The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-10
CHAPTER DISCONTINUED.

CF1AF ! EN- lNs--SOUNlUbNNs
Hand already, earlier In the day,
had made a path for himself up the
steep bank through the underbrush,
and now Agatha went with him to
the edge Of the thicket She watched
and listened until the faint rustling
Of his footsteps ceased, then turned
back to the camp on the beach. She
went to the fire and stirred up its
Goals once more before returning to
James. He was sleeping, but his
flushed face and unnatural breathing
were signs of ILL., Now and then he
moved restlessly, or seemed to try to
speak, but no coherent words came.
She sat down to watch by him.
After Agatha and James had been
brought ashore by the capable Mr..
Hand, II had needed only time to
bring Agatha back to consciousness.
Both she and James had practically
tainted from exhaustion, and James
had been nearly drowned, at the last
minute. Agatha had been left on the
rocks to come to herself as she would,
While Hand had rubbed and pum-
meled James until the blood flowed
again. 1t had flowed too freely in,
deed, at some time during his ordeal;
and tiny triclles of blood showed on
his lips. Agatha, dazed and aching
was trying to crawl up to the sand
when Hand came back to her, run
ming lightly over the slippery rocks.
They had come in on the flowing tide,
which had aided them greatly; and
now Hand helped her the short dis
lance to the cove and mercifully let
her lie while he went back to his
work for James.
Later he had got a little bucket
used for bailing out the rowboat, and
dashed hurriedly into the thicket
above after some tinkling cowbells
Though she was too tired to question
him, Agatha supposed he had tied one
of the COWS to a tree, since he re-
turned three or four times to fill the
pail. What a wonderful life-giver
milk was! She had drunk her fill
and had tried to feed 1t to James,
who at first tasted eagerly, but had,
on the whole, taken very little. He
was only partly awake, but he shiv- !
cred and weakly murmured that he
was cold Agatha quickly grew
stIenger; and she and Hand set to
work to prepare the fire and the bed.
, lmcst while they we're at this labor,
le sun had gone down.
Sitting by Jim's couch, Agatha grew
sleepy and cold, but there were no
more coverings. Hands coat was
over Jim, and as Agatha herself felt
the cold more keenly she tucked It
closer about him. Alone as she was
now, in solitude with this man who
had saved her from the waters, with
darkness and the night again coming
IN, her spirit shrank; not SO much
rom fear, as from that premonition
If the future which now and then
lssails the human heart.
AS she knelt by Jim's side, cover
ng his feet with the coat and heaping
he fir boughs over him, she paused
o look at his unconscious face. She
new now that he did not belong to ;
he crew of the Jeanne Dare; but
4 his outward circumstances she
new nothing more. Thirty she
uessed him to be, thereby coming
within four years of the truth. His ,
hort mustache concealed his mouth, :
nd his eyes we're closed 1t was
lmost like looking at the mask of ,
face. The rough beard of a weeks /
rowth ma'-' a deep shadow over the t
,wer part OF his face; and yet, be. t
ind the mask, she thought she could q
ee some token of a real man. not y