The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-30
CHAPTER X.
Hearts Awakened.

produced in her such strange emo lions as she experienced then. Flo, he earth itself was trembling, quiy ering, rocking. The cave wall above her. seen dimly by the Altering light of very early dawn which came through the opening, partook of the mad, fantastic motion. In another sec ond she realized that 1t was an earth | luake. The air seemed filled with s peculiar ringing sound of storm. Her bed, of course, was the soft sand over which grass had been 'trewn- She lay, therefore, on the floor and could not be thrown down but she was rolled from side to side
 m way which paralyzed her senses Never in all her experience had she known such sick feeling of terror When the foundations of things are shaken, when not merely the great 5eep but the solid earth is broken up humanity stands as if in the presence of the power of God. She lay resist.
 ess. staring, praying. wondering whether the shaking rock over her head would fall and crush her. In moment the instinct of life luickened her to action. She rose ia her knees, staggered to her feet and tried to make her way to the en- trance. Walking was terrible. The earth seemed to have shaken for hours. and yet the duration of the shock was really less than a minute, It's violence was terrific. Just before she reached the opening, 1t stopped with one tremendous shock as sudden ly as 1t had begun. The next second, with roar that sounded like thou sand pieces of artillery. the gray ha- zy light in front of her was plotted out by falling mass of rock which Just escaped her. The face of the cliff had given away. In deeper, intenser terror than before she threw herself against the barrier It was as hard and as unyielding as the other walls. No light came to her even. She was imprisoned alive in this rocky sepul- cher. She sank down on her knees and buried her face in her hands. She murmured words of prayer.
 Her mind flew to the other side of he island. to the man. Was he, too, entombed7 Was this the end of her labors? Outside she could hear the wind roar and the waves laundering with awful violence on the shore. Be- fore the earthquake had come the storm. There was still some connec- ton between the cave and the outer air. 1t seemed. for she was now con. scious of lightning flashes. After the storm. came the fire. Her mind went back to what she had read from the Bible few days before of Eliiah's despair Therefore in like case she listened with all her heart for the still voice of comfort to her awestruck aoul- It did not seem to come. She was doomed, she would never see him again. if indeed he were yet alive. She knew her feeling for him now. She slipped forward and fell fainting on the sandy floor of the cave. And stiil the voice was there. Presently 1t came to her. as the voice of God usually comes to humanity. through the lips of man.
 After a space. how long after she could not tell. she was conscious of human cry through the wild clamor of the storm. A voice that she knew and loved was calling her by name. Was 1t some wraithlike fancy of tho storm7 She rose to her knees, sick and faint. and listened. No, it was a human voice. his voice. her name. The cry was fraught with frantic ap- peal It thrilled and vibrated with passion. It told her in that awful mo ment story which she had not read. It revealed to her imaginations of which she had not dreamed. She was fascinated with what she heard She forgot for the moment to answer All the woman in her, the eternal femi- nine in her. listened Her bosom rose and fell. her heart throbbed. her pulses bent. Alone with that wild, passionate, appealing, frantic cry, she forgot the earthouake. she forgot the prison. she forgot the storm. she for got the world She only realized that there out in the dawn. man. the man of all the world, who loved her was calling her name. The old call or manhood to womanhood. of mate to mate.
 She rose instantly to her feet. This time it was the beating of her heart that pitched and tossed her body. She leaned against the rock wall and then she called his name.
 Man." she cried. "are you safer
 Yes" was the answer. And your"
 Entirely so. save for this prison. Thank Godl" came faintly to her from beyond the wall. Thank God, hear your voice. shall have you out. never fear"
 She pressed her ear close to the heap of huge loose stones which hiied the opening. She could hear him working outside.
 Don't be afraid" he said at last. q fear nothing" she answered. "if you are there"
 In one instant the situations of life | had been reversed He was the mas ter now and she hung upon his words and actions even as he had done in days gone by. She had no knowledge of what task was before him, but she could hear the progress that he was making. II was evident that he was working iuri
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