The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13
THE ISL LAND OF REGENERATION

back to you.
"How terrible arc the arrangements
of blind fate said the woman. 81
must believe what YOU say. You
awaken my pity, my Tenderness. my con
sidcratiou but these are ALL He is not
ty to hear and therefore / will say,
Cor YOU deserve the truth. that just as
YOU say you love me, nay. then, Just as
Won do ard more a thousand times. |
I love that man. 1t would be a crime,
n sin, n bodily proclamation, mental
and spiritual degradation to which the
other '-hc knew 10 what she allued
as she pauscd-'' were nothing. If
and soul given TO the man, she threw
her hand out in great sweeping Ses-
tu-e. "yonder out at sea.
''But he doesn't love you.
go YES, he does. Not rs ! would be
loved / admit. not as, please God, |
shall be loved by him. He docsn t
know; he doesn t understand. Wisdom
will come to him and he will come
back -
'nlt might be So - said the man, 81
came back. But nc believes You dead. =,
"Aud didn T You, when You searched
for me during those three years!'
"No.n answered Langford, 81 had
confident hope that somewhere you
were alive,
"And will he not have that hope,
too?'
~ cannot believe it,.
There was long, frightful pause.
The woman sighed deeply.
''lt may be as you say. 1t may be
that we are separated forever. II may
be that / shall never look upon him
again, nor he upon me. but that makes
no difference. | do not love you,
cannot love YOU. If he is dead, shall
L. 1 4
so ! NAV be found worthy of that. and
/ viii keep myself for him. No other
man shall have what belongs To him.
They had stepped nearer the entrance
Of the cave. which was Il spacious one,
as they spoke The beauty Of tho wo-
man in that soft light was so intense
that il east over Langford spell. lie
heard the sound of her voice, but dld
not heed what she said. Suddenly he
"Kate. - he cried, ''we are alone here.
That is my ship youder. can have
YOU bound hand and foot and take You
aboard her. | viii say that YOU are
mad. that | am taking you back to The
United States TO your friends. You
must come back with me. l can let
you go.
ly. "it vou 30 not Instantly release
me / will XIII YOU whore you stand.
You don't realize how strong l am.
See,
With quicl, sudden movement she
caught his arms with her free hands ana
literally tore them apart. To her hthe
and vigorous BODY she added spirit and
determination which made her indeed
more than match for the slender
somewhat broken man before her.
"Yon see. - she cried. She stood be
tween him and the doorway, one hand
outsirctchod. the fingers open. - could
kill Won before YOU felt this cave. You
told me that YOU had sent your men
back To the ship and that you were
alone upon the island. and cou!d hide
where ] hid before and they would tInd
your dead body here upon the sands.
That would be all.
..Kin me If YOU wish, - said the man,
recklcssIv. ~ don { care. Perhaps
that would he the better way
"No.'' said the woman. Il respect
YOU TOO much for that
"Rcspcct me!
eyes. You have shown me what
YOU are by what YOU have done: al
but this mad action OF moment slncGT
and I can understand that. my Irehu'
and TOO love. and IL seems 50 me that
+ would brook anything, everything,
for one moment ike that rou fam wou@
have cnjnvcd. But we are not chi
dren, neither arc VIC savagcs 70 act IKE
beasts of prcy. / forgive Won, J trust
Won. - She came close TO him and iald
her hand upon his arm. ! respect you'
| admire you. Co.,,
love me.
Everything but mat aSsPhleu tue
II shan't offend again" returned
rho man. "Neithcr by force nor per.
suasion can effect anything. Kate,
he said after another pause, come
back 10 the United States or TO some
civilized land. Tho world ishefore you:
| will land YOU whore you please and
give Won or lend YOU money enough TO
enable Won to 90 where YOU like. You
shall be on tho yacht 10 nc as my SIS
ter
'It can't be said the woman.
"Don't you see that can accept no
favors from you2'
"But no one need ever know; | will
discharge tho crew Of the yacht IN
some South American port. They
viii scattcr-'
"God would know and ] would
know and when ] SEQ him again.
would have 10 tell him. IL would make
il harder for me- And ! don want
! TO 90 back / viii wait here for him. y
| "Knte.' said The man impulsively.
SIT was ungenerous Of nc not to have
told you before They took him away
from the islands senscless, raving with
brain fever lie collapsed stricken as
il dead on the sand By that little heap
of clothes and the Bible which bore
your message He thought You dead.
He left the ship in the early morning
TO seek you. The shock was too much
for him
''He loved me, then said the
woman.
''Ycs.' said Langford, wringing the
admission from his lips. ''he loved you
enough almost 10 die for you.
But he is rot dead. He was not
when you left the cruiser?'
"No, they signaled me at noontime
in answer TO my inquiry that The doc
tor thought he would finally pull
through, although ii would be long.
terrible siege; but if he dies. Kate.