Show A DY Y CYRU v Y BRADY jv R YAM CHAIMY 1 MAT CAM 01 SYNOPSIS A young woman cast ashore on a lonely island finds a solitary inhabitant a young white man dressed like a savage and unable to speak in ili any known lae lan aage aguair silo she decides to aducat him and mold his mind to her own ideals sho she linds e evidence v that lends leads her to believe that t the h e man Is john revell charnock of virginia and that lie was cast ashore V when h a hild child katharine brenton was a high highly ay iy s specialized specialized product of a loading leading university iler her writings on the sex problem attracted wide attention the son of a multimillionaire multi millionaire becomes infatuated v with t h her and they decide to put her alie into practice A few days on his yacht a c ht reveals to her that he on only lyach pro r 0 fe tested d lofty ideals to possess her alle i le drunk lie he attempts to kiss her she knocks knock him down and leaves him une unconscious on and escapes in the darkness in a launch during a storm she he Is cast ashore on an island three years teach teaching inc gives elves the man it a splendid education their lovo love tor for each other Is revealed when he rescues her from a cave where she he had been imprisoned by an earth quake arhip A ship Is sighted and they light a bacon to summon it longford langford on his 3 yacht acht sig sights h to the beacon and orders order his y yacht acht put in the woman recognizes the bacht ablit and tells her companion that a man n board had injured her in the gr greatest adest way longford langford recognizes katharine lie he tells neils the man that she had been hla his ml tress and narrowly escapes being killed an 2 american cruiser appears off leers ep pear lr the whole story and langford Lang foid asks katharine a tharine to marry him katharine catharine declares that she ehe will marry no one but lier her island comp companion nion the latter says sas lie he still loves her bat but that the revelations have made a change katharine declares areg her intention of remaining alone on the island saying ayling charnock had failed when the test came CHAPTER continued and then he discovered that he wanted her more than he had ever desired her before that she was more necessary to him th than an ever he had drVar lre amod ried she would be that here ew was no question of honor or duty indeed tut but of love overwhelming ob and then he bo admitted that she was purity even holiness itself that h he a had behaved to her like a cur that he be had been neither grateful nor kind nor tender nor loving lie ile began to wonder fearfully if after having failed so BO egregiously and terribly there was any possible chance that she could ever care for him again fate had brought her into intimate contact he realized with two men one had treated her outrageously in the beginning and had nobly made amends lie ile hated langford and yet his sense of justice forced him to admit that he had play edthe man at last yrtle while he islander had treated her outrageously and in the end had played the fool was there a chance that she would forgive him the desire to see her to plead with ler her to beg her forg forgiveness Ivene not a low desire or a base one he thanked god was so great that he could no longer sustain it ile he rose to his feet and looked out of the open port hole the dawn was graying the east attired as he was jn in the loose shirt and trousers in which he had lain down which were not unlike the tunic that he habitually wore save that they were of soft luxurious silk ellk he opened the door of the cabin stepped out through the silent ward room he had the natural savage art of treading without a sound ran lightly up the companion ladder and stepped upon the deck the officer of the watch and his midshipman did not notice him their eyes were elsewhere lie he ran swiftly across the deck and stopped at the gangway A marine marina stood there and started forward as he approached my iny island said the man im going to swim off to it and I 1 dont wish to be followed its a long swim sir or ventured the marine scarcely knowing what to do ile he stepped fairly in the gangway as it if to bar the exit it Is nothing to me sald said the man stand aside mr air hopkins called the marine turning toward the officer of the deck aye aye came from mr air hopkins ns as he be turned and started forward to the gangway the next moment the man had seized the marine in a grip which left him helpless lifted him gently out ot of the gangway dropped him carelessly upon the deck and had flashed through the air into the water dy by the time mr air hopkins reached the gangway the half dazed marine had bad risen to his feet what Is it why its tho the castaway sir the wild man that we brought ashore today well ile he said he wanted to swim to the shore and did not want to be followed why you stop him 1 I did try sir but he picked me up as it I 1 had been a baby and threw rue me aside and went overboard the officer was in a quandary ile he had received no orders to prevent the man from going out of 0 tho the ship ile he was not quite sure what ills hla duty was at tiny any rate he turned to the boatswains mate and bade him call away a crew for the cutter swinging astern ile he directed the coxswain to bring the boat to the gangway