The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-29

@IFRCE emotions are necessarily
transient, but for the hour they
exhaust the psychic capacity.
The sailor had gone through
such mental stress before ii was yet
noon that he was henumbed. wholly in
capable of further sensation.
Being in good condition, he soon re
covered his physical powers. He was
outwarlly little the worse for the en-
counter with the deviltiSh. tn" skin
around l. : mouth was sore. His waist
and legs were bruised. one sweep of
The Ak had cut clean through the bulg-
: ing leather of his left boot without
touching the flesh. In Il word, he was
practically uninjured.
He had the doglike habit of shaking
/ himself at the close of a fray. He did
so now when he stood up Iris showed
! clearer signs of the ordeal. Her face
was drawn and hag%ard. the pupils of
/ her eyes dilated. She was gazing into
| depths illmitable. uneXplOrcd. Com
passion awoke at sight of her.
Come" said jerks gently. Let US
get back to the island"
He quietly resumed predOminanCe.
helping her over the rough pathway Of
the reef. almost lifting her when the
! difficulties were great.
He did not ask her how it happened
that she came SO speedily 70 his assist
ance. Enough that she had done it,
daring all for his sake. She was weak
| and trembling.
Bleaching the firm sand. she could
walk alone.
"Did-the thing-erip you?" she
neryously inquired.
"All over ut once. If felt like. The
beast attacked me with five arms"
She shudderod. II don't know how
you could fight it," she said, How
strong. how brave, you must be-
This amused him. The yeriest COW
ard will try to save his own life he an
swered. IF you use such adjectives to
me. what words can | find to do jus
tice 10 you. who dared TO come close
to such a vile looking creature and
Kill it. ! must thank my stars that you
, carried the revolver"
"Ah" she said. THAT reminds me.
You do not practice what you preach
l found your pistol lying on the stone
in the cave That is one reason why
l 1OllOWeu you.
It was quite true. He laid the
I weapon aside when delving at the rock
and forgot to replace it in his belt.
1T was stupid of me-" he admitted,
: ''but | am not sorry"
: ''Why%"
t Because, as it is, owe You my
l life"
You owe me nothing" she snapped
s 1T is very thoughtless Of You 10 run
h such risks What will become OF m&
t if anything happens 10 yOu% My point
! of view is purely selfish. you see
Quite So Purely selfish He smil
i ed sadly Selfish people of your type
!, are somewhat rare. Miss Deane."
She moved toward the cave, but b.
t cried:
e Wait one minute l want to get {
y couple Of crowbars."
q What for?'
S II must go back there" He jerkeC
!. his head in the direction Of the reef
t She uttered little sob of dismay.
@ II will incur no danger this time" h.
It expIained. Il found rifles there. "
# must hare them; they may mean sal
h vation."
When Iris was determined ahou
e anything her chin dimpled. 1t puck
i cred delightfully."- now.
e Il will come with YOU" she annOunt
d ed.
o Very well l will wait for you. Tn
Is tide will serve for another hour"
,e He knew he had decided rightly. Sh
% could not bear to be alone-yet., 500
f the crowhars were secured, and the
returned to the reef. Scrambling nov
IF with difficulty over the rough and daf
d gercus track, Iris was secretly amaze
by the remembrance of the daring az
IL tivlty she displayed during her earle
n massage along the same precariou
- roadway.
II Then she darted from rock to roc
with the fearless certainty Of a ch;
. mois. Her only stumble was causet
~ she recollected. by an absurd effort
~ avoid wetting her dress She laughe
- nervously when they reached the plac
- This time jerks lifted her across Il
~ intervening channel.
= They were standing on the landwaI
side Of the shallow water III which
fought the octopus.
~ Already the dark fluid emitted By b!
- assailant in its final discontinue wa
~ passing away owing to the slight NOV
=, ment of the tide.
49, Now that you have brought me hel
- with SO much difficulty. what are &c
going TO do" she said. 1t will /
madness for you to attempt TO for
that passage again. Where there
- one of those horrible things there a.
- others. suppose
"A That is one reason why | brougl
a. the crowbars." he explained If 20
"A / will sit down for q little while | W
- have everything properly fixed"
He deIved with one Of the bars uni
: it lodged in a crevice of the cors
Then few powerful blows with Il
To back Of the Ak wedged ii firmly enou.
-. to bear any ordinary strain. The rol