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Show SffflTlSLANP OF REGENERATION 1 NMCt rrocoliic Pace. 2Bf . V.o uncxnccJed happened. .tbe?mX!b o RUttcrnl ntiempts, in-wn,r fiupil managed to :.r-fSJff,t,,n?hi :.r-fSJff,t,,n?hi c 'that liorc a -Us- tifcW'ho snil at last. . SW ' tremendous stop in cvolu- ilriW1?' too erBt for a"v Ulltut0"ul 1BiBl?0S- for at once tlio man lio-VW'ffiS lio-VW'ffiS i mime un.l tlio iilca Mcr rt well. J Ht mstant., M-'ftvon iJssinp bill, he was 1 f-1 f-1 SB1 hf1 froni all the rest of cro a-jjWI'1 a-jjWI'1 fr0' lis consciousness, hith-' hith-' flontinc, incoherent, iiulcfi- 5focnlKcC Civen a habitation 1 c knew himself in some Ml0 I "he cried. srowinK moro and nfiilcnl with every ropot.it. ion WiW tonn," more accurate in eateh-intonation eateh-intonation with which she b!';he cric. his hand i?J? ift'o1' his foot ami stretched iwJC'S5ffl: Tlic doors were open trtTBV1 ny Mens wcro boRinniiiK 10 'titeW'l v Vnv throuuh I ho crack. . ifiMrMIanl Man'" bo said. nKain il lnlkio" onporly at her. crfMI i "n ami palled him on 4 ffldcr encouragingly as she 14 'lof0.icu that she had rivimi lSfc tf thit for a moment, slio felt S n her shrink, but realir.-USB!00? realir.-USB!00? !St tliat her domination over Wi1' r S and immaterial, and .tefeSS evidence of limidily rJim't S luted into universal Ian-fttt Ian-fttt which even the lowest creation SfclS aaA lhat bor dominion i W??i i on that instant, sho mastered SK and mastered him. Although HSjKL bnt woman whom ho nughi i broken in his hands, she donu-fessd donu-fessd him as the conscious soul ever 'WlBtieslbc unconscious soul. Silm Uaycd no more lessons, lint JE and retraced her way to ho ifrJRTWc cho hud landed, which, bc- 'Eko hnd landed there, she called Himm?'Qn l'10 wav sne attemptod an ftiifcinent. She plucked from a low l'iV, brigbt colored fruit of whoso UleCtrsnd characteristics she was ip-:EnDd ip-:EnDd slowly made as if to con-'"-iitto hor Hps". (MIji1!,'criPd iho voice behind her, K, turned to find her companion fixedlv at her ami proffering .K-'frmt wli'ich ho had quickly gath- K. Slip lninded him that she had TOEm in exchange. II o shook bis "E not in negation, but rather in MjKikcriiicni and threw it from him, Tfttn sho understood in some way vK lle fruit was not good for food. JiElehad divined it, sho could not iff&jme compensating instinct, sharp-ljMdbv sharp-ljMdbv use into a -protecting quality, fJfKliipht him. Pho had no such in-' in-' ia( learned to depend i'ViBc rnson and observation, and theso XJJlBrf tcr in the presence of this un-I un-I W- '1C wns humbled :i littlo in iKr1 waV0(l meat and salt, having; ja trained to these things, the arli- ficial diet and stimulant to which sho had become accustomed, and her craving crav-ing was the more insistent becauso she hnd been without them all that tinio in the boat. And yet when she had eaten the fruit that nature had provided pro-vided in that, tropic, island her craving crav-ing -was abated and she was satisfied. Sho felt that sho could soon grow accustomed ac-customed to such a diet if it were necessary. neces-sary. So musing she passed on under the trees arid sat down on tho sand again. The next thing sho remembered, sho was unclosing her eyes as sho had done early in the morning,, and tho man was still watching by hov side. She. had boon so utterly wcariod by her strange adventure, by her long wrestling with thirst and starvation in the open boat that before she knew il. weariness overcame hor. JIc had watched by her side without molesting hor.. It was late in the evening now. The problem of the night had to bo fncod. This tunc the man took tho initiative. He walked along the shoro a. little way and then looked back at her; thon'camo back to her, then left her. and ropealod tlio process once or twice, as a dog might, hnvo douo who was desirous of bringing his master to some appointed place. Understanding, sho rose mid followed him. llo led hor along the sands, now shadowed bv the tall palms, until tlioy camo 1o tlio'rivu-let. tlio'rivu-let. where