The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-02
CHAPTER X.
Hearts Awakancd.

Hearts Awakaned.
For the moment she forgot where sh'
was and fancied herself back on thu
ship or moro naturally tossing about II
that small boat after that long event
full voyage. Yet no motion to whlct
the widest pitch of the storm which had
finally cast her away, produced IN hci
such strange emotions as she expert
enccd then For the earth itself WAS
trembling, quivering, rocking; inc cay
wall above her, seen dimly by the n,
terinc light of very early dawn which
came through the opening, partook, ol
the mad. fantastic MOTION In ano'nv, an
second she realized that 1T was an
earthquake. The air seemed filed with
peculiar ringing sound of storm ..
Her bed. of course. was the soit
sand over which grass had been strewn;
Sho Law. therefore, on the moor anu
could not he thrown down, eut she was
rolled from side to side III way Whlcn
paralyzed her senses, Never IN All nst
experience had she known such SICK
feeling of terror. When the founda.
tions of things arc shaken, when no,
merely the great deep bu; the soma
earth is broken up, humanity stands as
if in the prescuce Of the power OF oou'
She Law resistless. staring, praying, Won
dering whether the sinking ro'k oNe'
her head would fall and crush her; re.
In q moment the instinct ot hio
o,;cLened her TO action She rose 10
bor knees. staggered 10 her rect ana
trind 10 make her way TO the entrance;
WALKING was terrible The eartA seemed
IN have shaken for hours, and yet the
duration of the shock was really less
than minute It's violence was 'c!it
fc Jus. before she reached rae open
inr. il stopped with one tre1nPn9nppus np
shock as suddenly as II nau oeeuu, edn5
next second. with roar tnat soun"oe e
in her cars like q thousand pieces or
artillery. the gray hazy hight IN front
Of her was blotted out by ta,ilng inass
of rock which lust escaped hcr' ne
face of The cliff had given away IN
deeper. intenser terror than ortore siIt
threw herself against the parrier. az
was as hard and as unvielding as .m'
other walls. No light came to her even.
she vas imprisoned alive in this rocky
sepulcher She sank down on nti
knees and buried her face in her hands
She mnrmured words of prayer.
Her mind aew to the other side or
the island, to the Man. Was he: too,
eniombed' Was this the END OF ner
Iabors? Outside she could hea. !he
wind roar and the waves laundering !
w;tb w;@' ,n,suI violence on tho shore. Be
fore the earthquake had come tue
storm. There was still some connection
between the cave and the outer a'r' !.
seemed for she was now conscious oil
liohininp flashes After the storm
came the fire. Her mind went back TO
what she had read from inc bloIc
few davs before of Elijah 5 despair;
Therefore. in like case, snc hs.ehe9
with all her heart for the stlli voice OF
cnmfort m,rn IN her awestruck soul. 1t did
NOT seem 10 come She was doomed;
she would never see him agaln, II IN,
dood he we're vet alive. She slipped
forward and fell fainting on the sandy
Goor Of the cave And stlll the voice
was tberc. Presently II came to her'
AS the voice Of God usually comes 10 nu'
manity. through the lips Of ninn' .h.
could not tell. she was conscious OF 2
human cry through the wild elamor OIL
he storm 4 voice that she knew and
loved was calling her by name. was
II some wraithlike fancy of the storm!
she rose TO her knees. sick and FAINT,
and listened No. IL was human
voice, his voice, her name. me cry
vas fraught with frantic appeal. ~
-ErilIod and vibrated with passion. 1t
.nid her in that awful moment story
which she had not read. 1T revealed
o her imagiuations of which she had |
rot dreamed She was fascinated with
what she heard. She forgot for the
moment TO answer All the woman in
Ter. the eternal feminine in her, lis
encd. Her bosom rose and fell, her
leart throhbed. her pulses beat Alone
With that wild, passionate, appealing,
rantic cry, she forgot the earthquake,
me forgot the prison, she forgot the !
torn. she forgot the world. She only
ealizcd that there ont in the dawn. a
nan. the man of all the world, who
owed her was calling her name. The ;
Id call of manhood TO womanhood, of
nate 10 mate.
She rose instantly 10 her feet. This
inc it was the beating of her heart
hat pitched and tossed her body. She
eaned against the rock wall and then |
nc called his name:
MAN she cried. care YOU safe?i'
:'Yes.' was the answer. "And !
ou?"
Entirely so. save for this prison.
THANK God,''. came family TO her
rom beyond the wall. 'EThank God,
hear your voice, !. shall .hpye YOU
ut never fear.
She pressed her ear close TO the heap
( huge loose stones which filled the
pening. She could hear him working !
uts;de.
"Don t he afraid he said at last.
81 fear nothing" she answered "if ;;
DH arc lU'IS, d,
In one instant the situations o. life
ad been reversed. He was the mas
ey now and she hung upon his words
nd actions even as he had done in !
avs gone by. +.
She had no knowledge of what task ..
vas before him, hut she could hear :
he progress that he was making. It ,,
ras evident that he was working fur-
usly. and yet he stopped once in ,
very little while ot reassurc himself !
: 10 her presence I,
Woman he cried. "nrc YOU still
hcrc9"
Here and waiting was tho an
wer.
he needed that assurance of her
atetY TO enable him to achieve his :
rodigious task. How terrible were !
he efforts he put forth. she did not
now until afterward but his was the ,
'ork or Titan. He was moving i
fountains with his bare hands. In +
pired by love, migbtiest of passions, 1
c WAS tearing asuuder. like the earth I
uakc. the rocky foundations of the ,
'orld. Wen for him that he was so I
hewcd and snewed We'll for her |
hat God had added stronotb ,,d