The Virginia enterprise., 1895-03-01
his wife,. Aud here was the fellow gorg-
ing himself on: turtle eggs, and his deli

his Wife,. And here was the fellow gOrg-
ing himself on turtle eggs, and his deli
cate wife living on shellish and pan
danus. = -, - .....-rr|
"Langton," he said, speaking 'thickly
and pretending not to notice the remain.
der of the eggs. "the tide is out aud we
may get turtle IN one of tho POOLS If
you come with me. Mrs I4angton needs
something better than that Internal Dan-
danus fruit. Her lips are quite sore and
bleeding from eating it, =. r., -. = ;.
Ihe inner nature came out. '"Are they
NY wife's lips seem to give you great
deal of concern. She has not said any
thing to me. And l have an ilea--"
The look in Enderby's face shamed into
silence the slander he was about to utter
Then he added, coolly: But as for go
ing with You after turtle, thanks, I
won't. I've found nest here, and have
had a good square feed. If the man.of-
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 u curious, gutteral voice, Ender,
by asked: How many eggs were left?"
Thirty or so-perhaps forty.
pointing with savage contempt to five 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 or yOu-in a case like ours.
And as you have kindly constituted your
self her provider: You had better 60 and
look for nest for yourself"
"fou dog!'-and the sharp-edged coral
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 Langton. IN
ho,.
to the shade. I have found few turtle
eggs
They walked back little and sat down.
But for the wild riot in his brain Ender>
by would have feared that every vestige
of color had left her face.
,,, ..You u mus; must be , hungry he thought he
white objects in her lap.
She turned them slowly over and over
i'll her hands and then dropped them
with II shudder. Some were hecked with
red.
For Gods sake the man cried, tell
me what you Know
Il saw it all" she answered.
II swear to you Mrs. Lan-" (the
name stuck in his throat), II never meant
it. AS God is my witness, | swear it. 1t
we ever escape from here / will give N.Y.
self up to justice as murderer"
The woman, with hands spread over her
face. shook her head from side to side,
and sobhetl. Then she spoke. ''! loved
and You saved my life over and
over again in the boat. All sinners are
forgiyen' we are told. Why
for me you did it. And won't let you
give yourself up to justice or any one
III say he died in the boat"-and then the
laughter Of hysterics
When, some months later, the Jose
phinc, whaler, of New London, picked
them up on her way to Japan, via the
Carolines and Pclews, the captain salts
factorily answered the query made by
Enderby if he coul,i marry them. He
'rayther thought he could. A man who
was used ter ketchin' and KILN whales,
the rowerfuliest creature of Almighty
Gawd's creation. was eka to marryin'
pair of unfortunit human beans in such
pre-carus situation as theirs"
And, by the irony Of fate. the Enderbys
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-turte
eggs-for dinner. eve see them so Oft
en- Enderby explains, ''and my wife is
quite tired of them."-San Francisco Ar
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