Show DY CYRUS Y Y BRADY V SYNOPSIS A young ng woman cast ashore on a lonely IY isyou island nd finds a solitary inhabitant a young white man dressed like a savage luid ind unable to speak in any known lan will elage IL g e she decides to educate him and mold P 11 his a mind t to c her own ideals she finds evidence ence t that li at leads her to believe that the man la Is john revell ceiell charnock of 0 V virginia and that he was cast ashore when a child katharine brenton was a lit highly lily specialized product of a leading university university tier her writings on tile the sex problem attracted attract id wide attention the son of a millionaire becomes infatuated w with t h her and they decide to put tier her theories in into practice tice A few days on his reo yacht yach t reveals v eals to her that lie he only professed lofty ideals to possess her while drunk ho he attempts to kiss her she knocks 0 ck s him down and I 1 leaves avea him ancon telous ous and escapes in the darkness in a launch during a storm she Is a ca cast s t ashore a s diore on an island three years tea teaching chi n g rives gives the man a splendid education their lovo love tor for each cacti other la is revealed alien n lie rescues her from a cave where the she had been imprisoned by an earthquake A ship Is sighted and they light a beacon to summon it langford on ills yacht sig h ts the beacon and orders hla his yacht put in the woman recognizes the yacht and tells her companion that it a man on hoard board had injured her in the greatest way langford recognizes katharine lie ho tells the man that she had been his mistress and narrowly escapes being killed an american cruiser appears officers hear the whole story and langford asks katharine to marry him katharine declares that she will marry no one but tier her island companion the latter says he still loves her but that the revelations have made a change katharine declares her intention of remaining alone on the island saying charnock had failed when the test rani came e Repent repentance anve comes to charnock after r a 1 night of bitter reflection lie ha swims ashore from the die cruiser to ask for IT ne nass alq and Is found unconscious s bade R catharines Katha Itha rines clothes bv the officers katharine Is given up tip for dead langford returns to tile island and surprises katharine art ne she refuses to leave with him and exacts a promise that hat lie he wl will II 11 not reveal the fact that she aho Is alive charnock Cliar nock ts la adopted by his uncle in virginia CHAPTER continued which was the stronger his love for the woman or ills his hatred for the man it if he spoke at all it would be for her sake naught else would the man understand that would she shea whatever happened lie he had possessed tier her she had been ills his for brief hours did he be have the strength now to give her to someone else even though he were dead being dead would he know the struggle racked and tore him in his heart lie ile could come to no decision at least not then what he would do liter later would depend upon circumstances cum stances one thing he be could do and that was to go and find the man attending to such matters as were roost most pressing and taking the precaution tion to make his will a strange will at which his attorney ventured to Te remonstrate unavailingly at last he started on that journey across the continent in his private car ile he left the car at suffolk virginia and with a motor which had been transported with him he ran up the west side of the inlet until he came to the manor house which a local guide picked up by the way pointed out to him CHAPTER A promise broken it was that same late spring morning when john charnock sat on the porch overlooking the pale waters of hampton roads past newport news and old point comfort and tile the blue waters of the chesapeake and the bluer ocean beyond the motor car was stopped outside the great gate at afie th e end of the long avenue of trees which led to the river road it could have been driven in but as lie he approached pro ached the house more nearly with his mind still in a state of indecision in order further to collect ills his thoughts and because ho he was tired from the long ride and because ho he would not trespass on charnock more than was absolutely necessary langford decided to walk now the sight of a motorcar motor car was not unusual and charnock glanced at it indifferently enough until it stopped at the gate ile he did not recognize the tall slender figure which came slowly up the path by the side of the drive under the great arch of trees still as the man drew nearer he arose and with true virginia hospitality a hospitality he had easily learned since it was in his blood lie he descended the steps to the terrace and would have descended farther to the roadway hut but that he suddenly recognized the visitor he stopped dead still surprised amazed langford started hesitated threw back his head bead and came resolutely on lie he mounted tho the first flight of steps and as he did so charnock tu turned arned drew back a little to make way for him and the two men laced faced each other upon the terrace great god cried the virginian at last you of all men what are you doing here ills his brow was dark his rinds binds clenched why not IT I 1 