The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-10-27

in the curriculum through which she
meant her savage pupil should pass.
Then there was her watch which
she guarded as the apple of her eye.
1t was an American watch of the very
best make, and although it had gone
with her through the waters such was
the workmanship of the case that it
had taken no harm. 1t was ticking
away bravely, marking time. She
thought that for her time had stopped,
and yet she was glad, indeed, for the
almost human sound it made when she
laid it lovingly against her cheek.
There were the hairpins, also, for
which she was most grateful. They
enabled her to keep her hair in order.
black as the midnight sky. With the
aid of the mirror and of the comb,
which also was a priceless treasure,
she arranged it carefully according to
the mode which best became her.
Sometimes when she had finished her
toilet, she shot glance at the watch
full man, a human, natural instructive
6AahNC, buN DIG was dplt W utlttl HO
change in his mental attitude, which
was that of such complete and entire
alteration, mingled with timidity and
hesitation, that no transient change
apparently was able to modify it. He
looked upon her as he might have
looked upon god, she thought, had he
known what god was and had there
hnnn tn Of
There was also the pair of scissors,
together with the little housewife with
needles and thread. Mirror, hairpins,
scissors. sewing materials, comb
woman's gear and the Bible, a
woman's book, she reflected with Ger.
tain bitterness, unconscious of the
truth of her thought-a book for chill
dren, old women, and women-led men,
Well, that philosophy upon which she
| prided herself must come to her as
sistance now and she could not afford
to disdaln the volume which was al
that the world of many books offered
to her for her purpose, because she
did not believe in it. The truth was
in her and she could tell him what II
was despite the assertion of the
printed pages.
In the leather bag there was abso
lutely nothing except broken glass
and scratched bottle tops of silver anC
the bag itself was ruined. She sepa
rated the pieces of metal and tn,
metal fittings of the bag, which wer,
also of silver, and filling the rottini
leather with sand she presently SAM
it in the lagoon.
Last of all she examined what sh
had brought from the other shore o
the island the night before, The 81
yer was furnished, but by rubbing it il
the sand she soon frightened it.
/ was heavily engraved and she ha
no difficulty in making out the words
John Revell Charnock-His Dog
| After that was a date July ..
| 1875" John Revell Charnock the
would be 81 years old, assuming tina
this was he and that the dog had bee
/ given him when he was born. 1t wa
more probable, however that he wa
, from three to five years old befor
, he became the owner Of a dog, whic
{ would make him about 20.
The man before her looked youngc
to her scrutiny than that, Care an
trouble had passed him by. Wit
, nothing to vex him he might hay
3 been any age, He would probab
look Just as he was for 20 years {
more. Still fancifully adjusting e
ternal relations to internal relation
which, after all, she realized was II
secret of lie according to her fayori