The Bottineau pioneer., 1895-04-20

the passage into the CLASSY waters or
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 a 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 tingc in the pallor Of her cheek.
Langton was gone. A Sudedn chill
passed over him-had Langton taken
the boat and left them to die on lonely
Ducie? With hasty steps Enderby hur-
ried to the beach. The boat was there,
safe. And at the farther end OF the
beach he saw Langton. sitting on the
sand eating.
Selfish brute.' mutterei Enderby.
"I wonder what's he got! Just then
he saw. close overhead. a huge, ripe
pandanus, and picking up heavy
piece Of coral. he tried to ascend the
IMPLICATED bole Of the tree. and ham,
mer off some of the fruit. Langton
looked I'D at him and showed his white
teeth in mocking smile at the futile
effort. Enderby walked over to him,
stone in hand. He was not vindlc-
tive man. but he had grown to hate
Langton ticrcely during the past week
for his selfish neglect of his wife. And
here was the fellow gorging himself
on turtle eggs. and his delicate wife
living on shell fish and pandanus.
"I,angton,' he said. speaking thick
1y and pretending not to notice the re-
mainder Of the eggs. 'the tide Is out,
and we may get turtle in one OF the
pools if you come with me. Mrs. Lang
ton needs something better than that
Internal nondonuS fruit. Her lips
! are quite sore and bleeding from eat
ing it,
The inner nature came out. Are
they? My wife's lips seem to 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 Slander he was
| about to utter. Then he added coolly:
but as to going with you after tur-
| tie. thanks,,I won't. I've found nest
here, and have a good square feed. II
| the man-o'-war hawks and boobies
hadn't been here before me I'd have
| got the whole lot" Then he tore the
skin off another egg with his teeth.
With curious gutteral voice, En-
derby asked: "How many eggs were
left?"
( Thirty or so-perhaps forty"
| "And you have eaten all but those:'
pointing with savage contempt to five
of the round, white balls; "g1ve me
those for your wife,
| "My dear man, Louise has too much
| - I've, t0 no n
better than I-or you-in ac ase like
ours. And as you have kindly con
stituted yourself her provider, you haf
better go and look for nest yourself
"You dogv'-and the sharp-edSed cor
al stone crashed into his brain.
When Enderby returned he fount
Mrs. Langton sitting up on the creeper
| covered mound that overlooked th'
beach, where he had left hngton.
"Come away from here he said
"lnto the shade. l have found a few
turtle eggs
They walked back little and sa
down. But for the wild riot in hi
brain, Enderby would have noted tha
every vestige of color had left her face
"You must be hungry" he though
he was saying to her and he placed tn
white objects in her lap.
She turned them slowly over ant
over in her hands and then dropped
them with shudder. Some were fecl
ed with red.
For Gods sake" the man cried
"tell me what you know"
IL saw it ALL" she answered.
Il swear to you. Mrs. Lam (the
name stuck in his throaD, 81 never
meant it. AS God is my witness,
swear it. If we ever escape from here
l will give myself up to justice as a
murderer.
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 it was
for me 81 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 it was for me you did it. And l
won't let you give yourself up to JUS
tice or any one. I'll say he died in the
boat and then the laughter of hys-
| terics.
When. some months later, the Jose
| phine, whaler, of New London, picked
| them I'D on her way to japan, via the
Carolines and Pelews, the captain sat
isfactorily answered the query made
| by Enderby if he could marry them.
| He "rather thought he could. A man
who was used ter ketchin' and klllin'
whales the powerfulest, creatures Of
Almighty Gawd's creation, was ekal
to marryi' pair Of unfortunit human
beans in sich pre-carus situation as
theirs
And, by the irony of fate, the Ender-
bys THAT isn't their name) are now
living in group of islands where
there's quite a trade done in turtle,
and whenever a ships captain comes
to dine with them, they never have
the local dish-turtle eggs-for dinner.
1--WE see them so often," Enderby ex-
plains, "and my wife is quite tired Of
| them."-San Francisco Argonaut.
French Paper of Inferior Quality.
| 1t has long been pointed out by ex-
perts that French newspapers and
books WILL owing to the inferior quail
ity of the paper on which they are
printed, literally turn to dust within
much less than century, so that pub
| lie libraries bid fair to become liter
| ally cemeteries. This is the reason
why the Budget Committee proposes
to have 100 copies Of the Journal or
fetal printed daily on what is called
Dutch paper, to insure preservation.
The heaviest losses in feeding stock
that is being fattened are sure to re
suit from feeding in excess. Always
leaving the appetite not wholly salts
| fa6 is tho rula for tho host SucceSS