Show ff ny DY Y amus ND Y Y BRADY wr am cm in wm SYNOPSIS A young woman mat cast ashore on a lonely island finds a inhabitant a young white man dressi dress I like a savage arid and unable to speak in ili any known language ache doelves di to him and mold ills his mind to her own ideals slie she finds evidence that lends her to believe that t the is man la is john it hi veil charnock Chart lock of virginia and that lie he vas ai c last a s t ashore when lien EL 0 child kat katharine I 1 ure arenton n ton was a highly spoil ct of a leading university her writing 3 on ell the sex problem attracted wide the son 0 of a mutt I ml Il lonatro b onies infatuated with her and they to put iler hn theories into practice tite A few days daya on ills yacht z deais to her bilat th it lie he only pro fe ased lofty ideals to poss possess 0 so her while alle drunk lie he attempts to r kiss her ahu knocks him lown down and leaves 11 bilm in unton and escapes in it tile darkness in a gasoline launch during a she s s cast ashore on oil an all islaub three evarl liars teaching rles gives the man a splendid I 1 d education their love lor for ench each other Is revealed when he rescues liei her from a a cae cadt where luay she bhe had been imprisoned by an earth eaith peake A ship Is sighted find anti they light a beacon to Buni inon it I on oil tits his yacht sights the bancon bet ivor and ills yacht put in the woman recognizes the yacht anil and tells her companion that a man mail on board lind had ln jurel tier lier in tin the greatt it vay I 1 lansford recognizes katharine iti ite tells the m in that she mid had been ills his mistress and narrowly espa Q ing killed an amerlean aberli 1111 er cruiser biser alilea appears Ns art 3 cers hear tile the whole story anif langford I asks kallia ine to marry mairy him katharine dp d clares that she will marr marry no one hut but her island companion tile the latter says sais lie he still loves her but that the revelations have made a change CHAPTER continued Is the present charnock Cl married 9 no returned the chaplain he Is an old bachelor that will make it easier for our friend here said mr whittaker pro pio aided vided the evidence Is thought convincing con 11 the best evidence that he could present returned the chaplain Is in his face ile he Is the living image of his father as I 1 knew him ind and lie he has family ily characteristics which I 1 think would enable almost anyone to identify him without question sir said the islander addressing the chaplain did you know ny my mother 7 that I 1 did returned the old man i ller her name was mary page thornton the r in t 0 n and she bho was one of the sweetest girls in virginia and will you tell me about her ter and about my father and my people peopled 9 with the greatest pleasure said the chaplain kindly meanwhile capt ashby and these gentlemen will wish vish to hear your story take him to your cabin said the captain promptly and tell him the things he wants to know we can wait vait no returned the islander 1 I can wait I 1 have waited all these years and it a few hours more or less will make little difference you have a right to know my story and here it Js is rapidly concisely with a fine dramatic touch lie he told the story as lie he linew knew it of his life on the island lie he was so entirely unconventional that lie he interwove the bare details of the strange relation which he gave them with personal touches lie ile made no secret of ills his love ind worship for the girl of the belief in her which he had cherished of the reverence in which he had held her ile he exhibited that strange commixture of feeling with which he regarded her as a human woman and as a demigoddess demi deml goddess 11 lie e showed that he was at once her master and tier her creature yet through it all there ran such a thread of bitterness of grief of resentment of shame that his audit sra talt t first of the key to ills his feelings listened to him with amazement ilia and could scarcely realize or comprehend lie he told the story atory of the two lives up to the sighting of tile the ship upon the island and then ills his heart falling failing him lie he turned to whittaker and bade him take up the relation it was a delicate matter of which to speak but the simplicity with which the first part of the tale had been presented gave the officer his cue ile he was a man of retentive memory of quick apprehensive power and with a nice sense of disc discrimination nation a rare man indeed and he told tile tho rest of the tale with a subtle sympathy for the situation and the actors that enabled him so to present it to the interested littile group of officers that lie he almost made them see it as it tr transpired ans and what asked the captain when tho the final word had bad been said do you propose to do now mr charnock it was the first time that he had been so addressed and the man started lie ile had heard mr Whit takers words as one ina in a dream ile he had been going over that dreadful scene on the sands ands ills his heart was lacerated and arli orn again ile he was blind to everything but the past ile he saw her face dimly in the present ile he could see nothing of happiness in the future 1 I dont know he answered dut but surely this has not made any difference in your feelings 1 I cant