Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-10-22

an she found herself separated from
those powerful friendsf Once more
she found herself alono-and once
more In the blind Instinct for self
preservation she did what she could
for her own safety.
She dared not think OF the fate OF
her friends She mourned them now
as dead. but still IN her aubconscious
mind kept bitterly nehting the convlc-
tion even as Il came. And a. she ar
gued. shc found herself swept away
farther and farther from the place
whoro last she had seen them.
In some way. she knew not how.
KITTY found herself among many 9th.
ors upon the same considerable piece
OF wrockage where Rolcau and Fred.
erIck had cndenvored 20 place her
soon after the explosion Many others
now chung TO this. She shuddcred as
she cast a glance about her oyr the
water. and drew closer TO the center
OF the raft ono after another she
saw thom lose their hold. one after
another she saw thom carried away
by tha waves a. for herself. pre-
served miraculourly. she knew not
how. she fastened herself a. beat sho
could TO the fraii floating foor and
ceased 20 airuggle. Mcrcifuiiy her
senses left her for a time.
, When she came once more alowly
and painfully 20 a realizing sense OF
|. what had befallon, she looked about
her wearily.
a sho was alone upon the sea. or
z those who had been about her, mono
I now survived Not far FROM her
q body or two doated, but not n living
I. being was 20 be seen. not a survivor
= save herself had found this means OF
safety.
q There was no food There was no
!. fresh water for her. There was no
;. means OF raising sail, or using an
4 oar, even OF hoiatlng signal had she
" had one. And yet the sky above her
was go blue and gentle, the sea around
4. her so kind. that all now seemed less
I terrible than II had been but now.
Hungry and thirsty az she was sho
=. shuddored as che thought OF tho added
:, pangs that might be hers She called
" aloud In her distress, Hor despair
I. There came no answer. save In tho
= = shrieks OF the circling birds which
hovercd, ghostliko. above her.
- Tho waves bore her onward. aho
A know not where, and cared not how.
!, for how many hours she could not tell.
~ !, Face 10 face with herself. hor past her
=, future. the unhappy girl passed
period OF unknown duration, engaged
no In her own reflections,
30 Il was not her own life shc feared TO
~ lose. 30 she said. for life after all was
:, n little thing. a temporary passage al
I, best. But II only she might have
" lived now for the sake OF that which
w she felt In her own heart--for the
sake OF that uncomplated period OF heI
~ own life whose dawn she acknowl
uS edged TO have seen but nowl
sn lie was gone, She had seen hin
swept away before her very eyes. III
was her enemy, who had so oftoi
tauntod her and doAed her, who ha'
fought her IN every contest OF Wits
yet in turn he had aided her TO escap
- and saved her but now--lnstead o
o,r enemy he had turned into friend o
20 more than friend-and he was gone
~, The sunset OF her day came even Wit
It's dawn.
"Yos." she said to herself. "ho save
au mo at the cost Of his own llfe.' An
"no " the life OF that other faithful frienc
''' Roloau. the dauntlesg, Il, too, ha
beon wasted TO save her own-the III
ur' she now could hold but worthless
ne since II must be lived alone. The
we we're dead--and she had been tn
l cau-a Of that What could life hol
op- further for her?
isS Kitty Gray bent her head down upo
her knees. Her hair fell about he
ala face. And thus she sat, she knew ne
how long. res'gning herself to he
wo fate. making her peace with what sh
iad felt now must come. Now said sh
uld "lot me dlol" And when once moi
seq tho sleep OF exhaustion came apOn h'
INK she thought II that OF death itself.
way She wakeued. none the less.
sht time-for strong indeed arc the III
~. :" that bind us whether or not we III
.no 20 this life into which we are boz
oA without our asking. She wakened al
ing stared with hollow eyes about her
SOU world which she neither knew NJ
ise' loved. hut oven SO. at length her ga
ID found something 90 cause her eyes
klndle. her breath to come trii
NJ faster
u.s." Far in tho distance she had caug
loro sight OF the shore OF distant land
rms tho same sight which In turn had m
the tho gaze OF that friend whom now D
ON mourned. Il lay there low on the
yes. and distant-land. some sort OF Lar
lde. she knew not what.
vos, She looked at II DULY, apathetieal
yot In truth, sho was too far gone TO ca
thai Whether or not she retained cs
With seriousness through the remainder
on her voyage. she herself could neN
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