The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-12-22

OiliIeht upon my relation, and
knew he would find it on yonder ship"
was happy" said the man. ito go
On as we were. l should not have
lighted that fire"
Pray continue with your story.
MISS Brenton." said the lieutenant
commander. II am deeply interested
IN 1t. There is great Charnock es-
tate IN Virginia which has been held
Tor 30 years or more by the last sur.
VlVor OF the ancient family. And / re-
member some romantic story connect
ed with it, too"
The silver box that inclosed the
mint and steel" continued the woman.
was marked j. r. c. Exploring the
island | came upon the remains of a
BOAT, and any of you may examine it.
Near the boat in yonder coppice there
were two skeletons, one of a woman
ana the other of dog. | excavated
the boat, found that it had belonged
to the ship Nansemond of Virginia. |
nave the stern pieces with the name
painted on it in my cave. | put the
skeletons of the dog and the woman
in the boat and filled 1t up again with
sand. There they lie waiting Chris
tan burial. The place where they
had died, the woman and her dog, |
carefully inspected. Everything but
metal, and most of that, had rusted
away, but l found two rings" She
stretched forth her hand. "They are
here She stripped them off. zone
or them is wedding ring. You see
1t Is marked" She read the markings,
off, 81. r. C. to M. p. T. September
10, 1869, II. Cor. xii, To- The verse of
Scripture to which reference is made
Is 1 will very gladly spend and be
spent for you, though the more abun-
dainty love you, the less be loved
There was a piece of silver, also,
which had evidently been part of a
dogs collar. 1t, too, was marked:
John Revell Charnock-His Dog, July
22-1S75.' And that was ALL
DO you remember nothing of your
early life, nothing whatever, sir?"
asked Whitaker, turning to the man.
Il have dim recollection of some
sort of sea happening, of long voy-
age with woman and some kind of
an animal in an open boat, of horrible
sufferings, of few words of prayer;
that is ALL"
Il think that this man, then child"
resumed the woman, land his mother
must in some way have been involved
in a shipwreck, and that she and her
son and dog must have been cast
away on this island; that the woman
died and the child survived. There is
nothing here that would in any way
harm him and his life and growth I'M
der such circumstances and condi-
tions are quite possible. He had prob
ably seen his mother read that Bible.
He carried it with him, put it in that
cave and forgot it with the flint and
steel in the silver box of which he
would have no knowledge and which
he could not use. The dog probably
lived some time and when he died
crawled back to where his mistress
lay and gave up his life at her feet.
And therefore / believe this mans
name to be John Revell Charnock;
that he is an American, and that he
came from Virginia. | know him to
be a Christian and a gentleman. In
all the days that we have been togeth-
err on this island he has done me no
wrong. He has been gentleness, kind
ness, docility itself, and despite our
selves we have learned to love each
other. Until yesterday we did not
know it. Now 1t is for him to say
what we will do"
Kate, Kate" cried Langford, you
cannot let this untutored savage"
Not that" said the woman for |
have taught him all know and all
believe"
"Yoa cannot let him decide this
question: continued the man, passing
over her interruption.
yes" said the woman, "he must
decide, but whatever he decides, what
man and this woman is to be, can
never be anything on earth to YOU"
Don't say that" said Whitaker.
Think, my dear lady, what you do,
what this man offers you, the position
in which - God forgive me! - you
stand"
Sir" said the woman, addressing
the lieutenant commander, this man
wronged me grievously, terribly. He
deceived me. He broke my heart. He
killed ambition, aspiration and respect
for my own kind within my soul. |
know him through and through. The
fact that he failed quickened his pas
sion the fact that men say | am
beautiful made him the more eager;
the fact that he was away and that
he could not lay his hands upon me
made him the more insistent; the fact
that | had Haunted him and said him
nay and struck him down made him
the more determined"
Kate, Kate, you wrong me. Before
God you wrong met" interrupted
Langford,
And indeed, madam, believe you
do" commented Whitaker.
Let her speak on" said the man of
the island.