The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-13

Not long after. the dim light Of com
ing dawn struggled through the gloom.
A solemn look rested on the faces Of
the sailors Every eyc was turned
toward the miserable captain.
All at once, from the steerage,
emergc-t slender youth.
The captain stared. aghast
Then he started back with terrible
| cry. II ssas jack iFiifon ne adsc--thc
rahin-boy whom he thought. he had
pushed overheard on the previous night
| lie rushed up to the boy and caught
him by the arm, while the astonished
seamen all came thronging aft
What does this mean? Speak!
Spcaklr he gasped. II pushed you
ont Of the long boat into the sra, and
hero -"
"what? on, Mr.. Bar,oni whatq'' in
tcrrupted the youth, turning rs pale rs
death lon don't mean ~,
Speak out Speak out, ! tell your
roared the skipper trembling "a every
limb = say ! thought pushed you
overheard You were asleep, as
thought there on the lookout, and ~
II" stammered the youth. mo,
lt was not !. ny sister cdms and said shs
tnoN'd TAXI nv pldcs, She insisted, and
lpntting on my hat and cloak, SO that
no person might guess II was she, she
sat down In the boat and sent me below
TO sleep. You said you pushed herinto
thc sea, but, Of course, ,you are TESTING
Yontiu not mean IT,
"Nhat have donrg' screamed tho
miserable man, almost frantic. II see.
nowl Il was Diy oRn tcifs 1 pushed over
boara,
lie leanei against the rail for sup-
port lIa wrung his hands aud tore his
| hair.
aBnt She i not lost! No, nor he
shrieltc 1 almost beside himself ma
bel, Mabel come back to mel'' he
added, n a plaintive. despairinR voice,
STREET kiing ont hts hands over the wild
waters.
''Ile is going mad, said the mate.
! But ut length the captain became
cnllner. although his face was rs
ghastlg rs that 81 the dead. He wore
ship ard feiraccsl his course toward the
| ialansl When within mile Of II, he
losaefca boat lowered.
lie had il manned md was pulled 10
the bench.
/ A group Of wild islanders stood there.
II want my wifelH cried the captain
"Wife2 What mean?' inquired ono
OF the savages, who could speak little
English.
i "She fell overheard last night, but
she was good swimmer. and think
she must have reached the beach, /. said
the skipper. confidently
But the native shook his head.
II tsEha 10 hnr0T 4 -. e,t.ss -
sisted tho captain.
i .Madi Madr' innttercd the mate who
had accompanied him
All that day the skipper searched
4 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 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.
He could now talk IN q rational
manner about his wife.
"She Is lostl Lostl But will soon
join her, he said, mournfully. II am
not long for this world"
4 His conscience gave him no rest.
His hand ii was that had sent her into
the dark watersl True, II was an ac-
cident; BUT II was his violent temper
that had causedsit.
/ In due time the ship reached Java,
the port Of her destination.
The vessel was not long anchored
wien the skipper went below and took
from pantry some prussic acid, with
which he intended to put an end TO his
wretchcd life.
lie mixed the poison in q cup and
was about raising IL to his lips when
light, beautiful form descended the
companion steps. He turned, still hold
ing the cup, to behold q most unex-
pected vision
For moment he stared wildly. as II
looking at ghost.
II wns his wife-his own beautiful
wife--he saw before him. :
wild cry escaped him, and the two
rushed into each others arms
Then from the deck there rose q
cheer that made the vessel shake from
keel to keelson and seemed to split the
very skies.
The crew had seen Mrs. Barton
J when she came aboard from q 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 tho
boat-mast, which had fallen with her.
To this mast she chung.
Her skill as swimmer assisted her
in keeping her position.
She was carried past the 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 atten-
ton Of the crew. A boat was lowered.
and She was picked mp, half senseless.
AS soon as she could speak, she told
her story. Bnt She could not make
herself understood by the wild crew.
. who were natives Of some neighboring
island and did not understand word
Of English They were evidently trad
ers in cocoanut oil. 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 sec her husbands ship