Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-26
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Il care not" he interrupted, Il don't
want anything else OF anybody else.
Now that l have you. l am content
here"
But we shall summon it and bring
it back" she went on, resolutely.
"How?" he asked curiously.
by lighting the beacon yonder."
Il 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 go the quicker" he said,
turning to her, that 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 it
the voice of the world.
They had lived In Eden, Eden with
out serpent They had plucked the
tree of knowledge at will and no
consequences evil had ensued, yet
nevertheless, they must go out into
the world now, the world with its
pains, its tolls and frets, the world
with its inockeries and scorns, and
take up the appointed life of men. He
loved her nowhere could not be
any doubt about that-but what would
he do when he knew and when he
knew that the world knew as we'll
what she had thought, what she had
been, and what she had done. Alas,
when that ships boat touched the
shores of their island, the angel of
the flaming sword would always guard
their entrance and prevent their re.
turning to It.
She was brave woman. She could
face the inevitable with courage, with
a philosophy which now at last was
Christian. She had had three peace.
full years and day of such happiness
as falls to the lot OF few of the chill.
dren of sorrow. Perhaps that was
an that she was destined to look back
upon of joy. Perhaps the future held
for her only expiration. Perhaps she
ought not to rebel against that posi-.
bility. She ought to be glad of such
an opportunity, indeed. But she was
a woman. and by and by she hid her
face in her hands and wept.
In all their intercourse he had neye,
seen her weep. Tears were entirely
foreign to his experience. He knew
what sorrow was, what sadness was
what sympathy was. for his heart had
been torn when she had read to him
the story of the Man of Sorrows and
his sufferings A child of nature, the
pathetic in the Old Covenant and the
New had appealed to him profoundly
nut his were not easy tears. He .had
never shed any. He had never seer
any. He wal appalled,. therefore
when approaching noiselessly he laid
his hand upofYher shoulder and saw
and heard THU evidence Of her grief
tie dropped the box to the sod and
knelt beside her.
Has the sight of the ship made you
weep?" he said. softly. y wish that
had never come to tell you 1t was
there!"
I'VE have been SO happy together.
you and l." said the woman. This
island has been my world. my haven,
my heaven, rather, and you have been
humanity to me. but now the earth
opens before you. You will have 9TH
Ell hopes, other ambitions, perhaps"
Don't say It," protested the man,
vehemently. II shall have nothing.
nothing but you anywhere, every
where, and, besides, nothing is
changed. See, the smoke grows faint
er; the ship more dim She passes
beyond. Things shall be as they
were! We shall live on, and love
ONT
Her desolation. her sorrow appealed
to him nrofonnd,v He took hsr in
his orms Nc l.id bac hand cover,
upon his shoulder. There was protec-
ton and tenderness as well as mas.
sion in his touch
Together" he whispered. batting
her hair softly, alone. YOU and III
For one delicious moment with
closed eyes she let herself be so
soothed and comfortea. But her bet.
ter nature woke ON the instant. as It
were.
NO" she said. drawing away from
him gently. lit would not he right.
We belong in the world of men. Men
and women are not men and women
until they have lived among their fell.
lows, until they have fought down the
temptations of which we know moth.
ing here, and have conquered them
out there. Give me the flint and steel
| must call back tAe sbin,"
He STONED as she smoke and nicked
up the little silver box. He extended
his hand toward ner. and then sud.
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