The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-11-17
CHAPTER X.
Hearts Awakened,

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10 which she had ever been subjected
not even the widest pitch of the
storm which had finally cast her away,
produced In her such strange emo
tons as she experienced then. For
the earth itself was trembling, quiv-
ering, rocking. The cave wall above
her, seen dimly by the filtering light
OF very early dawn which came
through the opening, partook of the
mad, fantastic motion. In another sec.
ond she realized that 1t was an earth.
quake. The air seemed filled with
peculiar ringing sound of storm.
Her bed, of course, was the soft
sand over which grass had been
strewn. She lay, therefore, on the
floor and could not be thrown down,
but she was rolled from side to side
in way which paralyzed her senses.
Never in all her experience had she
known such sick feeling of terror.
When the foundations of things are
shaken, when not merely the great
deep but the solid earth is broken up,
humanity stands as If in the presence
of the power Of God. She lay resist
less, staring, praying, wondering
whether the shaking rock over her
head would fall and crush her.
In moment the instinct of life
quickened her to action. She rose to
her knees, staggered to her feet and
tried to make her way to the en-
trance. Walking was terrible. The
earth seemed to have shaken for
hours, and yet the duration of the
shock was really less than a minute.
Its violence was terrific. Just before
she reached the opening, 1t stopped
with one tremendous shock as sudden
ly as 1t had begun. The next second,
with roar that sounded like a thou
sand pieces of artillery, the gray ha-
zy light in front of her was blotted
out by falling mass of rock which
just escaped her. The face of the cliff
had given away. In deeper, intenser
terror than before she threw herself
against the barrier. 1t was as hard
and as unyielding as the other walls.
No light came to her even. She was
imprisoned alive in this rocky sepul-
cher. She sank down on her knees
and buried her face in her hands. She
murmured words of prayer.
| Her mind flew to the other side Of
the island. to the man. Was he. too,
entombed? Was this the end of her
labors! Outside she could hear the
wind roar and the waves laundering
with awful violence on the shore. Be-
fore the earthquake had come the
storm. There was still some connec-
ton between the cave and the outer
air, 1t seemed. for she was now con-
scious of lightning flashes. After the
storm, came the fire. Her mind went
back to what she had read from the
Bible few days before OF Elijah's
despair. Therefore In like case she
listened with all her heart for the still
voice of comfort to her awestruck
soul. 1t did not seem to come. She
was doomed; she would never see
him again, If indeed he were yet alive
She knew her feeling for him now
She slipped forward and fell fainting
on the sandy floor of the cave. And
still the voice was there. Presently
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usually comes to humanity, through
the lips Of man.
After a space, how long after she
could not tell, she was conscious OF
human cry through the wild clamoi
of the storm. A voice that she knew
and loved was calling her by name
Was II some wraithlike fancy of the
storm? She rose to her knees, sici
and faint, and listened. No, it was
human voice, his voice, her name
The cry was fraught with frantic ap
peal 1t thrilled and vibrated will
passion. 1t told her in that awful mo
ment story which she had not read
which she had not dreamed. She wa
fascinated with what she heard. Sh,
forgot for the moment to answer. Al
the woman in her, the eternal tenn
nine in her, listened Her bosom ros
and fell, her heart throbbed, he
: pulses beat. Alone with that wilt
passionate, appealing, frantic cry, sh
forgot the earthquake, she forgot tn
prison, she forgot the storm, she FOL
: got the world She only realized tina
: there out in the dawn, man. the ma
! of all the world, who loved her wa
: calling her name. The old call
t manhood to womanhood, of mate
4 mate.
l She rose instantly to her feet. Til
a time 1t was the beating of her heal
that pitched and tossed her body. Sh
y leaned against the rock wall and the
p she called his name.
Q Man." she cried, ARE you safe?"
t "Yes," was the answer, IAN
d your"
o Entirely so, save for this prison
d Thank Godi" came family to III
h from beyond the wall. Thank God,
If hear your voice. l shall have you on
n never fear"
e She pressed her ear close to Il
g. heap of huge loose stones which nile
e the opening. She could hear hi
l. working outside.
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