The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-15
ITHE ISLAND Or REBElIERi7l0N
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The realization came upon her. she
flung herself. DOWN: on the grassy crest
and gave way TO yolcelesss agony.
Sometimes there ID nothing. 50 ter.
rtbie she realized as prayer granted,
az desire accom- lished, as ,unde rtak.
ing brought to conclusion, Tie, .aw...
fnlness sqf SUCCESS was upon her in!
that hour. Her ruse5 had worked. Her.
object had been. attained. yet the
achievement gsye her, no, pleasure,
Hen owns ac:s had pars Cd her irrey.
o'eablys forever from the world and,
the one man IL, III who wasSthe world
for her He was gone. She who had!
splaGe him had sent him forth among,
his feilowss She had sacrI flced!s her.
SCI, buried herselfi alive for; hin. She:
3 sfelt as q moth Ter might who expert;
onnesS birth nanga, and knows Z that
with every throkl of tearing anguish
l,star1 own ltfei Gibbs away. passes into
The new life which she ilshers. into the
world and gives 70 men. Z p h s t:5;s' y
She had long hours for thought in
those two days In that 5caye whose
mouth the. waters hid. She had,
S'ssqahlooled} herself TO face light and life.
without him when she. emerged from
her cunning hiding place. She had
waited the long period / In order to
make ! absolutely certain that they.
would b. gone And yet, despite her:
sell, a little gleamS Of hope, a bare pos
sibility that hesmight be there. still,
( had fingered In her soul and leayened
the awfnlness Of her grief. Now It
was gone. It had sunk! beneath, the
horizon even as the, Ships had disap.
peared. She. hsd been. bitter against
him. Her soul had reyolted because
he had failed She had told, herself
that he was not worthy OF her. She
forgot these things in that profound
and desolate moment. She knew; only
that.shes loved him. When, she could
think Of other: things than he; the.
mere bodily, presence Of the man. the
look Of him, the sound, OF his voice,
the pressure OF his lips. the, clasp OF
his arms. she began to realize that as
he grew. dlder,s unless she was so abs,
solutely mistaken In him as to. make.
all estimate n him, mockery, he would
realize the: falsity. Of his view, the lit;
tlenesst az his action. and II he, were. In,
truth the. man whom she could rightly
love; his years would be one. long re-.
grets that he had failed. What would
happen when he realized that, when
he came to. the knowledge that. she.
Was indeed alb that she had seemed,
and that he had: been nothing. that he
ss|sha,,ld 4 she know, adj She. had writ
TEN AT II De ssilnans would never. Gould,
MEYER; forge her; that wh sfeysr he
went and what Yers tle dtd, ishe would!
be present With him n Hat she had
Sstamped ihefselt too Iinaelibly8 ppch. his,
heart for an TRITON with humanity,
however close: and persls slant. tose erase
the irdag some back per-
fhaps. VIII II l'sl, &c !. !,
20, God!. she. kneltS down. and,
stretched out her arms, "brlng hin;
3back,.she MISUNDERSTANDING brpk-
5en words, lacking the eloquencet q
long and studied petition, the appeal
soH theS heart every ,thfob. OF GEwhich5lsj
a. prayer bring him back to,me!"
4 She thought that she would have.
had him back on any terms. She said
shat she had been MAJ; 5as foo. s not 70
tthave taken him. not 10 have gone to
him, not to have married him in any;
way with, any conditions. under any
circumstances. Ait her thoughts, were.
merged In one great passlonate long:
Ing To be- with him; s$gts1S 5' t5a
! For the first time in her life. the,
pangs Of jealousy tore her, breast. She
thought Of him In; the world with 9th:
Ser men. with. other women, young,
handsome, a perfect godlike form and
face Of man, rich, the widest romance
with its, charm and mystery to attract.
Ills story; could not be hid, neither
I, could hers. The man would be court.
led. sought after. made much over, be.
3loyed, \. would. be enough to, turn tho
head Of a saint. How would he stand
sit?5 Would the recollection Of her
make him strong? Would that GOD; IN
whom The and. she both had trusted
until the crisis came, lead him In the
straight path? Would, her purity, her
swectness-stop: would he think; her
thus lowered and possessed? 7 Not
now. certainly. but every hour that
took him farther from her would add
Ito his knowledge and would! tell him
the truth and these; would help him.
Another. thought came into her
mind. His story would. be known and
hers asdwell. The world was. filled
with adventurous men. Would not
some, Of them come. in search, Of her
}island2;The officers Of those two. ships
could determine accurately the. .sItna,
ton Of that island. 1t would be-, as
easy for a navigator: to find: Il as for a
denizen of a city to go to! any given
street corner. People would come
back To that island, not 10. seek her,
for the world. would belieye her. dead,
but; simply to- see, the place. Idle
yachtsmen might find that ah object
for ling cruising and she would have
ito hide: and hide, Butfwould she hide?