tell the difference Is in her not in me she made 1 a I frightful mistake said he captain impressively but she has nobly atoned and ashes not what I 1 thought slie she wils is said the man and if I 1 love tier her I 1 love her now not because but in spite of what she is and there is a difference miss brenton interposed whittaker at this juncture has settled the atter herself she says that she will I 1 bave no mans man a pity no mans man a con tempt that no man shall marry her LUI sufferance suf france and that tight right said the surgeon who was a man of very few words and generally good ones my young friend broke in the chaplain it I 1 might advise dut but this returned the islander with fierceness Is not a 1 matter tor for advice I 1 dont don t know the world or its customs I 1 must appear strange to you men hut but I 1 take it that a mans choice ot of a wife a mans settlement of his future Is not a thing that ho he bt brooks counsel over at any rate I 1 want none of it come with me ine said the chaplain we will talk it over I 1 have lived in the world ho he went on gently perhaps I 1 can call help you have we your permission to withdraw capt ashby Certa tilly said the captain pardon me a moment chaplain interposed whittaker but the young lady has asked that some of us its go ashore to take tier her deposition as to the matters that have been alleged t oncoming concerning our friend liere here capt ashby will you ioui certainly mr whittaker I 1 will go and if you will accompany me doctor and you chaplain I 1 shall bo be glad mr whittaker you are aie a notary public and can administer the necessary gatlis very good sir air returned mr air whit piker taker the other gentlemen bowed boned their heir acquiescence the lady said site she would like to bo be undisturbed until evening at two tivo bells in the second dog watch then have the cutter called away returned the captain beg eg pardon captain said the sur geon but do you ou or any of you know this lady to bo be miss brenton no said the captain I 1 dont don t know tier her do you mr whittaker or you cha chaplain plath 7 well then sali said the surgeon as both the off officers leers shook their heads it will be necessary to have some one ashore who w ho does know tier her in order to swear to tier her identity to make her deposition worth anything there Is langford Lang foid said whittaker lie he knows tier her ver very Y good sald said the captain send abbat a boat over to the yacht and present my compliments to mr air langford ask him if lie he will meet us ashore at ter after five 0 clock say to him also that I 1 should be glad to have him dine with me to tonight night at seven chaplin will you and mr air Cliar charnock nock take lunch eon with me later now to go back to the island the woman stood on the strand proudly resolutely sternly erect without a sign of unbending until the boats reached the sides of the two ships even then she kept herself in the bonds of a control of steel she turned slowly walked up the beach entered the grove of palms mechanically found the path and plodded along it still erect and unbending until the wind ings of the trail arid and the thickening of the grove lid hid her from any chance watchers on the ship then and not until then did she give way completely she threw herself down upon the sand in ili the cool shadow of the great rocks in what to tier her had suddenly become a weary land and outstretched her arms as it to clasp the earth to her breast in default of the man she had dreamed of and trusted slie she had loved and lived for and lay there a silent shuddering wretched figure iler her crushing disappointment at his failure to rise to the measure of her ideal of him the total end of her dream of happiness the breaking ot ol all her hopes the closing of nil all tier her ambitions the tearing asunder of lie her I 1 heartstrings heart strings wh whelmed elined her in agony she had thought that never could humanity experience more than tile the pain super induced by the horror of her ber position upon the ship but that pain to the present was ws like a caress for to all that old horror borror was added a new sense of loss of disappointment and despair like elijah of old dismayed heartened disheartened dis broken she prayed that she might die there on the sands CHAPTER the mans failure at alyo a boat put off from tile the big white cruiser conveying the islander the captain the other officers ind and langford to the shore the woman met them on the sand she had bad discarded tier her woven tunic ind and was dressed in the failed faded blue blouse ind and skirt which she had worn when she had left the yacht and which she had ever since preserved with such scrupulous care for an emergency like this well was it for tier her that the garments were loose and easy fitting else she could not have put them on so splendidly had she aho developed in waist ind and chest and limb she wore stockings and shoes and save for a certain natural elegance and freedom in tier her bearing she looked much as any other wom woman an except that few women were as beautiful as aa ship after a momentary hesitation and a glance at the islander who after his first swift comprehending survey of the woman stood with averted head she conscious painfully of ills his every gesture and