, 1907-11-07
BY JoH MAN

Inc OWCerS Hdu uOne tnelT DeSt, Jul
the ship was doomed. Already it was
listing to port. In a minute-or ten
minutes-it would sink.
Arthur fought his way like a mad
man to the head of the stairs and
taught Lillian in his arms.
STAND back" cried the mate. 1.-THE
boat is full-one, two"
mot for myself-for her" shouted
Arthur.
Pass her in, then" sang the mate.
Nc men In this boat. All the women
and children go first"
Desperately Arthur tried to lift the
girl into the boat just as 1t was being
lowered.
He would have succeeded, but a
young man leaped upon the gunwale.
pushing her aside in his frenzy and
clambering In himself. The girl gave
q cry and stretched out her hands for
help, clutching the edge of the boat.
h young man was turned and Ar
thur could see his face. 1t was livid
with fear. Great beads of sweat mois-
tened the long lock of dark hair that
hung above his forehead. With IN
oath the coward turned upon the girl,
beating her hands down, and as she
still chung he caught up an oar n
struck her across the face.
AS Arthur tried to support her Lii.
lian's gown was torn and she shot
downward into the sea
Coward" screamed the mate as he
turned.
His pistol flashed and the young
man threw up his hands and toppled
overheard.
Arthur already nae dived after Lii.
liam. He did not want to live unless
he found her. He swan this way and
that under the water. and felt about
with his hands. He could not touch
her.
When he came to the surface for a
moments breath he looked around
wildly. Lillian was not in sight. TIT
a containing the women was row
ing rapidly away from the ship. TIT
coward was floating, dead, with pale,
upturned face, a few yards away. II
was as II the lake refused tt take the
niscreant to her bosom.
Arthur filled his lungs with air and
dived again.
When he opened his eyes he was on
land, surrounded by friends. For a
moment the awful scene was hidden
from him. Then he remembered.
"Lillian?" he asked. They shook
their heads.
For months Arthur was like a mad.
nan. He was filled with a consuming
hatred for the youth who had muir
iered Lillian-who had taken her
place In the boat and then had beaten
her of into the water. The man was
dead, and 1t is awful to hate the dead.
Arthur felt that he could pursue him
through world after world to get his
Just vengeance.
He travelled from place to place, try.
Ing to forget, Inc at last the day came
that he found himself in a cottage in
the presence of an old couple-gray
haired, gentle, and yet sad, He
learned the cause of their sadness by
accident. heir only son had been
lost in the wreck of the Sunflower-
he had gone down in the company Of
Lillian and the other Inflated ones who
persisted in that disaster.
81 was there" said Arthur, his grief
afresh.
Then the tongues Of the aged couple
we're loosed.
And to think" cried the old man,
that so many lives were lost that could
have been saved. | have followed the
sea. | was commander of the Cas-
paria, but | am ashamed of my profess
sion. They were cowards-cowards-
and the brave ones are dead. Cow.
ards and dogs"
MY boy did his duty" said the
mother, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Fl has come to me in dreams. He
comes every night. / have seen him
fighting to rescue the women and chill.
dren, giving up his own life that they
might be saved"
1T Is my one comfort" said the old
man, simply, ito know that he died
the death of the brave and the noble"
ut is all that enables us to live"
said the mother, ito know that our
boy was a hero"
She came toward Arthur with
trembling steps.
Here is his photograph" she muir
INJURED. perhaps O have e him"
For a moment Arthur's heart ceased
to beat. He knew the face instantly.
The thin features. the bright eyes, the
long curl that clustered about the fore.
head.
His hands clutched the photograph.
He felt like tearing it into pieces and
fiinging the bits into the old woman's
face. She was the woman who had
world.
He handed the photograph back to
har His fnpara Wara shukipu LIT,