and then sent tho the midshipman of the watch below to report the matter to the captain and ask hla his orders capt ashby as it happened was awake ile he came on deck immediately in his pajamas and received confirmation of the mans extraordinary story from the watch officer it was light enoish now for the waters and the shore clearly to be seen the captain stared over tho the side ile ho could make out the mans head swimming through the opening la in tho the barrier ile he could see the splash that he made in his rapid progress through the quiet seas mr air hopkins lie he said after a moments thought tell mr air cady the midshipman of the watch to take the boat and follow after if the man gets safely to the shore they are not to disturb t ur b him blin but to come back and report to me if on the contrary lie he needs liola they are to take him aboard and bring him back to the ship so much time was lost in these various maneuvers however that when the order was carried out the boat had scarcely reached the entrance to the barrier when they saw the islander stepping through the shallow waters to the beach there was therefore nothing for mr air cady to do but como come back and report the matter to the captain when he reached the deck of tile the cruiser lie he found the executive officer with the chaplain and tho the surgeon who had been summoned from their berths in consultation with the captain by mr Whit takers advice lie he and the chaplain were immediately sent ashore to see what had happened and what was to bo be done there was considerable anxiety in tile the minds of the quartet who had bad been dealing with the affair heretofore as to what conditions might be they did not know the man they did not nol know what he might be doing or to IV what hat danger the woman whom they all pitied most profoundly might bo be exposed of all with w hom lie ho had come in contact the lieutenant commander and the chaplain were those who would have tile the most influence over the man of the island hence they were dispatched d to the island another boat crew was therefore called away and the two gentlemen were rowed ashore it was not yet sunrise but still sufficiently aig light to enable them to proceed they were at a loss at first what to do for they had not yet had opportunity for exploring the island they had learned that the cave in which the woman dwelt was upon the other side and that hills rose between the landing place and her abode they knew of course that they could get to it by following the shores of the island but they had a reasonably accurate idea of of its size and they knew that that W would take a great deal of time time was precious they were becoming more and more tearful fearful with every moment they decided therefore to chance a direct adirent march over the hill and across the island dy by great good fortune they stumbled into the path which was now sufficiently defined in the growing light to enable them to follow it they climbed the hill bill as rapidly as was consistent with the strength of the chaplain who was a rather old man and then having reached the top went down the other side almost at a run As they broke out from under the palm trees they saw a dark object in the gray dawn lying upon the sands at t the he waters edge it was a human being undoubtedly As they ran toward it with quickening heart beats they recognized it as the man ile he was waa lying motionless as it if he had been struck dead in a brief space they reached him the lieutenant com monder mander knelt down by his sido side and turned him over upon his back lie ile was as senseless as it if he had been smitten with a thunder bolt Is he alive asked the chaplain bending over him mr air Whit takers hand searched his heart it beats feebly he said lie ile seems to have fainted collapsed in some strange way I 1 wish we had brought the surgeon I 1 wonder what can ve be the cause of it look said the chaplain lie ile pointed to a little heap of something dark on the sands a toot foot or two away what Is it asked the officer the chaplain stepped over to it it Is the clothes of the woman he said in an awe struck voice and that bible we were to take away with us with the other things but which ch she said she would give us in the morning great heaven exclaimed mr air whittaker you dont think at the same instant the same thought had como come to both men it looks like it said the chaplain with bated breath poor woman may god help her that Is what Is the matter with him returned the lieu lieutenant tenant com mander he has sought her in her cave and has not found her ile he has discovered these things and he knows that she Is gone the shock has at almost killed him what Is to be done now here the man of action interposed do you watch by him chaplain said the lieutenant commander rising 1 I will go back to the landing upon the other side and send for the doctor then we will bring a party ashore and search every foot of tile the island it is a bad business to think of that woman offering herself to this man loan in vain the tool fool dont said the chaplain ile he is not much more than a child in of all that he has learned we must make allowances tor for him ile ho did love her evidently look to what her loss has brought him perhaps stricken by the hand of god his soul has