Show 10 dy Y CYRUS TOWNS Y Y BRADY urraY yr SYNOPSIS A young oung woman cast ashore on it a lonely islar island id finds it a solitary inhabitant it a young white man dressed like a savage and unable to speak in any known lan guage she decides to educato educate jilin him and mold hla his mind to her own meals ideals sho finds evidence that leads tier her to believe that the tha man Is john revell charnock of virginia and that lie he ads was cast ashore when a child Nat kathirine hartne brenton was VIM it a li highly specialized product of a leading l u university n hersity ver sity her writings on the six sex problem attracted wide attention the son gon of a multi millionaire becomes infatuated with her arid and they decide to pu put t her theories into practice with no other ceremony anon Y than a handshake they KO go away toge together ther A few lays days on ills yacht ro to tier her that lie he only professed loty lotty idea ideals Is to possess tier hor while trunk drunk lie ha a attempts to was idas her she knocks him town and leaves him unconscious escaping in the darkness in a gasoline Kagol lne launch fi tiring a n storm she Is cast ashore on an island ahr tareo years teaching gives the man mail a i splendid ed education uc atlon their love for each each other Is revealed when lie he rescues tier lier from a cave where she aho hull had been imprisoned by an earthquake A ship Is sighted and abey light a beacon to summon immon ti it L langbord Lang all ford tord on tits his sights tile the beacon and ad n orders order a his yacht put pui in CHAPTER XIV continued because she hesitated are you afraid to tell me yes yea she said afraid of what of losing you banish that hat fear but not that that keeps me ino silent what then 1 I would have the worlds world B comment on what I 1 say when I 1 say it the worth world s comment what la Is the worlds comment to me A test a trial of your feelings if it breaks my heart you must know if you feel that way about it said the man resolutely you need tell me nothing at nil all it was a brave thing to siy say for tier lier mysterious words filled him film with du dil baety arid dismay lie ile had no idea what it was that she aho could tell him lie ile had no experience by and through which to embody her vague hints into something real and tangible lie knew that he was terribly grieved and but that he had no way to describe the pain of jealousy he would have said that he was racking with that unhappy emotion tell me nothing he be repeated again if it grieves you are you afraid of the test she asked swiftly 1 I am afraid of nothing except losing you VI 1 I am not worthy of you returned the woman as I 1 told you but it if you will still have me if 1 you will take me when I 1 have said bald what I 1 must say and when the world has said what it will say then I 1 shall be yours as long as aa I 1 live it Is well said the man 1 I wait the ship now eagerly that I 1 may show you that what I 1 have said Is true the vessel Is nearer now she said at last rising from where they had bad been seated together upon the grass absorbed in each other and pointing seaward yes he answered 1 I can even see eee the figures upon the deck your brother men will there be some women on the ship phlp 1 I do not know she answered quickly it likely do you wish to see other women none was the instant answer 1 I wondered it if my brothers would b bring ing you sisters that was nil all there was absolutely no dissimulation about the man there had been no coquetry about her hei tie lie would simply have failed entirely to under stand what it was ile he was as honest as straightforward lis as absolute simplicity and sincerity must ever be and she had niec met him exactly on ills his own ground it was impossible therefore for tier her to misapprehend ills his mere casual interest she stood quietly studying the approaching pro aching vessel As she did so it came to tier her mind that there was something strangely familiar about the oncoming still ship she stared longer and the conviction grew upon tier her ichen when she realized it she clasped tier her hand to her heart with a sudden gasp and turned a white face upon him lie was nil all solicitude in an all instant what Is the matter mattera 9 he cried your face Is white you look so strangely it Is a sudden pain she gasped terror and dismay constricting tier her thront throat she wavered lie ho thought she was going to fall ile ho closer to her and put tits his arm about her no no she said repulsing it was the he first command she had given him in those bygone days when he had stood dumbly before her no no slie site pushed him away 1 I shall be all right and has the approach of men deprived me ma of the privilege of touching you he asked wistfully what is the matter dont ask me now she answered 1 I 1 I cannot pl aln the vessel was nearer now and as she stared it camo came to a stop and swung broadside to tn the reef there was wag tic no mistaking it it was the southern cross she know knew it as well as she knew her own face tho the thing which she had dreaded so when she tied fled from that vessel in the launch which site she had dreaded for a it time line an in the first period of tier her sojourn on the Is land had come to pass it was the very yacht from which she had es undoubtedly