The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-03

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for occupation. and. SO he promised
and went his way.
When he had disappeared. she
turned the edge Of the .clitr In the Sc.
cluded amphitheater where her cave
fronted the ocean She threw aside
her tunic Of woven grass and plunged
into the cool. delightful pool. which
fortunately the earthquake had not
disturbed. Her clothes, the scanty
garments she had i%mprovised from her
Undertaking. had long since worn
out: It had not been difficult, how.
ever. to plat Of certain pliable PUSHES
which grew IN plenty upon the, island.
the loose and shapeless' garments they
both wore. She hadyused atripss. torn
from what had remained of herseloth-
ing for binding, and edging andspraor
tice had made her dextrous and skill
full in the rude yeaylngi She stint
preserved, however, the blouse and
skirt of serge. her only pair Of stock
ings and the canvas boating shpes.:
Sometimes IN idle moments She tried
those shoes on Fortunately for her,
they we're loose and easy. Going hare!
foot three years had enlarged her
email and slender feet to something
like those human and proper proper.
lions which, from the standpoint Of
nature at least, had. greatly enhanced
their beauty. She kept. these clothes.
she hardly knew why. perhaps for one
reason since she had been able to
weave the waited garment 10 well
suited to- her needs she had had no
use for them; perhaps against the day
OF the arrival of other civilization
than her own.
Greatly refreshed by her bath-and
It shows her absolute confidence In
him and his worth that interruption
never occurred to her; 1t had never
come and therefore 1t never would
she resumed her tunic and walked
toward the cave. The tide was very
low: The sands terminated on one
side in a rocky ledge where a long
arm Of the lagoon ran to the foot Of
the cliir. The cliff had been tremen.
dously shaken. apparently, and she; no
ticed Just above the water line,a mar.
row opening. She had thought from
noises during storms that, there was
a hidden cav In the cliff with an
opening under the water. She had
imagined that possibly she could enter
It by diving, but she had never cared
to make the attempt, although by this
time she had become as much at home
in the, water or under 1t as if.she had
been a native Of the south seas. Some.
times in the morning they swan In
the lagoon together. oftentimes she
swan alone. 1t waG a great pleasure
to. her and a necessity as we'll in that
low latitude.
Curiosity induced her to, inspect
more closely this opening. near the
waters edge. Again throwing aside
her garment, she plunged, Into the arm
of the sea and swan boldly toward
the cliff. There was just room enough
lhe "utcltS leNcl anu tue lup
Of the ! opening for her head. She
found herself In a straight passage
way perhaps eight or,1O, feet long and
as many wide. Cautiously, she swan
through It and discovered herself in
an immense cave. Light filtered
through the opening and one or two
fissureS had been opened here and
there. BY the earthquake or by some
CONFUSION Of nature before. through
the rocky wall. invisible on the face OF
the cliff from tho outside but quite
distinct within. There was even q
stretch OF sandy beach on n side.
She swan to It. e]ambered upon S.tt
and sat down to rest.
Here was an excellent haven OF ref
'uge, instinctively occurred to her, al.
though a refuge from what she
: (To be Continued.)