Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-10


zeal Mfna&sf IN to gre Mo po~sihls op'
portuni4y TOR h>r ~ dfscov&E hin
scrutiny.
with ! beating heart ard eager
syes he ssMrchad the spot. There lag
the bear and = little distance away
pruue ON fhs grass. clothed but wheth-
81 Ia asr right mind or not hs could
NOT tail, lay the woman. Tor @ moment
~ he bent = concentrated. eager gaze
Upon her he thought she might have
tainted or that she might have died.
In any event he reflected thai she had
strength and nerve and will to have
dressed herself before either Of these
thinxs happened. 6hs lay uotioniess
under his case for 40 long that hs
finally made up HIS mind that COM
mon humanity required him to 10 to
her assistance.
He rose to his feet on the instant
and saw the woman also lift herself
from the grass as II moved By . SINH
lar impulse. In his intense preoccu-
patton he had forgot to observe the
aixns Of the times. A a Of this
overcast sky cane to him suddenly a.
1t did to her, but with Z difference.
He knew what was about to happan.
his experience told him much mora
~ to the awful potentialitfes Of the
tempest than shs could possibly iuag-
tns. She must be warmed at once.
she must sfsavs tho canon and ret up
on tAa higher ground without delay.
His duty was plain and yet he did II
not. He could mot The pressure
upon him WA mot yst strong enough.
A half down timcs - hs watched
her deliberately sitting there exting,
he opened his mouth TO cry to her.
ret he could not bring himself to It.
A strange timidity oppressed him;
halted him, held him back. A man
cannot stay sway I'VE years from men
snd womsn and be himself with them
In tbs twinkitug Of m eye. And wheu
to that tnstinctive and acquired reluc.
tancs against which no struggled In
rain. he afdsd this assurance that
whatever his message he would be
unwaieoms on account OF what had
gcns hsfore; jhs could not force him
self to 20 to her or even to call to
her, not yet. He would ksep her I'm.
der surveillance. however. and II the
worst came he could Intervene in Tins
to rescue her. He counted without
hts cost, his usual judgment Devil
dered. So he followed her through
the trees and down the bank.
Now he was so engrossed In her
and 80 axitated that his caution slept
his experience WAS forgotten. The
storm In his W breast was SO great
that 1t overshadowed the storm brew
ing above. Her way was easier than
his and he had fallen some distance
behind when suddenly there rushed
upon him the fact that a frightful and
unlocked for cloudburst was about tt
occur above their heads. A lightning
fash and a thunder clap at last ar
rested his attention. Then. but MOI
until then, he flung everything to ths
winds and amid the sulien and almosI
continuous peals Of thunder he sen
cry after cry toward her which wert
lost in the tremendous diapason o
sound that echoed and re-echoet
through the riffs of the mountains.
wait" he cried again and again
"Come up higher. Get out of thu
/ canon. Youth be drowned"
But he had waited too long. TIL,
storm had developed too rapidly; 5hI
uas too far ahead OF and beneath him
She heard nothing but the sound Of
voice, shriii. ~menacing. fraaght Will
terror for her. not a word distinguish
able. scarcely to her disturbed SOU
even a human voice. 1t seemed liks
the wisrd CRY OF some Wild spirit 81
tho storm. It sounded to her over
~Iousns nerves % utterly innumaI
that she only ran the faster.
The canon swsrved and then dou
bied back. but he know its direction
Losing sight Of her for the moment he
plunged straight ahead through the
trees. cutting of ths bend, lsapins