The Comrade., 1910-08-19

AAo pu1CAdSe, although ne pulled unit
the sweat stood out on his forehea
from the violence of his efforts, the,
were of no avail She had not dare,
10 interfere or to say word, bu
when she saw his efforts slacken, sh
pointed to the sands to indicate to hin
that he was to sit down, and then sh,
went away conscious that while tn,
rope held she was free. She was con
sclous OF another thing, too, and tina
was that he was learning a sad an(
Dltter lesson Of physical restraint t.
which he had never before been sub
ject
She had rejoiced in his companion
snip, OF course. 1t had given her some
thlng to do, her mind something tt
work upon, and would do more in the
future, but she never enjoyed mo
ment's freedom more. She ran to the
little amphitheater formed by the
cll1ts where the cave was and throw.
ing aside her blouse and skirt, she lux.
uriated in bath in the fresh, cool
delightful waters of the pool at the
base of the fall. There was certain
amount of apprehension, for, of course,
ne might break his tether at any time,
but she was sufficiently confident not
TO let this take away the pleasure she
felt IN the bath of fresh water after
the long experience with the salt seas.
II she had had a cake of soap she
would have been completely happy
She had much to do and she could
not llnger. For one thing, she had to
face the problems of clothes. She had
| absolutely nothing when she landed
except what she wore. Besides the
| usual underwear these consisted of
her blue serge blouse and skirt-a
snort skirt at that-and a silk petit
coat She left the blouse and skirt
outside on the rocks where they would
soon dry in the sun. They had been
wetted SO often that there was no pos
slbllity of their shrinking further.
Then she took stock Of the rest. With
needles and thread, of which she
possessed some store in the housewife
which had been saved from her bag,
she thought she could make shift to
manufacture three or four garments,
open at the neck, without sleeves and
with skirts that came to the knee,
garments just sufficient for modesty.
There was no other need for clothes,
so far as that went, in that balmy
island.
Naturally she shrank from this, but
unless she restorted to this expedient
her clothes would wear out all at
once. Indeed, they were in none too
good a condition as it was, and when
they were worn out she would have
nothing. She would not have hesi-
tated a moment had it not been for
the man, but man or not, the decision
in her mind was one to which she
must come.
Unlike most overeducated women,
she was still expert with her needle,
and as her garments were to be of
the simplest she had not much diff
Guilty in making over her silk skirt in
the way she fancied. Belted in at the
waist, it would do. She would use the
rope that bound the man for that pur-
pose. keeping it always about her. She
had, Of course, but one pair Of stock.
ings and one pair Of light canvas boat.
ing shoes, which were almost cut to
pieces, She would have to go bare
foot
Putting her blue serge dress and the
rest OF her clothing carefully away,
moulding her shoes and stockings. she
stepped out on the sands, bare armed,
bare footed, cleaning figure like to
an Olympian goddess. She was q
woman naturally dark in complexion,
and while the sun would probably burn
her cruelty and burn her young flesh,
never exposed to its intensity, darker,
she would not grow red or blister. She
vas thankful for that with unconscious
'emininity. At any rate, she must get
lsed to going out in the sun without
| hat, too. People, natives who were
,orn and lived in this latitude, did :.
become accustomed to such things
he knew. so undoubtedly could she.
With these thoughts, she stepped
!round the headland and walked
cross the beach toward the palm tree
where she could see In the fading light n
4 the afternoon her prisoner was still
led.
Modesty is a negative term. That
7hich is indecent exposure In a BALI
DOM is the height of convention on a
ca shore. Certainly this man had no b
oncept Of such a quality. He had U
OF noticed before when she had come .
ut barefoot to swim to the barrier
eef, and yet somehow she fancied as 2
9 stared at her approaching that this s.
me he marked the difference And a e
ow, fiery blush famed over her from e
er bare feet to her bare head. ex- S
ended along her bare arms. She 7
.opped under the persuasion Of i'm s,
llse to turn and go back to the cave a
ld resume her clothing, at least 80
ng as it might last. But she was Il
oman of strong will. She reasoned 81
at all the emotions to which she was
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