, 1910-01-13

rived at her door, how much time it
took him to clear it way, he had no
idea. He had no thought but that he
must open a passage and get to her
dead or alive.
1t a not wise for him to expend
breath in cries, but until he had some
reply he could not keep silent. After
that. when her answer came to him,
he worked more quietly save for those
periods when he felt hat he must
rear her voice to enable him to go on.
Such was the furious energy of his
toll that by and by the great mass of
rock was cleared away save one huge
boulder which fairly blocked the en-
trance. 1t was light outside now. A
gray dawn and full of storm. Through
the wider interstices she could see him
plainly. She knew now that her res
cue a only a matter of time. A
branch of a tree for a lever and his
strength would roll the rock away.
She started to tell him but he caught
a glimpse of her white face pressed
against a crevice and the sight in.
spired him With a great burst of
strength, the like of which possibly
had never been compassed by mortal
man since Samson pulled apart the
pillars of the temple, he rolled the
great rock aside and stood in the en-
trance, gasping, painting, with out
stretched arms.
But a step divided them. That step
she took. With a sob of relief she
fell upon his breast, naturally, newt.
ably, His splendid arms swept her
close to him Her own hands met about
his neck. With u%pturned face she
looked upon him in all the abandon.
hIeni OF perfect passionate surrender.
He bent his head and kissed her, the
nrst time in all his years that his lips
mad been pressed upon another mouth.
he chung to he's there in that kiss as
II to make up in one moment for all
the neglected possibilities of the past,
as If never in all the bringings forth
of the future should such another OPP
p~ortunity be afforded him. He. felt
for the first time in his life the beat
OF another human heart against his
own, the rise and fall of another hui
man breast, the throbbing of another
human soul. Tighter and tighter
his arms strained her to him. She
gave herself up in that mad, delirious,
momen to the full flow of long
checked passion, and kiss for kiss,
pressure for pressure, and heart beat
for heart beat, she made repsone.
1t was too much. 1t was the man
who broke away There was nothing,
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each him. 1t was all surprise. He
thrust her from him slowly. Hell hands
fingered about his neck, but his back
ward pressure would not be denied.
He held her at arms length, her hands
outstretched to him. her bosom pant
Ing, her eyes shining. her cheeks
afiame in the gray dawn. Yielding,
giving up to him absolutely, yet some
thing, the magnificent metal OF the
man, the restraints through which he
had gone, the long battles with his
W passion, rose to his soul and gave
hin mastery once more.
Woman! woman" he whispered
no mere local name would represent
her now. She was humanity to him
woman" he whispered, my God!
my God!"
He turned away, sank down on enc
of the great boulders that he had
thrown aside and buried his face in
his hands, his body shaking with emo.
tons he could scarce define but well
understood. The woman threw herself
down oil her knees before him and
him once more in her arms.
Man" she said, II love youl"
She drew his hands away from his
face; she laid her own lace in his
bleeding palm and kissed It.
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