The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-15


lord does not wish TO look tho part
any ionger~-thero are too many In
auisitlyc missionaries loafins around
the south Seas. DO you seer"
Yes. my TuAn--it IN better 40
Now ! will got breakfast"
Great Scott" he thought she's
tho most wonderful woman ever
born--not a word OF question. when
any other woman would be crazy 70
know all about what tho parson gol
in bis letter. Here's ono married
man who Is going TO live IA peace
Eh. no. I'm sleepy"
But Mary's genius served 20 keep
him awake. rapidly preparing break.
fast under dlfgicnltloa inaurmount.
able 20 tho average cook. Thea she
bent her Nennsiiks body To the
steering oar while he ate. aud.
watching her. his many attempts Al
describing her POLITICALLY all ended
IN an admission Of defeat.
Like all the most beautiful
things. you cannot be described.
sweetheart To word paint a won.
derfui sunset u silly. all you can
say about diamond - that Il
shines. II you tried TO tell n man
who had never seen a roae wha, 1t is
like. and Aftsrward showed him a
rose and a cabbage. hs wouidn't
know which was tho rose and which
tho eab6age-assuming. OF course.
that he had never seen cabbagcs
And you ar. like that---wonderfnl
beyond telling. my lady. We will be
married in Tahiti Tho minister and
tho witnesses shall know you as
Lady Shovel After that ws will
have to disappear. And you ara
quite content 10 80 with me. believ.
ing that ! am no; a criminal. Jus,
because | say l am notT''
''cioudiesley." she saif Eravsly.
love that does not trust Ia not love.
and tho woman that listens 10. or
believes. tales about her lover Ia not
worth loving"
He nodded.
But tho averRg, woman II more
concerned about wha; people say
about tho man she Is thinking Of
marrying than sho IL about what abe
thinks about him. Which IL about
the most awful sentence ever man.
aged" he finished laughing.
wow 90 to sleep" sha ordered.
for We are going a enjoy this won.
dsrfui voyage"
But the voyage was not destined
TO be either wonderful or prolonged.
The breeze that had carried them
away from Pitcairn island was not
any ordinary morning wind. for IL
did not die before nine O'Clock. but
stayed with them. gradually increas.
ing. long after tho ialand faded from
sight The hank OF ragged clouds
they had noticed just before sunrise
had held promise OF sinIster intent.
and. while Shovel slept. a half gale
rose 70 stagger the raft.
But Mary held on without waking
him. and while ahe steered she
reached thu summit OF her happi.
ness. At her feet, wrapped I'm her
blankets. lay the one man IN all the
world. And he was hers. Hers to
bs loved. 20 be shaved for-lf he
would let her--to be obcyed. to be
I"AA@1s 1ti1 WV HtANNh VI r.
altbo the rough oar tore at her Ike
a frightened wild thing. thrilled her.
because her toll allowed ths man TO
rest
But the wind paused beyond
Mary's control To keep the raft
dead before the wind. unless she was
quito sure II shifted. hnd been shov.
ellis order: but as the sea got up the
raft steered much "a drunken man
walks. while tho hastily constructed
rigging strained fearsomcly. Here
and there small holes appeared in
tho sail until II looked like a medley
Of independent flutterings kept to-
gsthsr by a miracle. and suddenly
the wind shifted fully eight points.
coming down upon the unfortunate
raft with almost hurricane for1s.
and deluging her with the foam of
a cross sea.
At the Same moment, what was
left Of the sail went away To iceward
like a tattered pocket handkerchief.
and the mast and yard fell in mess
OF rattle. There was no need 20
waken ShoveIl--a piece OF flying
rope had done II very effectively,
flicking him like whip-and altho
Mary hauled In the steering. oar cool
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