The Lamar register., 1919-09-10

TWO IKE streams from her opened
hands. Then. as quick as light, she
had darted past me and dived into the
mOon-path beyond. She must have
swan under the water a long way, for
when l saw her dark head rise again
in the glimmering path 1t was at
distance of many yards.
had no thought Of following her,
but stood in a dream among the wa
terry CLEANS and echoes.
For me had come that hour of won.
der; for me out of that tropic sea, into
whose fiawless deeps my eyes had 80
often gone adream. had risen the crea.
turs Of miracle.
OF shape OF moonllt marble OF
holiness Of this night Of moon and
stars and seal
Yes was In love. Yet hops. aAd
think. that the reader will not resent
this unexpected incursion into the
realms Of sentiment whom he eonsid.
ers that my sudden attack was not,
like most such sudden attacks. an In,
tsrruption In the robustsr courSs of
events. but. instead. curiously in the
direct line of my purpose. Because
the eyes Of an unknown girl had thus
suddenly snthralled me. 1 was not,
therefore. to lose sight OF that purpose
On the contrary. they had suddenly
shone out on the pathway along which
l had been blindly cropping. But for
the accident of being In the dirty little
store at 90 psychological = moment
hearing that strangely familiar voice
and catching sight OF that mysterious
doubloon A. we'll A. those mysterious
eyes. should have sst sail that very
night and given NJ John p. Tobias
second treasure In fnal diagust. A. Il
was. was now warmly on the track
Of some treasurs-whethsr his or not
with two bright eyes further to point
the way. Never surely did q mana
love and his purpose make 80 practical
q combination
When I reached my iodging at last
In the early morning following that
night Of wonders my eyes and heart |
were not 30 dansd with that vision in
the cave that did not wildly recall |
one important detail Of the strange
picture-thoss streams Of gold that
had suddenly poured out of the mouth
and hands Of the lovely sppsI1ion
Without doubling the evidence OF
my senses. I was forced to believe |
that. BY the oldest piece OF luck. 1 hao
stumbled upon the hiding place of that
hoard Of doubloons. on which my fall
unknown drew from time to time a.
she would out of . bank.
But who was shef-and where waA
her homef There had seemed no sign
Of habitation near the wild place
where had come upon her. though. of
Course. Q solitary house might easily /
have escaped my notice hidden amonA
al that foliage. particularly at night
Fall.
To be sure. I had but to Inquire Of |
the storekeeper to learn all wanted;
but l was averss from betrsying my
Interest to him or to anyone In the |
settiement-for. after all. 1t was my
OWN affair, and hers. So determined |
to pursue my policy Of watching and |
letting a day or two eiapse
before ! again went out wandering
with my gun.
/ left the craggy bluff facing the
ssa and plunged into the woods. I
had no idea how dark II was going 10.
but. coming out of the sun, I was at
oncs bewildered by the deep and COM
Dlicated gloom Of masssd branches
overhead. and the denser darkness of
shrubs and vines SO intricately inter
woven as almost to make a solid wall
about one. Then the atmosphere was
so close and aIrless that fear of suf-
combined at once with the
other fear Of being swallowed up In all
this savage green life. without hope of
hnding ones way out again into the
sun. fought my way In but very
few yards when both these fears
hold of me with q sudden hor-
ror. and the perspiration poured from
me; l could no longer distinguish be-
tween the way I had come and any
other part of the woodi Indeed, there
was no way anywhersi
1 must have bsttlsd through the
veritabls inferno Of vegetation for at
least an hour-though II seemed q life
time. Clouds OF particularly unpisss-
ant midgss flled my eyes. not to speak
Of mosquitoes and q peculiar kind of
persistent stinging fy was adding to
my miseries. when at last. bsgrimsd
and dripping with sweat. 1 stumbled
mt with n crv of thu kful1aaa ON IN