Evening journal., 1904-06-25

"Wc'uc got arr
bow. The line by which she was TO
be warped off was run out to the ledge
of the rock, fresh water was taken on,
provisions for the marooned beach
combers were cached upon the beach,
the dory was taken aboard, gaskets
were cast Off and matches battened I
down.
At high tide, all hands straining upon
the warp, the schooner was foated off I
and under touch Of the lightest airs
drew almost lmperceptbly away from
the land. They were quite an hour
I crawling out TO the heads of the bay, |
/ but here the breeze was freshening. |
/ Moran took the wheel. the iiying jib /
and staysail were set. the wake began
to whiten under the schooner's stern, |
the forefoot saag. the Pacific opened
out more and more, and by 1890 o clock |
Moran put the wheel over and as the ]
schooners bow swung to the northward
cried to Wilbur:
"Alatc, look your last of Aiagdalena
bayw
and swept the curve of the coast with
n single glance. The vast, heat scourged
hoop Of yellow sand. the shll, smooth
shield of indigo water. with its beds of
kep. had become insensibly dear toI
him. It was all familiar friendly and
hospllable. Hardly an acre OF that
sweep Of beach that did not hold the
impress Of his foot There was the
point near by the creek where he and
Moran first landed to fiji the water
casks and TO gather abalOnes; the creek
itself, where be had SHARED quail; the
sand spit, with its whitened whales
skull, where he and Moran had beachcd
the schooner, and there, last of all, that
SPOT OF black over which still hung
, haze of brown gray smoke, the charred
ruins Of the old Portuguese Whaling
cabin, where they had outfought the
beachcombers.
For moment Wilbur and Moran
looked back without speaking They
stood on the quarter deck in the shad-
4 ow of the malnsail, shut of from the
sight of the schooner's crew and for
the instant quite alone.
"Well, Moran, it's goodby to the old
| place. isn't itg" said Wilbur at length.
YES" she said her deep voice pitch
y ed even deeper than usual. "Mate,
% great things have happened there"
1t doesn't look like a place for n
J. tong row with Chinese pirates, though,
4 does itg7 he said, but even as he spoke
/ the woPis he guessed that that was
l. not what he meant
l. "Oh, what did that amount tor she
said, with an impatient movement of
T her head. 1T was there that ] first
knew myself and knew that. after all
l. YOU were man ana ] was a woman,
8 and that there was just us-you and l
h lin the world. and that you loved me
D and loved you, and that nothing else
u was worth thinking Of"
Wilbur shut his hand down over hers
II as il grpped a spoke of the wheel
y "MOran. l knew that long since" he
u said. "Such a month as this has been
why, l feel as though / had only he
rs gun to live since began to love you.I
ls "And You do. mateW she answered
ID "You do love me and always willi Oh
YOU don't know" she went on inter
rupting his answer, you haven't ;
IN guess. how the last two days have
is changed me- Something has happened
ct here" and she put both her hands owe
lie her breast. I'm all different here
u. mate. It's all you inside here-all you
'y And it hurts, and I'm proud that j
re does hurt Oh" she cries Of sudden
ne IL don't know how 10 love yet, and
lie do il very badly. and / can't tell yol
h- how / feel because l can't even tell
'f- to myself. But you must be good t
ly me now" The deep voice trembled
nd little. Good to me, mate, and true I
~ me, mate because I've only you. an
rs. all Of me is yours. Mate, be good
is me and always be kind to me- I'm nc
set Moran any more I'm not proud an
lit strong and independent, and / don
10 want TO be lonely. 1 want you'll war
TO you always with me- I'm just won
an now, dear just a woman that love
be- YOU with a heart she's just found"
nd Wilbur could find no words TO al
'es swer. There was something so pathet
and at the same time so noble in NJ
To- rams complete surrender of herse
and her dependence upon him. her N
AZ QUESTIONED TRUST III MN anu Atn S'N
ness. that he was suddenly smitt'
'ou with awe at the sacredness of the o
legation thus imposed on him. She w
ed his now, TO have and TO hold, TO kee
ina to protect and to defend-she who w
mo- once so glorious Of her strength, Of IA
.ck. savage isolation, her unyioiate, pristh
lice maidenhood. All words seemed futl
ana inadequate TO him.
nut She came close TO him and put h
hands upon his shoulders and, lookii
Tvs. him sQuareiy i'm the eye, said:
Mo- you do love me, mate, and you {
oul- ways willY
her Always. Moran" said Wilbur sil
ply. He took her in his arms, and S
ded laid her cheek against his for n m
mcnt then took his head between b
ng's hands and kissed him.
NO Two days passed. The Bertha Nj
ner held steadily to her northwa
ran. course. Moran keeping her well in
isco ward the land. Wilbur maintained
sing lookout from the crows pest in