The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-08-07

You do not know what you are
saying" he said desperately.
- But for this once" she went
on resolutely. II must not let you put
me Off. lit was one Of the things
I came for. I honor you for what
believe you have taken upon yourself
Il think 1t was one OF the finest acts
a man has ever done-but II Is terri
BILE. 1t Is for all your life. II you are
not caught, you must always be, q
fugitive. See, / am pleading with you
as if-as II I were fighting for my
own happiness-for the last time"
uumbly. He raised his eyes to the
cliff again-the figure far above them
was still silhouetted against the sky
line.
Eyes: for the last time" she said
after him. III must go In a moment,
and-snd tonight you must leave
here to-
~ is we" .nid varge-the figure
on the skyline was moving back now.
disappearing from view.
''Theh you will speak, She
v'az very close to him. her breath
was on his cheek. her lips were
Troubling he eyes, tcar-dimmed.
were rs'sed &c his.
grasp at his chance for happiness!
To stand a free man. his future be-
fore him, to work for her, to win
her in the days to come! He had
Only to speak and let the coward soul
he was shielding--no. II was not that
strange that for the moment he
should have forgotten! 1t came TO
him now, bringing peace, strength
ening him, calling him-the gentle.
patient face OF Mrs. Merton. the sill
very hair so smoothly parted beneath
the old-lace cap, and the eyes OF
trust looked into his again now as
they had looked through all his boy
hood-and the dear lips smiled at
him. He turned his head from Janet
and shook it silently.
Her voice broke. TIT must Ill
ways be-like this?"
II was a long time before he spoke.
Always" he said. 1t was bat y
single word, low spoken. but y was
his doom. his sentence. self-pro-
nounced
She drew back from him, a smile
struggling bravely for supremacy on
the auivering lips.
"vou will go--you must go tonight.
at once-before father comes"
~ will go at once" he said.
"Good-by." she whispered-and held
For a moment no held It in his own:
then he bent his head and touched 1t
with his lips.
God guard and keep you and bring
you happiness" he said. Through all
your life"
He watched her go-watched long
after the last flutter OF her cloak was
lost to view around q little headland
OF projecting rock far down the
beach.
Slowly then Varge walked TO tho
foot OF the pathway leading to the
cliff above. and slowly began to
mount II.
Almost at the top of the cliff the
path swerved sharply to the left.
Varge made the turn--and stopped
dead in his tracks. Two men leaped
from behind the rocks that had hid
den them-and blocked the path be-
hind him. Warden Rand rose fror,
a stone on which he had been seated
and came forward; four other men.
men of the coast-guard. their cap
tain among them. appeared as " by
magic from behind other rocks and
clustered about him, Seven to one. a
grim smile in which was blended n
strange apathy settled on Narge's
lips as he faced the warden.
~ am sorry for this. Varge," Warden
Rand said gravely. II had rather II
had been any other man than I 10
trap you. As II Is. have force enough
here to make resistance. even from
you. but an act Of folly"