The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-08-26

meant ner savage pupil should pass.
Then there was her watch whlc]
she guarded as the apple of her eye
1t was an American watch of the yer,
best make, and although it had gone
with her through the waters such wa!
the workmanship of the case that i
had taken no harm. It was tickins
away bravely, marking time. She
thought that for her time had stopped
and yet she was glad, indeed, for the
almost human sound it made when she
laid it lovingly against her cheek.
There were the hairpins, also, fol-
which she was most grateful. They
enabled her to keep her hair in order
She had wealth Of glorious hair
black as the midnight sky. With the
aid of the mirror and of the comb
which also was priceless treasure
she arranged it carefully according to
the mode which best became her
Sometimes when she had finished her
toilet, she shot a glance at the watch.
ful man, a human, natural instructive
glance, but she was able to detect no
change in his mental attitude, which
was that OF such complete and entire
alteration, mingled with timidity and
hesitation, that no transient change
apparently was able to modify it. He
looked upon her as he might have
looked upon god, she thought, had he
known what god was and had there
been such thing to look at.
There was also the pair Of scissors.
together with the little housewife with
needles and thread Mirror, hairpins.
scissors, sewing materials, comb
"oman's gear and the Bible. q
Womans book, she reflected with GER
tain bitterness, unconscious Of the
truth OF her thought-a book for chill.
dren, old women, and women-led men!
Well, that philosophy upon which she
prlded herself must come to her as.
slstance now and she could not afford
to dlsdain the volume which was all
that the world of many books offered
to her for her purpose, because she
ala not believe In it. The truth was
IN her and she could tell him what It
was despite the assertion of the
printed pages.
ID the leather bag there was abso-
lutely nothing except broken glass
and scratched bottle tops of silver and
the bag itself was ruined. She sepa.
rated the pieces of metal and the
metal fittings of the bag, which were
also of silver, and filling the rotting
leather with sand she presently sank
1t in the lagoon.
Last of all she examined what she
mad brought from the other shore of
the island the night before. The sill
yer was furnished, but by rubbing it in
the sand she soon frightened It. It
was heavily engraved and she had /
no difficulty in making out the words:
John Reyell Charnock-His Dog"
.Altei tnat was date July %,
1875, John Revell Charnock then
would be q years old, assuming that
MS was he and that the dog had been
given him when he was born. It was
more probable, however, that he was
rom three to five years old before
le became the owner Of a dog, which
would make him about rs.
The man before her looked younger
9 her scrutiny than that. Care and
rouble had passed him by. With
lothlng to vex him he might have
'een any age. He would probably
COX Just as he was for 20 years or
a ll''r Still fancifully adjusting ex-
ernal relations to internal relations,
which, after. all, she realized was the
ecret OF life according to her favoriteI5'