The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-30
CHAPTER XVIII.
Divided.

DlVlQGQ.
The best thing on earth for maj
in the islander s position would have
been isolation and chance to think j
over. The worst thing on earth for {
woman in tho islanders position wa!
isolation and a chance to think 1t over
If the man had been enabled by lacN
Of outside interests TO give free relr
todhis thoughts and let them draw him
whittier they would, he might nave ar
rived Mt a different viewpoint, whence
he could have enjoyed sight OF the
aff3ir in all it's bearings and could have
adjusted himself TO them, but the op
portunity no needed he did not get. He
was Immediately plunged In an atmos,
phere Of such strangeness to MN; hiied
with snch compelling necessity TOT az
tention that, although he loatned the
necessity thus imposed upon hlm' ne
was constrained to take part IN the IRE
that flowed around him. His instinct
and he was almost a woman IN MS
instructive capacity-was to be alone:
but il was impossible. and in spite OF
himself, what he saw distracted hlin'
The people that he met did more .
Whitaker hustled him below OF
course. as soon as possible ana to9A r
him into his own cabin. Fortunately
they were men Of much the same
height and build, although the islander
was the more graceful, symmetrlc ana
stroug and he succeeded in getting
him into n civilian suit of clothing Tor
which he had no present use lhere
was both loss and gain IN his appear
apcc There was no gam IN the lslaha'
or,s feelings, at least, he thought not:
in view of the irksome restraint oil
clothing, and vet there was a certain
satisfaction to his soul in being no
longer singled out from among MS rel
lows by the strangeness Of his apparel.
AS clothes the garments became. nm:
and it all depended upon yonr polnt pa
view as to whether you preferred the
handsome barbarian with hint OF
'.;,,;l;zat;on in his carriage. or the CIV.
ilized gentleman with suggestion OF
the barbaric in his bearing. Whitaker
reasoned rightly that the sooner ne
became accustomed to these things the
better. and that the time to begin was
Immediately.
He had had a hasty word or two WIN
the captain before he took him eelom'
Ia wbeu he was dressed-and 1t re-
n,,ired assistance from the lieutenant
commander ere the unfamiliar hab'h-
menfs were properly adjusted-tnc TWO
possed from the ward room TO the canln
of the captain in the after part oi INC
ship.
The few sentences IN V
ker had made his first bro
his superior had IN meas3.y AZ
lhe captain for the more lcng'hE %
conrse that followed. and. feehng that
the situation was one which required
morc than the simple authority or the
nnster of a shin, he had summoned 10
conference the surgeon and the Ghnp-
lain. II was to these three men, thc,e
fore. that Whitaker and the lslahucr
presented themselves
The chaplain. like Whitaker was
Viroinian, He had not noted the
islanders face when he came aboard
in his semi mi.savage garb, but as hls eye
dwelt upon him standing clothed ana
in his right mind before him he gave
START Of surprise, and so soon as the
formal salutations had been ex'
with word TO the captain
for nermission he asked Whitaker
question.
.I beq vour pardon. Mr.. Whitaker,
but What il tbe gentleman S name''
The word gentleman was used natur
allv and uuconsciously, with an alb
solute sense of IFS fitness, as everyone
in the cabin could perceive.
s'It is not rightly known, SAID
''hut he is believed to be
a Virgiuian of the"
"T knew it, said the chaplain, inn
pulsivelv; ''he is one of the Charnocks
Of Nansewond county,
our ItcDpHllioH' tuhPi"tH
he ieutenaut-commander eagerly,
will be of great value in determining
his strangers name and station. The
evidence OF il is crcumstantial. ] do
not know how it will be regarded IN a
court of law
''I have always understood that the
r'harnock estate was a vast one. said
apt. Ashbv, ''and since coal has been
mined on the Virginia lauds it has be-
,omc very valuable
SIT is true answered the chaplain.
"Who holds it now?' asked the sur
econ.
''It Is held by an old man, my friend
If many years standing. the brother of
John RevelI Charnock.'
Il believe that to be my name"
,aid the islander.
81 have little doubt of it, replied
he chaplain. continuing: "The first
He and his wife and young child some
birty years ago set forth on
'oyage around the world for her health. ,
The ship. in which / believe he had
ome ownership. was, called the Nanse
rond. It's course was traced as far
IS Valparaiso. thence it sailed for the
and was never heard Of .
gain, I know the story said the
hapIain. turning toward the captain
because ,'oHH h"Ntll tHdT UOck WIS
nc Of my best friends, as his brother,
Philip Norton Charnock, who now
olds the estate. -
''Is the present Charnock marrieda'' {
No returned The chaplain, ''hc is
n old bachelor Z"
THAT will make it easier for our
ricnd here. said Mr.. Whitaker.
provided the evidence is thought con.
-incng.
"The best evidence that he could !
resent returned the chaplain "is !, ,
n his face. lie is the living image OF !
rs father as ] knew him, and he has
ainlly characteristics which 7 think
5ould enable almost anyone TO identify =
i'm without question: :
Sir snid the islander, addressing {.
he chaplain, "did you know my q
lothcr7' :
That did, returned the old man, !.
Her name was Mary Page Thornton. q
nd sbc was one of the sweetest girls =
n Virginia
: And viii you tell me about her, and q
bont my father and MY peoplei'j =
with the greatest pleasure, - said y
he chaplain, kindly, Meanwhile .