Show A BY y cynus ND Y Y BRADY M SYNOPSIS A young woman moman cast ashore on a lonely island finds a solitary ary inhabitant it young white mail linn dressed like a savage and unable to speak in any known lan euate she decides to educate him and ami mold ills mind to tier her own ideals ahe ands evidence 1 hat lends leads her ier to believe hat tho lie nion man I 1 la john lvell charnock of virginia and mat ihal lie was wag cast aaa ashore when a child katharine drenton was it highly specialized product of a university ller writings on the sex BIX problem attracted wide vide attention tin tile son of if a multi multimillionaire millionaire Infatuate I w with it h tier and tiny they deel deylile le to put tier her if theories into practice A few days on oil ills his yacht rev reveals als to tier her that lie only pro lessed eased lofty ideals to possess tier her while lillo drunk lie attempts to kiss tier sho she knocks acks him town down and leaves min him ancon acl 0 us and escapes in tho darkness in it a gasoline lne launch during a storm she Is 1 a ashore I 1 ore on an island three ars ceist teaching c h in g gives the man it sp splendid lendil ti alon their love for or each other la is revealed when lie he rescues tier her from a cavo cave where she he had been imprisoned by an ea earthquake rth A ship Is sighted and they the lit a beacon ea on to summon it engford on ills his yacht acht sights the beacon and orders ills his yacht put in the wom bornn n recognizes tile the yacht and tells her companion that a man mail on board had injured tier her in the greatest way longford langford recognizes katharine ile ho tells I 1 the lie man that sliu she had been ills his inis tress tresa and narrowly being kill 1 an american cruiser appears wile r g hear the whole story and langford luiK rang tord ford aska ask R katharine to marry litin katharine declares that she will marry marri no on hut but her island companion thu latter says lia ile still loves tier her but that the revelations have made a change Kath arltie declares hr her intention of if remaining alone on tile island saying baying charnock Chai nock had failed when the test lest came repentance com loman to charnock atter after ir a night of 0 bitter ile solms lahore ashore from tile ho cruiser to ask forgia ness iness and Is found unconscious beside catharines Katha rines clothes by the officers katli kath trane atrin e it Is given up tip tor for dead CHAPTER continued yes she answered thank god goda cried the man we thought you dead wo we searched the island where had you hidden wily why have you done it she rose slowly to tier her feet arid annl con fronted him film youl you she said L itterly bitterly wily why have you come back 1 I dont know answered langford I 1 I cant tell what moved me I 1 was here on oil the island with the others I 1 lied with the rest I 1 know that no foot of 0 it was left unvisited every crag and cranny every thicket and coppice every tree every cave and rift in the rocks was examined over and over again we knew that you were gone and yet I 1 could not believe it yes yesterday afternoon I 1 parted from the crul cruiser sr I 1 did not bear away for this island until it was too dark daik and they were too far away to see what I 1 would be about and then I 1 came back here at full speed i why did you como come 1 I dont know I 1 was not satisfied it seemed to me that I 1 must come back and search again I 1 could not believe it possible that you were dead really dead something in my heart at any rate brought me back once more to sen see the place where here you had lived if no more than that wo we made the island early in the morning the yacht lies yonder I 1 came ashore a moment since and some kind proal dence led mo me first of all to this spot I 1 entered tile the cave I 1 saw you lying there in the cool darkness I 1 thought you dead at first then I 1 cried to you and you moved and then I 1 touched your hand 0 kate thank god cod I 1 have found you where Is lie he said tho the woman wily why lie he come back it was n cruel thing to say but she could no anoro more have helped it than she could have helped tier her breathing not to have said it would have killed her for it langfords Lang fords love could turn him back what should bo be said then ot of charnocks Char nocks langford Lang foid was pale and haggard lie ile too hod had suffered ile he was paying for ills his sins ile ho was ex plating them and feeling it although the expiation was not helping tier her what ot of him she asked in insist 8 alst antly what matters about him ho he said utterly bitterly ile he had lila ills chance lie he failed to grasp it lies iles gone the man did not tell her that charnock charmock had been carried anway a senseless log bereft of power to think or speak or move or feet feel by the shock of her departure once said the woman you iou had your chance in the cabin of that very yacht out yonder and you failed to grasp it and we separated yes said the man 1 I know that I 1 realize that now and I 1 came back I 1 have come back to take my chance again and so he may come back said the woman you sank lower than ho be and I 1 rose higher tile other day upon the sand you did but not high enough I 1 be I 1 aleve eve in him ile ho will realize it too ehe went on all the confidence of her