The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-02-18

head, not in negation but rather in
bewilderment and threw it from him,
and then she understood in some way
that the fruit was not good for food.
How he had OWNED it, she could not
tell. Some compromising instinct
sharpened by use into a protecting
quality, had taught him. She had no
such instinct. She had learned to de-
pend upon reason and observation,
and these failed her in the presence
of this unknown. She was humbled
little in this thought
She craved meat and salt, having
been trained to these things, the arti.
fetal diet and stimulant to which she
had become accustomed, and her cray.
ing was the more insistent because she
had been without them all that. time
in the boat. And yet when she had
eaten the fruit that nature had pro-
vided in that tropic island, her crav-
ing was abated and she was satisfied.
She felt that she could soon grow &C.
customed to such diet If it were nee
essary. So musing she passed on I'M
der the trees. and sat down on the
sand again. -.
The next thing she remembered, she
was Enclosing her eyes as she had
done early in the morning and the
man was still watching by her side.
She had been SO utterly wearied by
her strange adventure, by her long
wrestling with thirst and starvation
in the open boat that before she knew
ri, hcr hoH
watched by her side without molesting
her. 1t was late in the evening now.
The problem Of the night had to be
faced. This time the man took the
initiative. He walked along the shore
little way and then looked back at
her, and repeated the process once or
twice as a dog might have done who
was DESTROYS of bringing his master to
some appointed place. Understanding
she rose and followed him. He led her
along the sands now Swallowed by the
tall palms until they came to the rivu-
let, where she stopped and drank once
more. They passed it, he plunging
bodily through it's shadows; she leap
ing from rock to rock until she reach
ed the other bank He went swiftly
around the face. of the cliff. AS she
passed the point she saw that it
curved suddenly. inward away from
the shores into a sort Of amphitheater
and fair in the center of the face she
perceived an opening. He halted there
and entered fearlessly, she following.
The cave was rOomy and spacious,
at least it seemed so in the fading
light In the morning when the sun
shone through the opening, it would
be flooded with daylight, but now
when the sun was sinking behind the
hill, it was quite dark. 1t was dry
and clean and apparently empty. The
man stood looking at her smiling, at
least there was a suggestion of a
smile upon his lips. He was nodding
his head She understood that he
lived there. The dog had come back
to his kennel and had taken this &C.
quaintance there, too.
1t would be good place to pass the
night The night had to be passed
somewhere. How, was the problem.
She had little fear of any savage ami
mails OH the island. There had been
no evidence of them observed in her
progress; the man himself was testi.
mony to immunity of attack from that
source Had it not been for him, she
could have lain down in that cave
with quiet confidence and slept with
out apprehension of molestation, but
he complicated the issue.
Twice he had watched by her asleep,
but that was in the broad daylight.
When darkness came, what then? Her
heart was filled with terror She was
suddenly afraid Of the dark, childish
fear at which her soul would have
Knocked in other days and under other
conditions. But now she was prey
to vivid apprehension and the night
was coming on with the sw1ftness OF
the tropics. She was glad that she
had slept through the long afternoon.
She would endeavor to keep awake
during the night She must turn the
dog out of his kennel and occupy that
herself. How was she to enforce her
will under the circumstances? She
could only try.
door, "go!"
The words conveyed nothing, out
the gesture meant much. Even to the
man association with his kind for one
day had effected revolution in him.
He hung undecided however, before
her, while she repeated again and
again her Injunction. Finally she took
him by the shoulder, risking the Pc
culiar emotions that contact seemed
to bring to him, and thurst him gently
through the entrance outside. Then
she went back into the cave farther
and waited with beating heart. She
could see him silhouetted against the
twilight standing where she had left
him. He came toward the door at
last and stood in the entrance.
"No, MOI" she cried fiercely, praying
that the note of terror might be lost
in the imperative tones of her voice.
"Man pOin