The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-12

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 Caroline has caught sight of man passing her, cottage ldte at night.
 He looks little like Jim. She fol-
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 Chapter 21 ..g THE MEETiN\ , ."fIIM--what,ss the matter? Why do J you look like that, as if you did n't know me%
 He said in a heavy, shaken-yoice, ..r 1-don't-know you"
 The hands let go of his arm; she stepped back. He had sense of emptiness and loss.
 And then she was laughing-such "a pretty laugh, low; and full of some sthing that was very young and inno! cent. 's
 But I'm Caroline! Darling didn't you guess? T don't call that a bit bright of you. Who did you think Iwas?" -e's
 He shook his head. fe "Ifion't know {. Caroline?" sie Caroline stopped laughing, be-. cause something in the slow tenta. tive way in which he said, "Caro' line?" made her stop.
 "Jim-what's the matter? Jim darling" s''n
 After a moment he said,
 "Why do you call me that ?'
 And all at once Caroline began to feel cold. The dream was changing in the way dreams do. One minute she had found Jim and her heart was singing with joy, and the next there was vague something that was cold and frightening. Shedidnt know what it was, and that made it worse. She said, ' tae isfg "What do you mean, Jim?" and he caught her up in loud harshAvoice.
 "Why do you call me Jim? Jim what?" yla TsAftei
 Caroline said. "Oh!" and backed away. sssi iiai @a6
 "Jim-what's the matter?"
 'sJim what?"
 Aren't you well?"-That was just a whisper. 4e
 He controlled his voice.
 "Tell me why you called me Jim"
 Because it's your name. Don't you know P
 "No."
 Jim darling, don't you know that you're Jim Randall"
 He went past her in blunderfng sort of way-right past her and as far as the stone steps which led up tc the heavy door. He sat down on the second step and leaned over his knees with both hands. covering his face. It was just as if a dam had broken. All those things which had been battering against his con. sciousness came flooding in through the breach. He was giddy and buff eted. 'atr ss 0Ea
 He sat there, and knew that he was Jim Randall. and that this was Hale Place where he had grown up. This was Hale Place, and he was Jim Randall. But of course he was Jim Randall.
 Who was Jim Riddell? You're Jim Riddell. and I'm your wife" Who had said that? Nesta-Nesta Riddell. "Tm Nesta"-"I'm Caro- line" Nesta-Caroline-Jim .. Jim Riddell-~Jim Randall. LIE lifted his head like man com. II ing up out of deep water.
 "I'm Jim Randall, and this is Hale Place."
 Caroline was sitting on the step beside him. Her hand came out. and touched his.
 Didn't you know?"
 "No."
 "Oh, Jim! But you know now" , "Yes." He gave her hand a squeeze. "It's awfully odd" He stopped, laughed a little uncertainty, and let go of her. g"Odd?EIt makes my head go round."
 Caroline did not speak. She didn't really want to speak. She wanted to sit quite still and let, the knowledge that Jim wasn't drowned soak right down into her. It was like silver wa. ter coming in with waves of joy. It was like a tide of light and happi- ness.
 She 'dfdn'tfeel dizzy like Jim; she felt safely. blessedly secure and fixed. Everything was right again. and Jim was here; ;sifshe put out her hand. she could touch him. But she didn't really want tosput itiout. 7s Just for the moment she had all the happiness that she could hold. One drop more. and 1t might brim