Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-09

forget what you have done for me this
night; and should the high gods see
fit to bring me back to Atlantis and
power. you shall taste my gratitude"
Il do not want to return. / am
sick of this old life here
But you have your place in the city,
and your servants and your wealth.
and Phorenice will not disturb you
from their posse ssion.''
''Oh, as for that, l could 90 back
and be fan-girl tomorrow. But 1 do
not want to go back
Let me tell you it is no time for
a gently nurtured lady like yourself
to go forward. / have been viceroy
of Yucatan, Ylga, and know some
what of making a foothold in these
new countries. And that was nothing
compared with what this will be- |
tell you it entails hardships and priva-
tions and sufferings which YOU could
not guess at. Few survive who go to
COLOMBO in the beginning, and those
only of the hardest, and they earn
new scars and new gatherings every
day"
Il Go not care; and, besides, / can
share the work. / can cook. / can
shoot good arrow. and / can make
garments-yes, though they were cut
from the skins of beasts and had to
be sewn with backbone sinews Be-
cause you despise fine clothes, and be-
cause you have seen me only decked
out as fan-girl, you think l am use
less. Bah, Deucalion! never let peo-
pie pirate to me about your perfec-
tions. You know less about woman
than boy new from school,"
Il have learned all l care to know
about one woman, and because of the
memory of her | could not presume to
ask her sister to come with me now"
Aye" she said, bitterly, "l<ick nv
pride. 1 knew well enough il was
only second place to Nais l could get
all the time | was wanting to come.
Yet no one but a boor would have
reminded me of it. Gods! and to think
that half the men in Atlantis have
courted me, and now l am arrived at
this!"
81 must go alone. 1t would have
made me happier to take your esteem
with me. But as it is, suppose shall
carry only your hate"
That is the most humiliatin" thing
of all; | cannot bring myself to hate
you. L ought to, / know, after the
brutal way you have scorned me. But
l do not, and there is the truth. I
seem to grow the fonder of you, and if
l thought there was Il way OF keeping
you alive and unmutila ted here in At
lantis, / do not think | should point
out that lob is tired of waiting. and
will probably be off without you" She
flung her arms suddenly about my
neck and kissed me hotly on the mouth
There, that is for good-by, dear. You
see | am reckless. l care not what I
do now, knowing that you cannot de-
spise me more than you have done all
along for my forwardness.
She ran back from me into the edge
of the trees.
''But this is foolishness,'' / said. 81
must take you through the dangers
that lie between here and some gate
of the city, and then come back to the
ship"
You need not fear for me. The I'M
happy are always safe. And, besides,
| have way. 1t is my solace to know
that you will remember me now. You
will never forget that kiss
Fare you well, Ylga," l cried. May
the high gods keep you entirely in
their holy care"
But no reply came back. She had
gone off into the forest. And so 1
turned down to the beach, and FLASHED
into the water. and climbed on board
the ship up the steering-oar. lob
gave the word to haul the anchor and
get her away from the beach.
ITO Be Continued.1