hopes springing into life again and giving force find and power to tier her voice and bearing and you condemn me ine for that one mand mistake stake said the man mail no returned the woman neither will I 1 con condemn denin him for that ono one mistake but lies hes gone I 1 tell you and ho he will come back I 1 know he thinks you dead so did you dut but I 1 came back not he you were your own master said the b e yoman woman swiftly you could go where you pleased lie ho was waa subject to the decision of others othera I 1 hm him still and you dont trust me 1 I trust you enough but I 1 dont love Y you ou 0 kate think there must be something in what I 1 feel for you to move you I 1 did not know what it was I 1 did not realize it I 1 c came ame back in the first place as much because I 1 had been a blackguard and a coward and wanted to set myself right in your eyes as because I 1 cared for you but every hour of search made me know my own heart and since I 1 have seen Been you since I 1 see aeo you now there la Is nothing I 1 would not d do 0 for you there any expiation or amendment or anything now but because I 1 sin am a man and love you I 1 want you I 1 want to make you happy and I 1 am the one man mail in the world that ought to want you and want to malte make you happy it Is for that I 1 have como come back to you how terrible are tile the arrangements of blind fate said the woman 1 I must believe what you say you awaken my pity my tenderness my consideration but these are all lie he Is not by to hear arid and therefore I 1 will say for you deserve the truth that just as you may aay you love me nay then just as you do and more a thousand times I 1 love that man it would be a crime a sin a bodily profanation a mental and spiritual degradation to which the other he knew to what she alluded as slie she paused were nothing if 1 I should come to you with my whole heart and soul given to the man I 1 she threw tier her hand out in a great sweeping gesture yonder out at sea I 1 hut but lie ho love you 0 yes lie he does not as I 1 would be loved I 1 admit not as please god I 1 shall be loved by him ile he know lie he understand wisdom will come to him and lie he will come coma back it might be so said the man 1 11 I came back out but lie he believes you dead and dian didn t you when you searched for tile me during those three years no answered longford langford 1 I had a confident hope that somewhere you were alive and will lie he not have that hope too 1 I cannot believe IU it there was a long frightful pause the woman sighed deeply it may be as you say it may b e that hat we are separated forever it ma may y be that I 1 shall never look upon him again nor lie upon me but that makes no difference I 1 do not love you I 1 cannot love you it if he Is dead I 1 shall love lo ve his memory until I 1 meet him it if HO 80 be I 1 may be found worthy of that and I 1 will keep myself for him no other othe man shall have what belongs to 11 him I 1 in they had stepped nearer the entrance of the cave which was a spa clous one as they spoke the beauty of the woman in that soft light was so intense that it cast over langford a spell ire he heard the sound of her voice but did not heed what she said suddenly he caught her in ills his arms kato ho he cried we are arc alono alone here and I 1 am master that Is my ship yonder I 1 can have you bound hand and foot and take you aboard of her I 1 will say that you ars are mad that I 1 am taking you back to the united states to your friends you must como come back with me I 1 cant lot you go t valentine said the woman quietly it if you do not instantly release no me I 1 will kill you where you stand you dont realize how strong I 1 am see with a quick sudden movement she caught ills his arms with her free hands and literally tore them apart to her little lithe and vigorous body she added spirit and determination which made tier her indeed mors more than a match for the slender fender somewhat broken man before tier her you see she cried sho she stood between him and the doorway one hand outstretched the fingers open 1 IT I could kill you before you left this cave you told me th at you had sent your men back to the still ship and that you were alone upon tile thu island and I 1 could tilde hide where I 1 hid before and they would find your dead body here upon the sands that would be nil kill hill me if you wish said tile the man recklessly 1 I dont enre care perhaps that would be the better way no said the woman 1 I respect you too much for that respect me yes you have shown tile me what you ire are by what you have done all but this mad action of a moment since and I 1 ran can understand that my friend for I 1 too love and it U seems to me that I 1 would brook anything everything ery thing for one moment like that you fain would have enjoyed but we are not children neither are we savages 11 to act like beasts of prey I 1 forgive you I 1 trust you she came close to him ond and laid tier her hand upon his arm 1 I respect you I 1 admire you everything said the man but love me everything but that assented the woman ornan quietly inlet ly 1 I shant offend again returned tho the man neither by force nor persuasion can I 1 effect anything kate lie ho said after another pause come back to the united states or to somo some civilized land the