, 1910-03-24

ne pointed TO a little heap OF some
thing dark or the sands a foot or two
away.
What is it," asked the officer.
The chaplain stepped over to It.
1T Is the clothes of the woman" he
said in an awe-struck voice. land that
Bible we were to take away with lis
with the other things but which she
said she would give us in the MORN
ing"
Great heaven" exclaimed Mr..
Whitaker. you don't think"
At the same instant the same
thought had come to both men.
ut looks like It," said the chaplain
with bated breath. Poor woman,
may God help her!"
THAT is what is the matter with
him." returned the li~eutenant-com-
mander. He has sought her in her
cave n has not found her. He has
discovered these things and he knows
that she is gone. The shock has al
most killed him."
What is to be lone now?"
Here the man of action i%nterposed.
ID you watch by him. chaplain"
said the Observation-Disclosures, rising.
II will go back to the landing upon
the other side and send for the doc
tor. Then we will bring a party
ashore and search every foot Of the
island. It is a bad business. To think
OF that woman offering herself to this
man in vain. The fool,"
Don't" said the chaplain. "He is
not much more than a child in spite
Of all that he has learned. We must
make allowances for him. He did love
her. evidently. Look to what her loss
has brought him. Perhaps stricken by
the hand of God his soul has gone out
to meet hers"
We'll. we must fight for his life
anyway. Do you stay here. I will
be back in a short time"
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rose to
his feet n started back across the
island without another word.
The chaplain composed the mem
bers of the stricken man. putting him
i'm q comfortable position on the
warm sand. then knelt down aid be-
gan to pray. 1t seemed a ion time TO
the waiting priest before his shlpmate
returned. and yet but a short time had
lelapsed. He came up painting from
the violence of his exertions.
81 have sent the cutter back for the
surgeon. told the men to row for
their lives. | gave the midshipman
lin charge an account of what we a
found and begged the captain to SEND
parties ashore to search b island
What of the man.
He breathes STILL" said the chap
lain. 81 should think he was in some
kind of syncope. His heart evidently
was affected. He has had no prepa-
ration for such violent strains. The
things which are usual and ordinary
with us and which. l take it. indurate
us to the greater things of life have
been conspicuous by their absence in
his cas and he has not been able
70 bear up under the sudden shock"
Those clothes, have you examined
'hem?"
No" said the chaplain, cit has been
90 dark in the first place. and
Il will look at them" said Mr.. Whit
al'er. Perhaps we may find some
Few clew in them
The Observation-Disclosures stopped
ever the pathetic little heap of worn
garments. There were the blouse, the
skirt. the stockings, n the worn and
-orn white shoes. The Bible lay upon
them as IL to weigh them down, and
they had been placed well above the
reach of the highest tide. The tide
was then just coming in to the island.
h Bible had been opened and laid
ana 1nWnyyard nm thA ,lNfhns Mr.
Whitaker lifted 1t up reverently. He
deserved as he did so that his w
encil. which he had left. he now re-
rnembered, with the woman, lay be-
meath the ope book. On the blank
caves between the Old and New tes-
'aments something was written. No
ention of any writing had been
'lade in the affidavit of the night be-
ore. He lifted it, turned his bach
award the east where the sun was
st on the verge OF rising. and stud
d It out.
DO you find anything?" asked the
chaplain.
There is writing on this page" said
tie younger man. Il can just make 1t
out"
Man." he read slowly, studying
each word in tie dim light, 81 loved
you. In one sense. in your sense. |
was unworthy OF you, perhaps. but
not in mine. You alone had my heart
The past was a ~frightful mistake for
which | SHOULD not be blamed. but for
which must suffer. | tried you with
The world by your side. The world
was kind. but you were not. You
broke my soul and killed something
within me which | had thought dead,
but which you had revived. No power
ould revive 1t again. | n marry
I.angford. for | do not love him. l will
not marry you. for you do not love me.
will not go back to the world now.