Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-13

sense OF pity, the Wnlle MS OaSer n2
ture called out: Fool it is his place
not yours 10 suffer for her"
At daylight the boat was close in 10
the land. and Langton, In his cool
cynical fashion told his wife and En-
derby to finish up the last of the meat
and biScuit-''for IL they capsixed get
ring through into the lagoon" he said
they would never want any more. y
He had eaten all he wanted unknown
TO the others. and looked with an un-
moved face at Enderby, soaking some
biscuit In the tin for his wife. Then,
with the ragged sail futtering to the
wind IsangtOn headed the boat through
the passage into the CLASSY waters OF
the lagoon. and the two tottering men,
leading the woman between them,
sought the shelter OF a thicket scrub,
impenetrable to the rays OF the sun,
and slept.
And then for week Enderby went
and secured the reefs for food for her.
One day at noon Enderby awoke.
The woman still slept heavily, the first
sign Of returning strength showing as
a faint tinge in the pallor OF her cheek.
Langton was gone. A sudedn chill
passed over him-had Langton taken
the boat and left them 10 die on lonely
Ducie? With hasty steps Enderby hur-
ried 10 the beach. The boat was there,
safe And at the farther end OF the
beach he saw I.angton. sitting on the
sand eating.
selfish brute muttered Enderby.
Il wonder what's he gotT' lust then
he saw. close overhead, huge. ripe
pandanus. and picking mp heavy
piece OF coral. he tried to ascend the
Implicated bole of the tree, and ham.
mer off some of the fruit. I.angton
looked up at him and showed his white
teeth in hooking smile at the futile
effort. Enderby walked over to him,
stone in hand. He was not vindic-
tive man, but he had grown to hate
Iargton tiercelv during the past week
for his selfish neglect of his wife. Aud
here was the fellow gOrging himself
on turtle eggs. and his delicate wife
living on shell fish and pandanus
'Iau@ton" he said. speaking thick
ly ord pretending not to notice the re-
mainder of the eggs. 1.-The tide Is out.
ara may get Il turtle in one of the
pools il you come with me. Mrs. Lang
TON needs something better than that
internal pondonus fruit. Her lips
are quite sore and bleeding from eat
ing it,
The inner nature came out. Are
they? My wife's lips seem 10 give you
a great deal of concern. She has not
said anything TO me. And | have an
Idea" The look in Enderby's face
shamed into silence the Islander he was
about to utter. Then he added coolly;
But as TO going with you after a tur
tie. thanks, l won't I've found nest
here. and have good square feed. IL
the man-o'-war hawks and boobies
hadn't been here before me I'D have
got the whole lot" Then h tore the
skin off another egg with his teeth.
With curious gutteral voice. En-
derby asked: "How many eggs were
Ieft?"
Thirty or so-perhaps forty"
"And you have eaten all but those|
pointing with savage contempt to i've
of the round. white balls; give me
those for your wife"
My dear man, Louise has too much
island blood in her not TO be able to do
better than Tor youth &C ase like
ours. And as you have kindly con
stituted yourself her prOvidcr. You had
better go and look for a nest yourself"
''You dog"'-and the sharp-edged cor
al stone crashed into his brain.
When Enderby returned he found
Mrs. Langton sitting UP on the creeper-
covered mound that overlooked the
beach. where he had left IAngton.
Come away from here" ne slid,
Unto the shade / have found few
turtle eggs"
They walked back a httle and sat
Town But for the wild riot in his
brain, Enderby would have noted that
every vestige OF color had left her face.
You must be hungry" he thought
he was saying to her and he placed the
white objects in her lap.
She turned them slowly over and
over in her hands and then dropped
them with shudder Some were 1eck
ed with red.
For Gods sake" the man cried,
"tell me what you know
IL saw it ALL" she answered.
I swear 10 you. Mrs. Ian" 1.-THE
name stuck in his throat, II never
meant It, AS God is my witness, 1
swear it. If we ever escape from here
will give myself up to justice as
The woman. with hands spread over
her face, shook her head from side to
side. and sobbed. Then she spoke.
81 loved him once. Yet 1t was
for me and you saved my life
over and over again in the boat. All
sinners are forgiven. we are told.
Why should not you be,
and II was for me you did 1t. And |
won't let yon give yourself up to jus
tice or any one. I'll say he died in the
boat and then the laughter Of hys
lerics.
When, some months later. the Jose
phine. whaler, Of New London, picked
them up on her way to Japan, via the
Carolines and Pelews, the captain sat
isfactorly answered the query made
by Enderby IL he could marry them.
He rather thought he could. A man
who was used ter ketchin' and KILN
whales. the powerfulest. creatures Of
Gawd's creation, was ekal
10 marryr pair Of unfortunit human
beans ia sich a pre-carus situation as
theirs"
And. by the irony Of fate, the Ender-
bys that isn't their nance are now
living in group of islands where
there's quite a trade done in turtle,
and whenever a ships captain comes