The Washington times., 1913-07-10

crested caps. flashing them out treach-
erously and suddenly as the boat rode
wildly to the assault.
The sides and bottom of the boat
would nave been no more than paper
| under the slightest blow from a piece
OF this wreckage; a touch and every
! life in 1t would have been flotsam. Hun
ger, thirst, and the terrors of the night
battle which the yellow giant at the
steering-oar captained with a master
hand.
The white man. kneeling between the
thWarts. began shouting orders anc
warnings. Chang, his thick cue stream
ing in the wind, his jaw set, his face
as expressionless as a piece Of parch-
ment, seemed oblivious of what this
white man did until he saw him start
position. Then he hurled a curse al
MIN that was a blow-a curse learned
OF the sea and the white mems lips.
But TO the women the giant kept
calling. "Bimeby him all go ray!"
ana there was faith in his voice. and
II passed into their hearts As often
as the boat shuddered from a blow,
cheated Of its death-strength, Re ab-
jured them to be unafraid. No white
man could have been more gentle or
thoughtful.
Through it all Emily Granville clung
to Lavelle's hand as she had in the
'hoh ihc ndu sdlO
Kept forcing itself uppermost In ser
mind-if the man who lay across her
lived. all would live.
Even as Chang had promised. the
boat passed out of the wreckage. The
wind droped suddenly and peace be-
gan it's entrance into the seas wor-
ried blue bosom. The sun leaping to
its days work overhead, touched the
boat with its warmth. Emily, follow
ing Chang's glance around the hori-
zon, saw speck to leeward. 1t might
be another boat, he told her.
Hi. cried one of the coolies for
ward pointing up to windward where
the broken half OF boat went by.
No good look him that way" shout
ed Chang. but too late. Emily and
Shanghai Elsie saw the grim seagrist
and the body Of a little boy in pajamas
tangled in it. Their eyes met-the Mag
dalen's and hers of the sheltered life
and they wept together, cheek against
cheek. in an understanding of woman's
heritage of potential motherhood.
In the midst of Changs tongue
lashing of the coolie who had discovered
the wrecked boat Lavelle stirred into
consciousness. Elsie was the first to
see his eyes open and stare upward
blankly.
Thank God. he is living" she muir
INJURED. Thank Cod" And as she
spoke he sat up with a start. tearing his
hand from Emily's. He gazed round
him wildly for a moment. hts eyes
finally settling on Emily with a gleam
of recognition.
"You?' he murmured. In a tone of
awe: Chang's clustering went un-
Needed. He passed a hand OVER his
brow. and at the touch the bullet
wound over his temple began to bleed
afresh. His head rocked with pain,
and he pressed 1t in both hands until
It seemed that he must crush the skull
Don't don't" Emily protested: but
better-you are i'll, Lie down again"
Somebody struck me-oh, yes. they
shot me. I don't know-I don't know
why" and a low moan escaped from
him.
The Shanghai woman begged him to
lie down again, but he shook his head
He looked at his hands. They were
wet with blood. Then he began to ex-
which to bind his brow. 1t was sleeve
less; the arms had been ripped out of
the pits and the body was in ribbons.
IF ] had something-to tie" La
Il have nothing" said Elsie. con.
scious for the FIRST time that she had
escaped from the Cambodia in only
sah ni9ht dras binb and the
Even as she spoke Emily struggled |
up from the bottom of the boat to the |
fore-and-aft seat against which her |
head had been resting.
With a splendid Inconsistencies of |
self she opened che long tan coat-the |
one in which Lavelle had first beheld |
her-raised an outer black skirt and |
with a swift movement ripped off the |
deep hem of the night robe which il |
hid.
Lavelle was facing away from her, |
but he opened his eyes at that moment |
to see the strange man seated in front |
of him start I'D with a smile of |
strange curiousness in his dark face.
Then she leaned toward Lavelle and .
said quickly:
IF you will bend back your head
a little"
He leaned toward her obediently
and she bandaged the wound with an
that brought mods of ap-
proval from Elsie and Chang. both |
ignorant of this woman's latent pow I
ers of hardy usefulness and physical /
heritage of a pioneer Il
stock that had torn world out of a
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