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Show THE TIMES-NEW- S, NEPHI, UTAH NNERS in HEAVEN By CLIVE ARDEN "I HATE YOU I" Copyright by The Living In the email English village of Darbury, and sedate place, Barbara Stockley, daughter of a widowed mother. Is soon to celebrate her marriage to Hugh Rochdale, rich and well connected. Barbara Is adventurous, and has planned, with an aunt, an airplane trip to Australia. Major Alan Croft, famous as an aviator, Is to be the pilot. At her first meeting; with Croft Barbara is attracted by his manner and conversation, different from the conventions' of her small town. They set out, her aunt. Barbara, Croft, and a mechanician, Word In a few days comes to Darbury that theplane Is missing and Its occuants believed lost. Croft and oarDara, aiier me wreck or the airplane In a furious storm, reach an apparently uninhabited island In the Pacific ocean. The other two members of the party had perished. The two castaways build a shelter. In Croft's absence Barbara Is attacked by a black man, evidently a savage. Croft rescues her. Croft discovers a party of blacks, evidently reconnolterlng, but they leave without attempting to harm the pulr. Croft fixes up an electrical guard to scare off attacking natives. Bobbs-Merri- ll Co. SYNOPSIS. PART TWO Continued. Quietly, as If explaining the mechanism of a watch, lie explained how It worked. "I wiil load It, and fix It ready for ose," he concluded. And the girl who, in England, had shrunk from all firearms, took the little weapon from him eagerly, welcoming It as a valued friend bringing, possibly, the greatest succor of all. . . . As they sat in the dark hut, upon their upturned suitcases, near the window aperture, the strain upon Barbara's nerves became almost unbearable. With every minute her faith in the electric ruse, never strong, grew weaker; until It ebbed away, leaving only a ghastly death, or worse, creeping nearer with the rising of every . . . She faced the moment tar. when, her companion slain, she would seize the revolver, turn the dark muzlie to her Buttering heart, place her finger on the trigger. . . . She clasped and unclasped her clammy hands, sitting upright ; then crouching back against the bamboo. . . . Only fear of disgrace in her companion's opinion .restrained her wild impulse to rise and flee somewhere anywhere to escape this fearful ordeal. Had Ooft touched her or spoken, her con trol would have snapped altogether. But he sat perfectly still, his gaze fixed upon the dark slope down which their enemies would come, his mind apparently oblivious to all else. As She watched him, her fevered brain seemed gradually to grow calm, her faith In his confidence and Ingenuity to strengthen. . . . The strain relaxed. Hope struggled feebly with In her heart She no longer felt the wild desire to scream or to escape. Her clenched hands parted, and she sat back with a sigh. Those who, from lack of Imagination and Its senRe of fear, face a terrible ordeal with gallantry, are Justly called brave; but those who, tortured by these possessions, foreseeing all with shrinking dread, yet meet It with no outward flinch, deserve the laurels of heroism. Some such thoughts flitted through Croft's mind, as he sat wait ing, fully conscious of the suffering silently endured by his companion When she relaxed against his shoulder. he drew a breath of relief. . . . What seemed like hours passed In the silence and darkness. Then Bar bara suddenly raised her head. "Have I been asleep?" she whls pered. In astonishment. He turned to answer, whipping sud denly back to the aperture, and craning forward. A sound had reached his Intent ears tue faint distant crepitation of snapping twigs. Vow that the dreaded moment had arrived, Barbara was conscious of an titter lack of agitation. Save that her fingers closed upon his arm, she gave no sign: her eyes followed his, peer ing Into the starlit dusk without For several minutes nothing more was heard. The girl was beginning to think It had been a false alarm, when all at once a' slight rubbing noise reached them, as of something wrlgcling over rowgh ground. At the same Inwimt a dnrk form was dimly dis the wire encircling the hut was visible in the comparative gloom. A few tense moments. . . . then he pressed the key, keeping It down, giving the spark gap a slight adjustment. Then, from all around, rose a deaf ening medley of howls and frenzied yells, partly of pain but more often of fear, as the advancing men came In contact with the . wire, seeing the wicked blue sparks hiss at their bare flesh, feeling the sharp sting of the electricity. Those who escaped It were equally terrified, and the whole order broke up. Some rolled upon the ground rubbing themselves, still howling ; others fled, screaming, toward the south. A few, braver, tried again to reach the goal; and again retreated, half petrified with fear of the un natural. Croft waited until but a few strag glers remained near the hut. Now," he cried, "we must show ourselves, and complete the illusion !" 