The state herald., 1913-05-09

ndODod DIV the crew, VINO tA&e " ia.
Veg es.. .%S xansS. a'srs They 1'9 swim for hour.
e ss nn.iIy reach shore in . tho5Sush,y .pusi,s
vJe' pair nnd Hand. the ehaulssur vSo
listed In Agatha's abduction. He
ami CHAPTER ix.-contlnusd.
Iwfu Hand already. earlier In the day.
B fo1 d made q path for himself up the
" eep bank through the underbrush.
d al d now Agatha went with him to
md edge Of the thicket. She watched
9Th d listened until the faint rustling
nj his footsteps ceased, then turned
ned ck to the camp on the beach. She
M snt to the fire and stirred up Its
In bals once more before returning to
Anes. He was sleeping, but his
m,s nshed face and unnatural breathing
I of| ere signs of Ill. Now and then he
talI owed restlessly. or seemed to try to
- peak. but NO coherent words came.
"a. he sat down to watch BY him.
H. After Agatha and James had been
rought ashore BY the capable Mr.
j Hand. II had needed only time to
ring Agatha back to consciousness.
10Th she and James had practically
tinted from exhaustion. and James
kd been nearly drowned. at the last
minute. Agatha had been left on the
rocks to come to herself ~ she would.
while Hand had rubbed and pun.
neled James until the blood flowed
again. II had flowed too freely. In
deed, At some time during his ordeal:
and tiny trickies Of blood showed on
his lips. Agatha. dared and aching.
was trying to crawl up to the san4
when Hand came back to her. run.
ninG lightly over the slippery rocks.
They had come In on the flowing tide.
which had aided them greatly; and
new Hand helped her the short dis-
lance TO the cove and mercifully lot
her lie, while he went back 70 his
work for James.
Later he had got . 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 . tree. since he re-
turned three or four times TO fil the
pail. What q wonderful life-giver
milk was! She had drunk her fiil
and had tried TO feed II to James.
who At nrst 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
stronger: and she and Hand set to
work to prepare the IRE and tho bed.
Almost while they were at this labor.
tho sun had gonc down.
sitting by Jim's couch. Agatha grew
sleepy and cold. but there werc no
more coverings. Hands coat was
over Jim. and ~ Agatha herself fclt
the cold more kccnly she tucked II
closer about him. Alone a. shc was
how. In solitude with this man who
had saved her from tho waters. with
darkness and tho night again coming
on, her spirit shrank: not no much
from fear. A. from that prcmonition
Of tho future which now and then
aasaiis the human henrt.
A. she knelt BY Jims side. cover.
ing his foct with tho coat and heaplng
the fr boughs over him. she paused
to look at his unconscious face She
knew now that he did not belong to
the crew Of tho Jeanne D'Arc: but
Of his outward circumstances she
knew nothing more. Thirty she
guessed him TO be. thereby coming
within four years Of tho truth. His
short mustachc concealed his mouth.
and his eyes wcrc closed. II was
almost like looking at tho mask Of
. face, Tho rough board OF . weeks
growth made n dccp shadow ovcr the
lower part Of his face: and yet. bc-
hind tho mask. she thought shc could
zee some token Of q rcal man. not
without his attributes Of divinity. In
the ordeal OF tho night before he had
shawn the highest order Of patience.
endurance and courage. together with
. s~ectbsrs Of temper that was itself