Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-09-21

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.On one eondition.. - snswer.
THAT ron tome again tosehy soebgt
and wish me GOOD fortune when tho
ship docks Sympathy -of any kind ~
So entirely foreign % ny expesience
that-well,, somehow like IL !.
''Yes, will com. she answered
gently. 80! z-..sss.
That night the sirl cried herself to
sleep In her magnificent stateroom
II wonder whether his prison Is WORSE
than mine y she sighed.
Nearly four hours later the Pata-
gonia ccllided with 4 French liner In
Z dense fog. She was struck. fairly
amidships and crumpled into . help
less wreck. The other vessel stood
By and, ten minutes later, the passen-
gers and crew were transferred aboard
her. 49,. i :. ~ g.as - 5:s~zes
Down in the little prison under the
bow 4 man waited, fsrsotten BY all
save one-a girl xho had run to him,
stu half aGieep, her, fellow prisoner
In the .Aesh, as she in the spirit. =
Cant you climb through the win
dowf' she pleaded. -
won't you 80 back and leave meF
the prisoner answered. &c.. ---.-sls.
: "No,r she replied. They have
saved themselves and forgotten you.
the towards! I shall not 60 unless
you come with me-" -,
"Then," answered the prisoner, .you
will find an az hanging beside the gal
ley door," .szzr-s--' :. a. - -, -
She found it and passed It to him
through the little window. She heard
the hammer OF steel on iron. Present
" he had hacked loose the chain. with
its shameful ball, and began hammer
Ing upon the timbers. In q few min-
, utes the stout door swung on its
hinges. They ran up on the deck to
gether, along slanting passages and
fitting stairs. :
The ship was deserted. They looked
at each other and read their fate in
each others eyes.
"Why did you do this for met"
asked the man. :
Because l, too. am 4 prisoner" she
answered. -
"You don't look like q prisoner" he
returned grimly.
Il will tell you then. was going
back to America to be married to q
man hate. 1t does not matter how
came to be pledged to him. II I had
broken my troth friends would have
been ruined-friends to whom I owe
everything. It was my task to sacrt-
fee myself. Do you want to know
more?" -
He shook his head.
"Not even my name?
mo. But you know nothing Of me.
1, too, was returning to America. to
years Of captivity for .. crime com,
mitted. And I was guilty. You 0ught
to know the worst Of me because 1 do
not want to die while you believe In
me-"
II wish to know nothing" she an.
swered. -, =,
IF had known you before, might
have played a different part" he said
The night wore on only the gradual
! fitting Of the deck told them that the
end was inevitable.
Her hand stole into his and his in
? gers clasped it. A fierce longing t.
live surged into his soul. In that i'm
minent danger their hearts were re
: vealed, each to each. - =
1.-The ship. may last till dawn" HI
I said. IF We are saved, will you com.
3 with me to some far of country and le
US redeem our lives togetherT
/ He felt her answering clasp and
= turning toward her, he took her in hi
arms and kissed her. :.
: The east grew light. Night wa
T gone, and their love had dawned q,
i perfect as that day.
d Out Of the horizon small traml
K steamship was bearing down on them
|" When she came nearer It could be see,
that she few the Brazilian flag.