Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-09

little, for they had been unusually
speedy and eager, on the top of the
hill.
"There!" cried the man, pointing to
seaward.
His eyesight was better than hers,
but hers was still sufficiently keen, as
she followed his outstretched arm and
extended finger, to see upon the far
horizon a dark object which was III
doubtedly a ship. A hazy column of
smoke elongated behind 1t, and told
her 1t was a steamer.
you were right" she said at last,
a little sob in her voice. ut is a ship.
1t means rescue. The world is coming
to our shores"
my world is here" he returned,
laying his hand upon her shoulder,
and for answer she drew closer to
him, glad to feel his clasp about her
waist.
She had time to think how singular
ly like the language of convention
was the language of nature. 1t was
what any other nan who loved would
have said, and in the same way.
''That ship is passing by" he went
on. When I saw it as l woke this
morning, it was there. 1t goes rap
idly"
eyes," she said, ut passes by"
81 care not" he interrupted. II don't
want anything else or anybody else.
Now that / have you, I I'M content
here"
But we shall summon it and bring
it back" she went on, resolutely.
"How?" he asked %curiously.
"By lighting the beacon yonder."
81 had forgot that"
"But | did not. Go back to the cave
and bring the flint and steel. You will
find them in the silver box on the
shelf by the Bible, and make haste"
Il will SO the quicker" he said,
turning to her, that l may be the
sooner back with you"
He turned and bounded away like
a young deer. She watched him
through the trees, and then sat down
upon the summit of the hill and stared
toward the ship. She was glad, of
course, that they were to be rescued
but as in the joy Of their love there
was sorrow, SO in her ~gladness there
was apprehension. That test of which
she had dreamed the night before
was now to be complete. She would
postpone the telling of her story un'
til he could hear in comment upon il
the voice of the world,
They had lived in Eden, Eden with
out a serpent. They had plucked the
tree of knowledge at will and ne
consequences evil had ensued, vel
nevertheless, they must go out into
the world now, the world with its
pains, its tolls and frets, the worlt
with its mockeries and scorns, ant
take up the appointed life of men. HI
loved her nowhere could not bt
any doubt about that-but what would
he do when he knew and when HI
knew that the world knew as vel
what she had thought, what she ha'
been, and what she had done. Alas
when that ships boat touched tn
shores Of their island, the angel O
} the flaming sword would always guar'
t their entrance and prevent their re
turning to it.
She was a brave woman. She coult
face the inevitable with courage, witt
! a philosophy which now at last wa
Christian. She had had three peace
/, full years and a day Of such happines
as falls to the lot of few of the chi
dren of sorrow. Perhaps that wa
t all that she was destined to look bacl
: upon of joy. Perhaps the future he'll
t for her only expiration. Perhaps sh
ought not to rebel against that poss:
bility. She ought to be glad Of sue,
an opportunity, indeed. But she wa
r a woman, and by and by she hid he
! face in her hands and wept.
In all their intercourse he had neve
seen her weep. Tears were entirel
foreign to his experience. He knev
l what sorrow was, what sadness was
what sympathy was, for his heart ha
Y been torn when she had read to hir
f the story of the Man Of Sorrows an
Y his sufferings. A child of nature, tn
S pathetic in the Old Covenant and tn
t New had appealed to him Profound!
g but his were not easy tears. He ha
9 never shed any. He had eve see
any. He was appalled,, Therefore
d when approaching noiselessly he lai
his hand upon her shoulder and sa'
a and heard the evidence Of her grie