, 1910-02-03
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Mr.. Langlord, you will have to saw
to me whatever you wish before this
man" she said at last.
why, tbs impossible" cried the
other.
1T must be-"
And" interposed the man, "you
snail say nothing to her until you have
answered my questions"
There must be no violence" cried
the woman, stepping between the two.
No violence!"
For answer the man gently. but
with irresistible force, lifted her ont
OF the way. She knew now where he
got the strength to tear down the
rocky wall. and while she trembled
she thrilled.
Katharine" said Langford-to do
him Justice he was not afraid-"what
is this man to your"
81 am nothing to her." answered
the man. except that I love her."
And you?" said Langford, hotly.
still addressing the woman.
She loves me-" again the
other. and we were happy until you
brought the world to our shore
Since then she has wept. Look ut her
now"
MY God" exclaimed Langford, "is
It possible"
1T is true" said the woman, finding
voice at last and looking steadily
from one to the other.
Langford's emotion now passed all
bounds. He had trembled before: he
shook now as If with the palsy. He
reached out and caught the trunk of
one of the trees to steady himself.
What are you to this man, in Gods
Nance" he cried.
Nothing. Ever since I fed from
the ship on that hateful night and
landed on this island, we have been
friends. good friends. He was a cast
away. He had forgotten his speech.
He had lived here since he was a
child. I taught him everything"
To love you?" queried Langford in
hot and bitter jealousy.
That was one thing I learned my.
self" answered the man. "And yes
terday. o might call It chance, but
/ call 1t God" said the man gravely.
discovered to us the love we bore
each other int that is ALL"
Are you-forgive the question"
said Langford, addressing the woman,
and there was agony in his voice, "as
you were when l left your"
Il am a different woman, thank |
Cod"
DIFFERENT"
Yes. but in the sense in which you
mean the question, I am Just as / was,
save that l love this man"
But you had no right to love him
or any one" burst forth Langford BIT
terly.
And do you reproach me with p.
that"
DO II"
Think Of your wife,"
She's dead" said the man hoarse-
ly. Il have searched the world for
you. l have come back here to make
amends, to W my fault to marry
you before God and man, to take you
back, to do for you as long as I shall
live all that a man can do"
There was such genuine passion in
bis voice and In his appeal hat the
most inimical and Indifferent would
have recognized 1t, but there raj no
response to it in the woman's heart.
A greater love than his had come into
her soul. The whole current of her
being flowed to the man by her side.
No" she said. Your words have
mo appeal for me. They awaken no
response in my heart. I love this man.
mot you"
Have you thought" cried Langford
neaningly, that you are not free to
love any one but me?"
BY heaven!" cried the man spring
png forward, this time / will be an
ewered. Why is she not free to love
ne or n one?"
"~Because." said the other re~solutely,
before she came into your life she
belonged to me-"
belonged to you?"
Yes. to me-"
And by what tie?"
Langford hesitated. He was furi-
Pusly wrought up. He saw that 1t was
pecessary to make a break, a rupture
between these two. He thought that
he could do SO. his own suit might
he better prosper. He was in deadly
Parnest n therefore he took the risk.
low %frightful 1t was, he had no pre-
conception. He did not understand
hal he was dealing with a primitive
ian. How should he? He did not
nderstand what passions slept be-
cath the surface. And perhaps II he
ad understood, to do him Justice. for
t was a fearless man. he would have
entured Just the same.
She was my mistress!" he said
Trough his teeth.
Shame! Shame!" cried the woman.