The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-08-11

ventional, which touch with the world
had never been able to alter, he had
spoken of his plans without reserve
and he had declared with equal frank.
ness that what he was doing was in
memory of the noblest and the truest
Of women, to whom he owed it that
he was human being and not an ami
NAL
Whitaker, of whose judgment he
thought highly and with desert, was
called from the naval service TO be
the executive head Of the great un.
dertaking. The spiritual work was to
be placed in the hands of the chaplain
who had so endeared himself to the
promoter and deviser of 1t all. Char.
mock realized that these men who had
known Katharine Brenton would enter
mole sympathetically into his views
and could be depended upon to carry
them out in case anything happened
to him. He and his uncle and one or
two others of excellent judgment
whom he had met, were associated
with the two mentioned to carry out
all the founders plans.
Now, this thing was not done in .
corner. The news Of 1t was carried
over the United States and spread
even to foreign lands. The world read
it and marveled again. A newspaper
carrying an account Of it fell under
the eye of a lonely man in San Fran
cisco, who had just returned from
long voyage in northern seas. The
name "Charnock" caught his eye first:
and then Langford saw the name of
the woman he loved. He read with
avidity, appreciating as none could
better do than he from his trained
business acumen the scope and yet
the feasibility of the undertaking. He
had wondered cynically what would
be the career of the man in the Uni
ted States. He knew the value, as
did every business man, especially ev'
cry man with large transportation in
terests like his, of the Charnock es-
tate. He would have wagered that
Charnock would lose his head as
ninety-nine men out of a hundred
would have done, and that intoXi-
Gated by the sudden touch of the
material world which was at his feet,
he would have gone the usual pace;
and he would have won his wager
had 1t not been for the immortal
memory of the woman they
both loved, he felt bitterly eAeugh
He sat alone in his office in the
great building and pondared over the
account in the paper. He had been
mistaken in the man. He was really
worth while. Re was worthy Of the
woman. II ne had not sworn an oath,
given his word He hesitated, smil'
ing bitterly. The woman alone could
release him. Should he sail down to
the island with that paper and tell
that story. He had waited too long.
The army surgeons of Alaska had
! told him the brutal truth; that he had
but a few months to live and that if
he had anything to do before he went
out into the beyond, he had better do
1t quickly. No, he could not go down
there and tell her and get released
from his promise.
Yet how Charnock would revel in
such news as he, and he alone, could
give him. He loved the woman and
he hated the man. He could not bear
to think that the man should have
what was denied him. He could not
bear to think of the woman he loved
in another's arms. And yet he loved
the woman. AS he pictured Charnock
happy, so he pictured Kate sad, fret
ting out her life on that island as he
had fretted out his on the ship. And
he could make her happy by word
if he broke his oath and was false to
the plighted word he had given her.
Should he do it for her sake? Would
she forgive him? He would be past
| forgiveness when she knew.
(To BE CoNTINUED)