Mexico Missouri message., 1910-07-21

in the curriculum through which she
meant her savage pupil should pass.
Then there was her watch which
she guarded as the apple Of her eye.
It was an American watch Of the very
best make, and although 1t had gone
with her through the waters such was
the workmanship of the case that 1t
had taken no harm. 1t was ticking
away bravely, marking time. She
thought that for her time had stopped.
and yet she was glad, indeed, for the
almost human sound it made when she
laid 1t lovingly against her cheek.
There were the hairpins, also, for
which she was most grateful. They
enabled her to keep her hair in order.
She had a wealth of glorious hair,
black as the midnight sky. With the
aid Of the mirror and of the comb,
which also was a priceless treasure,
she arranged it carefully according to
the mode which best became her.
Sometimes when she had finished her
toilet, she shot glance at the watch
full man, human, natural instructive
glance, but she was able to detect no
change in his mental attitude, which
was that Of such complete and entire
alteration, mingled with timidity and
hesitation, that no transient change
apparently was able to modify it. He
looked upon her as he might have
looked upon a god, she thought, had he
known what god was and had there
been such thing to look at
There was also the pair of scissors,
together with the little housewife with
needles and thread. Mirror, hairpins,
scissors, sewing materials, comb
woman's gear and the Bible, a
woman's book, she reflected with GER
tain bitterness, unconscious of the
truth Of her thought-a book for chill.
dren, old women, and women-led men!
Well, that philosophy upon which she
prtded herself must come to her as.
sistance now and she could not afford
to disdain the volume which was all
that the world Of many books offered
to her for her purpose, because she
did not believe in it. The truth was
in her and she could tell him what II
was despite the assertion OF the
printed pages.
In the leather bag there was abso
lutely nothing except broken glass
and scratched bottle tops of silver and
the bag itself was ruined. She sepa
rated the pieces of metal and the
metal fittings of the bag, which were
also of silver, and filling the rottinl
leather with sand she presently sanl
it in the lagoon.
Last of all she examined what she
had brought from the other shore o.
the island the night before. The sil
yer was furnished, but by rubbing it IL
the sand she soon frightened 1t. Il
was heavily engraved and she ha(
no difficulty in making out the words:
John Revell Charnock-His Dog.
After that was a date July %
1875" John ReveIl Charnock theI
would be 81 years old, assuming tina
this was he and that the dog had beef
given him when he was born. II wal
more probable, however, that he wal
from three to i've years old before
he became the owner of a dog, whiol
would make him about rs.
The man before her looked yoRnge
to her scrutiny than that. Care ant
trouble had passed him by. witt
nothing to yex him he might hay,
been any age. He would probabl!
look just as he was for 20 years d
more. Still fancifuliy adjusting o.
ternal relations TO internal relations
! which. after all. she realized was IN,
secret OF Life according te her fsy0rit