Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-16

could not ash fof eftster Soy. tkooFh al
q civilization and q power Inieht ee hls
In his own soul h. knew ne would
choose this Abandonment and all this dee.
perate peril with Beatrice. rather than
safety comfort Wxury. and the whole
world a. u once had been. apart rom
Yet a. sometimes happens In the su.
prone crises ot life, hts first spoken wora
was commonplace enough
There there Ito stiir he commanded
drawing her close 90 his breast You're an
riEht now--just keep quiet Beatrice
what what's happcucd---- she
gasped whore
Just little accident. that's ALL" he
Foothed the frightened Firl. Daaod by the
roaring cadence or the torrent, she shud.
dered and hid her face against him aud
MS arms protected her NJ he cruucheu
there beside her IN the scant shelter OF
the rocky shelf
we got carried over waterfall or
something of that sort he added were
ON a ledge in the river. or whatever VI 49,
and"
you're hurt. Auau?"
NO, no-are YOU ?"
ITS nothing. boy" She looked up
again. and even In the dim liEht he saw
hor try 90 smile Nothing matters 30 long
as we have each other N'
An hour or go they huddlcd In the shelter
of the rocky shelf til strength and some
degree of calm returned and till the grow
ing lght far on to eastward through the
haze and mist told them that day was
dnwuinE again
Then Allan sct to work exploring once
moro carefully their little islct In the
swlrllnK food.
"You stay here. Beta." said he, 80 long
as you keep back OF this projection You're
safe I'm going TO see just what tho pros
pect Is"
To tho very end of tho ledge he pene-
trated. but found no hope Nothing was 10
bo seen through the mists save the mad
foam-rush OF tho waters that lConed ana
bounded like whltr.mnucd horses IN race
OF death Bold az the man was. he dared
not look for long Dizziness threatened to
oVcrwhclm him with slckcninE lure. ta IN.
Nitatiun to the plunge. SO. rCuhHlnE thRt
nothing was to be gained by Ftuying there,
he drew back and once moro sought
Beatrice.
ANY way out7" shc asked him. anN-
iously her voice sounding clear ana pure
through the tumult Of the rushing waters.
lie shook his head. dcspuiringly. And
silence fell again, and each sat thinking
long, long thoughts and dawn cnmc creep
ing grayly through the Fpuno drive OF tho
giant falls
More than nn hour must have passed be-
fore Stern noted u strange phonomcnon--on
hour In which they had said few words
IN hour In which both had abandoned
hopes or lifC--Ond IN WhlCn, bne IN OcV own
way Ito In hts, they had rccuncied them
selves to tho inevitable.
But Mt last. Whats that2" exclaimed
the man for now Il different tone rcsoundcd
In tho cataract louder nngrler note, aa
though tho plunge of waters at the bottom
had In some strange, mysterious way drawn
nearer whats that7' he asked again.
Below there somewhere by the tenebroua
light OF morning he could soe--or thought
that he could gec--a green. dim. vaguely
tossing drive OF waters that now vanished
In tho whlrling mlsts, nowFphowcd again
and now again grew hidden,
out to the edge of the rocky shelf he
crcpt once more. Yes. Tor certainly, now
no could mako out tho secthlng plunge OF
tho waters az they roared into the foam
Hut how could this bcS stcrns wonder
sought TO grasp analysts OF the strange
phenomenon
III It's true that the water at the bottoms
rising" thought he. then there must either
be some kind Of tldo IN that body OF water
or else the cavity itself must bo Milling mp,
In either case. what II the process COM
tlnues?"
And instantly new fear smote hlm--a
fear wherein lay buried like n fly In amber
u hope for life, the only hope that had yet
come to him since his awakening there IN
that trap sealed round by gluiclng mael-
strOmB.
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