American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-09


lnwardly boiling.
He drummed the ground with hn
foot and hummed n little tune.
eBy the by, ycu fulfilled the prom
Use you then gave? Have you become
the great artistT'
"When / married found sometb ing Z
better IN life"
"You mean something easier. you
thought you could rest on your laurcls
How do you suppose ! spent the last
five years, /, who had no laurels to
rest on?"
~ understood you had gone to New
Guinea"
"Did you ever hear tlle purpohe?'
mo; II was a queer place to go
to. whatever the reason"
'In every way / had been a fail
ure," he declared impressively. ;"
was resolved to turn that failure into
triumph"
"ro accomplish which you buried
yourself IN a New Guinea swamp
ayes, ! went TO the only real'teachef.
nature herself. Among the deep
morasses and cane-brnkes Of n reek.
ing tropical swamp | sought for twelve
weary months. months OF dirt, priva-
tlon and disease, TIL from among the
acres of rushes | had selected n per-
feet reed.
Look Mt It. Marlus -examlne IT.
blow through It! For It represents
the Ave years Of life which you have
consumed In Incidence"
Willing 10 hum0r him, ! picked II
up. 1t seemed almost to vibrnte In
my fingers. Blowing into II produced
no sound, but a queer sensation passed
over me II was MS though ] were a
piece of slate and someone had rub
bed me NIL over with crumpled paper.
81 haven't the knack Of IT," ] said,
dropping It to the ground like a red
hot coal.
The reed gave forth n musical sigh
as II struck the stones; Adrian caught
It on the rebound and turned sudden
ly 80 Isabelle.
"Would you care TO hear my one
little accomplishment, after five years
of the c%ruelest concentrations
Isabelle nodded eagerly, hut In a
frightened manner; her hands We're
clenchcd tightly against the tendrils
Of the ho~neysuckles, ms though she
were braclng herself for an ordeal.
/ began to laugh nervously. Where
upon Adrian wheeled sharply on his
heel and faced Isabelle. Again he
blew into the pipe; a low note, the
, purr Of n distant tuning-fork, trem-
blcd from the frall reed II grew In
volume till It rescmbled n broken mel
> ody.
At my cry he stepped lightly from
the terrace, descended into the garden,
and disappeared among the dark shrub
berries.
/, Faint and dizzy I pressed the tips
: of my fingers against my eyclids to
I. clear my mental and physical vision
= when I raised my head, the terrace
, and porch were both deserted.
: | wns alone. Only black shadows II
. the garden, the sharp outline Of the
cliff, aud an Unreasonable GOODNESS
. OF sky and ocean.
: The surety that some unforeseen
crisis was upon me, like the sting OF
y a whip forced me bnck TO thought
:, and action. | called loudly for lisa
VI belle descended from the terrace
plunged into the garden Nothlnt
/" there but solid darkness, checkeret
= shade, and narrow strips OF moonlight
OF course, Isabelle, unaSle to en-
y dure such an unnatural strain, hn,
b, slipped unobserved into the house an,
was probably resting In her own room
y In a lelsurely saunter | retraced m,
-, steps TO the house, entered 1t by n sid
y door, and halfway up the stairs CAV
= n peculldr whistle, which had Away
!, been u private signal between Isabel
and myself.
y There was no reply, The hous
!, seemed very stlll.
" repeated the whistle in n highe
key and followed II up with a thum
W on the bedroom door.
" Then from the west side OF th
c house | heard once more the sound {
the hateful reed and that wonderf'
re medley Of which Adrian Hope nlou
" was the master,
rushed down the stairs and bNC
TO the terrace again.
" | ran down the drive into the roaI
no way and made for the spot. As II,
preached the sounds, they drew impe
'et ceptibly AWAY from me. When
wv reached the outside wall, the mus
was ascending the cliffs toward q
ne broad Pacific.
~ | started 10 climb the hlun at Eve
step the reed grew fainter and q
IT. ocean more inslstent.
The reed | could no longer hea
nut but there, on the point of the talle
clln, one foot advanced to the ed
~ the abyss, her hands stretched for
he In nm agony of supplicatlon, saw Is
len belle; saw the shine In her hnir, {
folds OF her frock, ever the rings up
her fingers. so clear, so sharp, so d,
Mite was the moonlight on that men
rahle occasion.
"oh, Adrian. take me! teach me
the teach me, toov'