The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-11
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God help me. scried The nan.llft
ing his hand and releasing his about.
{ der from the grasp Of the Of Ulcer, did
love this woman Think how It was,
think, howl believed In her. No Chris.
tlan ever believed in his god as I be-,
slieyed In her. She told me what purity
was, what innocence was, what sweet
ness was; what light was, what truth
was, and lSlooked at her and saw
them
And you can locs at her and see,
them row. cried the officer.
No, said the man, Il can never
loSh 1T ilef and see her. the same. T-
OF, Man! Man! .Scried the woman. Z
The test was upon him. lie was
1ailing. Her SORROW, her giief were
more for him than for herself.
Don't mistake me- said the man.
81 can't help loving you, whatever you
are. II you had been as guilty as,
when he began to speak and when
you corroborated him, fancied that
you were. ] should have loved YOU Just
the same and | should have married
you, and ! shall marry you. This Il
this awful thing has come between us,
but we win try. in some way to live
1t down; to forget 1t, to go on as We
WERE $a ~ j;
He stepped toward the woman.
She drew herself up to her full
height and looked him unflinchlngly
In the face.
No" she said, 1--WE are not going on
as we thought. We Will not marry and
live together. We will not bury this
Sretched happening ip the spast In
any oblivion. lwill marry no man,
although he may have my whole heart.
who is not proud and glad to take me.
who does not realize that am as pure
and as innocent OF wrong and shame
as he would fain think his mother, as
he would absolutely; know This wife
must be. II told you that your manhood
must be put to the test. told you that
your love must be. tried by fire. What
j loved in YOU was the assurance that
YOU would survive the test, that you
would triumph In the trial. It Is not 4
that have been before the great Judge
this morning, but You. and you have.
failed" }tS7
Kate" said Langiord, The casts you
of; take me. swear to you that
were ] in his place, would not have
hesitated moment"
II respect you more than ever" said
the woman; but don't love you and
cannot, / will not take you'll"
"charnock,% said Whitaker .tf
that's your name, permit me ITO say
here, saving the lady,sS presence. that:
YOU are behaving like a damned fooI..'tt
III The man looked at him dumb I; sin.
eompreh dinghy and mad 10 reply.
|s'lt Swas The yqmat ~ hp jspok 5eoldi5,
5impaf tlaily She had .aeenipg III Dis.
missed the: whole in hi, though at
i what cost so hstseH no one could
|szs:;sirs l$sRel said ,ss jthefre zone On
your ship empowered I'd administer ari
oath" ssSS:sSs iiss55!s1 tiSys:tg.5-
= have that power" ANSWERED the.
|slleptehant oahms 1disf 4Wks as ;;yto a,
|saslrse
Il wish You would bring some Of
your officers here with paper and Ink.
l-wish to make q deposition as to the
facts that Il have learned concerning
this man whichimayibe Of service to
him In establishing his identity and
discovering his history when he re.
turns to the United States."f re
But are you not going back with
us, Miss Brenton?' asked the officer In
amazcment. 1--WE are sailing for Hon.
olulu and thence for San Francisco as
directly as we can CO."
NO. said the girl, "I will not leave
the Island. You can take my friend
here"
THE Southern Cross said Lang.
ford. is at your disposal, Kate"
Il have had one voyage upon her."
said the woman bitterly. II want new.
er TO see her again."
Woman" said the man OF the Is.
land suddenly IF you stay here, /
stay here. Without you will not CO."
mot 80" said the woman scornful.
ly. Il would not be upon the same
island alone with you again. You have
failed me-"
Her voice broke. but she caught It
again instantly and resumed her iron
self.control. s.
Then If one OF US must stay, it
shall he t. r1
No" said the woman. II have
been in the world and you have not.
You may go and learn what It holds
for you. have tried to prepare you,
to give you lessons. Now, you may
put them In practice"
THE island is mine" said the man.
81 was here when you came. shall
be here when you return" Ss5
I'VE shall see.." returned the wo.
man looking boldly at him. The clash
OF Wills almost struck fire within the
eyes OF the two who thus crossed
swords. Meanwhile" she turned to
Langford, "if you will leave the is.
land and go back to your ship,I shall
be very glad. There is nothing you
can do here. You have nothing to