af b if it e DY ff W y C CYRUS ORN Y Y BRADY IL Z MY C mar MM SYNOPSIS A young woman woma baat ashore ona on a lonely island finds it a solitary inhabitant a 7 0 ung white man dressed like IL 11 savage R and nd unable to speak in tiny any known lan g euale g e she dec decides ades to educato educate him and nold mold ga lils mind t to 0 h her er own ideals site sho finds it human skeleton cleton tho the skeleton of 0 a dog doe a bible and it silver hox box which lead her to tho the conclusion that hir her com panton was cast ashore on the island when 11 it child und and that ilia name naine Is john charnock Chir nork ot of virginia near the hie kele elon tott she finds two woma donnna rin ransa one of which bears an inscription on U J 11 C to al 11 1 T sept 10 MD katharine brenton was a highly specialized product of 0 a leading university tier her writings on the sex problem had attracted attract led wide attention tho the son ot of a millionaire becomes infatuated with her and they decide to put tier theories anio into tivo with no other ceremony than a handclasp they KO go away together tORt ther A few lays daya on tits ills yacht shows her that tho th man inan only prot processed essed lofty ideals ideala to possess tier glicr CHAPTER VI continued she Shel began to realize how helpless hol pless she was under the inspiration of a belief which was as honest as it was mistaken she had put herself in the power of this man even if she were ashore there would be no one to whom she could appeal and here on the ship she was helpless lingering remains of better things had kept him from the last resort of the tyrant forcel foice but how long these would be operative in restraint she could not tell sit she fancied not for long what should silo sho do then she saw the end coming when in ills his anger lie he resorted to drink to drink which exploded the last vestige of its ills philosophy however lie had professed it she was frightened beyond measure when site she realized the depths to which he had sunk stink and to which in spite of 0 herself lie he had dragged tier her what further descent was before lier she did not even yet abandon that philosophy which had served tier her so ill she clung to that with the more tenacious pride because of its very weakness but she loathed mankind on that yacht lie ha summed up for her the whole human race and slie she hated him and it to what sorry pass had a few weeks practical experience re duped deuced herl her she had begged and pleaded with him to alter the yachts course but ho he had sworn lia ho would go farther south bouth into those unknown seas and keep keel her there until silo she crawled to his feet so the long hours dragged on the inevitable rupture drew nearer at last it came in its details it was horrible but there was in it a great relief after all CHAPTER VII the he joy of freedom one night at dinner she had fled from him ile he had been drinking more heavily than usual and was in an ugly mood ills handsome face was waa flushed ft a savage frown overspread his brow lie ile had risen during the meal and with ft a coarse coar w endearment had attempted to lay hands upon her at last she had broken away and darted into the nearest cabin which happened to be ba lila ills own she had haa closed tho the door and turned the key against him before lie ha realized what she was about she mod within the little room panting enraged fearful yet ready to defend tier her all and almost glad tile the crisis had arrived she could hear hla his drunken laugh outside the door why you little foot fool lie he cried to do you think I 1 cant break that lock down lit in a moment the ships mine every man on its mine I 1 pay ero ern they do my bidding I 1 have hao you where I 1 want you find I 1 can an have you when I 1 please now or later was it true could she appeal to the men but what could she say although the world know knew there was waa no binding tie tic between them to tho the OM cers ceis and men of tho the yacht she was ills his wife they would not interfere and if she declared the silo ahn would put herself hersele beyond the pale of their sympathies being merely stupid men with conventional ideas about propriety in ili that event they would be less apt to interfere than ever lt it was wag true she could do nothing slie site sank down on oil a hassock clenching her hands As AB she sat tier her eyes fell on a chest ot of drawers screwed against tile the bulk head the top contained various toilet articles of silver among then them was 9 picture ure the picture of a woman it vas not her picture moved by what impulse site she did not stop to analyze she ehe rose lose and picked it up till the face 9 she he looked at was aneff ineffably ably v vulgar 11 igar and common across tho the bottom was written in a unformed hand your devoted wife vire there was a late date sev eval cial years before that hour your devoted wife she had been in that stateroom before she had never seen that picture ile he had only brought it out since the rupture between them and so while entering into this relationship lation ship with her in compliance with principles and ideas which she at least regarded ja as sacred and holy he had not been a free man there was another woman to whom he had been bound oil oh not by tho the marriage