Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-19

| had disappeared the figures of the woman
| and of the two men who were dashed to
| the wheel
| where he stood, on the crest of a wave.
and breasting it with the power OF a giant,
! he saw his friend. Beyond him, in the
| trough of the sea, another figure appeared.
| Then both were lost to view.
! There was no sign of excitement In
| Craddock's face or manner. He turned
| with delberation. passed around the !ut-
| ting rock into the cavern. found the ship s
| lantern still burning there, made his way
| rapidly down and out through the ciei
| into the open air, thence hurriedly 10 me
| waters edge, and in a moment more ne
| was in the dingey, sculling rapidly past 'ie
sloop toward the open sea :,
| When he had reached certain poin POM pc
| yond which it would have been folly 10
| have ventured. by artfully working ms
| oar, he held the little craft almost sta
| tionary while he. standing upright, shad-
| ing his eyes with his disengaged mana;
gazed eagerly to windward. He seemed
| also to listen. Presently high above the
roar of the wind and waters the strange,
weird bar of a yodel song IN minor ny NJ
| came to him. A moment later he saw the
| form of his friend swimming TOWARD MN
| with powerful strokes and clinging TO ms
| back, with her arms around his neck Was
| the cork jacketed woman of the wreck.
| White and wan and drenched. yet CON
| scious, with something Infinitely pathetlc
| in her wonder and amaZement, they a.
| sisted her along lHe SippP \
| little cabin. 1t Craddock VINO enteIea "a
| with her and from a locker ne selecteu
! clorhing of his own. which he laid out upon
| the berth: until then there hao oeei Nv
\ word spoken. ,o,,h tho
| Madam he said, pausing beneain inc
hatch, .do you understand English! har
| She replied with an Inclination % ~ H.
| head. and he added, This is the only oIy
! cJothing | can offer you. There is Iranoy
| on the table II there is more that can
| do. you have but to call throt tl. t .,,t
| hatch" He turned then to iea'e n'i' '"'
| she detained him by a gesture ----.,,,
| ..'rell me-" she demanded, with nervous
intensity, who is the man who TOOK me
| from the sea! - H., ,o,,a
| "Wel named'' she murmured "A Nor,
| Negjan Thor Tell him that he has saved
| the life of a daughter of the Ming OIL Deh-
| mark" A., ,,, ba
| When Craddock returned to the deck ne
| found his friend stretched ut full length at
| the bow. lying upon his back WIN iis 80 ~.
| fixed upon the coursing Clouds ailu - 80
| was an indescribable smile upon ms race.
| He seemed to have forgotten that ne was
| tedraggled and wet. and tha' ms 'a"I's
| haid and beard were matted ana unheihp''
and as Craddock paused beside nun ne
| turned his big blue eyes upon MS lrieiit anu
| said:
| ..Who is she, CraddOck'
| she told me-" said Craddock. calmly IN
repIy ito tell you that YOU had saved me
| l;te of a daughter of the King If Denmark
| The Norwegian did not immediately re-
| ennn1 There was a dreamy, PARKWAY look
| IN his eyes and presently he murmured;
| THE daughter of a king. am Siad OF
| thar The daughter of a king. Yes, l am
| glad of that
| He ceased speaking. rose slowly to his
feet. and standing before his friend sa'u
| in thar same half-dreamy zone: 81
| shall | tell you how it happened, Graz
| 1t seemed when l stood DIP there on the
70 ok. and saw that wave hang over her,
ready to fall ard crush. as though l hearu
| her cry aloud to me TO save her. and
| leaped How | found her l do not know,
| but when l came to the surface she was
near to me, and | seemed to leap through
| the water impelled by greater strength
than | ever possessed before. Thc1-Why,
then 1t seemed as If there was no danger,
| and | remember that | laughed aloud and
told her to put her ans around my reck.
| and somehow. Grad it seemed as If She felt
| the same as !. that the wind and the waves
| and the fury of the storm could not. dared
| not harm us: that the water could rot
drown us. and | swan around the rock,
knowing that YOU would be waiting for us.
| And all that time she did not speak. | have
| not heard the sound of her VOICE n dauSh-
| ter of a king. you say, but cni7 "oniah'
| after all \ woman with a h"ar:-ay two
| hearts, for now. by heaven. she possess es
mine. The daughter of King, but only a
| woman. Grad; only woman.
| An hour later she called TO them from
| the hatchway. ana it was Thor who an
| sv.rcd her She had made change in
| her apparel and seemed 10 be as uncon-
| scious Of the wet her Norwegian savior.
| II seemed too, as if they had known each
Other always he towering over her like a
| god and she gazing up into his eyes in
| silent arnazcment.
princess" he said, cit has pleased God
| to let me take you from the sea Tell me,
did you call aloud from the deck OF the
| schooner before the mountain of water fell
upon you. and did you call my name?''
| mo" she said, II could not call your
| i;
near. Who are You, sir? ! do not mean
what IS your name. Your friend has told
| me that. Who you?'
| Yesterday If you had asked me that
| replied Thor II could have answered. Now
| | do not know. There was man upon
| the rock when your yacht foundered in the
| Storm That man leaped into the sea, but
| the man who swan out of the sea with you
| uIon his back is not the same. You. mad
| am are a princess of royal blood; ! am
man who never knew his father, and yet
| there Is between us, belonging 10 both, a
divinity of love. 1t is stronger than l or
! you and he bent forward and kissed her
| on the forehead. She made no reply, and
she did no. resent the salutation
Thor she said, dreamily. Yes, 1t IS
| hand raised 1t to her lips and kissed it;
| then she turned back into the cabin and
| disappeared.
The Norwegian did not change his atti-
| tude for many minutes, but at last he
| strobe forward to where Craddock waited
at the bow.
| The daughter of king he said to him.
| "Craddock I never cared till now to know
| who I am. She asked the question. and
| could not answer. VIII you help me to
! find out who / am? The daughter of a
| king. Craddock, but only woman after
| all"
The storm that had promised to invest
| that part of the world for three or four
| DAYS began to lull the day advanced. 80
| hat when the sun was at meridian the fury
| OF il was srent, and only the unquiet waves
| told what it had been through the preceding
! night.
strange unrest abode with Thor. the
! Norwegian. Many times he drew near 10
/ Craddock and paused as If about to speak,
! then silently withdrew. AS many times he
, strobe to the hatchway and seemed to med
! itate upon entering the cabin. only 10 turn
away and stand gazing across the water
| toward the coast of Denmark. His strong
and noble face expression OF In
trospectian which could not be COMPOUNDED
, with anxiety. and frequently he ran his
fingers through the wavy, tawny masses
of his hair, as If by doing so some obstacle
to collected reflection might be dispelled.
| Craddock also seemed distraught. He kept
his place at the bow and gaZed, not at the
sea as did his friend, but upward. toward
the summit of the DEVILS Nose, and there
was anger IN his ewes and menace in the