she stopped and drank onco more. They passed it. lio plunging bodily through its shallows, she leaping leap-ing from rock to rock until she reached tho othor bank. JIo went swifllv around the face of tho cliff. As sho passed tho point sho saw that it curved suddenly inward away from tho shores into a sort of amphitheater, and fair in flic centor of tho fnco sho perceived an opening. Ho halted there and entered fearlessly, she following. Tho cavo was roomy and spacious, at least it seemed so in tho fading light. In tho morning when tho sun shone through the opening it would be Hooded with davlight, but now. when the sun, was sinking behind tho hill, it was quifo dark. It, was drv and clean, ami apparently empty. The man stood looking at. her. smiling; at, least them was a suggestion of a smilo upon his lips, llo was nodding his head. She understood that, ho lived there. Tho dog had come, back to his kennel and had taken this acquaintance there too. . ' It would be a good place to pass tho night. Tho night had lo bo passed somewhere. How. was tho problem, fche had littlo lear of any savago animals ani-mals on tho island. There had been no evidence of them observed in her progress; tho mau himself was testimony testi-mony ty immunity of attack from that source. Had it nt been for him, sho could have lain down in that cave with quiet confidence and slept Avithout apprehension ap-prehension of molestation, l)ut he complicated com-plicated tho issue. Twico ho had watched by her asleep, but that was in the broad daylight! "When darkness came, what them) Her heart was filled with terror. She was suddenly afraid of tho dark, a childish fear at which hor soul would have mocked iu other days and under other conditions. But now sho was a prc3' to vivid apprehension, and tho night was coining on with tho swiftness of tho tropics. Sho was glad that she had slopt through tho long afternoon. She would endeavor to keep awake during tho night. She must turn tho dog out of his kennel and occupy that herself. How was she to enforce her will under tho circumstances? Sho could ouly try. "Man.'" sho said, pointing to tho door, "goI;' Tho words convoyed nothing, but the gesture meant much. Even' to tho man association with his kind for one-day one-day had effected a revolution in him. Ho hung undecided, however, before her. whilo sho repeated again and again her iu.iuncf.iou Finally sho took hi in by tho shouldor, risking the peculiar pe-culiar emotions that contact scemod to bring to him, and thrust, him gently through tho en trance outside. Then sho went bnck into tho cavo farther and waited with a beating heart. She could seo him silhoucttca against the twilight, standing where sho had left bim. He camo toward tho door at last and stood in tho entrance. "No, no!" she cried ficrcel', praying that t he nolo of terror might bo "lost in tho impend ivo tones of her voice. "Man, go!" Sho stood waiting and hu likewise. Clustering her courage at last, sho went over to him and thrust him out. Again and again tho littlo drama was played, until by and by it becamo impressed im-pressed upon the mind of tho man that ho was to stay out. and sho was to stay in. Ho camo" no moro to tho entrance. en-trance. Ho stood outside, aloof, look-iug look-iug in, although in tho growing darkness dark-ness ho could not sec her. It; was tho second thing ho had learned. Tho first ray of Jicht in his dawning consciousness bad illuminated tho ego. tho personal, tho concrete. He was learning now tho significauco of a verb and tin abstract idea was being 'bred in him, and some concept of constraint was eutoring his being. The first of thoso long checks that circumstances circum-stances imposo upon freedom in order that civilization may begin to bo was meeting bim faro to face. Ho had slept in that cave, sho imagined, for vears, and suddenly bo was thrust out. Thoro was no hardship in that, except t ho hardship in tho necessity for obedience, obedi-ence, if hardship that might be. The night was balmy and pleasant; no