The Washington times., 1913-07-17

- AZ was breaking as Iavellc
awoke to a realization that he
still lived. He found himself
in a silence so awful in its
intensity and mystery that II made
him catch his breath sharply as one
does at a sudden immersion in cold
water. The peace Of eternity seemed
to have breathed a spell upon the
pitiiess deep. 1t slept.
His long sleep had refreshed him, and
his mind instantly leaped back to the
eveEts of the night before. A glance
round him discovered Chang a hundred
feet away, searching the horizon. Row.
gowskiii lay stretched on the opposite
side of the fire.
Just as Emily had imagined him lost,
so Lavelle for a moment believed her
they reordered themselves instantly at
the touch of a warm body at his side.
Putting his left hand out to raise him
! self. il fell On Emily, not half an arms
length away. There exhausted nature
had bent the gold woman's head In
slumber at midnight when the wind
hushed. There Chang had covered her
again with the boat sail. She lay with
her right arm under her vivid head and
her face toward the new day. One long
golden braid curled across the hilltop's
wet grass. where IL had been flung un-
consciously in her sleep. The other
hung across her exquisite bosom, rising
and falling gently with her breathing,
and its end trailing the ground. Such
an expression as Lavelle had SO often
seen in the faces OF play-Weary Child
Wonder woman- he murmured.
Wonder WOMAN
Slipping out from under the sail, not
daring to breathe, Lavelle gently drew
tfthe canvas back over the sleepers
I'll ha
man. A slight giddiness assailed him
for a moment, and with II there came
reminder of the old pain which he had
felt upon awakening first in the boat.
Master, master!' called the giant
worshipfully. springing to meet LaVeile;
The serang's first glance was directed
at Lavelle's forehead, and what he saw
there pleased him.
Him all lite, master; all lite" he said.
But 1t was of the night that Lavelle
would hear. and the Cinnamon rapidly
unfolded the wondrous tale OF how
their lives had been saved by Emily.
The wrecked boat was gone. Emily
Lavelle Rogowskii, and Chang alone
remained of those who had escaped IN
their party from the Cambodia- The
two coolie sailors had been gathering
wood at the foot of the hill when the
upheaval came. They were gone.
The ocean bore no trace OF the half
of the island which had been torn away.
In the heavy wind and sea which Chang
reported of the first part of the night,
It was Lavelles opinion that the dere-
lict mass. bound together only by
mattress of interlaced roots and vege-
tation must have resolved its parts with
the waters.
owing to Chang's having placed :he
water. provisions and the boats equip
ment high on the hill when the craft
had been emPtied in the evening. the
sea had been able to steal but little.
The treacherous bit Of earth which re-
mained. offered too. an important con-
tribution to the food supply in wealth
of taro-plants. the tuberous substitute
Of the potato in the islands Of the Pa
cific It is of this that the Hawaiians
make their poi.
BY the bearing of the rising sun La
velle noted that the island had swung
round completely during the night. The
side Of the camers back-like hill. which
had been toward the south the proceed
ing evening. was turned to the north
ward The crest OF this MI WAS AZ
least 200 feet above the sea level As the
island lay now its northern side s'oDad
easily for perhaps fifty yards and then
broke off abruptly In sharp cleavage
fifty feet sheer to the sea.
The hills base was slightly less than
the islands half-mi'e width. gentle
s'ope marked what had Income the
eastern shore; straight pal isade lise
of 800 feet the western side. gradual
s'ope on the hills southern side blended
at the foot with>an undulating meado'v,
green with grass and tarO. and abou.
three-uuarters of a mile in length. 4
lone palm tree rose in the center OF
this patch.
The top OF the hill presented a fat
surface Of a city half-block square. At
no distant time a thatched hut had
stood there. II was OF the remains of
this that Chang and Rowgowskii had
built the fire.
While he slipped a cup of water which
Chang brought TO him Tavelle took
stock OF all these things. Not one
thought OF solace could he draw from
the bitter. hopeless scheme which un-
folded itself to bis raze.
By the time the non-arrival Of the
lCambodla was read into disaster and a
lsearching ship sent into these seas the
and would have long since come to