The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-09-23

ran 10 pray. n seemed Iohk ume uuI
the waiting priest before hts shipmats
returned, and yet but short time nsd
elapsed He came up painting rom
the violence Of his exertions.
Il have sent the cutter back for the
surgeon. told the men TO row Tor
their lives gave the midshipman
In charge an account Of what we had
found and begged the captain 70 send
parties ashore TO search the Island.
What OF the mann
HE breathes stll." 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. I take II. indurate
us to the greater things OF life have
been conspicuous by their absence In
his case and he has not been able
to bear up under the sudden shock"
Those clothes, have you examined
them?"
mo" said the chaplain, ut has been
too dark in the first place. and"
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taker Perhaps we may find some
new clew in them"
The lieutenant-commander stopped
over the pathetic little heap Of worn
garments. There we're the blouse, the
skirt, the stockings, and the worn and
torn 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.
The Bible had been opened and laid
face downward on the clothes. Mr..
Whitaker lifted II up reverently. He
observed as he did so that his own
pencil, which he had left, he now re-
membered. with the woman, lay be-
meath the open book. On the blank
leaves between the Old and New tes-
taments something was written. No
mention of any writing had been
made in the afidavit Of the night be-
fore. He lifted II, turned his back
toward the east where the sun was
just on the verge OF rising, and stud
led It out.
DO you find anything" asked the
chaplain.
There is writing on this page" said
the younger man. Il can just make 1t
out"
Man." he read slowly, studying
each word in the dim light, 81 loved
you. In one sense, in your sense, II
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
could revive II again. cannot marry
Langford. for do not love him. | will
, not marry you, for you do not love me.
| will not go back to the world now.
| have no desire to do so and cannot
live alone with you upon the island.
You will not go without me, and so
will 60 first by myself alone. You will
think OF me. know, In the great
world. Perhaps you will Judge your
self harshly, but do not Judge you
at all. You did not know, you did not
understand. II came too suddenly
upon you. You cannot forget me, but
do not repine over me and remember
to the very last that l loved you.
Good-by. May God bless you. and
!. may he pity mel" A
.. Underneath she had written the i'm
personal name which he had loved TO
call her. Woman" .
So characteristic was the letter that
. that superscripion was supererogatory
thought Mr.. Whitaker. Only a wom-
an could have written II. She had
gone out OF his life because with her
: in IL there was no solution Of II for
!. him. because-how pitiful 1t sounded
:. there In the gray OF that morning in
- that lone island to those two menl-
because he did not love her And she
! had gone out OF II with excuses for
him on her lips and love for him In
her heart. No wonder that. diyining
this which he had not seen. realizing
only that she was gone. he had been
stricken as he was.
D.. luo uOCNOt eliiNcu picbcubiy. no
: ordered the man. still unconscious. to
be taken back to the ship where he
would do what he could toward reviv.
ing him and pulling him through this
great and terrible crisis that had come
i upon him. The chaplain went with
him. conceiv his duty to be In at
tendance up. the living rather than
searching for the dead.
The captain. with the other officers
brought 100 men to the shore. The
= island was systematically searched. II
: was all open. There was no place Of
/. concealment. but not a foot of II was
. left unvisited. again anu again the
men traversed the island. They found
!, nothing, absolutely nothing. The
woman had vanished and left no trace
except the grass tunic in her cave, the
remains Of her toilet articles, her scis