The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-12
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CHAPTER II.
consoIous of 1Is Manhood.

High noon and they were back at The landing place and she at least was yerv tired. Accompanied by the man, who made not the slightest attempt to gride her. after some difficulty she had #succeeded in forcing her way through inc trees to the top of the hill. Part ., the time she had followed the course of the rivulet from which she Hbad drank at the foot of the cliff. She was determined to get to tte top, for she must see what was upon the other side Humanity's supreme desire when &faciug the hills has always been to see what was on the other side. The stim- ulus of the unknown was upon her, & hut 1t was coupled with very lively desire begot of stern necessity to know what there was to be known of the land upon which she had been cast Eup by the sea.
 Her view from the hilltop-she did not essay the unclothed and jagged I peak: she could make her way around It's base and see all that there was to see-was not reassuring. She could detect on the other side of the island no more evidence of life than were presented by that she had first touched upon. In every direction lay the un- yexed sea. The day was brilliantly clear; there was not cloud in the sky. No mist dimmed the translucent purity of the warm air. Nothing broke the far horizon. The island, fair and beautiful, was set alone in a mighty ocean. Tn so far as she could tell, she and the man were alone upon 8 1t The thought oppressed her. She strove to throw it off The silence of the man oppressed her as well. She turned to him at last and cried out, the words wrung from her by the hor- TOT of the situation.
 Man, man. whence came you? How are you called? What language do you speak? Why are you here?" The sound of her own voice gave her courage. Waiting for no answer. and Indeed she realized that none could come, she stepped to the brow of the hllI where the trees happened not to be and raising her voice called and called and called. There were answer ing echoes from the jagged crag be- nind her, but when these died away there was silence unbroken save by the queer babbling, chuckling noises of the man.
 She looked at him with a sudden sinking of the heart Had this godlike creature roaming the woods, this faun of the island been denied brain. articulate speech? Was she doomed to spend the rest of her life alone in this paradise of the Pacific with a harmless madman forever by her side? What situation was that In which she found herself!
 She was a highly specialized product of the greatest of universities. In science and in philosophy she was a master and doctor She should have had resources within herself which would enable her to be independent of the outside world. a world in which her experience, self-brought. had been bitter, in which the last few weeks had been one long disillusionment And yet she was now overwhelmed with craving for companionship. for articulate speech. as If she had never
 looked into book or given thought
 to the deep things of life. If this
 man beside her would only do some thing, say something. be something
 rather than a silent satellite forever
 staring in wonder. If she could only
 solve the mystery of his presence, an