answered langford Langfo nl coolly a bitter smile on his lips you say that to me after all that you have done xan lan said the other I 1 do everything under heaven that man mail could do to undo it she forgave mp me cant you nor no answered charnock Cliar nock moving toward him stop cried langford Is your jan record so clear have you nothing with which to reproach yourself I 1 ruined her life yes I 1 grant it but you drove her to suicide why have I 1 not the right to fault you even as you seemu to claim tho the right to fault me we have both sinned against that woman but at least in those final hours I 1 did my best tor for her did you charnock hesitated no one had ever spoken to him like that ile ho had said these things to himself many times but no one else had ever as fumed or presumed to do so and had bad anyone but this man ventured upon such words he would have hava met with short shrift indeed but there was so much justice and so much truth in what langford said that resentful though lie he was hating the man as he be did he could not be blind to it you are right he admitted at last but with great reluctance there Is more guilt on my soul than yours but no other man under heaven should have told mo me so nor should I 1 have told it to any 0 ther other man returned langford but that explain why you come here why exclaimed the other 1 I dont really know in that instant the tension under which he held himself gave way lie he reeled slightly put his hand to his heart for the first time charnock noticed how white he was how sick and wretched ho he looked although he could not bear to touch the man there was unconscious appeal in his weak ness which tho the stronger man could not resist ile he sprung instantly to ills his side ile he caught him by the arm the matter he asked at al most roughly you look ill weak suffering it Is nothing answered langford struggling manfully to control himself and to fight back the ever tightening pain about his heart my ali times about up it if I 1 could sit alt down somewhere here cried charnock lie he half led halt half carried the man supporting him with his powerful arms to a seat on the terrace across which the shadow of the house fell in the morning thank you said langford now he fumbled in ills his pocket and pulled ou out t a little phial with shaking fingers it if you will be kind enough to open that and give me one of these lie he gasped I 1 am hardly up to it quickly deftly charnock took the phial opened it placed one of the tablets in the others hand and waited anxiously above on the porch a ser vant appeared and him charnock bade bring water wine restoratives restora tives presently langford recovered himself the powerful medicine acted the tearing tea ring pain at his heart abated it if left le ft him fearfully weak and broken bu but t h his is own master well he said with cynical bitterness you see yes answered charnock gravely 1 I see 1 I am going in one of those some day and mighty soon now and it Is because of that that I 1 came to see you I 1 wanted to talk to you about her no man speaks to me about her but you cant refuse the dying you know you cant go away and leave me here you cant stop roe me by force when I 1 am weak I 1 am strong he quoted almost sardonically 1 I shall not leave you said charnock charneck you are paying for what you did my aly god I 1 could envy you your going do you think life Is sweet and pleasant to me with the memory of 0 J what I 1 did rankling no I 1 suppose not said langford but I 1 t really come so much to talk about tier her as to talk about you 1 I cant conceive that I 1 am a proper subject for your conversation he said it firmly but not unkindly langford was too pitiable a spectacle for that its about your project went on the other will you tell me about it you read the papers yes but I 1 want to bear beai from your own lips what you propose to do I 1 am a business siness bli man accustomed to large affairs I 1 want to hear with my own ears cars all about it charnock hesitated after all why not standing before the other he outlined all his plans rapidly dramatically mati cally concisely lie he before the others eyes the castlo castle of his dreams it Is to be for her a memorial to her you see so that her name shall be remembered and prayers and bless ings called down upon her head bead by generations yet unborn it Is a practicable scheme said langford and a great one who has it in charge men alen you know answered charnock rapidly naming them they can make it go if anybody can I 1 congratulate you upon it it is a great idea As usual he laughed bitterly you have got ahead of me while you have been working and living these two years I 1 have been idling arid and dying but I 1 can make some amends at least you will see presently now I 1 must go ile he rose unsteadily to hla his feet writ valt said charnock Chai nock 1 I never thought to do this I 1 never thought to speak to you again but you cant can t go now you are lit in no state to travel even in an automobile you must come to the house until you recover yourself get a rest over night let me pond for a physician I 1 don dont t ean that there can be friendship between us there Is too much in the past that keeps us apart I 1 have never before been glad that I 1 break you when I 1 held you in my arms upon