The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-26
tcontinucd rom last Issuel

Putting her blue serge dress and the rest of her clothing carefully away. moulding her shoee and stockings. she stepped out on the sands. bare armed. bare footed. a gieaming figure like to an Oiympian goddess. She was woman naturally dark in complexion, and while the sun would probably burn her cruelty and burn her young flesh, never exposed to its intensity. darker. she would not grow red or blister. She was thankful for that with unconscious femininity. At any rate. she must get used to going out in the sun without hat, too. People, natives who were born and lived in this latitude, did become accustomed to such things. she knew, so undoubtedly could she.
 With these thoughts. she stepped around the headland and walked across the beach toward the palm tree where she could see in the fading light of the afternoon her prisoner was still tied.
 Modesty is negative term. That which is indecent exposure in ball
  sea shore Certainly this man had no concept of such quality. He had not noticed before when she had come out barefoot to swim to the barrier reef, and yet somehow she fancied as he stared at her approaching that this time he marked the difference And slow, fiery blush famed over her from her bare feet to her bare head. ex- tended along her bare arms. She stopped under the persuasion of i'm pulse to turn and go back to the cave and resume her clothing. at least so tong as 1t might last But she was a woman of strong will She reasoned that all the emotions to which she was subject were in her own bosom: that the man before her neither knew nor cared as to the things which vexed her So she went on.
 She had in her hand the sailors knife. with the blade open. She could not tell exactly In what mood her prisoner might be. Indeed, she ap- preached him with a certain terror, accounted for partly by the situation and partly by the fact that in mak- ing this change in her garments she had. as it were. cut herself off from civilization and brought herself in some degree at least nearer his physi- cal level But she could not leave him there all night Summoning her cour. age. therefore, and with a bold front before him. she advanced to the tree and untied the rope from the trunk and united 1t from his neck as well Tie stood silent, tHTss.st.ng through f all rather pitiful figure she thought at first. until he was freed from the degrading halter.
 Then she waited in intense and eager curiosity az to what he should do next The iron in his situation had eaten into hia soul. He had been mas tered by force He could not under stand it He did not love the mastery. Still. without the knowledge of his own powers. there occurred to him no way to resent the ignominy to which he had been subjected. He turned and walked away from her. She stood amazed, staring after him. It was the first time he had withdrawn himself  from her presence. Where was he goingy Was this a declaration of war Was there to be enmity between themg In vague terror. moved by a sudden impulse again she called him
 ''Man!" she said
 He stopped, hesitated looked back, turned and went on again. He was deeply hurt. She could not see him go. It was unthinkable that he should go. He was dangerous away from her. By her side she could control him.
 'Man," she called again.
 But this time he did not heed. An idea sprang to her brain, working quickly under the pressure. She lifted up her voice, for he was far from her now and plodding steadily, doggedly