The record-union., 1898-04-03
there then, till you learn to leave other

| there then, till you learn to leave other
mems wives alone. curse YOU"
The boat went on. The squall was
over, and the waters cleaned cruelty
bright but with youth and courage and
strength, life and love was sweet. so
death had a struggle and was van
pushed.
The boat flew home to anchorage, but
In his haste to escape the haunting
Thought of the murder, in unShippins
the mast it toppled over and felled the
old man senseless. And as the sun went
down it saw Tremain crawling feebly
lup the sloping bank of an inhabited is
land. The curse of the old man was not
merited to the extent of a life for a
stolen kiss and a loving glance.
Selma was leaving the church when
the doctors carriage drove along. is
he badly hurt? How was it 1T hap
pened?" he asked.
/ Hurt; who?" she asked in bewildered
tones.
'Oh, pardon" said the doctor hastily.
Il thought you knew and had come to
meet me; the men brought me word that
Ehe was unconscious. Your husband,
mean"
Selma shuddered and was silent. Did
the old man know that her intention was
to leave him? Did he suspect the I'M
faithfulness OF her thought? Now If he
should die would she be TO blame? These
thoughts beat like hammers on her poor
tired brain.
They reached the house; the old man
lay motionless on his bed. The doctor
bent over him, examined the cut on his
head from the sharp edge Of the mast
irons, then shook his head in answer to
Selmas question will he liye?"
Selma stayed by him through the
night. Once he regained consciousness,
rand murmured her name. said in slow.
even tones, Poor little girl, so young,
too old" Then to the days of his boy
hood when before the mast he heard
the Captains orders and echoed them,
Man the main brace. Reef the foretop
gallant SAIL" he called out.
! The dawn found the Captain alive and
conscious. He called Selma to him and
looking up at her with his still keen
Eeyes under shaggy brows he said slow
ly: Il killed Dick Tremain. I upset
him and he drowned" and a hoarse
lchuekle escaped his lips.
Selma staggered away from his side
with horror in her eyes.
mo, oh no." she gasped. You are
delirious'
II know what I know; he is dead.
tell you"
May God forgive you." she groaned.
will you?" said the old man eagerly,
raising himself on one arm.
Her tears were flowing fast now.
''Will you? Will you?" he asked in
shrill tones.
Yes, oh yes" she sobbed as if the
words were .wrung from her bursting
heart.
The answer satisfied him and he lay
back. Then once again his voice rang
out, piercing the silence of the house.
I"Land, ahoy, to leeward," and before the
Eecho ceased he fell back dead.
And Selma was alone as she had
wished to be- Only it was different
Two years had BASED The season
when the naples yielded their life blood
was again here. Vainly Selma's friends
tried to induce her to visit the sugar
camp. The shadow of the naples were
on her lie. her heart.
Standing one day at the window look
ling sadly over the bay movement down
] the road attracted her eye. A young
imam came in view walking quickly to
her house. She stared and grew white.
! Were her eyes deceiving her?
All, joy of joys, it was Dick Tremain.
The old mans dream of his drowning
was only a delirious idea And one
great shadow was lifted from her heart.
Dick came to seek her, and in his arms
she heard the old but new story to her
of love made trebly sweet after sorrow,
and parting and the shadow of sin.
She had kept faith, resisted tempta-
tons, and her reward was true, strong
love first learnt in the shadow of the
/ ma lpS