Mexico Missouri message., 1910-07-07
CHAPTER II-cOntInued.

oone early In the morning ana the
man was still watching by her side.
she had been so utterly wearied by
her strange adventure, by her long
wrestling with thirst and starvation
In the open boat that before she knew
II WEAKNESS overcame her. He 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
LITTLE way and then looked back at
her. and repeated the process once or
twice as a dog might have done who
was DESTROYS Of bringing his master 70
some appointed place Understanding
sac rose and followed him. He led her
along the sands now Swallowed by the
tall palms until they came to the rivu-
Pet, whore she stopped and drank once
more. They passed It, he plunging
bodily through fits 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.
at least 1t seemed 80 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, It was quite dark 1t was dry
and clean and apparently empty. The
man stood looking at her smiling, at
least there was a suggestion Of a
smile upon his lips. He was nodding
his head. She understood that he
lived there. The dog had come back
20 his kennel and had taken this &C
Nuaintance 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 in 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 a 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 long afternoon.
She would endeavor to keep awake
during the night. She must turn the
dog out of his kennel and occupy that
herself. How was she to enforce her
will under the circumstances? She
could only try.
Man." she said, pointing to the
door, "go!"
The words conveyed nothing, but
the gesture meant much. Even to the
man association with his kind for one
day had effected revolution in him.
He hung undecided. however, before
her, while she repeated again and
again her injunction. Finally she took
him by the shoulder. risking the pc
culiar emotions that contact seemed
20 bring to him, and thurst him gently
through the entrance outside. Then
she went back into the cave farther
and waited with beating heart. She
could see him silhouetted against the
twilight standing where she had left
him. He came toward the door al
last and stood In the entrance.
mo, mol" she cried fiercely, praying
that the note of terror might be lost
In the imperative tones Of her voice
''Man, go!"
She stood waiting and he likewise
mastering her courage at last, she
went over to him and thrust him out
Again and again the little drama was
played until by and by II became I'm
pressed upon the mind OF the mar
that he was to stay out and she wal
70 stay in. He came no more to the
entrance. He stood outside, aloof
looking in, although in the growing
darkness he could not see her.
It was the second thing he haC
learned. The hrst ray of light in hi
Aawning consciousness had illumin
ated the ego the personal, the con
crete He was learning now the sic
nifcance OF a verb and an abstrac
idea was being bred in him and som
concept Of constraint was entering hi
being The first OF those long check
that circumstances impose upon fires
dom In order that civilization may BE-
gin to be was then meeting him fac
70 face. He had slept in the cave, sh
Imagined. for years, and suddenly b
was thrust out There gas no hare
ahip In that except the hardship 1