'Oh !" remonstrated Barbara, "is that necessary?" "Yes ; If it's to be a success." Seizing her arm, lie dragged upon the door, and whirled her round to the Ic.ndward end. Those natives who remained uttered fearful shouts, at sight of the two white figures; falling upon their faces, they stretched out arms of supplication, gabbling what seemed to Barbara unintelligible nonsense. Those fleeing turned, halted, then likewise fell upon their faces, terrified at these apparitions In the starlight. For a moment the girl thought her companion had lost his senses. Loosing her arm, he sprang forward with a bound, his arms wildly waving. Ap pearing unnaturally tall, his white shirt and bandaged head Increasing the supernatural effect in eyes used only to a dark naked skin, he went through a pantomime of weird gestures. Now and then this was Interspersed with extraordinary utterances snarled ,from between gleaming teeth and cruel, drawn-baclips. The wild awful fury, seeming to emanate from every pore, terrified her: he looked every inch a savage himself. His weird babble bore strong resemblance to that of her pursuer. Apparently the prostrate natives understood at least part of the discourse; for occasionally eager hands were raised in supplication, accom panied by cries or moaning replies. . . . Suddenly, as If at some command. the groveling wretches scrambled to their feet. With another torrent of wild words, he wheeled round, and, to her amazement, threw his arms around her, pressing her close. . . . What seemed. In the excitement of the mo ment, like a cloud of smoke, together with a sharp explosion, momentarily dazed her senses. . . . She felt herself lifted bodily, whirled hack again round the hut and In at the entrance; while, from without arose a fresh confusion of howling cries, with the tread of running feet, as the warriors, terrified by the magnified effects of the revolver shot in the dusk, dashed for their lives away up loud, k self-contr- ol g "W-wh- ... But years of Puritan surrounding are not wiped out ln less than a week. "I'm afraid not. "Then you must lump ltl" He turned away with an expressive shrug, and disappeared up the hill. That was the only overture he ever made; and the strain between them Increased. Barbara welcomed anything which made work to absorb her thoughts. For the terrible feeling of Impotence, the sheer homesickness, the loneliness, were ever below the surface, ready, all together or individually, to spring upon her at any moment. A day arrived on which the onsets came "not singly but ln battalions." She had been alone for hours. When Croft "arrived, her spirits were below zero, her nerves frayed, her temper was not of the best. He glanced at her shrewdly, but appeared to notice nothing. Coming to the hut, he dropped a large coconut Into her lap, where she sat outside the door. 'There you are, my child ! Get busy !" he remarked casually. Uncontrollable Irritation, the result of solitary fretting, welled up within her. Impulsively she seized the coco nut and hurled It down the beach. Don't call me that ! I'm not your child' nor anything to do with you." There was a moment's silence; then he gave a little laugh. "No, Indeed ! Let's thank the good Lord for that, at all events." She looked up, dumfounded; but ho had turned away Into the hut. So that was the position? Her dis like was returned ln full? A sharp stab of hurt pride and desolation caused sudden tears to rise and roll She scrambled to down her cheeks. her feet and, out of sight among the brushwood, laydown and sobbed out her heart. Croft got his own supper that night. He made no comment on her swollen eyes and lack of appetite. But when she took t lie large shells used for plates to wash ln the lagoon, he rose. impulsively, to follow her. After a few steps, however, he paused uncertainly. Witli a little helpless shrug, he returned to the hut. Each day he spent much time upon the reef, salving all that was possible of the machine, until what remained was swept away one night by