world la Is before you I 1 will land you where you please and give you or lend you money enough to enable you to get where you I 1 like you shall be on the yacht to me i as my sister it cant besold be said the woman dont I 1 you see that I 1 can accept no favors from you but no one need ever know I 1 will discharge the crew of the yacht in some south american port they tej will scatter god would know and I 1 would know and when I 1 see him again I 1 would have to tell him it would make it harder for or me and I 1 dont want to go back I 1 will wait hero here for him kate said the man impulsively it was ungenerous of nio me not to have hava told you before they took him awty away from tho the islands senseless raving with brain fever ile he collapsed stricken as if dead on tile the sand bond by that little heap of clothes clot lies and tile the bible which bore bora your message ile he thought you dead iio left the ship in the early pi morning orning to seek you the shock was too ton much for him ile he loved me then said tho woman yes salt said langford Laug ford wringing the admission a dinis sion from ills his lips he loved you enough almost to die for you hut but he Is not dead ile he was wail no w alien lien you left the cruiser no they signaled me at noontime in answer to my inquiry that the doctor thought he would finally pull through although it would be a long terrible stege siege but it if he dies kate if I 1 got back and found that he Is ft dead and come here dont come back said the woman 1 dont tell anyone that I 1 am here let no one ever come back unless the of his heart and the leading of god cod should bring him to me Is this your final absolute decision ci sion my aly final and absolute decision nothing can call alter it nothing absolutely nothing 0 kate hatel dont said tho the woman it Is useless sad and only breaks your heart and wrings mine now you must go no ono one has seen you from the yacht this cave Is sheltered from where she lies no one need know that you have found me inc indeed I 1 want you to give tile me your word of honor to swear it by all that you hold sacred that you will never tell anyone much less leas him that you came back and found me alive you set me a hard haid task faltered tho the man but I 1 am sure continued the woman oman w it Is riot not too hard for you to accomplish coveyou Co come you have said you wanted to make amends that Is all past now forgotten and forgiven but if you really would make me happy you will promise what I 1 say and what Is that again I 1 on your word of honor as a jen gentleman by all that you hold sacred you will never mention to a human soul that you found me here alive on my word by all that I 1 do hold sacred by my love for you kate I 1 will not speak unless in some way you give me leave so help you god said the woman solemnly so help me god replied the man with equal gravity and now you must go 1 I have one request to make of you kate before I 1 go said langford if I 1 can grant it you may bo be assured I 1 will it Is very easy will you stay in this cave caie for two hours 1 I have no watch said the woman but I 1 will guess the time as best I 1 can call then said the man go town down to tile the bench beach the yacht will be gone valentine said the woman you dont mean to stay atay here on the island 1 I would stay gladly returned the other tf if I 1 thought that I 1 were welcome lut but I 1 know that cannot be 1 I will wait said the woman goodbye good bye she extended tier her hand to him ile he seized it in ills his own trembling grasp and kissed it lie ile remained a moment with his lips pi essed to her h hand and and she laid her other land hand upon his bended head ile he heard her lips murmuring words of prayer lie ile released her hand stooped lower laid so something me at tier her feet turned and resolutely marched out into the sunlight tho woman lifted her hand the hand lie had kissed it was wet with tears the man had left her with a breaking heart sho she eat bat down upon ahe sand to think her thoughts during tier her two hours wait her bare foot touched something metallic she bent over and picked it 11 up it was his watch ile he had placed it there the simple kindness the spontaneous generosity of the little action moved tier her as had not all his pleas and she mingled her own tears with hla his upon her hand band she looked at the watch after n while and found that more than two hours had elapsed nearly three the thea latter martof part of the time had led fled swiftly in thoughts ot of him she was hungry and thirsty too it was noon she went out on the sands i yacht was nowhere to be seen she coid co ild not have gotten below the horizon she divined that lie he had sailed around the island and away in tl that lat direction there was a pile of boxes ind things on the sand above the high water mark she stepped toward it and opened one of the sea chests it was filled with books and papers a strange collection ile he had ransacked the yacht for her another chest contained provisions with which she had long been unfamiliar there were tollet toilet articles pieces of cloth writing paper pencils a heaping profusion of all that he fancied she bho might need that might afford solace and companionship to her and alleviate 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