The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-05

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clark looked about the strange
old craft
"lou are a queer sort Of sail.
or" he said. bat the skipper
volunteered no further informA.
ton and Clark went below 20
make comfortable quarters for
Marian Page
She retired 20 them and CLARK
went to the how o. the ship. where
he gafcd out across the blue sea ana
unused on his homecoming.
iAic had opened fairly for him
now. Tho visit o. the Oh mariner
20 the island had bern like gifi
from heaven. once In Seattle he
planned 10 marry Marian II she
would accept him. and open a stud
do where he would try 90 portray
on canvas The wonderful bronze fig.
ures OF hts late captors
The day rode lafily on. larsen
proved himself man of few
words. The three ate In silence.
G!=sss, =aa Ma Page abandoning
attempts 90 converse with their
beneiactor When he Indicated
plainly that he did not wish TO
talk.
Night mahiclcd the sea. larsen
dashed tight his wheel. lie spoke
10 Clark on his way below.
you may stand watch. II you
wish. never do. Perhaps n Is
safer II you Do. There Is no telling
where another ono OF theso islands
is. they're not chsrtcd. never
cared whether Il hit the rocks or the
beach or not"
Marian and Clark watched him
descend 20 his cabin.
queer old mani hc exclaimed.
And then In tho moonlight they sat
BY the wheel and watched.
The sails, tho rigging. the
clumsy buMarks Of tho old ves.
sci cast weird shadows over the
decks. They were aionc. and
yet
Clark had the impression tina,
some one besides themselves and the
old skipper was near. lie tired TO
throw of the feeling. but Il pefsis.
ted.
once he took Miss Pages hand
ana was about 10 declare his love
ana ask her II she could marry him
when they reached their native land.
but the phnntomlike presence OF
another persisted and he refrained.
She looked UP into hla face won.
deringly.
''aIarian." he said. ~ have no,
spoken OF this before. but l must
now.
II love you, I have loved You
from the time first saw you on
the beach and took you Into my
arms. but have not dared TO tell
you.
New tha, VIC are free aud are on
our way home, ] feel that can
speak"
She turned her head away. Her
volca was low and vibrant.
''ft accepted your proposal Il
would not be fair to you" she re.
piled.
why. do not even know who I
am. l know only that my nfino IL
Marian Page and that am an Amer.
lean. do not know who my people
arc. l may have been promised 10
some ono else.
That terrible experience In
tho memory OF the past. only
live and know the present. You
have been kind to me. You have
been brave. ] appreciate Il all.
Yes. love your
Clark cIaspcd her In his arms. she
resisted feebly.
II do no, caro- about the past" no
said. Some day your memory may
be restored. II u only the present or
Tho future that really counts. have
no one else in the world but YOU: you
have no ono but me-"
She surrendered her lips TO his
and there IN the moonlight OF
that tropic night they pledged
their troth. Both were ideally
happy. They felt that they had
not care in the world. There
was nothing upon the horizon
OF their future TO disturb them
and yet Clark. in the moment
that he released this girl whom
he had told OF his Ioye feft tho
same dread presentiment OF an.
others presence.
He looked up and across the deck
and out over the sea.
He though. he saw a shadow nit
across the deck.
Clark's muscles became taut as he
half arose. Marian looked up into
his face In alarm.
There is nothing you regret?"
she asked.
lie laughed. "Noihing. Just a
sudden memory Of all that We have
been thru, that's hll.'
She was relieved.
4 must 20 now" she said. ~
must rest and maybe when ! am
really myself again, I will re.
member who I am"
He kissed her hands and stood al
The wheel watching her ns she went
below. Then he turned to face the
night alone on deck ON this strange
ship and to fight that feeling that
beside himself was present
on the deck.
Clark imagines that there Is a
strange person on the ship: he even