The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-27

THERE WAS A STRUGGLE FOR RELrAsE
them, but she sent him back. This
race is to the strong" she said. land
we want no help for either" So he
only cautioned them lest they should
go too far.
will not say that had prescience
of evil. Such things are the refuge OF
small minds. Perhaps it was the vani-
ty of an old egotist that led me to fol.
low them, matching my prowess
against theirs. Perhaps it was be-
cause 1 loved to see their bare arm,
flash in the sunlight. and their grace.
full bodies. half revealed, half hidden
beneath the waves l let them keep
some distance between us. and this
gradually heightened until, measuring
the stretch to the shore with my eye.
and then that which separated US, I
began to doubt my wisdom in going
further. But had little time to think,
for while l looked faint cry reached
me- Just noted above the swish that the
waves made, and perhaps unnoted
wholly if the blonde head had not gone
from my sight at that instant With
out pausing further, plunged forward
with the whole strength Of E,y arms
and limbs thrown into the effort, They
were some two hundred yards from me,
but | was not long in coming up with
them When did so was relieved tn
see both heads above the water; bu.
dismayed at percciving great mass OF
kelp about them, in which they were
apparently entapgled. Not without
some difficulty. and some danger to my
self was / ena abled TO free thcL from
it; and the way in which tho shiny
tendriis of the weed had wound them
selves about the limits and body ei COR
don's wife seemed almost to sIgrcs: .
human agency. indeed. this thought
did flash upon me; but | resoiutclv
put It away Gordon had seen fro 10
the shore that there was need OF help,
and was with US almost as soon as /
had cleared them from the floating
mass of weed Both women were so
much exhausted, proba oly from II ight
more than from the exertfon of esviIn-
ming, that he had to support them on
the way back; thus leaving me 20 my
self, although | protested that wea
quite fresh enough to give one CT them
my assistance
And now let r1e show you what the
consummate deviltry of woman can
Go. OF a sudden Gordon's wife released
her hold upon him. gave a cry. and
sank from sight like plu Gnet, Bu.
as she went down, l saw he- hands
dart up through the water aud catch in
death grip about her sisters neck. |
There was struggle for reles~e-s
mad churning Of the blue vstcrs-an
agcnized cry from Gordon - he went |
with them down into that se-.hirg m !
derworid, One cannot always take |
note OF time. How long II was bGfore |
saw Ora's lifeless body rise beside rn.. |
/ will not attempt TO tell. A Attie |
longer, and there was Gordon. support |,
ing his wife. whose face was hardly |
less deathlike than her sisters When |
his eyes felI upon the other enc. he |
threw his wife from him and went and |
took that which had been lrer In ha |
arms And had | not gone 10 her
whom he left, thsr. might easily havs |
been two dead instead Of one.
There il little more 20 IL bad |
Witnessed the eruption of tho volcano |
am not sure whether Gordon kEova |
but when ne looks a. his ,fte tier. ars |
fear aud hate in his sves
Fear, rot of her. but for he-. And |
when she loons upon hir-, .here Isl
haunting oreAd-a dread lest hs .ues. 4
the Eecrs. thai know.