tie that site she disdained disdain ed but by the honor which was waa supposed to exist among thieves and which certainly should cibit among philosophers and tow n i r ri if A cold fury filled tier looked at the picture n nt cuch had bad been given to contempt and pity for him vaa v w aa added hatred hated the combination tr transformed ans formed tier her instead of avoiding a she he would seek him lie ile was wai still in tile the cabin she could hear litan muttering thickly to himself impulsively she stopped stepped to the door turned the key in tho the lock threw it open and entered tho the brilliantly lighted luxurious cabin lie had dismissed the attendants some time since with orders not to reappear un less lesa he summoned them and they were alone there was no likelihood of any interruption whatsoever the man who was leaning back in his chair bent forward whon when she opened the door lie ile laughed viciously it if she had reflected she ehe would have mar voted at the change that a 1 few weeks had wrought lit in one whom silo had hitherto deemed worthy ot of her affee tion but she had eyes and thought for nothing except the business in liand hand so anve on ve come out have you lie ho stammered triumphantly come of your own free will youve found out have you ou that I 1 am master and you are arc coming to heele ile iio whistled whistle to tier her derisively wills tied as if to a dog who Is this naked asked the woman in ili a voice carefully suppressed yet which shook with wrath she held the photograph lit in its heavy silver frame up before him that my wife lie he said equably with no surprise or 01 consternation we haven t lived together for some years yeara lie ho went on with drunken good nature ni ture or id it take you back to san francisco and introduce you to her your wife exclaimed the woman in that same low tenso voice then w what hat am IT my mistress said the man bluntly throwing the last shred shied ot of conceal ment flient anti and decency to the winds and a damned obstreperous one at that ile ho went on now the woman believed in no providence but a trick got from tier her ancestry wrung the words from tier her lip s i my aly god my aly god silo she whispered you any sneered the nan man you told me so yourself lie he laughed lau glied and I 1 believed you I 1 would have linlie ved anything to get you well there was no god the woman realized but she would lo be her own god od her body shrank together a little ie her hands clenched the feline was uppermost upper silo sho could have sprung sprang upon him but she waited waited for she knew not what whom the gods destroy ran the ancient phrase they first make mad ile he rushed to tits his doom with blind folly you be jealous of her my dear deal lie he mumbled on 1 I used to think I 1 loved tier her and we were married damned foolishness as you might say she cant hold a candle to you ir if you are n little touched lie ho tapped its his forehead impudently in tho the upper story atory and this man this degraded thing regarded her as a mad woman there night might bo be no god but there was a devil and lie ho stood before her there might bo be no heaven but there was a hell and she ahe was li iti it on second thoughts he rambled on oil 1 I introduce Intro duca you to tier her you arent respectable and sho she Is lie ile stopped and poured himself another drink respectable lie he laughed to hell with respectability we know a better thing that that soul to soul heart to heart the union of equals without the train trammels niels of conventional bonds for weaker beings yes what you said anti and she recognized with horror that lie ho was quoting tier her own words but it go you see its all 11 very well in theory hut but it work out lit in practice tile worlds got some ideas of its own its been i holding eni em for a good many thou sands of years and you cant change cut cm you belong to me file now to tell holl with your equality you are nothing moro more nor less than my property and bark mark you lie reached out a tiling inger finger anti and shook shock it at tier her your salvation la is with me it I 1 cast you oft off you go into tile the gutter she sha wondered vaguely how much more of this she could stand tint and live nut but dont be lie he went on with w till a drunken attempt at reassurance re an ce you are too flue fine and too handsome even if you tire aro cracked for that yet im rad glad te tc see youve come to your ene sn e ile iia rose heavily as lie he spoke and felt hta his way mound around the table hand over hand ile he approached tier her she let liliu blin to do it she shrank a little closer together every muscle tomoo for action she was no longer a woman slie she was a humar human tigress and tier her philosophy 0 was gone lie ile was too drunk to see ace it too incapacitated to take warning right lie he continued as lie he lurched nearer to tier her stay right there im coming to you as fast as I 1 can anti anil when I 1 get close to you well kiss and lie ile wais waa by her side now tie me straightened himself up tip with a spasmodic effort released his hold on the table and stretched out his arms toward her and then she sprang at him how sho she did it she could never tell but in some way tier her outstretched arms grasping for his throat struck