Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
Christian e|iina
4 Thrilling Romance OF
Land and Sea.
BY ARRAH LEIGH.
CHAPTER xvI-Continued.

CHAPTER XvI-Continued.
good nights rest made her senses
Heener, and the next morning Chris
though marvelousiy free from vanity. con
lectured the cause of Lord Elpins palt
race, as he stood Oh the deck of the LITTLE
vessel, which was to bear her up to Sar
francisco. bidding them good-by.
she tried to be very kind to the youue
pooieman, and she laid her hand in his
at parting, and said
VIII you come and see me some timer
lie held her fingers in o warm clasr
and answered;
i think it will be better not: but
hope God viii LESS you always, little
And then he went away abruptly to
where Kenneth was standing by the mast.
Promise to take good care of her, old
man, for such woman is far above
rubies, he calculated, with q backward
motion OF his hand toward Chris.
And Kenneth regarded him as if his
words had been an insult, and scarcely
bade him good-by, when the young man
was warned it was time for him to 90
ashore. ~
They sailed away from him; and, after
1t was too late. he regretted that he had
left them. for he thought: Kenneth has
not seemed himself for the last few DAYS. i"
And Kenneth thought SO, too, as he
watched the waves bright with the ever.
changing anemones.
How beautiful the world isl" Chris
murmured. little dreaming how soon all
It's beauty was to be take n from her.
What we see is reflection of our own
mood. ! should judge that you are hap
Ply now. he responded; and he felt al
most ashamed as she lifted up her ewes
and whispered:
have never felt as happy in my life
you have been SO kind to me, and every-
thlng has seemed SO lovely since we have
bsen together, I cannot be sufficiently
of me-"
She was very fair, and he was bu:
man. 1t was not strange, therefore. that
her words pleased him, and that night the
moonlight made him romantic enough to
throw himself ut her feet and repeat
some of Moore's sweetest love verses.
The wife of the old fisherman smiled
grimly as SIZE watched Kenneth show the
girl the fish leaping from the water, and
she saw, IN order to insure her not falling
overheard, the young man had thrown his
arm around the girls slim form.
And little Chris felt that protecting
clasp, and closing her eyes in her happi-
ness, felt she asked no more of heaven.
She had dreamed of him for years, but
never in her waking hours had she dared
hope Kenneth Byrne could love her, and
now she told herself such must be the
case, for his arm held her Gloss to his
breast, and feeling of helplessness grew
over the girls soul as she looked i n the
shining eyes of the man beside her.
The fact that he had made himself
necessary to her happiness, and the strug-
gle between pleasure and pain he felt as
he saw he had bound to him by the cruel
chain of love woman's soul made Ken
meth miserable.
None know better than he how hard
were the links to be broken; none knew
better than he the anguish that breaking
causes; but does not danger ever have
for man?
He would not draw back from her. she
she was so fair, so YONG. so childlike,
she reused his admiration, and he caught
himself asking why, if Griffith wrote that
Olga Astange was married, should he not
take this girl back with him to his noun !
tain home teach her to live but for him
to think but of him-to devote her fu-
ture to him?
She had said she wondered q woman
could live among the mountains alone, |
saving for the presence of her husband; |
now he looked at her, half reclining be- |
side him, with the yellow mo onlight fall |
ing over her, and felt tempted to show
her she, too, could be contented alone !
with the man she loved-"at least, till he
tired of her."
"A good wind aud an obliging tide the
next day brought them near the end OF
heir journey; but Kenneth saw Chris
become restless and pale as they ap-
preached the city.
They stood gazing on the approaching
wharves when he abruptly spoke to her
about her sudden melan choly.
You seem sad, he said; Chris, will
you tell me why?"
She turned and looked at him, and he
would not let her lower hereyes. Chris"
he whispered, Els it because We must
part?
A great sob shook her slender frame,
but hope illumined her eyes.
She had believed she must leave him
with pretended calmness that was
agony; she looked at him now, her soul
in her eyes.
He Was ruled by an evil impulse.
"Why need we ever part?" he asked.
bending lower over her, till his lips al
most touched her hair.
Chris, can you understand now the
reason the women onder can leave father
and mother, sister and brother, and come
suit here to follow the man they love?
Chris. can you understand the reason he
- all the society they desire-all they
wish-all they live for?"
The soft, childish lips parted-the
golden head crept near his shoulder-the
owing. innocent eyes were cast down.
Il understand" Chris whispered; end
her little hand stretched