The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-10-14
FIRST EPISODE
On Wind~ar5 island

nj ,ra,o~. .,.5 .,~u,4 INLAND to cool
,b, b,at.F,L.g sr....- OF Wfn'Wart
,a,,,.d
-, ,,a rrnsf westerly Up of that
leland sb,5.5 ms a urny. of rushing
,,.o,r,.,,,,,s ,r... -, man and woman
s,o,d e,grfr- across rrr I.~yltut"d
con-, =, y.b,~. tlr shores Of South
Caroline Igv Ipv and g.m IT, the ,.--
,,r,o
..you were NOT made for a life Ike
chi, aid tive man sr..gE.ur with tia;
,rIr.voy,eleH softu.ss peculiar to IA"
Italian voice And equally soft were
,bo ,-5r,, : o,ir owes .,r,r, rested :oT
q nou.rr on tho milky wtI',lrss OF
the ,,orran.s omen throat.
It's the Only lie I've arrow. FOR
min. long wears she answered. Wiki.
mn. Irok;nr n him She was still a
vourr woman. though into her eyes.
ne tho man AZ her sid" had spoken.
crapt some dcerrr and subtlcr troubIe
u,Lrou,r IN mere youth. Vet She an
swercd ruordcdly. for she stood vague
" in fnar of this soft-evcd Italian with
the hint of iron beneath the velvet OF
his voice
And its the only life you ever will
know" ne declared with sudden bold
moss III Won refuse TO wake Up to the
fact that YOUR husband is mad | an
a musician and ! know. No sane man
brings a woman 10 an island like this.
TO an island that's only fit for clans
and seagulls. and spends the best
wears of his Iife-yes. and her life
looking for "A nitrate mine that never
existed. and never could exist in such
n Mace"
PM nv husbands workmen have
found traces of nitrate" protested
Mrs Golden. fixed in her determine
tion or lovaItv
paIidori the Italian. laughed softly.
And thar nitrate dear lady. was
nlanted there nv Golden himself For
,,o,r buebard &c deccivinc Won He's
.a,rc,ing for gold yellow gold mil
liors of dollars worth of gold But
,ho. ,,oId no will pova- fud for II
vis,s o,r,. IN his imapiration He's
obeossod With tho idea that some
-, - tboso eords los hurled
..-,,,,-o rIo NO., r,ool, orougb :, ,et
60 -, 49,, ord ,orcrs deceive
IT., i,,o .hat hoIiof nut ar,ar all
- - T,no, has he ec,,rdo"
..T -, ,rIov. Vol, 70 sbake my
,o,,h ~ INV brehapd" declared the I'M
hannv uomon
70. - hos no d.-,e tn dAs..uve
.,-s...ho ur..rs.a,;,.,,, -, aro,c
Una. i,'''' N.1,''eu ~ "'O--e
49, ~. nI' ~, 49," 49, 80 80 ON
no. .rm "And ~ seoLinr his hurled
a. NJ Gnu al re -.
- ,-ooi,,,,.,
q, -, IT,, 60 ,ro-ds lilo ,,o, 81
,-o,os,oa ,ba ozuro.ovad u,ifo. 81 viii
no,,"
.rbo,,s hooouso vou .re ,ofroid n,
tho truth v-bv do Won s1pnosa Golden
bos sror, ,hoi,sords and tborsopds IN
saving bie p,iserabla island from the
ocaano WIN has no mt nm eoawa,I.
cd d,.yos nd corstr,,,,od . oroo,
Ievoa lilo that IA keen tho onen A..
lantic from encroaching on these
precious sand fields or his at every
high tide Whv except N kee, the
water hack from that hurled treasure
Of bis7 And what has all this mad
ness brought IN voup"
81 think I regret only the dav that
brought YOU TO Windward island" she
quietly replied. as their ewes met
And l. too. shall regret that day
II it means | must go away empty
Y handed"
n 81 think nv husband would Kill YOU
II he heard Won sneak 20 mo like
this"
PaIidori shrugged y shoulders
He is al least watching us from the
porch OF the manor house there" an
nounced the Italian And thar
must accent as n commitment
Then we must 20 hack said the
woman. visiblv alarmed
And you 20 back not believing IN
me-" asked Palidori as he walked no
side her.
Il cannot believe Won or believe IN
YOU! Even If what you say is true
how should YOU know his mans and
papers are worthless"
Still again the Italian laughed his
soft laugh ITO discover that doa,
lady. first brought me TO this island
But having discovered YOU. / no long
T lament the loss of mere gold"