The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08

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 Why did you come7"
 T don't know. I was not satisfied IL seemed to me that I must come back and search again. I could no, believe 1t possible that you were dead really dead. Something in my baart at any rate, brought me back onoa more to see the place where you had lived If no more than that. We made the island early in the morning. Tho yacht lies wonder. l came ashore . moment since and some kind Prov,. dence led me first of all to thia sro, entered the cave. I saw you ,ving there In the cool darkness. I thought you dead at first Then cried to won and you moved And then toucbad your hand. o Kate. thank God I have found you!"
 Where is hei" said the womap Why didn't he come back?"
 It was cruel thing to say. but she could no moro have helped if than she could have helped her breathing Not to have said it would have killed her, for if Langford's love could turn him back, what should be said then of Charnocks Langford was pale and haggard. He, too, had suffered. He was paying for his sins. He was ey. plating them and feeling 1t, although the expiation was not helping her.
 What of him?" she asked insist entiy.
 What matters about him?" he said bitterly. He had his chance. He failed to grasp it. He's gone.".
 The man did not tell her that Char. mock had been carried away a senae- less log. bereft of power to think or speak, or move, or feel by the shock of her departure
 Once. said the woman, you had your chance in the cabin of that very yacht out wonder and you failed to grasp 1t and we separated"
 Yes said the man. q know that. l realize that now, and came back. have come back to take my chance again"
 And so he may come back" said the woman. You sank lower than he"
 And rose higher the other day upon the sand"
 You did. but not high enough. Ibe. lieve In him. He will realize 1t. toe" she went on. all the confidence of her hopes springing into life again and giving force and power to her voice and bearing
 And you condemn me for that one mistake?" said the man.
 No" returned the woman, neither will l condemn him fer that one mis take"
 But he's gone, tell you"
 And he will come back. know"
 He thinks you dead.'
 50 did you"
 But came back, not he.'
 You were your own master" said the woman swiftly. You could go where you pleased. He was subject to the decision of others. trust him still"
 And you don't trust mel"
 T trust you enough, but don't love you"
 70 Kate. think. There must be something in what I feel for you to move you. I did not know what 1t was. l did not realize 1t. came back in the first place as much be- cause l had been a blackguard and a coward and wanted to set myself right in your eyes as because cared for you. but every hour of search made me know my own heart. and since have seen you. since see you now. there is nothing I would not do for you. There isn't any expiation or amendment or anything now, but be- cause l am man. and love you, want you I want to make you happy. And I am the one man in the world that ought to want you and want to make you happy It is for that have come back to you"
 "How terrible are the arrangements of blind fate" said the woman. q must believe what you say. You awaken my pity, my tenderness. my consideration, but these are all He is not by to hear and therefore will say for you deserve the truth, that just as yoa say you love me, nay. then, just as you do and more a thousand times. love that man. It would be crime sin, bodily proclamation, mental and spiritual degradation to which the other"--he knew to what she alluded as she paused-"were nothing. if I should come to you with my whole heart and soul given to the man." she threw her hand out in great sweep Ing gesture. wonder out at sea"
 But he doesn't love you"
 70 yes, he does. Not as I would be loved, admit, not as, please God, l shall be loved by him. He doesn't know; he doesn't understand. Wis dom will come to him and he will come back"
 '1t might be so,' said the man. T camo back. But he believes you dead"
 And didn't you when you searched for me during those three years?'
 No" answered Langford, T had confident hope that somewhere you were alive"
 And will he not have that hope tool"
 T cannot believe it.
 There was a long, frightful pause The woman sighed deeply
 "It may be as you say. It may be