the could do to undo it she forgave me n w G 1 k M the struggle racked and tore him in his hl heart you I 1 can do it maybe by that I 1 can earn some forgiveness myself wo we were both fools and you were knave but you yon were man at last I 1 stay here I 1 wont disturb you by he heaven averil said langford flushing you are man now no I 1 wont stay but I 1 thank you for your offer and I 1 will pay you tor for it it charnock put up hla his hand 1 I want no pay nevertheless you shall have it insisted the other 1 I will give you a word ot of advice although to do it damns me ile he paused laid his hand band upon his heart again clenched the clothing about his breast aa if he would fala fain tear it oft off ile he was waa white once more the sudden lush flush hail had gone but hla his lips were set determinedly listen well to what I 1 tell you he said slowly 1 I break my word to do it I 1 am false to my oath in what I 1 say nevertheless I 1 say it go back to the tha island what cried charnock dont you hear roe me asked the man intense bitterness in hla his voice now that he had made the plunge he realized more keenly than ever what it meant to him even in tile the very articles of death to think of charnock and the woman do I 1 have to say it again he be went on go back to the island ills hla voice rose until he almost cried the five words in charnocks Char nocks face the virginian stood absolutely appalled langford looked at him a moment laughed bitterly turned and went slowly down the steps more than ever he hated him in one bound charnock was by hla his side you have said too much or too little lie he cried laying his hand upon the other what do you mean why should I 1 go back to the island Is she there in his agitation lie he even shook the frailer slighter feebler form of the man who had just uttered those words unless said langford coolly you want me to die on your threshold threshold you would better take off your hand the doctors told me that the least physical violence or exertion would bo be fatal to me releasing I 1 him charnock spoke again but wont you tell me what you mean great god oil man think what your words convey 1 I will tell you nothing nothing further this is my last will and testament to you though I 1 die here I 1 have nothing further to say to you ou than this go back to the island damn youl ile he turned away again and went down the steps leaving charnock stan standing diLg staring after him ile he reeled slightly as ho he went but ho he caught himself and marched on with as aa great a resolution us ns ever any soldier manifested in the point of danger ile he had displayed weakness once in the presence ot his enemy ile ho would not do it again and while charnock stared at him ho be stepped out through the gate from under the trees entered the big car and wits was whirled away taft left to himself sat eat down upon the bench and pressed ills his head in his hands bands his thoughts in a wild whirl go back to the island why had bad he said that who was there did somi fantastic spirit of revenge send him half aalf way round the world on some fools errand hatred spoke in the mons voice ile he had coupled U injunction with a curse which was attest to the feelings anti and yet truth spoke there too go back to the island what could it mean A long time he sat resolving in his mind his course although lie he known know what it would be from tho the very moment that the words had fallen front from langfords Lang fords lips ile he must go back if tor for no other reason than to settle tho the doubt to answer the question to satisfy the wild clamor of his soul to kill the hope that flashed into his breast at the others words ills re reverie veirle was interrupted by the arrival of a strange negro langford had stopped at a hillige tavern it appeared where he had procured writing materials ile he ha hafl paid the boy liberally to bring thy thu bote to charnock the envelop enve envelop loU ewas was sealed bene deneath t his name these I 1 words woi W As you are a gentl man and respect the request of a head man you will not open the envelope until you stand upon the island never was there such guch a prohibition never was there such a consuming desire in the mans heart to defy it and disregard it yet that vague intangible thing we call honor backed by a flimsy bit of paper and paste held charnock with fetters of steel the envelope enve lopo decided him ile he rose to his feet entered the house sent for his uncle told him the story and bade him got get ready to start for san francisco that night whittaker and the chaplain summoned temporarily from the great undertaking joined them at washington and the little party went rushing westward in a private car on a special train as fast as steam and steel could take them and yet to the heart of the man their progress was so slow that every hour he became moro more frantic with impatience back in the little village inn by the roadway langford alone lay dying A strange lawyer wrote a few letters fj p him confirming a will made in san francisco leaving ever dollar he be possessed to charnocks Char nocks great undertaking on condition that his name be not mentioned in it and that those who cared for him might regard it as the end of a great expiation and so min unto by a strange clergyman |