Evening star., 1924-04-20

spoken in their liquid native tongue,
made for love and the low murmur of
love, soft as the call of wild pigeons
in the mating season Nay, weep
not 1 cannot bear THAR
Again he saw her face, so near to
his. and again came to him the glory
and the wonder of woman, loved and
loving--the amazing revelation Of it
you heard? Then it is also known
to you that have nothing any more,
Tito. No house. No plantation. I am
a beggar. / do not remember If I
have even any claim on the clan Of
my dead mother. Perhaps her village
would give me = homo in charity
but that is all"
IT know" she repeated "It makes
no change. We have ourselves-thou
and L" Very different was her speech
now: very different it's simple message,
which struck back to it's ultimate source.
mo harm Is done to us while we both
live. Only tell me where you will go
for shelter and what you mean to do.
Be ouick-oefore he stirs!"
. X y
HENRY looked down tho ladder.
IL The ogre was busted below at
something He looked to sea The
cutter had been anchored just inside
the passage of the reef. in deep water
it was quiet outside-only an easy
rolling of ground-swell. Last he
looked toward the land; it's shore a
thin strip of silver a quarter mile off ;
it's shoulders rising in a great silvered
sweep from height to height by crag
and jungle and forest to the star
tipped basaltic peaks above would
you seek me out then? Would you
follow?" he questioned eagerly.
Perhaps" She smiled little. shy
Iy. But 1 would be sure you are
safe"
With one arm he caught her close
to him. They did not kiss; that ca
ress, unknown to the east, is still a
curious invention of the west. But he
felt the heat Of her heart against his,
tripping twice as fast as his own--a
marvellous fact Turn your eyes to
vftongo. yonder," he said do you
see the shape of that big candlenut
tree on tho hill? 10. Not beside my
house. Away to the right Do you
see the cloud of its many blossoms
pale and clustering?'
YES" she answered, near his cheek
up past that tree runs a ravine. II
is wild and rocky and overgrown
Few have ever climbed it But
know tho path. and up beyond the
palms-beyond the taro and the ba-
mana groves-is a fiat place in the
mountain-side- There as child
once, built me little faIe for a play.
house: hut-hidden among the vines
There one is always safe
yes"
Nobody comes so FAR. Nobody car
ever find Us. We can live on the
sweet mountain fruits and water ir
tho brooks, taking nothing that be-
longs to any one-staying all to our.
selves-thou and l." Very different
was this courtship; very different tn.
offer he made "Tito-iet US ge
there"
"Now?-
He nodded
"But my father would kill us. II,
would see us going" She gesturet
forward where Henry's proa was tied
past the forward cabin hatch. "Hs
will stop usI"
Il do not mean that way"
"How Them"
He pointed across the bay. She
drew a quick breath as she under.
stood There may be sharks!"
what do we care for sharks-ws
tvor' he demanded
An instant they clung-vhile the
splendor of the thought gained and
glowed in them-while they waited
palpitant, on the urge of 1t Came q
warning sound from the cabin Hen.
~ gripped the neckband of his ex-
pensive shirt Tito's arm slid with
a start of ripping stuna
Make haster'
Alas for the true ladies Of PApautu
School; also, alas for the prim young
gentlemen Of the Marist Mfssioni Alas
for high heels and waistcoats sprig-
ged with forget-me- -nots; for ribbons
and shawls and frills and fal-lals and
the dove-gray suitings of fashion
and once more alas for the polite
teachings of West Ham, the uplift OF
the rule of three and the Book OF
Sacred Gems and many other things
SO very. very essential to morals and
imported propriety. All forgotten.
All abandoned within three seconds!
Only the moon was witness, with
unveiled face. But the moon was a
Samoan moon: the meIlowest most
tolerant and kindly scamp of a moon
quite used to beaming on youth and
lovers since a golden, olden aga II
stared with all its might on vitonge
bay and never blushed at all
But perhaps, with . certain vhimsy
psrhaps It might have smiled to see
those two younxsters kicking free 90
earnestly and eAgerly-emergfng from
their hnery at last. q pair Of superb,
silver bronze chrysalides. clad In
their own native garb-.Henry with
his killed lava-lAva and Tito with her
dainty ahuI Thereafter, It had a
parting glimpse of them for just a
wink as they stood hand in hand at
the cutters stern-ere they went
overheard into the warm yielding
SEA-
The clean. double scoop of their
dive raised a startled challenge be-
hind them- Followed hasty footsteps
upon the ladder and presently one
se0pesheaslve roaf st rage exploded
over VltoAGU. From the rail Joran