Indiana daily times., 1922-01-09

| and succeeded in bringing the water.
/ Faith revived to find him kneeling over
her. bathing her face. I'm all right"
she smiled I'm sorry I was such
baby"
/ Hush! Don't you ever try that trick
again. You stay in our little fort or
/ I'll have to tie you. Now, Faith. keep
{ still I'm going to take of that shoe
and bandage your foot with wet cloths.
or it1l swell fearfully."
/ he secured the cloth by tearing up one
Of his shirts.
Hunter watched through the night, re-
fusing to rest, although Faith pleaded to
be allowed to take her turn. He had
placed her a short distance behind him,
where he thought she would be safer
The night wore away in quiet. In the
small hours Hunter heard a slight move
ment near him. and, turning his head,
saw Faith crawling toward him. She
came to rest at his side.
oh" he whispered, why don't you
mind? Why didn't you stay back there
and try to sleep and resti"
! Don't scold me-" she begged. "I'm
restless and nervous, and it's lonely, ana
u wanted to be here with you"
Unseen in the gloom, Hunters eyes be
came moist. Hhe groped for her hand,
found 1t. They lay silent. watching while
from below them rose the eternal Loom
ing Of the surf.
Faiths ankle did not swell much. but
to bear her weight on II caused con-
siderable pain; so when she wished to
move about she either crawled or hoped
This she did brayely, but at times it
taxed her nerve to keep the twinges of
pain that would come from drawing her
face into lines Of suffering, and she had
/ to fight valiantly to make q pretense at
smiling.
! Hunter was keenly aware Of h,r suf-
fering and his admiration for her plucky
spirit showed in his eyes
Water was now n problem. The least
exposure on his part brought the sharp
crack of a revolver from a snipc-. He
sternly admouished Faith TO keep well
under cover. Not knowing how long the
siege would last they began to put
themselves on rations of food.
Each made a sly attempt TO eat less
than the aPportioned lot, and each was
discovered by the other. Hunter, not
knowing that Faith was aware Of his
own attempt at this generous cheating.
swore roundly when he caught her az
the trick, that II be ever should become
such a contemplate cur as to permit a
woman TO sacrifice herself for him, he
wanted TO he shot. Whereupon she
quietly pointed oct to him that she was
as observant al he; then they both
laughed and further reduced the allow
ance under solemn pledge that each
would consume the allotted portion.
The second morning after their con-
hnement on the mOuntainside they saw
the smoke Of a steamer on the horizon.
/ The black smudge was all they saw, and
they watched it in silence until It dis
appeared, too heavy hearted to say a
word. Hunter muttered savagely under
his breath, but Faith smiled through
tears
ut only shows" she comforted, that
we may expect to get away all In good
time-which we surely will do
Lord, girl" Hunter sighed, III 1 only
had your disposition"
She shook her head. Perhaps we
wouldn't be alive today" Then; do
you suppose they saw smoker"
"Humrhl About the last thing they
want is to be picked up while were
alive They know 1t would mean the
end Of a rope for them
"It seems so strange to me-" the girl
unused. that men should go so crazy
about a little money. They're riskinS
everything, their 1ives-aI. And what
would they do with 1t if they get it?
They'd always feel as though some
body were after them. They couldn't
forget what they'd done-I feel sorry foI
them"
Keep your sympathy. Their CON
science wouldn't worry them a minute
What they're thinking Of is how to en-
10Y that money. which means to them
drinking, carousing, women. When 1t
comes to the results Of wrOngdoing,
why doesn't the intelligen' thief, such as
the defsulter, pause before taking such
n risk? Few get away with it. yet read
the 3aIIy papers and see how many fools
mere are"
Ito Be Continued.l