it bore tile the man from froin whom she eho had fled ilo ho had nnie come to claim tier her of all tile the teeming millions which the world held this was ho he whom she would fain have avoided rather anyone and every one had come to tier her than lie he what would happen when these men met the story that she would have told him today to day in tier her own way had the ship not appeared th the story estory that she would have told him on oil her decks had that ship been other than it was he must now learn by tile the brutal force of circumstances stances through some compelling necessity which she could not in any way influence or alter she loathed the man who was coming to aid tier her iler her christianity trembled in the bat balance ance she would fain have called invectives down upon hla his head and for the moment she swept the whole sex together in one ona unreasoning hatred and resentment in which the man of the island participated what sorry jest had blind fate played upon tier her she moved further farther away from tier her companion under the constraint of these thoughts and when lie he would have approached her nearer she flamed upon jilin him in ill sudden anger that left him appalled hut but under the influence of it lie ha kept ills his distance she saw the way of the yacht checked she saw the boat dropped from the davits and manned by the men she saw 0 figure too far off to recognize but which sho divined must be his descend the battens from the gangway slie she saw the little boat headed toward tile the shore then sho she turned to the man lie he was standing with folded arms tits his brow black as midnight staring out to sea ile ho knew nothing understood nothing comprehended nothing suspected nothing ilia only realization was that she his gentle goddess whom he had loved was angry with him so far as he was concerned without rhyme or reason or cause the stoppage of the ship the lowering of the boat its approach to the island were now matters of indifference to him she was angry he could think of nothing elso else and there was waa bewilderment in tits hla dismay nothing had given him power to sove tile the enigma of her conduct where she gazed with serious intentness he looked listlessly tier her heart smote her again tho the sense of justice upon which she prided herself came to her rescue she stepped close to him and laid her land hand upon his arm forgive mo me she murmured arid and tier her heart lencl ithan tier her bosom to meet the great flush of pleasure in hla his face as lie ho 4 n to ler cit ci t ao wid abiu her at m pi pa 1 you said you knew men the man asked as they threaded their way through tile the trees and won the hill along the familiar path do you know anyone on that ship do you think the question was an absurd one under almost lany other circumstances than that yet chance had shown hira him tile the one point in her armor and his innocent and ana casual question had driven drion into her soul a stab evasion should have been easy indeed hla his trust in her was so great that deceit would have been simple but she had always told him tile tho truth and she could not begin now yes she said 1 I think I 1 do lie he stopped abruptly illumination and anguish the light of pain in lit his 4 soul was it because you know that man that you suffered so on the hill yes she said again adalu forcing herself to speak ie lie he ono one of those who loved you ho said so but arid and you ditl did you lovo love him 1 I 1 hate him why asked the man sternly had he injured you in some way in the greatest way sho she answered with deepening gravity and liere here tier her sense of justice pricked her nut but it was waa partly my fault and have you forgiven him lie ha asked with a little softening of ills his voice to him forgiveness was as natural and inevitable as breathing in tits his ethics there was no other course ile ho had never had anything to forgive be lt it remembered she was not so true to tier her standards as the man she lind had taught the pupil was more devoted than the master there are some things lings ti she replied bitterly that a woman cannot forgive never forgives what things he persisted insisted pe is isted wondering ignorantly as to tier her dinean jig dont ask tile me she answered tin impatiently 1 I told you I 1 would tell you the story today to day clay and you will have to wait until then but that comment of the world you will haar 11 it from that mans lips it ir I 1 mistake not said the woman wearily but you must press me no further see they aro are close to tile the reef we must haston she drew her hand away from hla his anti and ran rapidly to the loach beach naturally he followed overtaking her in a few swift steps and running ns as was tits his wont by her side if lie he had stopped to indulge in the luxury of self examination he would have found ills his teel loga in such a turmoil of such strange emotions as would have defied classification and description ot of but two things was ho be very cleab clear that he loved this woman and nil that in some way for caus causes es ur fathomable and not present to him lie hated the man or the me men in tile bont boit bo it off shore lly th the womans comans directions just before they reached the shore tho the man inan picked up two fallen branches