The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-03


g names and begged her not to forge
2 him. But she, with a perception
greater than his own, swept away
these despairing protestations with
. disdain. The daughter of one king
the sister of another could she not
, meet force by force? These fierce in
, truders with their rough voices and
drawn pistols, who were they to
! threaten princess of the royal blood
and carry away her lover before her
eyes?
If they were strong, she was
stronger, and what ship cannon, she
asked, however murderous or far rang
ing, could penetrate those mountain
recesses whittier she would carry
him before the morning? All, she
said, it was for him to choose between
her and them: between Britain and
the island; between love or the service
of the white queen beyond the seas.
81 have chosen" he said.
Her eyes flashed as she freed her.
self from his arms.
81 am hateful In my own sight for
having loved you" she said.
"Will you not even wish me well,
TeheaT' he asked.
"Nor' she cried 81 hope you will
die"
He turned away
''Siati,'' she cried after him.
He came back to her, downcast and
silent
Remember" she said in an agony
Of sweet relenting, that wherever
thou goest, however many the years
that may divide us, however wide the
waters or the land, l shall be here
waiting for thee. here in this house
of our happiness, aud if l die before
thou contest, here thou wilt find my
grave"
'Tehea," he said, 'as God sees me,
some day l shall returnp'
She took his hands and looked up
into his face with such poignant long
ing and tenderness that Jacks com
rades, already uncomfortable enough,
were quite oyerborne by the scene.
Tough old Hatch snuflled audibly, and
Brady could hardly speak.
"Come, come, lad" he cried huskily, (
yOu iuuSlH Keep US lOuSeI.
Jack unclasped the girls hands and
suffered himself to be led away by his
comrades. Stumbling and falling ,
against one another in the dark. they
made shift to find the uncertain path, ,
in the lead co-eeing like a t
for them to follow. Little S
by little they gained the sleeping vii 7
Iage and pressed on to the beach be- /
yond where their boat was already '
lloat on the incoming tide. r
They took their places without a 0
word and pulled out in the direction
If the ship. In the pass, rising and il
swelling in the swell, they burned a h
)lue light, which the Dauntless an n
wered with another and ran up h
masthead lantern to guide them. G
ew minutes later they clambered up "
he ladder, the boat was hoisted in, fl
nd the boatswain's whistle was rous- b.
ng, sae watch on deck h
"Mainsail haulp' n
BY morning the island had sunk be- n,
ind them, and standing on the dizzy
lain royal yard, with one arm round tc
he mast, Jack could make out nothing
ut little cloud on the horizon. &C
til
At sixty John Garrard was post ST
iptain, knight commander of the he
ath and within year of receiving st
az rank and the command of a feet pa
is career had been more than distin- q
lished, and he had won his way to tv
e front as much by his fine personal W,
ialities as by his invariable good tn
dgment and high professional attain IA
ents. He had earned the character
a man who could be trusted in stu mi
ions involving tact temper and ]
plomatic skill. no
lie had never married and when raj eri
d on the subject was wont to say, DO,
tn laugh, that the sea was his only an,
stress. No one had ever ventured the
question him much further, though the
J friends were often piqued. especial KIN,
the women, as to an implied ro his
nee in the captains earlier life. 1t the
s known he supported two old maid eve
ters, the Misses Hadow, the impov- tur
shed daughters of his first COM her
nder, but in view of his consider VIII
e private fortune this drain on his wei
ources seemed scarcely the reason to
his remuneration. Nor did it seem yea
his admirers that any woman could you
Te had the heart to refuse him, for ing
n at sixty he was a noticeably II
ldsome man and was endowed, be- dert
IS, with more than the advantage shiI
good looks-a charm of manner, a 81
inction, captivating gallantry run
made him everywhere a favorite. pIar
But, you see, Jack isn't a marrying I'll
l." his friends explained. ers
e was in command Of the Infexible hois
leshlp, one OF the Australian squad droI
when she developed some defects plac
Ter hydraulic turning gear and was wills
cred home to England by Admiral 81
d George Howard for overhaul. to G,
captains heart beat little faster in oil
he realized his course would take He
south of the Societies. He spread in b
the chart and sighed as he laid his ava,
Ell on BOrabOra He ehut his avac I,oo+