The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-24
NIHE WoRhD'S
AZ # STORY DEPARTMENT, *
Observation-Disclosures ll m m Eat Mn

mr. dawn struggled through the gloom
4 solemn look rested on the faces Of
III sailors Every eye was turned
toward tho miserable captain.
All NJ once, from the steerage,
er1crgpd d slender youth.
Tho captain stared, aghast
Then Ia started back with terrible
~. n isas JIck HiEfon Ne sar-the
= 5ip-i5sy whom he thought be had
y shell crerboardo on the previous night
II ruslied up 70 the boy and caught
a:ta 81 tho arm, while the astonished
lFnen III came thronging aft
What does this mean2 Speak,
srculs7 ne gaspcd II pushed yon
CT 81 The long boat into the sea, and
hero -
What? oh. Sir. BartonI what2- in
tcrrnpted the youth, turning as pale as
death You don't mean -"
Speak ortl speak ont, tell you."
rpaFed the skipper, trembling IN every
liinh II say thought pushed you
overheard You were asleep. IS !
tFseeght. there on the lookout. and -
~ stammered the youth mo.
Ett WAS not T. NJ ssfsr caae and said shs
srgst d tafss ~ paaetf She insisted. and
fAs on nv hat and cloak. SO that
m person might guess Il was she, she
Il down In the boat ndsent me below
~ sleep. Won said you pushed her into
IRE SEQ. but, Of course. you arc les Ing.
You do not mean II.
Whist have dope2r screamed the
miserable man, almost frantic .Isee,
apgl II was MI Urn rtfs pushed over
I1aral.'
He lsancd against the rail for sup
rert He wrung his hands and tore his
hsir.
Fat she Is not lost. No, nor he
shriekcsl. almost beside himself aMa-
lei. Mabcl. come back to mel'' he
asiaed, ia 4 rlaintive. tcspairing voice,
ssFetchinr out his hands over the wild
waters.
lie IL going NAL. said the mate.
Dut at length tlsc captain became
calmer. although bis face was as
CHASTITY as that of the dead. He wore
ship and retraeed his course toward the
STAND When within mile Of ii, he
ordered boat lowered.
He had it manned and was pulled To
tie beach
Agronpof Wild islanders stood there.
81 want my wifc!n cried the captain.
''Wife7 What mean7s inquired one
II the savnges, who could speak . little
English.
she fell overheard last night. but
The was rood swimmer, and / think
ahe must have reached the beach, : said
The skipper, confidently.
But the native shock his head
''She is herei am sure Of Etri In
sisted tic captain.
Mad Madt'' nausta.cd the mate, who
had accompanied him
All that day tie skipper searched
about the island FOR his wife, bat no
sign Of her could bc found.
The moment he reached the ship,
Barton was taken down with raging
fever.
For many days he lay in delirium.
When he recovered, he was q mere
wreck Of his former self; but his mind
had recovered from the shock II had
received.
Tic could now talk 10 rational
manner about his wife
She IS lost LOST But will soon
i join her. he said. mournfully. Il am
not long for this world
/ His conscience gave him no rest.
His hard Il was that had sent her into
the dark watesst True, 1t was an &C.
cident; IN, 1t was his violent temper
that had caused it
IN due time the ship reached Java,
the port Of herdestination-
| The vessel was not long anchored
when the skipper went below and took
from a pantry some prussic acid, with
/ which be Intended 70 put an end to his
Hretcltca life
lie mixed the poison In a cup anc
was about raising it to his lips when I
Hight. beautiful form descended the
companion steps. He turned, still hold
| ing the emp. 10 behold most mex
pected vision.
Tor moment lie stared wildly, as L
locking at ghost.
II was his wife-his own beautiful
wife-he saw before him,
A wild cry. escaped him, and the two
rushed into each others arms
Then from the deck there rose ;
cheer that made the vessel shake from
keel To keelson and seemed to split tn,
very skies
The crew had seen Mrs Bartor
when she came aboard from a shore
boat, ana were now expressing tn,
wild JOY that thrilled them all
Explanations we're soon made by thu
happy wife,
The moment she struck the water, o.
that might when she fell overheard
she had walked, and. instinctively throw
ing out her arms, she had clntehed tn
boat-mast. which had fallen with her
To this mast she chung.
Iler skin as swimmer assisted he
in keeping her position
She " AS carried past the island b
that time tie storm had subsidized an,
the moon shone Ahead Of her. ap
preaching. She beheld small
schooner II passed so near her that
~ shouting, she attracted the atten
Etion Nof the crew. a boat was lowered
and she was picked |up, half senseless
Al soon Is she could speak, she toll
her story BHt she could not max
herself understood BY the wild crew
isho were natives Of some neigh borint
isiand and did not understand wor,
Of English They were evidently trad
ers iii ccc7anut oil, and were bound i
sofnc port net far distant At dawi
she looked about her, but, owing
|, probably to an intervening headland
. sheeoulg not See her husbands ship
The schooner kept on, and. in . few