the tide. A dozen times a day, one or both climbed the hill, and vainly searched the horizon gathering, with dwindling hopes, more fuel to heap upon the growing pile which some day might flare into a beacon to attract a passing I" vessel. slope. . . . Once Inside, he leaned back against the bamboo, still holding her close, his breath coming first, every nerve tin- gling, primitive man among primitive men, af'er the savage state Into which he had worked himself. "Well done!" he panted, laughing wildly. "The revolver Just then was an Inspiration ! Vanishing In a puflf of smoke finished the trick !" Barbara gasped, too much astonished to realize that she was still clasped In his arms, having forgotten the existence of the revolver during the last scene. It hung from her hand, still smoking a little from Its accidental discharge. were you doing?" she stammered. Again he laughed wildly. "Telling them we were sent here by their gods, and should blnst the Island Into a thousand bits If they showed ns hostility! You saw the effect?" "I did. Indeed !" Realizing their position, she tried to free herself, but his arms tightened. "Among natives." he continued, excitedly, "a wife Is tabu to her husband. To to make you doubly safe, I told them yon were my my wife." "Your " Words failed her. More from cernible flitting, shadow-like- , distant tree to the shelter of a large vehemently she struggled, suddenly rock, there falling to the earth. Pres- afraid of him. of his savags grip, and ently, from behind this rock. Issued a of the eyes which glittered strangely In little, snaky, black stream three or the But ordinary shackles of restraint four bodies waddling along on their Bw fronts, their outline faintly dlstin had fallen from Croft for the moment. Since those wonderful hours of the rulshable. Minutely sweeping the whole visible nilit before, the elrl had assumed n I horizon with his keen eyes. Croft now new prominence In his mind. He had perceived other black streams. Issuing become acutely aware of her, as he had from other temporary shelters, slowly never yet been aware of any woman. He It was all strange, bewildering. Life trickling down the slope. or death, man and woman, savage, leaned hack. "They are crawling along upon their primitive passions pitted against savNo stomachs, as I predicted, to avoid de age, primitive passions. drawing room code of morals or mantection," he whispered. Presently, two or three figures de- ners was guiding their destinies out tached themselves from the moving here He laughed again, pressing her mass and wriggled forward with In credible swiftness, lenvlng the re fiercely up sgalnst his chest. "So while we are here, yon are mine! Don't mainder some yards behind. "Scouts!" whispered Croft. forget. You may belong to another In Barbara caught her breath sharply, England; but here, you yon are mine!" drawing bark Into the hut. His tone was exultant, and he bent Croft, his eyes fixed upon the ad upvsnrlng figures, laid his hand upon the her backward so that her face waaown. transmitter, with forefinger out turned, unprotected beneath hla stretched toward the little key upon His breath cam hot and fast above which ae much depended. No sign of her lips. ... After the natives' attack, a new phase began between the pair. Paradoxical though it may sound, the hours which brought them so near together widened the gulf between them. Had that eventful night ended with the accidental discharge of the revolver, their dally life might have continued more or less placidly, like the waters of some river, with but an occasional rock obstructing its even course. But Croft's amazing lack of had been like a huge stone hurled violently Into the center of the circles to river, causing extend. Intensified a hundredfold, all the fears of her first afternoon upon the Island rushed riotously back. She became conscious of him as she had never been before: not only of the force of his will, but of the strength of the passions lying dormant under a cold exterior. Nothing more had been said concerning the episode. Half expecting some kind of apology, she had decided, next morning, to accept It frigidly, drawing close the cloak of her own reserve and dignity. But the apology never came. He did not appear at all until nearly midday, when he arrived with arms full of fresh fruit. Then It was he who the . i2 Some primeval, caged beast Instinct seized her, too, sweeping away fear. Raising her free hand, she dealt him, with sudden passion of rage, a blow In the face while struggling violently In his grasp. His arms loosed her so abruptly that she nearly fell. For a moment he stood before her, hla hands groping at his head, looking dazed, or as if awakShe ening after some vivid dream. confronted him with the fury of a little wildcat. "You are mad ! Mad ! 