shelter shel-ter was needed". It. was tho fact that ho had to go; that ho was subject to another will and purpose; that something some-thing higher lhan himself was overruling over-ruling him which might bo hard. Tt would have been bard for tho woman. Sho thought, however, that the limited comprehension of tho man might not onablo him to reali.c it. He stood a long fimo on tho sand while she watched him. Hnd sho conquered con-quered Had bo learned his lesson'.' Had sho laid foundations upon which consciousness of lifo and its relations might bo builded? Would sho bo froo from tho terror of molestation, which in spito of herself sought expression in her voice and manner? "Would she bo permitted to pass the night undisturbed? undis-turbed? Was her power over him sufficiently suf-ficiently definite, to be established and to be of value? Suppose sho had not succeeded in mastering bim, in domi- i uatinp bim? Sbo shuddered at the probabilities involved. Of all thc bensts of tbo Held, tho most terrible when be is a beast, is man. Sho was not a weak woman. She was above lho middlo height, athletic, splendidly developed, accustomed to tho exercises of the gymnasium and the fiohl, but her strength was no match for his. One ray of safety apnea ap-nea red in the fact that she befioved him ignorant alike- of the extent of tho power or of lho' possibilities of bis situation. She wondered what strnngo thoughts wcro going on in that latent brain over which by the uso of moral force and courage sho wns striving to find that even in" the midst; of her anxieties anx-ieties sho could think so clearly about tho situation. Did he know his lesson, she won-dorod. won-dorod. Sho could only hope. 1C she only bad a weapon, she thought, the weakness of sex might bo equalized. Tbcro was nothing. Yes, hor thought reverted io the womanly pair of scissors. scis-sors. With trembling hand sho drew them forth and clenched tho littlo tool of steel tightly. .It was a poor dependence, depend-ence, but the best sho had. And thon she drew quietly back into thc recesses re-cesses of thc cavo and sat down, lean-iiiLjf lean-iiiLjf against the wall, her oyes bright with dread anticipation and curiosity. Sho watched and waited, resolved if necessary, to remain awake tbo long night through. Oufsido the man had stood motion-loss motion-loss a long time aflor tbo final repulse. Thc dusk and not. yet moliod into dark out there and bo was easily visible against tho sky. framed by tho opening as a dim picture. She was hardly awaro of thc intensity with which sho watched him and she was greatly surprised sur-prised when she saw him at last kneel down upon tho sands. Sho saw that, tho palms of bis hands were pressed together in front of bim: that his head was bowed; that his attitudo was that of prayer! JIo was saving something. She could hear him without difficult'. ' She could distinguish no words in tho rudo succession of sounds that seemed to come from bis Hps, but her acuto and quickened perception seemed to recognize a nearer resemblance to ar-ticulato ar-ticulato speech than anything sho had yet heard from hiuif What was ho doing? In a flnsh tbo woman realized that tho man was praying. The realization snioto her liko a blow, for this woman had long since put away prayer. In her philosophy philoso-phy ol lifo thero was no place for God; m" her scheme of affairs tbo Diviuo wns unimminejit. And vet, alono on that island, in that darkness, despito her attempt to mock away tho consciousness, con-sciousness, sho was roliovcd at that sight. Tho littlo ritual on the sand ended with tho ono word her pupil knew. "Man!" ho said, striking his breast again and staring upward toward the heavens. "Mau! " ho cried, as if in his now consciousness bo would fain in troduce himself lo his Maker, tho woman thought. "His Maker!" hor lips writhed into a bitter bniilo that was half a sneer. What would ho do nest 7 JIo rose to his feet and peeped toward tho door. Sho grasped tho scissors tighter and held her breath. But ho had learned his