The Washington times., 1917-09-16

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with q sadness fairly majestic. "Ad.
miral, don't, please, give me any false
hopes. You know they were wrong
to operate on me and care for me.
They should have killed me, though
I shall soon die II"
"If?" said the Admiral, stlI smiling.
"Ah, prove to me that MoIsette IL
still alive, exclaimed HictGner, so
vehemently that his pale cheeks
flushed. Prove that Moisette Is still
alive, and will once more take hope.
I viii try to live"
NY friend" said the Admiral, tax
ing the young mans hands, II have
something better than that to prove
TO you"
aBetter thanr'-stammered Hie-
tansr.
BE brave" the Admiral continued.
| over-you, who have made hundreds
| OF thousands Of men trembieT
"what are you saying" cried He
taner, sitting up In his chair. Hap
piness7 Happiness can only exist
/ for me f. --.- t,s-,. -
You nnd Moisette," the admiral
broke in. Very well-Moisette is alive
-Moisette Is in Paris"
Admiral! Admirair gasped Hie-
taner.
He was faintins, but an effort
brought him to his senses. and a. he
was about to speak the door OF the
room opened and Moisette, beside her
self, all in tears, weeping for happf-
ness threw herself into her beloved's
| arms.
| Long did their tears minEis with
their caressea. Tender, childish words
1 grew confused with madness. Mol
sette and Hictaner, both 30 young
and 50 pale, stayed elaSped in each
others arms In . nimbuS OF sunlight,
| pouring through the open window.
| At little distance two men stood
watching them and could not restrain
their tears. They were Oxus and Ad-
mifal GeFminst se
Suddenly, as the two children wept
softly in each others arms, cheek
| against cheek, and with eyes closed,
seeming to have forgotten the whole
world. oxus gave the admiral his
rough hand.
admiral" he said, "adisul and
thanks again. I give my children into
your care. They love each other.
will make them rich. Let them be
happy"
"But you-you7" asked the admiral.
u, I have my destiny" replied
oxus, gravely. Merely hope that
you will never hear Of me again"
Holding back his tears, OXus
pressed the admiraPs hand, looked
once more at his children and went
out brusauely. He was going to hIs
fate.
A month later q young couple, evil
IDENTIFY newly married, followed By
young negress carrying some small
l0aaR -
During the voyage to New York they
lived apart from the other bassen-
gers, and no one noticed them par
| ticulariy.
They only stayed in New York a
, few hours before taking the train for
San Francisco. A special compart-
ment had been reserved for them, In
which they were alone all the way.
At San Francisco they stopped two
days. On the morning OF the third
they embarked on a schooner char
tered for them alone. which landed
them after a months monotonous sail
at the famous and delightful isle of
Tahiti.
The young man and young woman
had barely disembarked when they
betook themselves to the governor,
having left the negress behind at the
hotel in Papeete, where they were
temporarily stopping. This high func-
tionary. forewarned undoubtedly by
the minister OF the colonies under
whom he ruled, awaited the two
young people.
He received them with as much Gu
riosity as courtesy, and promised that
their incognito should be respected.
He presented them to his own family
as NJ. and Nine. Guy d'Oman. The
nniCfal aNnlannNfnn krnaAroa ak
was that the young couple, evidently
very rich. had come to live In peace
and oblivion under the charming skies !
OF Tahiti, because Of great family |
troubles which had made their life in |
Europe impossible.
Three months after their arrival, !
Moisette and HIctaner, now NJ. and
Nine. Guy d'oman, were installed in |
a house two miles from the town, |
built in the midst OF a paradisaicai
garden by the waters edge.
There they were destined to live |
and love for many years, unknown
and happy.
The powers sent a large fleet into
the Persian gulf to, find and destroy
the Lost Isle. But as Admiral Ger
minet, who alone knew of its destruo- /
tion from Oxus, did not reveal the
secret confided to his honor, the Eng
lish admiral commanding the fleet
was much surprised to find no trace
of the famous island.
Some divers who descended to the
place where the island was pre-
sumed to be encountered things which
made the whole world believe that
the isle had been destroyed either by
Oxus or Fulbert, or by some vol
canic eruption.
As for Oxus and Fulbert, II was
surmised that they were buried in
the chaotic ruins of the Lost Isle.
Admiral Germinet knew Oxus was
still alive at any rate. but where was
he? Had he Joined Fulbert? Where
had the two dangerous geniuses i'm
INJURED themselves?
Admiral Germlnet had given his
word not to try to find them out
Four years after the tragic events in
which he had been concerned, the
admiral died, carrying hrs secret and
his Apprehsnsions with him.
THE END.