1 oh I hate you !" Covering her face' with both hands, she strove to subdue the extraordinary tumult within her . . . then looked up at the sound of the door being hastily shut with a crash of bamboo canes. With a gasp of re.'-- f, she realized that she was alone. . . . Seized the Coconut and Hurled It Down the Beach seemed encased In a mantle of such Icy reserve that her own attempts dwindled to mere foolishness. She took refuge in silence. A stone wall and ten miles of land might have divided them. He spent the afternoon fetching things over from the reef, leaving her severely alone. This position endured for some days. He seemed to keep away as much as possible, and her loneliness became at But she learned times Intolerable. many practical things. He taught her to create fire by friction with wood; to bake breadfruit that substitute for cereal in me noutn seas in not em bers, then scoop out the Interior; or preserve It by drylnr thin slices In the sun. She soon acquired primitive ways of preparing, with a campfire and t fw old native vessels, the strange fish birds and the fruits he brought. Then, one day. he came striding down the slope, after being absent for hours, looking strangely haggard round the eyes. With disconcerting sudden ln characteristic, brief sentences, he demanded, more than suggested, friendship between them. "We can't go on . . . this life unbearable. . , , His voice waa unusually curt, the sentences were dis jointed, his nerves evidently worn thin. rne was taxen unawares, at a mo ment of deep depression, when every thing seemed very dark. Not pausing to reflect on the possibility of similar suffering having Impelled this request from one unaccustomed to beg, she shrank back, her fears and sitsplrion crowding In. "I in arrald I can t trust your friendship. I can't forget He looked at her queerly, with eyes that flashed In sudden anger. "D n It all! That waa an exceptional night. Caa't you understand V ne' mm) AB9WT Or The natives seldom ventured far Whenever from their settlement. Croft encountered one, the frightened wretch took to his heels. Only once did he meet one with sufficient courage to reply to the white man's questions. But, at the first allusion to ships and ether white men, his fortitude gave completely away; with a walling cry of fear, he turned and vanished among the trees, leaving Croft no wiser. . . . Barbara was haunted by thoughts of Hugh's suffering. To be alive, ln splendid health, yet unable to Inform those mourning her death, could be equaled only by a like Impotence upon the other side of the grave to allay the sufferings of those beloved upon earth. After a lifetime, too, of Inseparable companionship, this new existence, ln which Hugh had no part, seemed strangely incomplete. Yet, paradox ically again, his presence was not needed here: he would have seemed as much out of place as the proverbial fish out of water. Croft, on the other hand, appeared dally more suited to his environment, fitting in as If It were Indeed hla "natural sphere." Gradually, as the past grew fainter, her confidence returned. His apparent disinclination for her company, though reassuring In one way, piqued her ln another. So she withdrew Into her own shell ; and the Invisible wall grew higher between them, only occasional chinks appearing, or thin places through which they came a little nearer. At these times the girl regretted her refusal of his one friendly overture. . . . It was one evening, two or three weeks after the natives' attack, that the largest chink In the wall appeared. The day had been unusually hot; and she strolled listlessly up to the river to bathe. With bare sunburned feet, and the revolver without which she seldom stirred stuck In her belt, she passed through the grove, through the tall dark avenues beyond, to the clearing by the water' edge. There she halted, amazed. Face downward lay Croft, Ms dark head burled In bis arms; beside him were one or two branches of bananas; a couple of breadfruit had rolled, a few yards away. Barbara Is shocked by Croft's display of passion. Yet she It piqued by hi show of Indifference. What next? -- House Will Look Odd Without Gillett . The house at Washington will look Mnrch 4 next. 