of palm they ran to tho the beach opposite the entrance and waved the palm branches above their heads it was too far for the voice to carry and there was too much noise from the breakers on oil the reef if the distance had been shorter kut but the men in the boat evidently caught sight bight of tile the signals and understood them for she was presently about and in a few moments they saw her prow cut the blue waters of the lagoon through theone the one entrance to the barrier the man and woman stood silently a little apart watching the swift approach unerringly steered the boat struck the gently shelving beach bows on and a last sturdy pull drove her fairly out of the water the man in the stern sheets rose stepped forward between the oarsmen oarsman and leaped out on the sand the present was in touch past conventional faced the unconventional vent ional civilization and primitive confronted one another an CHAPTER XV accusation and admission now that the great moment lad had come for langford had at last recognized the woman whom he sought in spite spile of 0 tier her strange garb he became suddenly acutely conscious of trivial details and accurately responsible to matters of no moment lie ile stepped for instance near tbt bow of tho the boat told the coxswain that he might allow the men to land but that they must remain close to the beach and within easy call and see that the boat was properly secured then he turned and walked slowly sin singular guar how eager he had been for that moment and how tardy he was in availing himself of it when it came toward the two who stood silently watching a little distance away ile he was dressed in a boating suit of white and wore a white yachting cap lie ile was distinctly good looking ills repentance his anxiety his disappointment had refined his face to it a certain degree and he was not an unworthy specimen of humanity in appearance pe arance the man looked at him with vivid curiosity and a sudden budde n sense of dismay to find find the new comer so worthy of df respect on the ground of appearance at least the gla glance i nce that langford ge bar man was at once c casual I 1 sun at an and a i ys it ent ills whole interest was ceno 1 upon the woman ile he found himself trembling violently in spite of the superhuman efforts he put forth nt at control it was only the most iron constraint indeed that enabled him to approach her at all As hl he e drew near to her he took oft off his cap bowed to her and strove etcove to speak katharine he said at last hoarsely thank god that I 1 hava found you woman said the man by her side stepping swiftly forward and confronting langford who la is this man ilia his name returned the woman steadily is valentine arthur langford what did you do to her asked the man with the bluntest possible directness that she weeps at the thought of you that she Is filled with horror as you approach that she looks at you as she does now I 1 have never seen that took upon her face since we have been upon this island langford turned and faced the man as aa these singular queries were put toi to him who Is this man katharine he asked an angry flush in tits his race face 1 I dont know for certain the woman answered but I 1 think his name Is what has my name to do with it interrupted the man persistently will you answer my questions when I 1 know who you are and by what right you put them I 1 will decide was langfords Lang fords contemptuous answer the woman had never seen her companion in a temper but he be was perilously near the breaking point now rio wani and I 1 langford although ho he realized it not had never been and would never be in so much danger as nt at that instant A swift glance showed her the man strung to the very point the woman laid her hand upon his hia arm a calming touch in the world she said people are presented to one another how she loathed langford she thought for a moment that she had only to say the word and her island companion would tear him to pieces she wondered won lerud how far after nil all she had succeeded in instilling into his mind the restraints of oe civilization she began to see dimly that such an achievement was beyond the power of any single individual that it had been in tile the past and would always be in the future the result of the operation cooperation co and restraint of the many yet she forced herself to speak evenly to the visitor mr langford I 1 believe this mans name to be john revell charnock I 1 believe him to be an american a virginian I 1 found him here upon the island this matters nothing said the islander 1 I dont care what this mans name Is or who he Is I 1 want to know why he distresses you sir said langford wondering what was the best tone to tar take with this r singular In gular being pray let us withdraw yonder to the shade of the trees where we can be more pl private vate 1 the men in tho the boat who had scrambled out upon the sands had been eager spectators and auditors of everything that had gone on their curiosity was greatly excited and their propinquity was evidently distasteful to langford you are refusing to answer roy my questions said the man 1 I will not be put oft off further man said the woman laying her hand upon his arm it la Is my wish oh it if you wish it lie he burned turned without a word and led |