Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13

ana HI tne time ne had DelleNed ne
was saving her needless worry! He
had lived straight, he had lived clean.
he had acted honorably all his life:
and yet God could shoot this bolt into
his heart, mercilessly! He could not
understand 1t. 1T wasn't square
deal.
Round and round the deck houses
he walked. mile after mile. He was
unconscious of time or place. Every
half-hour he visited the wireless man.
but there was always the same an
swer to his Notwithstanding. BY
and by he began to see her as day
by day he had seen her. his school
teacher! She was reading or sewing
or chatting, and once she was lying
in his arms, drenched her hair blow
ing into his face, her heart beating
against his. And there she was. back
yonder, calling. calling; and he
couldn't go to her,
Each step he took said, Hurry.
hurry" Would dawn never come?
Hurry hurry. Never had the Ajax
moved so slowly through the water.
When the gray east became suddenly
the oriental sun burst over the hori-
ION, it did not mean to him that an
other day was come; it signified that
he was a little nearer, just a little
nearer
He did not sleep ten hours during
the voyage around to Hongkong. The
doctor secretly drugged him, fearful
that he might develop brain fever.
The drug served to deaden his mind
for little while, but the doctor
could not get him off his feet. He
walked without sense OF locomotion,
mechanically. and. like a sleep-walk-
er. continually bumped into passing
objects. When he wasn't walking he
was bending over the cutwater. He
never saw the flying fish. the por-
poise or the brilliant phosphores-
cence at night. He saw only so much
water being left behind.
Once a day a wireless was received.
1t consisted invariably of two words,
mo information"
OF course, the gist Of the story be-
came ships talk; but they We're all
very kind, and they encouraged him
kindest thing they did was to leave
him alone. The children followed him
about dumbly; he no longer knew
how to play with them.
IF woman mysteriously disappears,
rarely Is she given the benefit Of a
doubt. The majority Of those who
knew her are first to dip into the
black paint. 1t is not a question Of
charity or meanness-simply that it
Is human nature to Judge and con-
denim whenever the defendant is alb
sent from court. Ruth had been
carrying on secret intrigue with
Camden and had run away with him
1t was all very simple: but nobody
must tell that poor distracted Irish
man; the only kindness they could
offer him was to let him find out the
truth for himself.
No Apache Indian, in his most dia-
bolical frenzy. ever conceived tor
lures equal to those William planned
to mete out to Colburton and Camden
He drove nails into their hands and
feet; crucified them: he put out their
eyes and let them go; he tied them
to6cthSi dlu Threw IdHSleSS CODraS
into the room and watched them go
mad from terror; he buried them in
the sand and put food and water be-
side them and stayed by until they
died: he drove them naked into one
of those terrible anthills; or he broke
their legs and arms with his bare
hands and disfigured them
Perhaps 1t was all very horrible and
primitive. but its true significance
might bear investigation. No man is
worthy the name of manhood who
would not plan such reprisals under
such conditions. There are certain
evils for which men do not go into
court for their remedies. Nature de-
mands that they shall take the law
into their own hands and be account
able to God alone.
The thought of burying his two
hands into the flesh of those men did
much toward keeping Williams men
tai balance from topping. The doc
tor followed him about a good deal,
but never attempted to calm or soothe
him when he burst forth into these
frenzied flights. The doctor was wise.
and he had fairly good idea Of the
hell William was passing through.
The night before arriving at Hong
kong he spoke decidedly to the cap
tain, who had gone over to the ma
jority with his opinion.