The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-14

gentle wind across It's hills. For we'll.
nigh 80 years It had not been SO
abandoned Two days past It had re.
soundoa wfth5fhe cries of'men scaling
its heights, crashing through It's cop.
pices. calling AZ name, tbeseeching an
answer. Two days before great ships
had drffted Idly under. Its lee. II had
been the center and focus OF great
events. Now II lay desolate, alone. q
On that morning the tide; which had
drawn away from It through the long
night had turned, and was coming
back. The force oiS the water spent
itself upon the barrier. Within the
lagoon it lay placid. rising gently inch
by inch I'M mighty, overflow. "A watcher,
had there Ebeen Sone, would have seen
at sunrise theSstill water Of the Ia.
COON brqlien by a ripples a keen eye
might have no fleet ali The base Of the
cliff WHERE t ran hHer down into the
blue. asdafk object moving beneath the
surface. The eye could scarcely have
fbeeomesawara lofGits presence, before
the WateYs PARED d. little spIash and
"a lead rose dark crowned, white faced.
0T6ere wis asside@lse waya tahaRsfinke
q the hsaa Ssalpd aonaiirsqftRyHfbopen
The blue of the water was iightened
BY f1ashss Of Witt EARNS. AS the
body rose gher upfer the impetus Of
-strokes. Vigorous yet graceful. it
could be seen that II was that Of a
aMoman,rt' 70 gu Sttsl1:l;T
with ease and grace the figure
swan along the base Of the cliff until
At was Joined by a jutting spit Of sand
which widened and widened Into a
great strip Of beach that ran around
the island. Upon this sand presently
the Swallowing Of the; water gave the
swimmer foothold.i. Progress ceased.
With eyes hnggardE yet keenly. alert,
the sen. the shore, the beach, the
cliffs. the trees were eagerly searched.
The long glances revealed nothing.
Their. the head was turned and the ear
listened for sounds and heard nothing.
The look Of apprehension faded into
one Of dull relief, $50 "a
II Walking now, the woman In the
water made her way; toward the sand.
Very white she cleaned In tho full
warm light streaming from the risen
sun against the background 'ot the
dark black rock. The water dripping
from her exquisitely graceful limbs.
she looked a very. nymph of the sea as
she stepped out at last above the high
tide line and stood poised us II for
flight upon the hardland solid shore.
Again she threw about; her, that quick,
apprehensive look. Again she paused
to, listen. Reassured in that she heard
and saw nothing but the birds song,
the winds sigh, the waves splash. she
ran swiftly toward a biacker opening
in. the dark rock. She cleaned winter
still in the entrance for a moment
and then, disappeared. She came. forth
presently still unclothed, look Of
disappointment on her face.
She had many things to do, much
to- occupy her mind. but the first duty
that lay to her. hand and the first in.
stinct which she followed was that
her nakedness should be covered.
70 Still warilyr watchful, still kee1ly
alert, still fearful apparently Of inter.
ruption or observation, she ran across
the. beach. her int xament as free, as
graceful: as rapid as she had been
Atlanta herself, sand disappeared 4un.
4 der the trees. THE whirr Of birds dis
turbed might have marked her pass;
age. N ii,
n After SOME time tsne appeared on
the top OF, the high bare hill that
crowned the island She had simpro.
ylsed for herselfea covering out Of
three or -four. great fern leaves, soft
and pliable, which she fastened with
palm ,fibers from shoulder to knee. on
either side, her bare shoulders rising
from the rich grecnness like white
5vorolla from Its yerdant calyx. SIZE
went more assuredly, now. party be.
cause Of the TACT that she was clothed
ind partly because her first rapid sur.
yeys Of the horizon, revealed the fact
that the ships were gone. She was
glad that this was so, and yct when.
PILES CURED slNs 20 10 DAYS,