The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-16

the shore Then she turned 10 the
man. He was standing with folded
arms, his brow black as midnight,
staring out to SEA- lie knew nHtnlnsS ndGS
nothing, suspected nothing. His only
realization was that she, his gentle
goddess. whom he had loved, was angry
with him. so far as he was concerned,
without rhyme or reason or cause.
Tho stoppage of the ship, the lower
ing of the boat, its approach to the
island were now matters OF indiftGr'
could think of nothing else and there
WAS bcwilderment in his dlsmay
Nothing had given him power to solve
the enigma Of her conduct Where she
| ga2ed with serious intcntucSs, he
! looked listlcssly, Her heart smoto
her again. The sense of justice upon
which she prided herself came TO her
/ rescue. She stepped close TO him and
laid her hand upon his arm.
Forgive mel she murmurcd, and
her heart leaped within her bosom to
meet the great flush of pleasure IN his
| face as he responded instantly to her
caress and her appeal.
"What has troubled you,' he said.
| gently that You are angry with me!'
"Iou will know soon enough" was
! tho answer But see, the boat ap-
for us to 20 10 the shore and direct
| them if we can 10 the entrance, other
wise they will not be able to mako
! landing and they may turn in their
search for an entrance and be com
PEELED 10 make the long row around The
/ island -
".And if they never landed. - said the
man. "would YOU he happy! If they
went away without seeing us, would
you believe me without the tcst?'
my friend said the woman gently,
She had often cnllcd him that dur
ing their long intercourse, and it was
n name he had loved until yesterday.
Now he would fain have had something
nearer and dearcr.
"My FRIEND she began, cit is too
late now. Such is the temper of men
that having once been attracted 10
this island, they would not be satisfied
until they had visited it. They saw
the fire, They know that human beings
kindlcd it and for some purpose. They
won t 20 away until they find out who
did it aud why
"Would that ] had never given You
that flint and steel!'' he cried bitterly.
She smiled at him.
ct was my appeal. you remember,
and if YOU repiDe again, | shall think
YOU fear the test. Come, let us go
down to the shore.
"You said you knew men, the man
asked as they threaded their way
through the trees and down the hill
along the familiar path, "do YOU know
anyone on that ship, do You think?'
The question was an absurd one un-
der almost any other circumstances
than that Yet chance had shown him
the one point in her armor. and his
innocent and casual question had driven
into her soul barb. Evasion should
have been easy. Indeed. his trust in
her was so great that deceit would have
been simple. But she had always told
him the truth, and she could not begin
now.
"Ycs,' she said, "I think T do.''
He stopped abruptly, illumination
and anguish, the light Of pain in his
soul.
"Was it because you know that man
that YOU suffered so on the hill?'
eyes, - she said, again forcing her
self to speak.
''Is he one of those who loved you?n
He said so, but
And you. did you love him."
81 hate him. -
"Why?" asked the man stcrnly.
CHAD he injured YOU in some wav?''
In the greatest way she answered
with deepening gravity. And here her
sence of Justice prckcd her. But it
was partly my fault
"And have you forgiven him7' he
asked with a little softening of his
voice.
To him forgiveness was as natural
and inevitable as breathing. Iu his
ethics there was no other course. lie
had never had anything TO forgive. be
it remembered. She was not so true
to her standards rs the man she had
lc low NJ 1l
than the master.
''There arc some things she re-
piled bitterly, ''that a woman cannot
forgive. never forgives.'
.'What things?" he persisted. won
dcrjng gnorantIy as to her meaning.
''Don { ask me-. she answered inn
patiently. ''G told YOU ! would tell you
tho story today and you VIII have to
wait until then.
''But that comment Of the world?'
''Gou will hear it from that man s
lips. if mistake not, - said the woman
wcarily, "but YOU must press me no
further. See. they are close TO the
reef We must hastcn.n
She drew her hand away from his
and ran rapidly to The beach. Nat
urally he followed, overtaking her in
a few swift steps and running rs was
his wont by her side, II he had stopped
10 lHuulgt III lN' lNNulN VI Hfll
nation. he would have found his feel
ings in such 4 turmoil Of such strange
emotions as would have dcficd classi-
fication and description. OF but two
things was nc very clear; that he loved
this woman. and that in some way. for
causcs uufatbomablc and not present
10 him. he hated the man or the men
in the boat off shore.
BY the woman s directions Just be
fore they reached the shore, the man
picked up two fallen branches Of PALM
They ran TO the beach opposite the
entrance and waved the palm branches
above their heads. 1t was too far for
the voice TO carry and there was too
much noise from the breakers on the
reef if the distance had been shorter
But the men in the boat evidently
caught sight of the signals and under
stood them. for she was presently
about and in few moments they saw
her PROV cut the blue waters of the
lagoon through tho ono entrance TO the
barrier. The man and the woman stood
silently, little apart, watching the
swift approach. Uncrringly stccrcd,