The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-16

i Continued Prom Yesterday
i The man held her close TO him IN
cns long. passionate farewell en-.
brace Their lips olunx. Il was just
snother Of iifes sardonio lcsts--ln
1.-The boy and strength OF their youth
shey had found wonderful love,
THE cup 90 bliss had been held up 10
Them. but as they reached for 4 the
unseen hand that controls had
dashed II from their taking
- shovel faced tho end with n
hstter understanding % It's injustice.
helieving that u was the end. while
MARY. with the simple faith Of a
ehiid. was quite SURF that. after n
few hours struggle I'm tho angry
49, they would pass together. still
loving. into faircr and happier
world. Surely. II the worlds wis
3dom Is true wisdom. II Is better to
lbs ignorant,
NThey looked into each others eyes.
y fboth smiled hravcly. Then. bal.
NJ Rg a moment on tho hesving
y ia they Owed as far as they
//tld. and began 10 swim slowly
Head to sea and away from the dan.
jgerous pianks Then. TO add to their
misery. the rain came down In sheets
I--for while the rain somewhat lev.
Ieled the sea. Il was icy cold. And
las they swan their minds were busy
I-Mary's occupied chiefly with the
Ihope OF some sort OF rescue. for her
faith never wavcrcd. and with the
siream OF the future when shc and
IShoveli would be together. far from
an who would seek 20 harm them.
she smiled dreaTniiy az the spray
dashed into her face. fancying abe
Was kissing the tiny fingers OF the
tots who would DC theirs.
What remarkable children they
would be- Not at all Jke other PEG
pies chIldreni How could they be.
when their father was such man
~ Shovel. and lord. toos She. OF
course. would be a iadys but that
was. after all. but a detail. The
browning glory. the ultimate. utter.
most realization Of JOY would be In
being the mother Of his babies. That
were bliss indeed.
But Shovel was not thinking II
babies. He was thinking % the un.
happy fate that was his--that Just
a. love came 10 him he was destined
10 lose II. First Jessie. and now the
WONDERFUL girl by hts side. The
1fHolght Of Jessie leading 20 other
Thoughts, he tried rcsolutely 10 put
her out OF hts mind. by focusing his
isttention on the futility OF continu.
Ing TO swim.
| He was no gutter. and he would
| go on until he could go no farther:
1 but IL did seem such a waste He
sides. death might be rather inter.
testing There might be something
after death. So. since there was no
chance OF rescue. why not die at
Ionce-why not so and see n there
was anythingy But he would give
the wonderful woman by hts side no
inklinx OF his thoughts what n
darling she was with a smile for
/ him with every wave they surrnount-
ed His love for her seemed TO tn
crease. aifho such n thing seemed
she was the acme of ere
lation. the master effort Of n master
Iernftsmsn.
He turned on his back. and held
out his arms: sh. glided into them
and he huggsd her TO his breast.
lThey sank and swallowed some wa
tier. but the embrace was worth ".
And as they came up laughing shov.
Iell felt ashamed Of his recent
Thoughts. and became fierccly deter.
mined TO live, TO reach some place
where he could have this marvel Of
IL woman for his own
With the setting Of the sun the
Ihasty summer gale began 10 nioder-
ate rapidly, and the vindlctive waves
relaxed the intensity OF their bat.
serings. Suddenly Mary raised her
fself out Of the water and looked
snnnd the short horizon The rain
ceased and the sea went down.
Again the girl lifted out Of the water
IKE seal.
Il see a ship" she cried
He smiled. shaking his head
Never mind. sweetheart, II viii