The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

daughter of king, but only a woman
| Grad, only woman"
An hour later she called to them from
| the hatchway. and it was Thor who an
swered her. She had made no change in
| her apparel and seemed to be as uncon-
| scious of the wet as her Norwegian savior
| 1t seemed, too, as if they had known each
| other always, he towering over her ike
| god, and she gazing up into his eyes in
| silent amaZement.
Princess" he said, "it 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?'
| NO." she said, II could not call your
name. I did not know that any one was
near. Who are you, sir? I do not mean
| what is your name. You friend has told
me that. Who are you?''
| Yesterday if you had asked me that"
replied Thor, II could have answered.
| Now 1 do not know. There was man
| upon the rock when your yacht founder
| ed in the storm That man leaped into
| the sea, but the man who swan out Of
| the sea with you upon his back is not the
same. You, madam, are a princess or
! royal blood. l am man who never knew
his father, and yet there is between us,
| belonging to both, a divinity of love. 1t
is stronger than 1 you" and he bent
| forward and kissed her on the forehead.
| She made no reply. and she did not re-
| sent the salutation.
Thor" she said, dreamily. Yes. it is
| true" And she reached out and took his
hand, raised it to her lips and kissed ii;
| then she turned back into the cabin and
| disappeared.
1.-The daughter of a king" he said to
| himself. "Craddock, I never cared till now
TO know who 1 am. She asked the ques-
ton and I could not answer. VIII you
| help me to find out who 1 am? The daugh-
1 ~,
| after all"
The storm that had promised to invest
that part of the world for three or four
| days began to lull as the day advanced,
so that when the sun was al meridian the
| fury of it was spent, and only the unquiet
| waves told what it had been through the
preceding night.
| A strange unrest abode with Thor, the
| Norwegian. Many times he drew near to
| Craddock and paused as If about to speak,
| then silently withdrew. AS many times he
| strobe to the hatchway and seemed to
| mediate upon entering the cabin, only to
| turn away and stand gazing across the
water toward the coast of Denmark. His
| strong and noble face wore an expression
| of introspection which could not be con-
| founded with anxiety, and frequently he
ran his fingers through the Wavy, tawny
| masses OF his hair, as If by doing so some
| dispelled. Craddock also seemed dis
| traught. 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
| eyes and menace .inethe expression of his
| face.
At last Thor drew near him again.
II cannot help it, Craddock." he said,
| as If in continuation of a discussion be-
tween them. Il cannot help it, my
friend. 1 love her. Yes, and she loves me.
1t was her soul that cried aloud TO me
| from the sea when stood up there on the
rock and heard and answered and obeyed
What matter If she is the daughter of a
King? Do you know, Craddock, that since
she came 10 us l believe that l, too, am of
royal blood? You are angry because you
know love the Princess"
mo, Ralph" ard Craddock turned and
faced his friend. II am not angry; that is
! not the word but have grave misgivings.
wish that you had not taken me to the
summit of the rock"
The broad shoulders OF the Norwegian
gave expression to shrug. He raised his
head proudly and smiled at the clouds,
the sky, and the world around him.
II did not take you there, old chap"
he said. "She called to me, and 1 went,
although 1 did not know that she called.
Blame destiny-not me. 1 am going to her
| now"
He strobe away without another word,
| paused at the hatchway, and said:
May enter, Princess?"
Again they faced each other In the shall
low cabin, scarce higher than his stat
ure
princess he said, and without being
| conscious of the act he possessed both her
| hands in his. Il am a Norwegian waif,
| and yet, you love me. You are a Princess
| of royal blood yet I love you. 1t is some
thipp eOule without
| our knowledge, perhaps in the unremem-
| bered past before these shells in which we
| live, We're made. They knew each other
| then, and doubtless loved. To-day. may
| hap after cycles of time which destiny
| cannot count, have come and gone, they
meet again and remember. Have spoken
| truth, Princess?'
Yes, Gods truth" she murmured
He bent over her white hands and
touched first one and then the other with
his lips.
THAT destiny which shapes our ends,
| in whose control our entries are as mere
| feathers in a gale. brought us through the
| tempest, face to face, and you, Carlotta-
| you see l know your name-and you and
| |, Will remember and will live up to this
hour, henceforth. Some day when you are
safe in the palace of your father, l will
| go to you there. l know not how, nor
when but viii go. Until then, Princess,
may not say more than have said"
She raised her eyes TO his and looked,
| and looked and looked. She did not
| speak; there was no need. And while
| their souls communed together in silence
Craddock leaped into the hatchway and
| called aloud:
sail, no"
Once more the Norwegian touched the
| forehead of the Princess with his lips,
| and then he left her and hastened TO the
| deck
Not three miles away to the eastward,
| Danish cruiser was steaming toward
| them. Craddock was at the stern of the
| sloop wildly gesticulating to attract the
attention of those upon the ship of war;
| and from the starboard bow there pres
emily issued a pun of smoke followed by a
distant report, and the cruiser glided into
| the less tumultous waves beneath the
shelter Of Devils Nose. Davits swung out
ward, cutter dropped into the sea. was
manned. and presently pulled under the
stern of the sloop.
The cruiser had been sent from Tyboron