The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-04-08
FIRsT EPISODE

On WIndward island.
The sea wind, freshening a. the
isun fell low. rified the shallower cham
mel waters and struck inland to cool
the heatbaked dunes Of Windward
island.
On the most westerly lip OF that
Island. shaded BY . grove Of rustling
eucalyptus trees. Q man and woman
stood staring across the beryltinted
,seaearm to where the shores Of South
Carolina lay low and dim in the dis
lance.
you were not made for . life like
this" said the man, speaking with that
;full-yoweled softness peculiar to the
italian voice. W
IT'S the only life I've known for
nine long years." she answered, with
out looking at him.
"And it's the only life you ever viii
know" he declared with sudden bold
hess, II you refuse to wake up to the
tact that your husband IL mad. am
. physician, and know. No sane man
brings q woman to an island like this,
to an island that's only fit for clans
and seagulls, and spends the best
years Of his life-yes, and her life
looking for q nitrate mine that never
existed, and never could exist In such
D place"
But my husbands workmen have
found traces of nitrate" protested
Mrs. Golden. fixed in her determine
ton of loyalty.
!, Palidori, the Italian, laughed softly.
And that nitrate, dear lady, was
planted there by Golden himself. For
your husband is deceiving you. He's
searching for gold, yellow gold, mil
lions Of dollars worth of gold. But
that gold he win never find, for 1t
exists only in his Imagination"
II cannot listen to words like that"
protested the azure-eyed wife; II win
mott"
That's because you are afraid OF
the truth. Why do you suppose Golden
has spent thousands and thousands in
saving his miserable island from the
ocean? Why has he put up seawalls
and dykes, and constructed q great
levee like that to keep the open At
iantic from encroaching on these
precious sand fields OF his, at every
high tide? Why, except to keep the
water back from that buried treasure
OF his? And what has all this mad
ness brought to your"
II think / regret only the day that
brought you to Windward island she
quietly replied, as their eyes met.
"And I, too, shall regret that day
II 1t means ] must go away empty
handed" 3
} Il think my husband would kill you
II he heard you speak to me like
thisl"
; Palidori shrugged q shoulders.
: He Is at least watching 40 from the
porch OF tho manor house there" an
nounced the Italian. "And that
must accept as . compliment"
Then we must go back" said the
woman, visibly alarmed.
And you 60 hack not believing IN
met" asked Palidori as he walked be-
side her.
II cannot believe you or believe in
you! Even II what you say is true,
how should you know his maps and
papers are worthlessr"
+, III you doubt me. I merely ask that
you hand me your husbands keys.
Then will bring to you bag OF this
Chilean nitrate that he keeps hidden
away in his inner study. that he scat
ters about in the plantation sands to
salt his famous mine with. You hest
tate. naturally. But II this IL not true,
why should that inner room be so
jealously locked and guarded?"
| 1T IL guarded only because the
Golden jewels are kept there was
the triumphant retort; Jewels worth
= kings ransom"
! yet his iore.,est Jewel IL not kept
under lock and key" murmwed Pali-
dori. Unless you tell me you viii
bring that key to the shrubbery be-
yond the manor house win take you
in my arms here, under your husbands
eyes!"
| Stop" cried the unhappy wife, a.
he stepped closer to her.
win you bring the key?" for Pali-
3 dori knew that Jewels worth kings
ransom were also worth one nnal eff
fort. ~
She hesitated, white-faced, a. he re-
peated the command.
YES" she gasped, ~ . fairhaired
child Of six ran lightly nom the manor
house steps to meet her mother.
Palidori. lighting cigarette, turned