, 1910-01-20
YES" She Said, at Passes BY"

what any other man who loved would
have said, and in the same way.
That ship is passing by" he went
on. When | saw it as / woke this
morning, 1t was there. 1t goes rap
idly"
Yes" she said, at passes by"
Il care not" he interrupted. 81 don't
want anything else OF anybody else.
Now that | have you. l am content
here"
But we shall summon 1t and bring
1t back" she went on, resolutely.
How" he asked c%uriously.
by lighting the beacon yonder."
Il had forgot that"
But | did not. Go Jack to the cave
and bring the flint and steel. You will
find them in the silver box on the
shelf by the Bible, INT make haste"
Il will go the quicker he said.
turning to her, that l may be the
sooner back with you"
He turned and bounded away like
a young deer. She watched him
through the trees, and then sat down
upon the summit of the hill and stared
toward the ship. She vas glad, of
course. that they were to be rescued,
but as in the Joy Of their love there
was sorrow, so in her gladness there
was apprehension. That test of which
h had dreamed the night before
was now to be complete. She would
postpone the telling Of her story un:
til he could heal in comment upon it
the voice of the world.
They had lived In Eden, Eden with
out a serpent. They had plucked the
consequences evil had ensued yet
nevertheless. they must go out into
the world now, the world with its
pains, its tolls and frets, the world
with its mockeries and scorns, and
take up the appointed life of men. He
loved her nowhere could not be
any doubt about that-but what would
he do when he knew and when he
knew that the world knew as well
what she had thought, what she had
been, and what she had done. Alas,
when that ships boat touched the
shores of their island, the angel of
the flaming sword would always guard
their entrance and prevent their re-
turning to it.
She was n brave m She could
face the inevitable with courage. with
a philosophy which now at last was
Christian. She had had three peace
full years and a day of such happiness
as falls to the lot of few of the chill.
dram nj SnTrnu DArhn-r that $780,
all that h was destined to look bach
upon of joy. Perhaps the future held
for her only expiration. Perhaps she
ought not to rebel against that posi-.
biiity. She ought to be glad of such
an opportunity, indeed. But she was
a woman, and by and by she hid her
face in her hands and wept.
In all their intercourse he had never
seen her weep. Tears were entirely
foreign to his experience. He knew
what sorrow was, what sadness was,
what sympathy was, for his heart had
been torn when she had read to him
the story of the Man of Sorrows and
his sufferings. A child of nature. the
pathetic in the Old Covenant and this
New had appealed to him profoundly,
but his were not cas- tears. He had
never shed any. He had never seen
any. He vas appalled,. therefore.
when approaching noiselessly he laid
his hand upon her shoulder and saw
and heard the evidence of her grief
He dropped the box to the sod and
knelt beside her.
Has the sight. of the ship made you
weep?" he said, softly. 81 wish hat
| had never come to tell you 1t was
therei"
We have been so happy together,
you and l." said the This
Island has been my world, my haven,
my heaven. rather, nj you have been
humanity to me, but now the earth
opens before you. You will have 9th.
or hopes. other ambitions. perhaps"
Don't say It," protested the man,
vehemently. 81 shall have nothing,
bathing hut O anywhere. every