Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

haA ,,eted ont vengeance in full measure
and fhoupb the stings of regret were
,~,n,,ns With a cooler realization of what
men would call his crime. his "hoie
ing still throbbed with the primal
istinct that had called upon MIN u
come the messenger of a GOOD ou' VI.
reasoning Justice The dead man at '''''
feet had been SHINING thing. coVetel
of that which every man hoios pieo'o
,,,to himself Mct.wen was Siaa ina. ~
had killed him. For an instant .iie ~
r,,ap behind him had been siau' Wv
rhis was McEwens WIFE
%or there was quiet where haa pee
~. s,r;fe Of battle Seven men hao
struggled with McEwen. and SIN oi ''ei',
,h,,r hearts filled with sympathy. rese
. 49, command of the seventh, WIN .as
Il. ,.rtlv conscious upon the deck. ii'is
r+, yras the captain. McEWen i'h'
...r,,o,, him hard. and the face OF Tue
80, was filed with hatred as she
,ook.d unon the great bulk of the nas'ei
.. h,- defeat She came up TO the ma.
-, voc ber husband and took one VI
~ nared arms between her haIlus. nc
Hvht of a great love SHINING III ny.
WcEwen's wife was aimost q. iaoi,
-. a.ben the world had come 70 iooi
nov 49, 10 the man whose life had
-. ;ndiSsolubly mixed with mlsioI,u l.;
:. mas she who had irnocen'is
mir, on to final ruin. me o;ted
vss slowly coming to MN az he ,oa,ned
for the next attack. his eyes ord
10, .ho IRE of an animal longing anu
t. tooL one step toward the pfost,a
cantain to measure over asaih ~ - Md
u.bicb was due to two. Du~ VIII, ,aa
emntied itself unsparinsiy upo' Sc 1. Rim
n, ono But the woman was oeIol. ", ,d
Sh. turned her back upon the crew an.
,.,;ned one of her arms around tne mo-
'nack with her other hand she uIeM
head down until 1t rested upon neL sno w.
5er When men came up behind MN 'is
IT. fnr vengeance had gone out OF
WcEwen Not a sound fell from ms ups
&C the ships irons were snapped over
his wrists. Soothed into supmlssloh
the touch of the one Tor Wn9Ih . ne his
cantors 10 the little cabin that hao peer
HE wife.s. and there. with the ooor
harred behind them. the two were ielt
alone. .;.bar tho
or The man spoke McEwen seat
ed himself and his companion kneeieu 81
1entlv and held his manacled hands ciose
10 her. AS darkness slowly hid her nus
bands face she crept up to him unt,l n ne'
cold wet cheek rested against his own.
weren't to blame-you couldn't. be-!
There was supreme faith in his voice.
IT struck him. cried the woman. Ch,
struck him hard. JIM She LAID her
head upon the mans knees and sobbed;
..oh. Jim-Jim-Id give my life II l
hadn't told your ~
"No-no-it was right" replied NC
Even IT am to blame. little siri-only
me / knew Hendricks knew the cap
tain-I was a fool for bringing you on
a trip with them. I could stand their
eyeinz you. an smiling. but when Hen
bricks came upon you forr'rd, like
sneak and insulted-
II hit him-I hit him. sobbingly in
terrupted the woman.
Eyes. you hit him. l know you nit
him hard" said the man.
His wife slipped UP between his arms
and McEwen pressed her to him until the
irons on his wrist hurt her back. But l
hit i'm harder" he added. grimly. Il
hit I'm considerable harder. And I'm
glad!'
"Jim-Jim--' pleaded the woman.
Yes. I'm glad" repeated the man,
doggedly. But I'm sorry for you Anne.
There was a time when I thought the
worst had happened. That was when lit
tie Jim died. Then l lost my ship, my
berth, and had to turn common seaman