, 1910-01-13


| mo EARN Itse.t was trempurg. oury.
erinp rockif q The cave wall above
bsr seen 6tmly nv the fl,eriug light
nj very early dawn which cane
brough the opening mart ok of th
mad fantastic motion. In another sec
md she realized mat il was an earth.
make The air seemed filed with a
| nee,,,iar ringing souud of storm.
lar had ., coursa w.e rho sott
ND oyar With erase had hasn
-+raurn h low theretore n, the
ooor ard could NOT bs thrown down
h,t she was ,oiIed from, side m .ida
in a ,,ov nb,cb naraIvzed her SENSES
Nayar en- oil bar exner;ence hid sha
Irovn s,ch q sick feeIinp If terror
when the foundations of things are
sb,k.n uben not merely The great
dcar hn, ,oa so,id e.rfb is broken mn
humanity stands as II in the presence
NJ the nower of Cod She Law resist.
,ess staring praving. wonde ing
whether the shaking rock over her
head wouId fall and crush her
In , moment the instinct of life
cnfcJ,en,l Dor to action. She rose to
her knees staegered to her feet and
lied tn make her way TO the en-.
trance Wal ing was terri HE TIL
earth seemed TO have eheLen for
hours and vet the duration of thq
hook was realIy less than a minute
violence vas to.risc. Just before
he reqcbed thc ~open,ng II STONED
With ore tremendous shock as sudden
~ as If had bepun The next second
i'm a roar that sounded like a thou
and rieces of artillery. the gray ha.
~ light In front of her was b'otted
our Nv a falling mass of rock which
i,-t escs ned hor. The face of tha eli T
had given away. In dpeDar. ntenser
terror than berore she threw herself
ggainst the htrrier. II vas as hard
and as uryicIS'ng as the other walls.
No light cane to her even. She was
irarrieoned alive in this rocky semi
c,.er. She sank do n on her knee,
and buried her :rca In her hands Sh ,
uurmured words o. rrayer
Her r-ind 2 " TO the other side OF
he island, TO the nan. Was he. toe.
| cntomber9 Wrs ttis .hc end of he,
lahorse Outside he could hear the
wind roar and the waves IN lnderin..
with awful violence on he shore Re.
ore the e~arth7uale had come he
storm. There was still some connec.
ton between the cnve and the outer
air. It Sec Cd for she was now con
scious of lightning flashes. After the
storm. can = the fire. Her mind went
back to what she had read from the
Bible a few davs before of Eri,ah'n
listened viii ~ her heart for the still
voice OF comfort to her awestruck
soul 1t did not seem to come She
was doomed: she would never see
hint again, If indeed he were vet alive
she knew her feeling for hin now
she slipped forward and fell fainting
on the sandy fioor OF the cave. And
sun the voice was there. Presently
II axe to her. as the voice Of God
r'ual'E comes TO humanity. through
the lips OF man.
After a space, how long after she
could not tell, she was conscious of
a human cry through the wild clamor
of the storm a voice that she knew
and loved was calling her by name.
Was 1t some wrafthiike fancy of the
torm? She rose to her knees, sick
and faint. and listened. No. ii was
a human voice, his voice, her name.
The cry was fraGght with frantic APP
peal. 1t thrilled and vibrated with
passion 1t told her in that awful mo-
rent a story which she had not read.
1t revealed to her i~magirations of
which she had moi dreamed She was
fascinated with what h heard. She
forgot for h momen to nswer. All
the woman In her, the eternal temi-
nine In her, listened. Her bosom rose
and iel. her heart throbbed, her
pulses beat. Alone with hat wild
passionate, appealing, frantic cry. she
orgot the earthquake, she forgot the
prison she forgot the storm she for.