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

only pair Of stockings and the canvas
boating shoes. Sometimes in idle mo-
ments she tried those shoes on. Fortu-
natcly for her, they were loose and easy.
Gong barefoot three years had en-
largcd her small and slender feet 10
something like those human and proper
proportions which from the standpoint of
nature. AZ least had greatly enhanced
their beauty. She kept these clothes,
she hardly knew why, perhaps for ono
reason since she had been able to weave
tho wattled garment so well suited 10
her needs she had had no use for them;
perhaps against the day Of the arrival
of other civilization than her own.
Greatly refreshed by her bath-and
1T shows her absolute confidence in
hlm and his worth that interruption
never occurred 10 her. it had never
come and therefore il never would
she resumed her tunic and walked
toward the cave. The tide was very
low. The sands terminated on ono
side in rocky ledge where "a long
arm of the lagoon ran TO the foot OF
the cliff. The cliff had been trcmcn-
dously shaken apparently and she no.
tlced Just above the water line q mar.
row opening She had thought from
noises during storms that there was
= hidden cave In the elm with an open
ing under water She had imagined
that possibly she could entcr il by
diving, but she had never cared to
make the attempt, although by this
tlmc she had become as much at home
IN the water or under it rs if she had
been a native Of the South Seas. Some.
times IN the morning they swan in
the lagoon together. oftentimes she
swan alone, 1T was a great pleasure
10 her and necessity as we'll in that
low latitude.
Curiosity induced her TO inspect
more closely this opening near the
water S edge Again throwing aside
her garment, she plunged into the arm
OF the sea and swan boldly toward
the cliff There was Just room enough
between the water S level and the top
of The opening for her head. She
found herself in n straight passaeeway
perhaps eight or ten feet long and as
many wide, Cautiously she SWAN
through 1T and discovered herself i'm
an immense cave. Light filtered through
the opening and one or two assures had
been opened here md there by the
or by some convulsion of
nature before. through the rocky wall,
invisible on the face of the cliff from
the outside, but quito distinct within.
There was even stretch of sandy
beach on one side. She swan to il.
'lhhiptlNt hppu IL anu S6I uOWu TO
rest.
Here was an excellent haven OF ref.
ugc, instinctivelv occurred to her. al
though refuge from what she scarce.
~ knew Except at the very lowest
Of the cbb the entrance would be GOV.
cred. and even then it would take
curious and familiar eye to discover
Ihe entrance or TO imagine it ANYTHING
more than a deep rift in the face Of
the sea wall At any othcr hour the
entrance would be invisible. and even
1T low tide if the wind blew from the
sea, which it generally did, the break
ng waves would cover the entrance
OF to one side, quite ac-
,essiblc from the sand strip. which rose
high to afford full shelter
,bove the high water mark. little |
stream plunged down the cliff. She !
asted the water and found it fresh |
md sweet. All that one would lack |
would bc food and the hiding place !
'ould be occupied indefinitely
She stayed i'll the cave some little /
inc, and when she finally decided 10
eturn to the outer world she discov-
red that the tide had turned and that