cross society, $25,000.
the testator left the remainder of
ttee estate to his. two children, Ogden
$Mb and Elizabeth Mi Reld, wife-of
WhltelJiw "Reld.'
It was said that the estate is worth
between $40,000,000'and $00,000,000.
Deadhead Who Must Be Coaxed.
Concert givers In Germany And It
more and. more difficult to get an audi
ence. Free tickets ty no means In
sures ohe. A Berlin journal tells how
'.iijjdiences at'recitals (Berlin often has
more than
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Mr. Pinchot. his"*face one broad
•shflle,' wak taken oitftiis feet. He had
expressed some doubt. as to liow he
would be received, in the face of the
recent expression of executive disap
proval. His misgivings were promptly
set. at rest.
.Mr. Plnchot's speech was character
istically brief. He made no reference
to the recent controversy. He urged
the Immediate enactment-of the pro
posed conservation laws, the trans
cendency of the true purposes of the
conservation policy over personal feel
ings and the support of the adminis
tration conservation policy in all par
ticulars.
.President Taft- attended the meet
ing of the federation. He was warni
•y .greeted and ,in his short speech of
congratulation to the numbers of the
3rgani2atlon, was In his happiest vein.
His speech referred chletiy to the
necessity for the simplification of the
American, system of laws and equity
procedure. He discussed the necessity
Tor uniformity In the state laws re
garding marriage and divorce, as well
as laws supplemental to the national
laws regarding the conservation of
natural resqui'^efl.
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Baulteble ot Iowa, Oelwria, la,
You off It to ffoumlf to ae«. read
a«d lnT«etigaV Uie
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and illmtratef apeclmen poller will
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them to prominent persons.- Oae ot
he Is he if of of S
kindly 'aoceptMbe: tickets/but he* no
intention'of attending the concert, so
she g'lves them to her dressmaker-'
who In jurs bestov*: them on her is
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•LAND FOR.. SAUE. -c.
311 acres of land, ISO- acres under
cultirvation, and 100 acrat iMf.'^..
be cultivated, eooiigh ,tlmbW' -'I#'
farm use for any Ifength of time --anil
the balancee of the land that, is not
under cultivation is 'the very. ^est''
of tame and wild pasture, srawa tlM
very best corn, oats, barley, jtlipotby
and clover, all fenced jand ..ct^as
fenced, has' a good .w'eU-jmd, ,'ylnd
mill and a' living spring in tb» «aal.
ture.
The house 24 ftxsp ft, \rtth ,ar]
16 ftX21 ft., twei story and an. ti
the kitchen 14' ft3H6 ft: W stow1
high,- barn 4ft-ftX 70 ft-. all in goo^'
repair, stone basement hold.
of cows and 12 head of horsey gnin
ary 18 ftX30 ft, .and aU,on' j^k,.v
foundation, feed house 18 jftXfi^t^-..
with a, cement .floor. We hav«.,^a)fe(|),
a pig pen, brooding house that
12 sows, there- Is no: better-ln: fte.
state, does not freeze -eileh 'in tke
winter, double corn' crib,, wlth' a^lithto.
.way between, hen house ltift|C3t?(ti
I'li'
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rock smoke' house, 14 ft Uttffc.
This farm lies one mil?,-: to tows
and same to a church and school,
and can .bet bought (Or Its jjif
and Is one', of the beat
stock farms In the stttei' I'*'-ti
Enquire of C. J. WutDe,.ht^ml3^'
Ipwa.,-, .
280.acres.at KS'per'-adi^-ii^k^i'
res at 18,000 260 apfes'at'"
acre,, and many -other ifiMJ !i
in. Allamakee county.-
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