The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-11

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the blue lagoon and through the open.
Ing in the barrier toward the yacht
tosslns slpSly upon The long swells 81
the Pacific. y & X
AS for You, Eir,. said the woman,
after she had watched .Langford a; III.
tie while In silence, will you 20 back
and bring some officers ashore 70 hear
my story
Atiyour wish, Miss Brenton, {" said
the lieutenant.commande grayely. .
The woman turned to her compan-
ion.S
..Wfll you 60 With them2"
AND leave you here alone'" cried
the man. i. b
Fl shall be hero when you come
back. ] give you my word upon 1t. Il
do not break my word. You know
whatever else you may have against
me, u have always told you the truth
II you will remember, ] said but yes.
terday that ! was not worthy Of you"
She smiled bitterly.
And in that, madam, said Whitta-
kerr give me leave to say that you
broke your record for yeracity,"
TITS good Of you to say so,s' she re
turned. Believe me / have taken
more comfort from your words and &C.
lions in this dreadful hour. than ] had
dreamed II possible for men to give.
Now, Il you win all go away and leave
me and not come back. until evening 1
shall be SO glad and thankful
ss'come. sir,"isntd the lieutenant.com.
mander. not unkindly. touching the
man upon the shoulder. "As a gentle
man you cannot do less than accede
to the lady,s request
Suffering himself thus to- be per-
suaded,; the mansfollowed. the officer
into the boat. in which the whole par.
ty embarked and was rowedy away
from the island. His; first touch with
the world had separated him. from
the woman he loved and who: loved
him. Nay, his own frightfulifolly, his
own blindness his own criminal and
heartless decision had done that, And
the world upon which humanity loves
to load the blame OF its transgres-
slons. and with which It would fain
share the consequences Of its own
follies, had nothing whatever Ito. do
with 1t. In fact, 1ttSwas because he
was; so ignorant ofithe world, SO utter
ly unable to see things in their rela.
tive valges-.andtin relation we ascer.
t,in truth-that he had taken the
tone that he had used and entered
upon the course which he had fol.
lowed.
He could only see one thing, that
this woman who be supposed belonged
SO completely and entirely and abso-
lutely to him, who was as fresh and
unspotted from the world as he was,
who had been his own as he had be.
;tonged entirely and utterly and abso-
lutely to her, was-different! That
the difference was more in his own
imagination than anywhere else
brought him no comfort. He still
loved her, he still wanted to marry
her, but he loved her in spite OF her
shame. Agreater.. a wiser man would
have loved her because OF It. And
!, some day this fact which he himself
was inherently large enough to realize,
or would be after time: would cause
him grief so great that the. anguish
That he suffered now would be moth.
Ing.
4 Whitaker was man Of great tact
and shrewdness and one with a wide
knowledge OF the world. He realized
something Of what was In the mans
. mind. He saw in some measure how
the proposition presented itself to him
and he felt q. deep KINDNESS and pity
toward his unhappy fellow passenger.