movement tho lieutenant commander performed the necessary introductions this ceremony over it was the woman who spoke 1 I sent for you gentlemen she began in order that it a necessary deposition might be made mad to enable it IE possible my she paused and bowed for mally toward the islander this gentleman to establish his identity which as I 1 learn from mr whittaker much seems to depend I 1 have here hut but could you not do this more conveniently leniently later on the ship miss drenton interposed the captain ile he had been told that she intended to stay on the island but lie ho could not bellevo believe it we shall bo be very glad indeed to offer you passage home the ship Is fitted for a flag and the admirals admiral 8 quarters are yours to command wo we are sailing direct to the united states with a stop tit at honolulu ind and will be glad to restore you to your friends sir said the woman 1 I have no friends who care enough about me to welcome me or whom I 1 care enough about to wish to see my mind Is viade made up I 1 shall stay on the island at least for the present hut but my lily dear young lady began the officer capt ashby said the woman wor tian you are arc the commander of that ship 1 11 I nill am to you Is committed the ordering of tier her course to mo alone miss brenton you decide all questions connected with tier lier on your own responsibility 1 I do certainly but sir this Is my lily still ship this island it if I 1 choose to stay here I 1 cannot think you will endeavor to take me hence by force dy by no means nor have I 1 any more fondness for having my illy decisions discussed than you would have for hearing your orders argued or questioned it Is my illy island cried tho the man roughly arid and it if you stay I 1 stay we lose time said the woman shortly 1 I am here to give my testimony you are prepared to take it 1 I am said the lieutenant corn com mander stepping forward notebook in hand captain will you conduct the necessary inquiry certainly said the captain mr langford to do you identify this lady 1 1 I do sir air answered langford she la is miss katherine drenton brenton of san F francisco ran cisco 1 I you say this of your own personal knowledge yes sir air you will make affidavit to that fact with pleasure 1 I wondered said eald the woman bitterly why you came back bach 11 it was at my illy wish madam 11 re turned capt ashby formally lie ile was not greatly prepossessed with the imperative manner and demeanor of this young woman but he did not see exactly how he could resent it or force any improvement in it will you proceed now with your story he continued will you speak slowly so that mr air whittaker who oes not write shorthand can take it aown thereupon the woman told that portion of her tale which related to the evidence which she exhibited the piece of thebo the boat atwith with tile the name ortho of the ship upon it if the dog clog collar the silver box the bible the two rings ringa these were marked set down and sworn to the alli affidavit davit to which she subscribed tier her name and to which she took oath dath on oil the very bible of the island was brief though comprehensive and the little ceremony was soon over air whittaker assumed charge of all the exhibits the tale having been completed and all the little formalities got through with the little party stood around in awkward silence wondering what was next to come ailsa drenton nr enton said the captain at last breaking the pause it seems a shame for gods goda sake reconsider I 1 your decision and come off to the ship I 1 no returned the won woman tar quietly my mind Is made up katharine exclaimed langford extending his hand in one onal final appeal not with you either said tho the woman my dear young lady began tho the old chaplain think what it la is you do lias ilas any human being with such powers as you possess it a right to bury herself in this lonely island Is thore there no call T sir the woman interposed your plea night might mine ane if anything could but indeed useless na its the rest lost alear cultic then said tho the man abruptly even harshly the woman turned arid faced him as unrelenting and ns as determined as she had faced tile others what could he say there was but one ale plea ll 11 that could move tier her was lit ho about to make that we ve have loved each cacti other ho he went on oil brokenly it was my dearest wish my lily most settled determination to make you ou my wife that wish I 1 still entertain that determination has not departed from ino inc you hivo have refused to marry that mun man and would you ou havo have tile mo do so asked the woman no a thousand times no I 1 am sorrier every moment that I 1 look at III him it I 1 that I 1 tit did d not ki kill I 1 I 1 bt him m hut but having refused him there Is nothing now that you can do but marry tile me and as you have refused him it maloa malics it the more incumbent upon me to marry you and to take you otaway ou away your honor demands it my aly honor flamed out the woman indignantly 1 I have said it returned the man doggedly gentlemen you will forgive our frankness said the woman turning FAR Is the present charnock married to the little group who waited all except langford Lan glord who had walked away out of earshot earh liot anti and who resolutely kept ills |