The Washington times., 1913-08-01

! The sextant. unchanged, lay where it
| had been hurled on the starboard bench
or berth opposite Paul.
Its all right. partner" Paul said, as
Emily discovered the broken things
Don't worry"
When it came to drinking his tea his
hands could rot hold the mug in which
She was compelled to serve it. She gave
1t to him mouthful by mouthtuL The
| hot drink was stimulating. There was
| satisfaction of hunger. too, in the feed
| ing him, and drank and ate somethlng
only when he closed his lips firmly and
| turned his face from her.
| And all the while there was raging
| within him a battle against the Impulse
| Of his consuming love to take this Won
! derful innocent woman to his breast
4 Had he not won the right to tell her
that he loved her? A voice within him.
self kept repeating, and always the
| specter of the past armed with the
| resolution OF silence he had formed two
days before. cried: NO; unless you
| are q coward"
Il think 1 Will sleep" Paul said. pres
! emily, when Emily offered to rub and
rebandage his ankles.
rs 1t because you do not wish me to
! do it?'
why, no. OF course not"
You thought nothing Of doing it for
| me. You have done everything for me,
! and with a tenderness that I can re-
| member only as part of my mother.
| You are so tender and again you are so
harsh-as hard and cold as steel"
The sea makes one harsh" He
could not control his voice and he
stopped short in fear of whether he
| might be led. He noticed then for the
| first time that Emily's skirt was cling
ing to her damply. do please go below
and get IN some fresh. dry clothing:
for yourself will help me to sleep. Do
! try to lie down, too
IF there is nothing more can do
here I will CO." she said, obediently.
But It is strange thing-with all the
wetting 1 have undergone I have not
the sign of a cold
Salt water ought TO have at least
one virtue" he answered. He nodded
as he spoke for her to so below.
Paul Lavelle slept only for a few
minutes at a time If he really slept at
heard the gold woman descend the COM
panionway. and he followed her foot
steps through the cabin.
Even when all was quiet below and
he knew that Emily must be lying
down, wakefulness rode his brain He
loneliness without this woman in his
life, and for the first time in all the
suffering he had known he thought of
a way out In his blacklist hours of the
last ten years llllS Iidu IlSNSI OSSuIISu
to him.
To fight on to the end without ceas-
ing, with never a let up in the drive.
had been the ruling impulse Of his
spirit. To fight on now in silence and
give life to this precious woman; to
stand up manfully, no matter what the
odds. with 1is whole soul in the battle.
until he should bring her to safety
this was the one course.
After that there would be way If
it were denied him that he should not
suffer death in the giving of life to her.
A gnawing pain in his left hand finally
drew his attention to it.
He saw the green Jade ring which
he had worn constantly since leaving
Yokohama was choking the small I'm
ger which il encircled. He sat Up to
take II off and as he did so he heard
a strange heavy football in the cabin
He was on the point of trying TO get up
when Emily came up through the com
panionway.
II was her football that had alarmed
him. As her head and shoulders rose
above the teakwood rail around the
staircase. the sun. now far down in the
west. shot a Poden beam through a
port over Paul's berth. 1t touched her
head with the first of a divine BEAUTY.
"Oh, / woke you she whispered
TREMENDOUSLY and at the same time she
sensed his depression OF spirit
No. 1 was awake" was all he could
saw for the moment. II came from ms
lips in a barely audible voice.
To be loved bv and by love 10 possess
a woman like thIs-the world, aye,
thousand worlds-were well lost! That
was the thought which excluded every
thing else from his mind
The glow OF sleep which had le-
freshed and restored fingered in IN"
cheeks of the gold woman and in the
tins of her shelly ears Her mouth was
retouched with its natural delicate
scarlet Her sensitive nostrils quiv-
cred at the sunlights touch. Her blue
shirted bosom. heaVing ever so slight
ly from the exertiOn OF climbing the
compa niOnway. moved the loose plaits
ders ike ropes of molten gold Hard |
ship had drawn her features only
slightly. Youths and childhood's ca I
pacity of quick recovery was hers.
Physically she was little changed. but /
there was a difference in her Her ,
whole being seemed TO breathe: Il have !
no doubt OF life"
eve changed and slept" she said (
as PauIs glance swept her ''I feel -
If there had never been a storm
She stepped backward with a smilr
Are YOU laughing at them" she |
asked She drew back her skirt slightly |
and exhibited a pair Of rubber sea- |
boots which were inches ZOO large for |
her, There was something boyfsh IN +
the actiCn that did draw a smile from !
Lavelle. You are laughing" she went |
on and pouted prettily But do SO as I
much as you wish. They're sensible"
thing for decks like this. We should |
have thought Of them before
They're much too large. but I've put |