gone out to meet hers hera 41 Z AM A M ei 0 U lying upon the sands well wo we must fight for ills his life anyway do you stay here I 1 will bo be back in a short time the lieutenant commander rose to his feet and started back across the island without another word the chaplain cmil composed posed the members of the stricken man putting him in a comfortable position on the warm sand then knelt down and began to pray it seemed a long time to the waiting priest before hla his shipman returned and yet but a short time h hit elapsed he came up panting from the violence of hla his exer tlona 1 I have sent the cutter back for the surgeon I 1 told the men to row for their lives I 1 gave the midshipman in charge an account of what we had found and begged the captain to ito send parties ashore to search the island what of the man he breathes still said aid the chaplain 1 I should think he was in ili some kind of syncope ills his heart evidently was affected lie he has had bad no preparation for such violent strains the things which are usual and ordinary with us and which I 1 take it indurate us to the greater things of life have been conspicuous by their absence in his case and he has not been able to bear up under the sudden shock those clothes have you examined them no said the chaplain it has been too dark in the first place and 1 I will look at them said mr whittaker perhaps we may find some new clew in them the lieutenant commander stooped over the pathetic little heap of worn garments there were the blouse the skirt the stockings and tile the worn and torn white shoes the bible lay upon them as aa it if to weigh them down and they had been placed well above the reach of the highest tide the tide was then just coming in to the island the bible had been opened and laid face downward on 0 n the clothes mr air whittaker lifted it up reverently ile he observed as aa he did so BO that hla his own pencil which he had left he now remembered with the woman lay beneath the open book on the blank leaves between the old and new testaments something was written no mention ot of any writing had bad been made in the affidavit of tho the night before f ore lle he lifted it turned hla his back toward the east where the sun was just on the verge of rising and studied it out do you find anything asked the chaplain there Is writing on this page 11 said the younger man 1 I can just wake make it out man ho he read slowly studying each word in light 1 I loved you in one sen sense e in your sense I 1 was waa unworthy of you perhaps but not in mine you alone had bad my heart the past was a frightful mistake for or which I 1 should not be blamed but for which I 1 must suffer I 1 tried you with the world by your side the world was kind but you were not you broke my soul and killed something within me which I 1 had thought dead but which you had revived no power could revive it again I 1 cannot marry langford for I 1 do not love him I 1 will not marry larry you for you do not love rne me I 1 will not go back to the world now I 1 have no desire to do so and I 1 cannot live alone with you upon the island you will not go without me and so BO I 1 will go first by myself alone you will think of me I 1 know in the great world perhaps you will judge judg your zelf self harshly but I 1 do not judge you at all you did not know you did not understand it came too suddenly upon you you cannot forget mo me but do not reptile repine over nio me and remember to the very last that I 1 loved you goodby good by may alay god bless you and may lie he pity me underneath she had written tile tho impersonal name which ho he had loved to call her woman so characteristic was the letter that that superscription was supererogatory mr whittaker only a worn went ran V 0 could have written it she had gone out of his life because with tier her in it there was no solution of it for him because how pitiful it sounded there in the gray of that morning in ithac that lono island to those two benl men I 1 he did not love her arid and she ahad had gone out of it with excuses for I 1 him on her lips and love for him in her heart no wonder that divining this which he had not seen realizing only tj that I 1 at 81 she a was w as gone lie he had been stricken ns as lie he wit was 8 the doctor arrived presently lie ila ordered the man still unconscious to be taken back to the ship where he would do what he could toward reviving him and pulling him through this great and terrible crisis that had come upon him the chaplain went with him conceiving hla his duty to be in attendance upon the living rather than searching for the dead the captain with the other officers brought men to the shore the island was systematically searched it was all open there was no place of concealment but not a foot of it was left unvisited again and again tile the men traversed the island they found f oil nd nothing absolutely nothing tile the woman had vanished and left no trace in the search and made quite frantic by the necessity of it langford Lang furd joined indeed he would not be persuaded that the woman he had treated so badly whom ho he had hunted so determinedly edly whom he had loved BO 90 truly who had rejected him finally was dead but even he gave up at last taking with them 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