Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-13

Bui The time las not YET ennse 10 NJ
down aud die Re strung. We shall
| yet hp safe.
| So was obliged 10 turn and leave
/ her sitting alonr there. the gray swpep
OF the nerrilesS plains all aboaf her.
The cog WIS our savlar Without hts
n0se ! could not hare tracrd our The
little ffavoks trail. Int hr. seeing whaf
was needed md fspiing me- noSine
along md dnublin. back and seeking
on the hard ground. seafap.l 10 know
what was required or perhaps himself
thDnghi tO 60 hack to some old camp
for foOd 30 presently he. trutted alung.
his ears up. bis Hose straight ahead.
and I. n savage. depended npon ,.rr.,
turp sfill little hover IN the order OF
life. and that creature prored a faith
fiil servant
We went Gu nj swinging walk or
tr0f or lope. as the ground said. and ntp
nr the distance III twice me speed we
haI used tIl. day before IN a couple
Of hours ! Was clnss. to where xh,. nasi
taken the belt. and so Mt Iasf ssiw THE
dog drop his Nose and sniff. There
were the missing riches. lIrireIrss be-
yond guld- the little lradcn balls. the
powdirr. dry In its hp.rn: On. little rs,lls
vf tew ihe knife SWING NJ tile grille.
knplf down there an the sand. / l,,hn
c0wls's. once civilized AMI INV hsath
IN. ans! raised my fraypl and rugged
lrindS toward be Nys.rry and bpgrrd
that might Ire f,,fpvrf frye ~ tiir
grtgii crinn. If thanEi-ssi:eSs. Then
larrhing N the dog aud InrIng on tire
less ~ when ! WAS Il hoy. ran ~
though sickness and wtqlkn.~ss md
never b,rn mine and. presently came
nnrk 10 The place wh,rr had lsft hpf
She s;iw me coming She ran onf to
Meet lna. holding out her arins-i
ssy she came holding ont her arms Il
me.
.'SIt Down here by my side" com
mnnded her. Il mrst talk TO you. I
will VIII
.'Io not" she impIored. All. what
shall ! do. you are not fart;
But | took her hands in mine. =
can endure II no I6ngpr." / said. Il
will NOT endure It.
She looked at me with her eyes wide.
locked me full In the face with such
q gaze as | have never seen on any
woman's face.
Il love you said to her. II have
never loved any one else. can never
love any one again. but you." / say
that L. John Cowlen. had at that mo-
ment utterly forgotten all Of life and
all Of the world except this then and
there. II lore youI, I said over and
over again to her.
she pushed away my arm. ''TheY
are all the same she said a. though
to herself
Eyes. all the same" said. There
Is no man who would not love yon.
here Or anywhere"
TO how many have you said fhatr'
she asked me. frowning. 800
ITO some. said 70 her honestly.
"But It was never thus
She curled her lip. scorning the
truth which she had asked now that
she had 1t. .And Ii any other woman
were here It would be the same. Il is
because. / am here. because we are
alone. because am a woman-ab. that
Is neither wise nor brave nor good Of
you.''
THAT Is not true. Were It any 9th.
er woman. yes. what you say might be
true in one way. But love you not
because you are a woman. It Is be-
canse ron are Ellen. You would be
the only woman In the world. 10 mat
ter where we were nor how many
were about us. Though could choose
from all the world. It would be the
same
sIt II the old story" she sighed.
'sYes. the old story" said. 1T r.
the same story. the old one. There
are the witnesses. the hills. the sky"
"fou seem to have thought Of such
things she said to me slowly. II
have not thought. I have simply lived
along. enjoying life. not thinking. Do
we lore because we are but creatures?
cannot be loved SOL will not bel
/ Will not submit that what have
sometimes dreamed shall be so narrow
as this. John Cowles. a woman must
be loved for herself. not for her sex.
by some one who Is q man. but who
Is beside
..Oh, have said all that. loved
you the first time saw you-the first
time, there at the dance"
..And forgot and cared for another
CIR! the next day. She argued that all
over again.
..That other girl was you" ! once
more reiterated.
..And again you forgot me"
"And again what made me forget
you was yourself. Each time you
were. that other. girl. that other wom-
an. Each time ! have seen you you
have been different, and each time !
have loved you oyer again. Each day
I see you now you are different. Ell
len, and each day love You more.
How many times shall solve this