, 1910-01-13

ne. too, sat upon the wnits sands
OF the gemlike island and looked out
into the far blue Of the Pacific wash
ing he distant shores and lands peo-
pied with strange creatures of history
and romance n he. too, wondered.
He had had no experience with men
and the world and he longed to get
away and to take nor away.
She had long since discovered that
he was a gentleman, an innate gentle
man; that he had been well born, and
h had seen to 1t herself that he had
been well bred. Yet no mortal man
ever went through greater 1res of
unknown and mysterious temptations
than he. He forced himself not to
speak words that turned. He checked
the free course Of thoughts hat bub-
bled and seethed within his brain. and
the relationship between them 70
mained that of mistress and man,
teacher and taught. friend and friend.
1t was he who SO maintained It, though
Of this she was unaware.
And he, too. lonsed for some hour
to come when he might with right and
decenoy and dignity speak the words
which some day he must speak or diA
He was o versed in the ways OF
women. He had no store Of knowl-
edge, no lesson of experience to fall
back upon. He knew but ons woman.
He could not predicate from any petty
maxim. or from any ancient aphorism.
or from any worn out philosophy.
what she would or would not do under
certain conditions. Indeed, he only
thought that he loved her and he must
tell her or die in the eoneealment.
And SO matters ran on and on. II
needed but a spark to ignite the pow
der, 1t would have seemed, and yet
a vast cataclysm of nature only
brought about the explosion. He had
hand. Her person had been as in
violate to him as II she had been q
star above his head. And she had
been careful under no circumstances
to allow more tina that. Their hands
had clasped often. Indeed, with every
Good night" and Good morning" the
circuit of touch raj made and broken,
but that was all. They usually parted
at night on the sands where she had
first been thrown ashore. He would
stand and watch her al she glided
away from him in the darkness toward
the cave that was her home. She
had impressed poe him how she
trusted him, he absolute assurance.
the entire confidence that she had
that be would respect the agreement
between them and he would nave died
rather than have transgressed the law.
stepped over that imaginary barrier.
as potent as the circle Of Riohelisu,
which kept them apart.
And yet she would never know
what horrible constraint he put upon
himself. How he stood with olenched
hands and %quiverins body and stared
after her, long after she had gone. She
would never know how that intensity
of longing grew and gre until some
times he felt that he could not over
master it. She would never know how
he plunged away staggering through
the woods and threw himself down
upon the sands on his side of the
island. disdaining even h rude shell
lcI u Tx SaNC WhiSh was AAb hSAaSs
and fought 1t Out. Sometimes she
saw evidences Of internal conflict in
his soul the next morning. The calm
serenity, the indifference, the animal
like satisfaction with which he had
faced life when she arst knew him
had long since disappeared. There
were deepening lines upon his face
which told Of thought. Of struggle, and
Of character thus developed by these
two potent factors in shaping human
destiny.
And he could never know what was
in her mind. either. He neve dreamed
that she could love him. She was 10
far above him. so supreme In his eyes
that the possibility never occurred so
J.. lie q known for a moment
" size thought of him. the great
scion in both hearts would have
.Yerleaped every obstacle and In q
moment he would have had her in his
arms. Well. indeed. it is that the
power to read human hearts Is re-
served for the Mind which towers
above human passions because 1t is
divine.
And SO these two while drawing
together as inevitably and as irresist-
IDLY as the tide comes in were still
kept apart. Their feelings were in so
luton as it were. A precipitant must
be thrown into the atmosphere In
which they moved and lived and had
their being to disclose them to each
other.
On one certain balmy night, they
parted as usual. Vas the hand clasp
longer, was the glance with which he
peered at her under the moonlight
more self revealing than usual? Did
something in his own breast call to
the surface that which beat around
her heart? At any rate. 1t was with
a great effort thai she tore herself