Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-04-23


khe SHIPS l0Hgb0at
TIE SIN Shnne with tropicai ferEg
ETson tAs three occupants CT the little
exzfE S0x sail w-as within the per
xE.se1ive, and no sd1g wreath upoa the
hdrzEaa care sign of tire preseDce of a
h steamship.
AT tse bot40m Ct the boat. his bead
resting up0n the lap Of yoang VICE.
an q man Zay. His fAce WAS white
ard drawn. and the glitter CT his eyes
tOSd Of extreme physical weakness.
The other man sat Ep0a the stern
KAwar1 and watched So and sky with
anxipss gaze The w0rn1n's face bad
tbs apathy of prolonged suffering
@Waters Wafer- murmured the
Esn at the bottom OF the boat
Have pas4ence. Tom. said tire won
sd ia mechanical voice. I'VE are In
TIE track OF ships and nuss De rescued
scon
No. $50 Ton faiHsiy, .you wiz he
saveay0u and D5ek-but rot s.
Dick glanced NJ him In pity. but re.
u naainea silent. The woman pushed
n hack the matted hair from Toms eyes
y with feeble fingers bur made no reply.
The s0Sk CO death vas an the fs e psl-
lowed upon ber kree
Three days had paAsed since ToEE
xna Kate. passengers. and Dick m2S-
Ger mariner had ahando0ad the sink
ing baTE West wind. bound from Rio
80 New YORK OF the fate af their
shspDates they had no Know ledge
TS@5 lad gene without food and with
ont drink ard the weight of sheer ex-
hanstion hsd begun to asaden their
senses
Finally Tom spoke again He looked
Dick in the face searchfngIy and said:
VIII yOu forgive me. REchardf I
could die happier il ron would. Kate
VIII never forgive ne. bnf ron might
-sF0rgiFe yuHF- exclaimed Dick won
aer1agly. -Why. what have you doreys
~Ton always EoFed Kate. said Tom
@Yex,~ replied Dick very slowly and
Rgfa- pause. n always loved her
-And she always loved ron. said
Tom.
Dick half started from rhe rhwzrr.
but checked himself
The woman turned her face away.
II came between yea said T0n- II
did ron both wr0ng But oh. how
4 have suffered. You can't realize, Dick
Yea VIII never reaIixe-fhe agony OF
- meek possession. the anguish OF having
8 wife wh0 in her heart loathes yorE
slightest cares she never loved me.
il Dick. and have been kind ard good To
her aiwzYK But what are kindness ard
goodness to q woman when she does
not lore y0us Nothing Dick. worse
than nothing
II don't understand y0u az ALL said
Dick. II know that you're cut Of your
bead Speak to hiEn- Kate; il may
quiet him
Rnk Kate neither spoke nor furGed
re- sss2s=~-ssrs
NO: yoE -asl understand" said T0En,
wsta more emphasis. -Tn going to
ten you something re / were not dy
ang. perhaps yor would Kill me fcT X.
but wculd nut care. do not want 70
i've unless can hare KATE
AHave Kate repeated Dick Why.
man. she's yonr ws:--@=ss~
sN0 nof~ crie1 Tom weakly. --She
never WINS my wife. 1t was only an
empty ceremony tflas shackled her to
me. she was always yours, Dick. and
yours only. soon she win be yours for
ever
Speak 10 him, Kate He's raving.r
said Dick hoarsely. but she SAT as IL
stone. watching the sky line
-Fon see said Tom. .-she viii not
lie even TO soothe. ami she Is right. for
les are useless. knew she loved you.
and l lied 90 keep ron apart YOu
thought ii was Friendship and kind
ness thar maCe you master OF my West
j. Wsnd. but that wus the first syllable
& of mr. lie I wanted to put half the
world between you two. 50 ! made you
captain Of my best bark and chartered
her for China. Then the lie grew and
grew. Ii was who haI published in
New York and copied in the home
newspapers the lying notice that you
married q woman In New York the
g day before you sailed After Kate had
! read the lie she thought the world was
at an end for der. so she married me-
Vow you know 1t all except what |
have suffered. You can never realize
/ that"
There now was deep fush upon
Kate's cheek. and Dick was bending
forward. speechless Snd giowering-
"You won't forgive me, them asked
Tom Dleaainely. ''She viii soon be
Il yours, and and and I've left her ev-
erything."
BLAST ron and your money" cried
Dick. now upon his unsteady feet. with
threatening gesture.
But Kate. who still sat with averted
gaze. put her arm across Toms face as
n Ii to protect him, and Dick sank back
& sulIenIy upon the thwart and turned
IL his head away toe Thus they remain
ed Tor mary minutes But when Dick
again fSirned his eyes to the horizon be