The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-13
CHAPTER ii-ContInued.

Inc next tnlnH BHe feHemDeTeu, sue
was enclosing her eyes as she had
done early in the morning and the
man was still watching by her side.
She had been 80 utterly wearled by
her strange adventure, by her long
wrestling with thirst and starvation
An the open boat that before she knew
It WEAKNESS overcame her. lie had
watched by her side without molesting
her. 1t was late In the evening now.
The problem of the night had to be
faced This time the man took the
initiative. He walked along the shore
n little way and then looked back at
her. and repeated the process once or
twice as dog might have done who
was DESTROYS of bringing his master to
some appointed place. Understanding
she rose and followed him. He led her
along the sands now Swallowed by the
tall palms until they came to the rivu-
let, where she stopped and drank once
more. They passed 1t. he plunging
bodily through It's shadows: she leap
Ing from rock to rock until she reach
ed the other bank He went swiftly
around the face OF the cliff. AS she
passed the point she saw that 1t
curved suddenly inward away from
the shores into a sort OF amphitheater
and fair In the center Of the face she
perceived an opening. He halted there
and entered fearlessly. she following.
The cave was roomy and spacious,
mt least IL seemed SO In the fading
light. In the morning when the sun
shone through the opening, 1t would
be flooded with daylight. but now
when the sun was sinking behind the
hill. II was quite dark. 1t was dry
and clean and apparently empty, The
man stood looking at her smiling. at
least there was suggestion OF
smile upon his lips. He was nodding
his head She understood that he
lived there The dog had come back
to his kennel and had taken this ac-
quantance there. too.
1t would be good place to pass the
night. The night had to be passed
somewhere. How. was the problem.
She had little fear OF any savage anil
mails on the island. There had been
no evidence of them observed in her
progress; the man himself was testi-
mony to immunity of attack from that
source. Had it not been for him, she
could have lain down I'm that cave
with quiet confidence and slept with
out apprehension of molestation. but
he complicated the issue.
Twice he had watched by her asleep,
but that was in the broad daylight.
When darkness came. what then? Her
heart was filled with terror. She was
suddenly afraid Of the dark. childish
fear at which her soul would have
Knocked in other days and under other
conditions. But now she was prey
to vivid apprehension and the night
was coming on with the swiftness OF
the tropics. She was glad that she
had slept through the hong afternoon
She would endeavor to keep awake
during the night. She must turn the
dog out of his kennel and occupy thai
herself. How was she to enforce heI
will under the circumstances? She
could only try.
Man." she said. pointing to the
door, 'go."
The words conveyed nothing. bu
the gesture meant much. Even to th'
man association with his kind for one
day had effected a revolution In him
He hung undecided however, befor,
her. while she repeated again ant
again her Injunction. Finally she tool
MIN by the shoulder. rsking the pc
culiar emotions that contact SCENE,
nd
Through the entrance outside. The
she went back into the cave farthe
and waited with beating heart, Sh
could see him silhouetted against tn
twilight standing where she had lei
him. He came toward the door a
last and stood in the entrance.
mo. MOI" she cried fiercely, prayn
that the note of terror might be los
In the imperative tones of her voice
MAN, CO."
She stood waiting and he likewis
mastering her courage at last, sh
went over to him and thrust him GU
Again and again the little drama wa
PLAYED until by and by it became in
pressed upon the mind of the ma
to stay in. He came no more to tn
entrance. He stood outside. aloo
looking in, although in the GROWN
darkness he could not see her,
Ii was the second thing he ha
learned The first ray of light in h
dawning consciousness had illumil
ated the ego. the personal. the CO..
crete. He was learning now the si
nificance of a verb and an aLstra,
idea was being bred in him and SON
concept of coustraint was entering h
being. The first of those long checl
that circumstances impose upon FIRE
dog ia order that civilization nay b
gin 20 De vas then meeting him fac
40 face. He had slept in that cave, 81
imagined for years, and suddenly
was thrust out. There was no har
chin in that. except the hardship