The Washington herald., 1919-08-22

should atone for his sin. He pledg-
ed himself to do as she wished. and
while she protested her undying
love for him, he bade her a pas
sionate farewell and vanished into
the night
Returning half-dazed to where
Evans body lay. Dan found that
his fisher friends had planned to
take the body out to sea for burial.
They embarked upon Dams boat and
he reluctantly allowed them to
carry out their plan: owing to their
Unskilled sewing OF the canvas
about Evans body. the covering
slipped apart and the corpse was
washed back to land
Despite the fishermen's protest that
all would be prosecuted II they re
turned. Dan insisted upon their doing
so. Evans body having been
washed ashore was brought to the
church where the bishop had just
finished his Christmas service. He
and the Deemster looked upon the
face Of Evan and realized the
tragedy; and the latter taunting his
brother with the fact that il Dan
were proved the culprit. the bishop
must pronounce Judgment on his own
son.
Dan. who had crept back in the
darkness. witnessed the midnight
burial OF Evan, and after slipping
away. narrowly escaped death when
he fell into an old mine shaft where
he remained for some time a prisoner.
Meanwhile his fisherman friends were
arrested as implicated in the murder.
but during their arraignment IN court
Dan appeared. pushed his way
through the crowd and announced his
guilt.
He was placed in a dungeon under
the bishops Jurisdiction. and his
father. bowed with grief. visited him
and offered him the means of escape.
which he refused.
At the close OF his trial Dan was
pronounced guilty" and awaited the
death sentence which he felt sure
must follow. A more dreaded fate.
however. awaited him with a
breaking heart his father pronounced
his sentence: This man shall be cut
off from his people. From now,
forever. let no tongue speak to him.
Alone let him live. alone die"
As the people shrank away from
him Dan passed from among them to
the south OF the island. where
boat. containing supplies and pro-
visions, was awaiting him.
For a year Dan dwelt in this boat
stunning his kind, but at last. un-
able to endure the loneliness OF the
sea, he erected a rude shelter on a
rocky island not far from shore.
where he could look upon the habi-
tations Of men. On the first night
that he slept ashore, a frightful storm
swept away his boat. leaving him a
prisoner on the island.
Here. for seven years. he spent
solitary life striving to make his
peace with God, until at last 1t seem
ed to him the curse was lifted.
Then at his cabin door appeared
a dying priest, who had landed half
fainting from a blow received from
the boom Of his boat The priest
had come from ireland, at the
Bishop-of-Man's request. to succor
the people from q dreadful scourge
called the sweating sickness"
The priest told Dan that he should
carry on his own unfinished work
convey his message to the bishop.
and help to stay the plague. Before
he died the sanity man outlined the
methods to be followed in order to
check the epidemic.
And then at last Dan knew the op-
portunity had come to make COM
plete atonement. Able once more to
reach the shore, he went among the
sufferers, ministered to their needs
and taught them how to cope with
the disease. Soon the epidemic was
stayed, while all the people were
loud in praise of the strange priest