The Washington times., 1915-10-19
CHAPTER LXVI.
Kitty. the CastaWay.

II Count Frederick and Roleau had
been dismayed when they saw Kitty
Gray swept away from them In the mad
struggle for safety in the sea. what
must have been her own feelings as
she found herself separated from these
powerful friends? Once more she found
herseif alone-and once more In the
oiind instinct for selfpreservation she
did what she could for her own safety.
She dared not think of the fate Of
dead. but still in her subconcious mind
Kept bitterly lighting the conviction
even as 1t came. And as she argued. she
found herself swept away farther and
last seen them.
Al around her rose babel OF mingled
cries. supplications for help. moans Of
pain and despair. 4 dark carpet Of
Here and there a white arm was up
flung. now and then a hand showed for
an instant, as swimmer sank. They
crowded ere about. about her. clutehing at every
been cast on the sea by the sinking
ship or the ruined yacht. A few life
rreservers. some floating planks, doors.
nbateh%ays. tba, Tao,s, bits OF timbers. anything
tuous desire, for It might uphold a
swimmer for yet a little time.
In some way. she knew not how. Kit
Ity found herself among many others
wreckage where Roleau and Frederick
mad endeavorcd to place her soon az
ter the explosion: Many others now
cIung to this. She shuddered as she
and drew closer to the center of the
raft. One after another she saw them
lose their hold; one after another she
saw them carried away by the waves.
she knew not how. she fastened herself
as best she could to the frail floating
moor and ceased to struggle. Merciful-
~ her senses left her for time.
painfully to a realizing sense Of what
wearily.
She wa. alone upon the sea. or those
vived! Not far from her body or
two foated, but not a living being was
10 be seen, not survivor. save her
self had found this means OF safety.
fresh water for iSH her. There "srs WAS Was mo- mo-
means OF raising a sail. or using an
oar, even OF hoisting a signal had she
had h. one; ,,,,a And yet the sky above her
her SO KIND. that all now seemed less
terrible than It had been but now. Hun
cry and thirsty as she was she shud-
6s6sd de ass as, as she ut, thought Of The added
aloud in her distress. her despair.
There came no answer. save in the
!shrieks Of the circling birds which
hovered. ghostlike above her.
The waves bore ner onward, she
knew not where. and cared not how.
for how many hours she could not tell
Face to face with herself. her past. her
future; the unhappy girl passed a per
her own reflections.
1t was not her own life she feared to
lose. SO she said. for life after all was
a little thing. a temporary passage at
not ~ .K,lt atNa ,t.rt.t ,,..l
now for the sake OF that which she
felt In her own heart-for sake Of that
uncompleted period of her own life
whose dawn she acknowledged to have
seen but now!
He was gone. She had seen him
swept away before her very eyes. He
was her enemy. who had 10 often
taunted her and dehcd her who had
yet In turn he had aided her to escape
and saved her but now-instead OF en-
emy he had turned into friend or moro
than friend-and he was gone. The sun
set OF her day came even with its
dawn.
Yes" she said to herself, "he saved
me at the cost OF his own life" And
the lie of that other faithful friend.
Roleau. the dauntless. it. too. had been
wasted to save her own-thc lr" she
now could hold but worthless, since it
must be lived alone. They were dead
and she had been the cause of that!
What could life hold further for her?
Kitty GRAY bent her head down upon
her knees. Her hair fell about her face
And thus she sat. she know not how
long. resgning herself to her fat. max
Ing her peace With what abe felt now
must come. Nov" said she, ''let me
die" And when once more the sleep
of exhaustion came upon her she
thought Il that OF death itself.
She awakened. none the less in time
for strong. indeed. are the ties that
bind us whether or not we Ike to this
life into which we are born without our
own asking. She wakencd and stared
With hollow nhnu1 her at q