The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-01-18

them Jan, who had just landed from a
ship and was now following Hans and
Marya.
well, how are things in Hamburg?"
asked Hans.
"Oh, wonderful" exclaimed Jan. "a
frightful thing has happened and a
fellow from this island is the chief one
in it,
'Karl!' cried Marya.
Yes, Karl" assented Jan, and he
proceeded to recount the horrible story,
which was well spiced by the oaths and
lmprecations of the other two men.
The young man had been at his new
| post but short time when he was dis
charged for conduct unseemlv in the
eyes of his highlyrespeeted employers
He then spent few days of dissipation
| in the underground quarters of the sea-
port. In one of the most notorious of
these resorts gambling in it's very
worst form was carried on, and Karl
was frequenter of the place. lie had
discovered his latest favorite cheating
and had accused her of it. In replying
to the charge the girl had used both
teeth and nails A row had ensued, the
whole crowd taking sides against Karl.
This, together with other circumstances
of an unsavory nature, had shown him
in what serious affair he had become
involved. In wild rage he had drawn
his knife and stabbed the girl, and now
awaited trial behind bolt and bar. l
This news caused great excitement
among the islanders; each felt his own
honor stained by the crime. BY the adj
vice of the new governor it was decided
that Karl, the unworthy son of the
island, who had before this caused
trouble, and who had now become a
/, notorious criminal should be dismissed
from the community, even if the law
spared his life and condemned him only
to years of imprisonment He might
look about to find where the world had
room for him. There would be none on
/ his native island
One man did not share in this judg-
ment, and that was Hans Frerik He
was not blamed for it, however for
among the more or less closely related
inhabitants of the island he was Karls
nearest relative. The real reason for his
refusal was not known to anyone. Only
! Marya suspected it, and was right in
her suspicion. She said to herself that
Hans did not wish to pain her by con-
i curing in this sentence of Punishment
against her lover. She was the only
one who maintained silence about the
affair. No one knew what she thought
! about it. On the day Jan had brought
the news she had gathered together all
her possessions, taken her child by the
/ hand, left the lighthouse and had gone
to live with her Aunt Meta #"p1a H
j In the first days in her new home,
Marya had frequently to leave the
house, for she missed the free air, and
the wide outlook from the tower. 1t
seemed to her, at times, that she would
choke within the narrow walls under
the low roof, and when she went out
she was met by the dixie, that, like the
walls of prison, shut in her gaze from
her beloved sea. Still Aunt Meta was
obliged to acknowledge that the rest
less, alien spirit was now under con-
troll, for Marya went about her duties
with all humility, scorning neither
wheel nor loom.
The shoals soon arrived All the
boats that were spared by the great
storm prepared for sea. They put out
together and all hands were busy.
Even the women were occupied, for
they had to look after the supply of
bait which was laboriousIy dug out of
the sand very near the edge of the
water. Marya shared in this work as
she had in all the household duties. She
liked digging for the "pieren," as the
leechliSe worms were called, best of all
for it took her to the shore beyond the
inclosure of the bikes. Here were seen
d, many women, with bodies bent, over
turning the sand with their toothed
spades. Marya, worked zealously. She
enjoyed the fresh sea breeze that
famed her cheeks, the gray clouds that
f1oated about her, the sea gulls that
Tapped and screamed about her, the
sails that glided away in the
distance-with nothing more to wish
for, she dug away as eagerly as any of
her companions
AS the boats were to leave with the
outgoing tide, the women had to work
rapidly, for already the water had
reached high tide. Suddenly there came
from the shore farther down, where the
men were busy with their boats in the
little haven, a loud cry followed by a
deathlike stiffness They all stopped
to listen, shading their eyes with their
hands to see if they could make out
what was going on. Marya felt her
knees tremble and her blood cease tc
flow in her veins, for she was still sen
, sitive enough to believe that every
| calamity upon their lonely island was
! directed toward her. "Marie!' escaped
; her white lips. Marie was, to be sure
} the cause of the cutlery from the men
) for the child, playing around unnoticed
: by anyone, had suddenly been discov
cred in great danger. But some one was
bringing her safe and souDd-of course
: it was good Hans Frerik-althougl
drenched and trembling, to the shore
1 In her play, the child had ventured out
t too far; the tide had overtaken hel
1 while she was upon a hillock of sand