The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-15

! gathered them for you, when I had little
hope i should see ypu again to give them
to YOU"
to him, the woman's heart measured more
correctly. Something rose In her throat:
she tried to laugh instead Of crying, and
so she did both, and went into violent at
Of Mysteries that showed how thoroughly
her nature had been stirrad to its depths.
She quite frightened Hazel and, indeed,
lures.
lie did oil he cohld to soothe her; with
she was was better he set t. sail, th,nk.
ing home was the hest place for her.
She leant buck exhausted, and, after while,
seemed to be asleep. We don't believe she
was, hut Hazel did; ind sat cold unl aching
in body, but warm at heart, worshiping
her with all his eyes.
At last they got ashore: und hc sat by
her fire and told her all. while she cooked
his supper and warmed cloths at tho fire
for him:
probably gone on her beam ends, for she was
full OF water Her crew liad abandoned hers
think they moderated the buoynncv of the
ship aud cargo. They left the poor dog on
hoard. Her helm was dashed n.wcatller u
couple of turns, hut why that was done
cannot tell for the lie Of me. boarded her;
unshippcd my mast, and Moored the boat
to the ship; ted the poor dog; rummaged in
the hold. and contrived to hoist up II small
cask of sailed beef and key OF rum. and
some eases of grain aud Seeds managed
to slide these ON to the reel by means Of the
must and oar dashed together. but Al roller
ground tho wreck further on to the req, and
"A
and the boat went to SEA. never knew the
misfortune till | saw her adrift. l could
have got over that by making ruff; but
the gale from the north brought such seq
OH us. saw she must break up. so l got
ashore how could. All l little thought to
rec your fnce again still less that should
owe my life to you"
"What, must not thank you even for my
lisc?'.
mo. The account is far from even yeti
You are no arthmetician to suyso. What
astonishes me most is. that you have never
once scolded me for all the trouble aud anx-
iety-"
II am too happy to SEQ you sitting there.
to scold you. But still do ask yon to leave
the sea alone after this. Tho trenrherous
monster! q, think whit you and have sui.
fercd ON it,
She seemed quite worn out. lie saw that,
and retired Tor the night, casting one more
wistful glance OIL her. But ut that moment
she was afraid to look ut him. Her henrt
was yelling over with tenderness for the dcur
friend whose life she had saved.
Next morning Hazel rose Mt daybrcuk Us
usual. but found himself stiff in the joints,
and with IL pain in his neck. The mat that
hung ut the opening Of Helen's cave was not
removed as usual. She was on her bed with
n violent headache
Hazel fell Ponto, and corrected him. He
was at present IL civilized dog; so he make
weak rush ut the boobies directly.
lie also smelt Tommy. inquisitively. to
learn was he an eatnble. Tommy somehow
OWNED the end of this sinister curiosity, and
showed his teeth.
round his own whist. and one round Ponto's
neck, and. at every outbreak of civilization.
jcrked him sharply on to his bnck. The ef-
feet of discipline was rapid; Ponto soon
found that he must not make war on the in.
habitants of the island. He was a docile
animal, and in u very short time consented
to make one OF 1.-THE happy family," as Hazel
called the miscellaneous crew that beset him.
Helen md Hazel did not meet till past noon;
and when they did meet it was plain she hud
feen thinking u great deal, for her greeting
was 80 shy and restrained us to appear cold
and distant to Hazel. He thought to him.
self ! was too happy yesterday, and she too
KIM. vi course IL cOuIu not lust.
This change in her seemed to grow, rather
than diminish. She carried it so far as to go
md almost hide during the working hours.
She male OF to the jungle, and spent an un.
reasonable time there. Sho pro!essed to he
collecting cotton, ind 1t must be admitted
she brought good deal home with her. But
Hazel could not accept cotton us the only
motive for this sudden separation.
lie lost the light OF her face till the evening.
Then matters took another turn; she was too
polite. Ceremony and courtesy appeared to
be gradually encroaching upon tender friend
ship and familiarity: yet now and then, her
soft hazel eyes seemed to turn on him in 81.
lcnce, and shy, forgive me all this. Then, ut
those sweet looks, love aud forgiveness pour-
ground And this was generally followed by
a certain mixture Of Stiffness timidity, and
!ormality, too subtle to describe.
The understanding man began to lose pa.
thence.
"This is ccpricc," saidhe. "Crusl caprice"
deeper view of it than that. Whatever it
was. another change was Mt hand. Since no
was so exposed to the weather on the reef,
Hazel had never been free from pnin but he
had done his hest to work it of. He had
collected all the valuables from the wreck.
made new mast. set up n rude capstan to
draw the boat ashore, and cut little dock
!
heat OF The sun; and, having accomplished
this drndgery. he got ut last to his labor OF
love: he opened quantity of pearl oysters,
led Tommy and the duck with them, and be-
gan the great work OF lining the cavern with
them. The said cavern was somewhat she'll
shaped. and his idea was to make it out of a
gloomy cavern into vast shell, lined entire
ly roo. and sides, with glorious. sweet, pris.
matte mother-of-pearl. fresh from ocean.
Well. on. morning while Helen was in the
Jungle he made n cement Of guaEo, sand
clay. and water. nipped some shells TO
shape with the pincers. ind cemented them
neatly. like mosaic almost: but in the middle
he had combatcd so stoutly. He fairly gave
in. and sat down grooming with puin. And
in this state Helen found him.
20 whit il the matter?' snid She
Hr told her the truth, and sud he had
violent pnins in the buck and head. She did
not say much, but she Turned pale She
hustled and lighted great fire, and made
up; she set water on to boil for him. ind
would not let him move for anything:
and all the time her features were hrimful
OF the ovlicst concern. He could not help
thinking how much better it was TO be iii
and in pain, and have her SO kind. than to
i he well, and see her cold and distant
Towards evening he got better. or rather
he mstook an intcrmission fora cure
and retired to his boat; but she made him
take her lug with him: and, when he was
gone, she could not sleep for anxiety; and
it cut her to the heart to think how poor.
ly he was lodged compared with her.
OF all the changes fate could bring, this
She had never ,lrenrmed OF. that she could
be 80 robust, and he should be sick and in
pain.
She passed an unensy; restless night. and
long before morning she awcke for the sixth
or seventh time, and she nwoke with a
misgi,ing in her mind, and some sound
ringing in her eara. She listened and
heard nothing; but in n few moments it
began again.
It was Hazel distinguishing in manner
SO fast, sn strange, so loud. that it made
her blood run cold. 1t was the voice of
Hazel, but not his mind.
She drew near. und, to her dismay, found
him f,vcr- stricken, and pouring out words
| with littl sequence. Sllec close to him
and tried to soothe him. but lie answered her
quite at random, ind went on fiingine out
the strongest things in stranger order. She
treml"h and waited for a luli, hopiny then
to snothe him with soft words and tones of
| tender pity.
"Dsns und caves!" lie roared, answering on
imaginary detractor. "Well, never mind
love shall make that hole in the rock palace
for IL queen; for u queen? For the queen.
Here he suddenly changed characters and
fnnre,l he was interpreting the discourse of
another. HE means the Queen OF the Fai-
ries, said he patronizingly; then, resuming