The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-09-30
CHAPTER XXI.
The Resurrection.

The Resurrection.
-yTne little island lay quiet and stu
q Under the rising sun. No football
pressed its bosky glades, beneath the
shadows of its spreading palms. no hui
man being sought shelter from the
suns fierce rays, no words were
echoed back from its jutting crags, no
q igures flashed across its shining
sands. Soundless It lay save for til
cry of the bird and the rustic Of the
gentle wind across its hills. For we'll
nigh 30 wears II had not been so
abandoned Two days past 1t had re-
sounded with the cries of men scaling
Its heights, crashing through its cop
pices, calling a name, beseeching an
answer. Two days before great ships
had drifted idly under its lee. II had
been the center and focus Of great
d. events. Now 1t lay desolate, alone.
gon that morning the tide which had
q. drawn away from 1t through the long
night hao turned and was coming
back The force OF the water spent
3 itself upon the barrier. Within the
E AM}2ODh ~ ny BidNAut iAsAhk kthNig AANh
by jneh in mighty overflow. A watcher,
q had there been one, would have seen
ats,sanrise the still water of the la
4. COON broken by a ripple, a keen eye
q might have noticed at the base of the
e. clift-wheTe it ran sheer down into the
Z blue. a dark object moving beneath the
surface. The eye could scarcely have
g. become aware of its presence before
the waters parted. A little splash and
head rose dark crowned, white faced.
There was a sidewise wave and shake
yot the head and a pair of eyes opened.
THE blue OF the water was lightened
by flashes of white arms. AS the
Ibody rose higher under the impetus Of
ss.strokes, vigorous yet graceful. II
. could be seen that it was that Of a
y woman.
with ease and grace the figure
swan alSns the base of the cliff until
1T was joined by jutting spit of sand
which Widened and widened into a
: great strip of beach that ran around
. the island Upon this sand presently
the Swallowing OF the water gave the
swimmer q foothold. Progress ceased.
with eyes haggard. yet keenly alert.
q the sea, the shore, the beach. the
cliffs. the trees were eagerly searched.
The long glances revealed nothing.
Then the head was turned and the ear
listened Tor sounds and heard nothing.
The look OF apprehension faded into
s~one of dull relief,
y Walking now. the woman In the
water made her way toward the sand.
SVsry white she cleaned in the full
8 warm tight streaming from the risen
sun against the background OF the
d. DARK black rock. The water dripping
from her exquisitely graceful limbs.
she hooked a very nymph OF the sea as
she stepped out at last above the high
tide line and stood poised as II for
s night upon the hard and solid shore.
Again she threw about her that quick.
: sRprehensiye look. Again she paused
to listen. Reassured In that she heard
and saw nothing but the birds song.
the winds sigh. the waves splash. she
I ran swiftly toward a blacker opening
in the dark rock She cleaned whittier
stiB an the entrance for a moment
and then disappeared. She came forth
pnssenily still unclothed. a look of
. disappointment on her face.
She had many things to do. much
Ito occupy her mind, but the first duty
shat lay TO her hand and the first in
stinoi which she followed was that
: her nBkedness should be covered.
Stin warily wstchful. still keenly
alert. stln fearful apparently OF inter
eruption or observation she ran across
4,the beach. her movement as free. as
graceful. as rapid as she had been
Atalanta herself, and disappeared I'M
der the trees. The whirr Of birds dis
rturbed might have marked her pass
age
After some time sne appeared on
xthe top of the high bare hill that
crowned the island She had impro-
-sised for herself covering out Of
three or four great fern leaves. soft
and pliable. which she fastened with
cpalm fbers from shoulder 10 knee on
aeither side. her bare shoulders rising
from the rich greenness like white
oorOlsa from it's verdant calyx. She
DNent more assuredly. now. party be-
cause OF the fact that she was clothed
and partly because her first rapid sur
-Sey of the horizon revealed the fact
chat the SHIPS we're gone. She was
clad $3.50 ~s's'~ ~'ss So and vet when
row GOOD NEWS SPREADS