lesson. With indescribable relief she saw him turn asido and cast himself down upon the. sand, whero bo lay motionless mo-tionless about hor. If she had had any faith, she would havo breathed "Thank f!nrl! " A a il. wns. Klin w:ift verv frl.nl. She watched him a long time, speculating specu-lating on lho' questions slio had asked him on tho hill in thc morning; who ho was; what ho was; whence ho came; whero be had learned that bab-blo bab-blo of prayer; why ho was devoid of spoech; what, was tho God to whom ho praj'ed? Sho would study thoso things. Tho problems fascinated her Tho dcsoluation and loneliness of thc island might havo crushed her. J?o-lioved J?o-lioved from her iminediato approhen sions, tho man delighted her. Sho would investigate him, annlyzo him, synthesize him, teach him. She would mother him as a woman a child. No such opportunity as was hers had over presented itsolf to a human being. Free, as sho imagined herself, from inhoritcd prejudices, devoid of old superstitious, su-perstitious, crnmmod with new learning, learn-ing, illuminated with now light, ab horrent of narrow things, she fancied herself well fitted for that strangely maternal and prccoplivo role in which chanco had placed her. Sho would play upon that mind virgin lo her touch, if she might use a woman 's word, until it ran in harmony with hor own. Alono upon thnt island, thc rest of tho world away, sho would find occupation, interest, inter-est, inspiration in that nascent man. JIo lay so still and so quiet that presently pres-ently she arose and tiptoed softly to tho entrance, where, unseen, she could look down upon hiin. The moon rose back of thc bill. Although he was in the shadow, thero was still refraction sufficient to enable her to sco bis face, lie was asleep. The quiet, dreamless, uuvexed sloop of a healthy animal, sho thought. Their positions wcro reversed. re-versed. IIo had watched hor before when sho was off guard and asleep, with what dim, dumb, inchoato effort it might bo to comprehend her. Now it was her turn. JIo took no disXavor in her mind after hor inspection. JIo was a bold, splendid pieco of . . . what? Clay. She would put a soul in him, her" soul. Her soul was tho ouly thing she know. She forgot, or, if she remembered it. disdained tbo ancient conceit that beforo tbo dust of tho earth bceamo alive, it had to bo iinpcrmcatod with tho breath not meroly of man or woninu, but of God. Slio camo back at last and sought her corner, disposed her limbs to rest and kept through silent hours her lonely viLI. So long as bo slept she was safe. When ho awakened, what then? So long as his mind slept, his soul slept, his consciousness slopt, she was safe, but when I hoy, loo, awakened, when whatsoever light there might bo that dawns in personality dispelled tho night of idle dreams in which ho lived, what would happen then? Justinctively sho shrank from tho thought of tbo future. She was as ono who had a potent talisman in her hand and feared to put it to tbo touch. So tho fishorman in tho Arabian talc, if bo bad known tbo contents of the corked bottle thrown up from tbo sen, might havo hesitated ore bo drew the stopper and released tho prisoned spirit. She must watch, sho must wait, sho must bo on her guard. Sho forgot that when sho had called him "Mau" and laid hor baud upon bis shoulder that slio had begun an evolution evolu-tion which no human power could stop. Never had tho hours seemed so long and so strango to her. Nothing happened. hap-pened. Jivcn tho capacity to think gives out. in tho strongest mind, tlio acutest brain, temporarily or otherwise. other-wise. Sho was vary tired; iho sLIohco was opprcs8ivo; tho rusty scissors fell from nor band and at last sho slipped down upon tbo sand and drifted away into that slumber, thnt suspension o"f consciousness in which for tho moment mo-ment she was even as the man. Tho upper odgo of tho sun was just J Fpringing from tbo sea when its level rays woke her. She opened her eyes to find the man standing in tho opening. (To be continued.) - s |