The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-20
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the action of the sand, she could still
make them out. After some study
she decided that the name of the boat,
or of the ship to which it had be-
longed, had been Nansemond of Nor
folk, Virginia. That was the net re-
suit of the hard labors Of long morn
ing. 1t told her something, but not
much. Assuming that the man with
her was John Revell Charnock and as
Stunning that he had come to the island
in the past on that boat, it indicated
that he was at least an American and
a Virginian. 1t identified him, if her
suggestions were correct, and wheth-
or there was warrant for them or not,
instinctively and naturally she con-
cluded that she was correct.
Admitting all this, however, 1t
gave her no clew from which to build
history. The testimony Of the boat
was interesting, that was all. Her first
thought was to leave it where it was,
but her second thought was better.
With the aid of the stout piece of
board which had served her for a
onONtl, Bic udMHtIcu away 1T lie
stern piece until she broke it off. She
saw now that the boat must have lain
there in the sand for many years, for
the wood was brittle and the fasten-
ings largely destroyed, for the stern
piece came easily away. She laid 1t
aside for moment intending to pre-
serve it with the Bible Heaven
| -haf of fut Eel
! ness in the way of evidence establish
ing identity these might be, entered
her mind
Then she threw herself down under
the trees and rested. She had left
her watch. her precious watch back
In the cave with the book. She did
not dare to carry it around with her.
She had no way of carrying it in the
thin, single garment which she wore.
but she judged from the height Of the
sun that it must be noon time. They
made their meal off the fruits of the
island, this time with rich and Juicy
cocoanut added, which the man got for
her at her suggestion in the sign Ian.
guage at which she was becoming ex-
pert, by climbing with wonderful agil-
ity, ape-like agility almost, one of the
tall cocoanut palms with which the
island abounded. There were fruits
of various sorts in great plenty on the
island and she was becoming accus-
toned to the diet by degrees.
She passed the noon hour in trying
to add to the mental equipment of her
companion. He could say number
of words now and had some idea of
their meaning, although he had not
yet attempted to frame sentences nor
had she yet tried to teach him so to
do. 1t was pleasant under the shade
of the trees. She found herself mar
yelling at times as to the contentment
that possessed her, a product of the
age suddenly plunged into the Eden
like existence which her forebears
might have enjoyed ten thousand
years before.
The hours ran on until the declin-
ing sun and the GOODNESS that came
with the late afternoon warned her
that II she we're to continue her ex-
plorations she must be about 1t i'm
mediately. So she rose and nerving
herself to her task went toward the
coppiee whore lay the CHASTITY remains
Of what had been Q human being.
Forcing herself to the duty with her
knife she carefully cut away the rush.
es, being particular not to disturb the
bones of the skeletons. AS before she
did all this in the face of a vigorous
remonstrance from the man. In some
was horrible to him. He would never
have come near it evidently of his OWL
will, and although the power of mem
DRY in him was but latent, the impress
sion that had been produced upon hin
by what she found there at some
period in his life was strong enough
to make him avoid it forever
She did not ask him for assist
, ance, indeed, she would not have
: trusted him with the knife under an!
, circumstances, and he made no at
, tempt to keep close to her. He stood
, on the outskirts of the coppice in ;
, great state of excitement, utterins
without sequence or reason sucl
words as she had taught him. To him
in this instance, she gave no heed.
Presently she had completely un
:. covered the two skeletons. She ha
= studied anatomy, but was not spt
cialist in that department of huma
!, learning. She thought that the ske''
;. ton before her was that of a wo -
= She measured its length with Yi~.
:, Of tall grass and compared it with 4,
own. They were both of a size. r.
soil in which the bones lay was
and porous. Every vestige of clio ''
. had long since rotted away and disc
u peared with the flesh it covered.
IL the person whose bones lay there b.
II worn any article Of gold or silly
i which, being rustless would have su
y vived the long exposure, they wei
y probably buried in the earth benea'
II the bones. She would attend to TIL
d later.
III Then she looked toward the bon,
'e at the feet of the human remains al