The Washington times., 1913-07-16
her protesting hand.

when / tell him how you hor him han
| IN boat: Chang, maybe i go-an die. All
hell come you go-an save She Bime-
by by. tonight: when big sea come. You you
like me die-I go-an die flor you"
| The while Chang talked his long. yel-
| low fingers were going swiftly over
Emily's feet. A surgeons skill was in
! ening where he manipulated the ankle
4 and toe joints for a sound which would
! betoken a fracture.
finality. -
Thank you. Chang" Emily said
| him an account Of what had happened
following the upheaval.
Chang had been standing near the fire
on the hillside. He had been thrown
down even as she and Lavelle were.
great sea had come and gone quickly.
The earth went out from under him. It
haked away, carrying him down to the
sea with 1t: He could not stop himself.
Just as he was rolling over the edge
hold Of 1t. 1t checked his descent 1t
wns Lavelle's arm that he caught and,
drawing himself up. he found her
clutching Lavelle with both hands
around his other wrist. Her feet were
twisted In the root of a tree which the
sea had washed out of the earth. 1t
was this root that had saved ali of
them.
Emily could understand now how she
came to feel like one who had been
broken on a wheel. She could not i'm
agine where she had found the strength
to Withstand the terrific forces which,
according to the giants description.
had heset her. She believed she had
thought she had proved herself not
.. . useless. She found comfort IN this mo-
mentary reflection, nor did she suspect
that a great. new power-a power like
unto which there Is no other-had
4 catch him. MASTER" added Chang.
but you hor flor him like a marther
hoi him lillul chile when him big bear
com-men in winter. Chang brig You
master eye close. Him head must flor
strike 'gainst boat; maybe lock hit him.
Him boat all go away"
A weary fafntness made Emily's eye
lids droop for a second. Chang leaped
of the fire. She watched him where he
lifted one of the boats breakers and
poured a cupful of water. He was back
In moment, offering II to her. She
drank spartngly. She refused to eat
anything. She asked how long 1t had
been since the sundering Of the island,
and when Chang told her that not more
than an hour passed she found 1t hard
to believe him. II seemed to Emily that
IL must have happened many nights
before
The giants answer was hardly away
from his lips when a shudder went
through the hill on the crest Of which
he, driving Rowgowskii to help him,
mad liked the encampment and rebuilt
the fire.
What for? whachamaIla your?
snarled Chang at the menacing earth.
The next breath brought a scolding tone
into his quaint voice. Him go an be
night veliy long time. Mr. Islam More
DETER you go-an go sleep. eh?"
The whimsicality Of this speech and
the half-quizzical expression in Chang's
face brought a faint smile to the lips
of the white woman.
You're rare soul. Chang" she whis-
pered.
Him all same cla-zee. dlunken sailor
man; this Mr.. Islan'." the giant chat
Emily. And always he spoke Of the
future certainly. So far as his speech
and manner were concerned, he might
have been safe in port. with a pleasant
city In view. instead of on the border
line Of the world beyond. Like Layelle.
he possessed the marvellous power of re-
newing ones faith.
or his master the Chinaman spoke as
the children Of the Orient speak Of their
strange good gods. He told how La
velle. nine years before. in Rangoon.
had saved his life from the murderous
hands Of drunken. mutinous crew, and
how his way thereafter had been the
captains way, and would be to the end
He recalled. too the night in Shanghai
Of which Elsie had told her. He wrung
tears from her recounting the fearful
winning Of the Kau Lung to Yokohama
She saw the knife-scars on the arm
lying outside the sail. and the scars on
Changs. The wounds of these men as
sumed sacredness in her eyes.
My master all same Chang joss"
mo 'fiaid for ennysling! Nobody, Him
say Chang. Die Must flor me die
Emily recalled the strange scene be-
tween them at the boat. and she under
stood the truth Of this.
.Lavelle. stirring with a moan. inter-
rupted the serang who bent his head
and listened. ear close to the uncon-
scious mans lips.
Him sleep now-more better. No
sleep las night. No sleep today. Him
velly tired"
Emily leaned over at the giants
breathing of a tired sleeper. Yet she
heard something else also.
-"Home soon-dear heart. Gold
Rirl-wonder-" he murmured. and
Emily wondered what manner of woman
II was who was waiting across seas for
this mans homecoming. II was not
thus he would speak of the mother to
whom he had set out to return. II could
not be such a woman as Shanghai Elsie
A remembrance Of what RowgowskI
had said to her In the boat flashed into
her mind. She put II away Instantly.
She resented IL. She knew. as only II IL
z ven to n woman to know, that It was
not to a mate like Elsie that this man
would 60.
God bring him safely to her." she
prayed. in her pity for the woman OF
whom the Shadow dreamed and knew
not that she prayed for herself
I Contionaf'o. "f Thi. stow VIII