The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-31

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/ All at once. from tho ssecra,rc.
emerged a slender youth.
The captain stared. aghast
Then he started back with terrible
cry, N cas Jack WTaoa " sasr tho
cabin-boy whom he thought ~ had
pushed overheard ON the previous night
! He rushed up to the boy and caught
him by the arm. while tho nstonished
seamen all came thronging aft.
what docs this mean? Spcaiyl
Speak," he Rasped Il pushed you
out Of the long boat into tho SEA. and
here -"
"what9 oh, Mr.. Bartonl Whatg, ia.
terrupted the youth, turning as pale as
death "You don't mean -
Speak outl Speak ont, tell your
reared the skipper, trembling III cvery
limb Il say Thought pushed you
overheard You were asleep, M
thought. there on tho lockout. and -'s
ii" stammercd the youth mo,
Il was not l. Nv slsfcr cams and said sAs
.ooaid take my place. She insisted, md
putting on my hat and cloak, So that
no person might guess IL was She. shc
sat down In the boat and sent mo below
to sleep. Yousaid you pushed herinto
the sea, but. Of course, you arc Testing.
You do not mean II
What have | donc?" screamed the
miserable man. almost frantic II sec.
nowl II was my oan ,eifc | pushed ovcr-
board''
He leaned against the rail for sup
port lie wrunR his hands and tore his
hair.
but she Is not lost No. nor he
shricked, almost beside himself "Ma,
bel, Mabel, come back to mef no
added, In plnintive, deapairinR voices.
stretching out his hands over the wild
waters.
He Is going mad. said the mate.
But at length the captain became
calmer, although his face was as
CHASTITY as that Of the dead He wore
ship and rctracea his course toward the
island When within mile OF It. he
ordered boat lowered
He had 1t manned and was pulled to
tho beach
Agronp Of wild Islanders stood there.
II want my wifcln cried thr captain.
| .sWife2 What mcan2r inquired ono
Of the sayages, who could speak little
English.
she fell overheard last night, but
she was good swimmer, and think
she must have reached the beach, said
the skipper, confidently
| But tile native shook his head.
"Shc Is herel ] am sure IL itf', Ia.
sisted the captain.
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had accompanied him
All that day the skipper searched
about the island for his wife, but no
sign Of her could be found
Tho moment he reached the ship,
Barton was taken down with d raging
fever.
For many days he lay III siclirIum.
When he recovered, he was mere
wreck Of his former self; but his mind
had recovered from the shock 1t had
received
lie could now talk IN rational
| manner about his wife.
''She Is lostl LOST Int will soon.
join her. he naid, mournfnlly n am
not long for this world y
His conscience gave him no rest.
the dark watckSi Trur, IL was IN De-
cidcnt; 5ut 1t was lis violent temper
that had caused it.
In due time the ship reached java,
the port 81 her destination.
The vessel was not long anchored
when the skipper went below aud took
from a pantry some prussic acid, with
which he intended 10 put nn end ~ his
wretched life.
lie mixed the poison In II cup and
was about raising it 70 his lips when Il
light, beautiful form descended the
companion steps. He turned still hold
ing the cup, 10 behold most mex
pccted vision.
looking 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 d
cheer that made the vessel shake from.
keel to keelson and seemed 10 split the
very skies
The crew had seen Mrs barton
when she came aboard from shore.
boat. and were now expressing the
wild JOY that thrilled them all
Explanations were soon made by the
happy wife.
The moment she struck the water, on
that night when she fell overheard,
she had walked. and, instinctively throw
ing out her arms. she had clutched the
boat-mast, which had fallen with her
To this mast she chung.
Her skill as IA swimmer assisted her
in keeping her position.
She WINS carried past tho island. By
that time the storm had subsidized and
the moon shone. Ahead Of her. APP
preaching, she beheld small
schooner. It passed So near her that
by shouting, she attracted the ntten-
ton OF the crew. A boat was lowered.
and she was picked UP, half senselesa
As soon as she could speak, she told
her story Bnt she conld not make
herself understood by the wild crew,
who were natives Of some ncighboring
island and did not understand word
OF English They were evidently trad
ers In cocoanut oil.N and were bound to
some port not far distant At dawn
she looked about her. but owing,
probably, TO an intervening headland,
she could not see her husbands ship
The schooner kept on, and, In few
days, arrived at Kennels island
There, TO Mrs Barton's 10y, she
fot,ud . sarnalf etann,., l,oa1nd far lava