him le lc the breast unsteady on oil his feet lie he went down as if he had bad been shot such was tho the violence of ills hta fall that the file momentum carried her with C Z V I 1 S r aa ar va a amt ma EM in his anger he resorted to drink him site she fell upon him with all her force ills head went back and struck the deck with a frightful crash she herself was almost stunned by the violence of her own fall although his body broke it sho she arose and stood over hira him for a minute and then she lifted her foot and brought it down upon him he had said bald she was a mid mad woman and it was true she was wag crazed by what she had heard by tile the horror of the situation she had not changed bey her dr dread es a for dinner that afternoon go IT 0 was wearing a pair of light bo a tin shoes it was lucky for him it if she had worn evening slippers with high rigid heels she would have mashed ills hla faco face beyond recognition As it was sho she left horrible marks marka upon it ile he lay absolutely motionless she could see that lie he was still breathing and was not dead if she had bad had a weapon silo sho tit might ight have killed hilled him in tho the fury and transport ot of her rage this wretched philosopher As no resistance si came from him she presently stopped the feminine in her slowly rising to the fore sho she realized now that the li ir revocable had bad happened that there was no longer room tor for two of them on that ship As the mists of passion cleared away although the fire of rage still burned in tier her heart tier her mind cleared also she thought with such rapidity as she had never thought before first she picked up tip a cloak threw it about tier her and went on leek deck A cabin attendant was standi standing ngat at the companion I 1 pan ay as was always tile the case co walting a possible summons she told him that its his master w was as ill an and t I 1 did n not 0 t desire to bo be disturbed tie ile did not even want the dinner thing cleared away lie wanted to be left entirely alone until morning the servant smiled slightly slip she thought tit in the light front from the cabin skylight blo light she noticed that it was ns a Ino moonless onless night cloudy overcast for sho she could see no stars she knew what hu that smile meant that the man realized what sort of sickness his owner and aind master was liable to she bade him tell tile the of 0 the d deck eck her message and then dismissed him then silo sho returned to the cabin mil and carefully locked the door sho she gladu ed tit at tho the man as she lid did so lie he lay just as aa lie ho lind had lain before she bent over him lie ire was waa still breathing site she noted with was it i regret egrets hut but slip she wasted ashod no time over him time was the most precious of all thing 4 to tier her at that I 1 moment I 1 sho she had it clear and definite plan of notion action she knew exactly what she intended to do and how silo sho Ili intended tended to do de it Fortuna fortunately tile the ille menus alls of es cape were at hand they hail had 13 passed assed one or two tiny islands during tile the day dav nicio more treeless spots of sand or coral coial in the vast of the ocean but prospects that others more inviting might lt UH raised had caused the man to order the power tender to be got overboard tills this was a good sub gul boat 15 feet in length broad beamed and built for heavy seas yet powerfully engene ng Inel anti and capable of good speed uy by hla his direction the had been filled and everything overhauled so that it would be in readiness fur for use the sea w was is very ery c calm and tile the gentle air scarcely raised a ripple on its surface to save the trouble of hoisting it aboard again the tender had been left trailing astern at the end of 0 a long line it would be ready for instant use she would escapa in that she knew how to run the motor and liow how to steer the boat she had dono done it many a time carrying tier her heavy boat cloak she entered her cabin hastily racked packed her M so she believed that the yacht would retrace its course bag with what things she fancied site she would need returned to the table took from it every scrap that was edible and portable without much re gard for the niceties she made it up tip in a heavy parcel which she tied with napkins site she remembered that the water tank in the launch had been filled so that for a time at least she would lack nothing carrying bag and bundle lit in tier her hands and with the boat cloak over tier her arm aim all and it straw hat tied on her head after one long look at the man mail she turned and went at aft and reentered entered re the starboard aid after stateroom tier her own tile the boats painter had been affixed to the starboard aid side of the yacht she opened the stern window anti and looked out she leaned far fai out and by great good fortune in the darkness caught the painter the bo boit it of cour couise c w was Is swinging to a long rope she pulled at this line cautiously although the effort taxed her strength to the utmost indeed she seemed possessed ot of a fictitious strength for the time being else she never could have ar complis lied her hard task hat but she managed to get tile the boat practically under the cabin it at last she fastened the