Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-28
CHAPTER XVII.
This Mortal Tide

one was very certain sbe ,yo,,I.
never sleep before her anxiot,. 1l
asSuaged by word of Alans fate. I'm
sne reckoned without her host q
'iiais that had bred In her a fatigue
guish. en'al an
IL was not true, she told bersaIf tho,
peOpie never die of broken hearts.
she knew that, were he taken from
ner' she could no longer live.
anu sleep overwhelmed her sind.
uenIy' ike a great, dark cloud
0ut us dominion over her faculties
was not Of long duration. SLOWLY
neaViiy mutinously, she was rescued
iioIn lts nlrvana-came to her senses
WIFE an effect Of one who emerpes
NUN some vast place Of blackness and
terror, to find Barcus kneeling ovar
ana gingerly but persistently shaking
her by the shoulder
AND then she sat up with a cry If
inystihed compassion; for in the brief |
'iine mat he had been absent-it had
nut Deen more than an hour-Mr Rar.
GUS nad most unquestionably been So
verely used. 0en So
He had acquired a long emf ovor
eye, but shallow. upon which blood
Aao urleo, together with bruised and
women cheek that was badly
scratched to boot. And what simnle
Irucles OF clothing remained m hin,
IIter his strenuous experiences of The ,
asst iorty-eight hours, had been re. G
uceo 10 even greater simplicity: his Z
nirt Ior example, now lacked a sleeve v
nat mad been altogether torn aw.v
the shoulder.
mol" he told her. as soon az ba con- g,
er' wits were awake once ,noro
ION I waste time plying me. I'm all h,
snt-and so is Alan! That's the til
am thing for you to understand. he's tn
Ill alive and sound" B,
But where is he? Take mo - ar
IN! she demanded, rising with a
'Vement of such grace and yieor Gu
II II seemed hard to believe she had ba
er known an fnstants WEAKNESS FIRE
mats the rub" Barcus confessed wa
iattlng on the sands and knuckI,ng de
hair. Il dassent take Won to hin, KIN
lith might object. Besides, you can me
Ior yourself 1t isn't safe to mineIe
q the Inhabitants of this fight att
10 lsland-and you can't get IN lar
ere Alan is without mingling con.
'raDiy. Sit down, and I'll tell Won wit
about it, and Wen try to f1eura on, san
us best to be done. Maybe we
manage a rescue under cover of
It." ei vi
40 when the girl had settled her.
beside him he launched into q
lied report.
IS katama island, all right" he
but a change has coma
the place since visited II som.
ago. Then it was a community
mpie-nearted villagers and fisher.
now, unless all signs fail ~.
Oh smugglers. I noticed a nun.
Il Cninese about; and that. taken
nnection with the fact that. when
tured TO Introduce myself to the
Q glnmill and ask a few inno- ss~s@
questions, the entire population saen1z'
child, landed on me like a tbou.
DrlcK-the two circumstances ~
me think we'd stumbled on +.
nent OF earnest workers at the ..::s,
art OF helping poor Cinnamon
the exclusion laws" ~ q
wry smile. he pursueJ: a., ~
; landed out back of the Joint
nape or my neck, and tool, tho <b
surrounded by lot of unsym.
C boxes and barrels that bod
stter days. And when came n
arted to crawl unostentatiouslv A'read
was just In time to witness the
, or..s niaoie sister. that ing in
cutthroats she keeps on the the hr
/. and Alan in company with as waved
600 eis as you'd Quiet
hot ,..t irom few they tn
h.-- ou' VI the back door of.
had stolen q boat wom
snip that picked her I'M and ,ess L.
IL on Norton's reef; and after arhS
nueels-. h.a ue schooner OF precise
% IL and struck bargain with int a.
am and signed co-partnernhin - - N,
or something like that. Anv. 81. ~
iot and the islanders vers 80 -
thick a. thieves, and tanrsn. y
Gladly that I actually got a ana 80
"n'spes Q word to Alan and ths fayt,