Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-15

persd. 80 Domingo has made good
MS handing BE brave. The sea =
quite calm. This man has been e. the
island and back IL less than = quarter
" al h0u-
The ca---a-an swung round and
grated Oh the sEiEgle Marcel was il
1 hurry.
Are you ready asked De sylvia.
bending toward Iris.
Yes" she said.
Then ygU had better kneel behind
Marcel ana steady Yourself bv placing
ycur hands uu his shoulders. Yes
that is il. Do uyl change your posi-
tiou until you ara ashore. Now. you
Mr.. Huzis-"
Marce- muruu-et something
"Ah. good cried ue sylvia softly.
''pOmlRZO. TOO. has secured s cats-
naran. Il, Is bringing i, at once in
order u save time
4 second spectral figure emerged
from the gloon Without waiting fUr
further Instructions Mar = swung MS
paddle. and the one craft passed the
other il the center % the pool Iris
felt HOzier's hands On her waist. De
obeyed orders and uttered no sound,
bur the acton told her thar she might
trust him lIa>..s.Ily. When the mar
row cleft was trsry4ssed and she saw
The open sea on her yTLt there was
ample need for some s.Sa assurance
of guardianship.
Viewed from the cliff tie s-rsn that
broke on The half submerged reef was
Of slight volume but il presented q
very different and most discUuce-iiug
aspect when seen in profile. Il seemed
10 be an almost impossible feat for any
man 10 prOpeI three narrow plauks.
Top heavy with human freight. across
q wide channel throUSs which such a
sea was running Indeed HOZier him
self sailor is he was, tsi- more than
doubtful as 10 the fate OF thai- argcsy
But Marcel padded ahead with uufia2-
Ging energy once he was clear OF the
tUrtuOus passage. and. before the cata-
maran had travelled many yards. even
Iris was able IL understand that the
outlying ridge Of rocks both protected
their present track and created much
Of the apparent turmoil
At last the raft. for it was little else.
bore Sharply out between two huge
powders that might well have fallen
from the mighty pile Of Grand-pele II
self. Pointed and angular they Were
and set ike 4 gateway 10 an abode Of
giants. Beyond there was a simmer
" swift moving water. with q silver
mist on the surface. though from
height Of . few feet il would have been
easy to distinguish the bold contours
OF Fernando Norouha itself.
Marcel held up a warning hand even
while he brought the catamarau
ashore on the shluGle 50 gently tuar
not a pebble was disturbed. He rose.
q gaunt scarecrow. stepped of and
drew the shallow craft somewhat far
ther up the s.oping beach Then lie
helped Iris tU her fee- and indicated
that she was to come with him Al
once she shraUk away in terror.
Though il some sense prepared for
this parting. she felt II now as the
crue.est blow that fortune had dealt
her during q day crowded with mis-
fortune. In all likelihood those TWO
would never Meet again. She needed
no telling as 10 the risk he would soon
H. called Oh TO face. and her anguish
was made the more bitter by the neceS-
siry that they should 20 from each
word
Nevertheless she forced herself TO
extend a hand in farewell Her eyes
were blinded with tears. She knew
that HOzier drew her nearer With
the daring Of one who may well cast
the worlds convention To the winds he
gathered her TO his heart and kissed
her. Then she uttered a little sob OF
happiness and soyrow and tainted
IL was not until she was lying help
less in his embrace with her head
pIllowed on his breast and an arm
thrown Imply across his shoulder
that Philip understood what had hap
pened. he loved her. and she, the
promised wife of another man, had
tacitly admitted that she returned his
love. Stumbling through the gloom be
carried her until the Brazilian left him
and went on alone toward wretched
hut.
A dog barked. Marcel whistled soft
Is. and the animal began to whimper
The Brazilian vanished. Hozier still
held Iris in his arms His heart was
beating unanimously. His throat ached
with the labor Of his lungs. His
straining ears caught rustlings among
the grass and roots. but otherwise a
solemn peace brooded over the scene.
Then Marcel came and aroused him
from the stupcr chat had settled on
him. and together they entered the
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