'Cause why day Frederick Huntington Gillett Is due to move Into the other chamber as senator from Massachusetts. He beat Senator David Walsh, you will remember, ln the election. Why, do you know that Gillett was first elected to the Fifty-thircongress ln 18C2 and has been there ever since? lt3 means That continuous terms. In other words he tops the list of representatives In point of continuous service. It also beats any senate record. x The late Senator Henry C. Lodge and he began their service the same year. Since the death of Senator Lodge Senator Francis E. Warren has the longest record of continuous service. In addition, Gillett has been speaker of the house since May 18, 1919. Senator-elec- t Gillett was born ln Massachusetts ln 1851. He took degrees at Amherst, A. B. In 1874 and A. M. in 1877 and LL. B. at Harvard ln 1877. He has had a law practice at Springfield, Mass., since 17. In 1915 he married Christine Rice Hoar, widow of the late Congressman llockwood Hoar of Massachusetts. He served his state as assistant attorney general, 1879-8and was for two years a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives. queer after on that d m V Alice Longworth Expecting the Stork After eighteen years of childless and perfectly happy married life, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "Princess Alice," one of the most original, interesting and charming women In Washington official circles, Is about to appear In a new role. Early In the new year a first baby Is expected In the Longworth family, and the Innumerable friends of Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth here and throughout the country will await the event with scarcely less Interest than the principal? ln what Is very nearly a national as well as a domestic drama. Sirs. Longworth has arranged to go to Chicago, early ln February, having engaged rooms nt the Chicago hospital (Dr. J. B. De Lee) at the suggestion of Mrs. Medill McCor-mlcone of her closest friends. Mrs. .. ....... V.fifi? JtA.A--- i. A&iA " MoCormlck was for some years on the i (A board of the hospital, and the children of a number of Mrs. Longworth's friends have been born there. All of Mrs. Longworth's brothers and her sister, Mrs. Richard Derby, have from one to five children, but "Princess Alice," the first born of President Boosevelt, whose advocacy of large families was ever outspoken, lias hud no children. The romance of Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth, which began on the famous Taft trip to the Philippines ln the early days of the Roosevelt administration, and which culminated in their marriage In the White House February 17, 1006, was pretty nearly an international event. Alice Is the oldest r of the Roosevelt children, being a of the others. Her mother, who had been Miss Lee of Boston, died while Alice was an Infant. , half-siste- Amazing Career of Blind Tom Schall In the Congressional Directory you will find, last among the house delegation from Minnesota, this autobiography: "Thomas D. Schall, A. B., LL. B. ; Republican ; practicing lawyer, Minneapolis, Minn. ; residence. Excelsior, Minn.; (blind); lost sight through electric shock. Fifth term." This will have to be changed In the next edition, of course, for Schall Is the man who defeated Magnus Johnson and March 4, 1925, be will move over Into the senate. These five lines of autobiography contain a most amazing story, when read between the lines. Schall, born In Reed City, Mich., in 1877. Is the son of a German refugee of 1848 who fought with Curl Schurz for the Union, His mother died when he was an Infant and then Tom was a newsboy In a smnll Minnesota town and could neither read nor write. He began to study. He earned his way through the University of Minnesota by plajing summer baseball, wrestling, boxing and winning prize debates. He married Margaret 11. Huntley of Minneapolis In 1902 and got his law degree In 1904. A prosperous lawyer In Minneapolis, he was blinded ln 1907 by a patent electrical cigar lighter In a drug store. His devoted wife wns "his eyes" and he kept on with his law. He was elected to congress In 1915. He Is an orator and speaks Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and German. He and his wife campaigned the state In a flivver, she doing the driving. He says he won because he Is a bigger freak than Mugnus Mrs. Elkins and Her Three U. S. Senators Mrs. Hattle Davis Klklns, a familfigure In Washington society, has a unique position. She Is the daugh- iar ter of the late Senator Henry "To Walk Spanish" 1 collar and the seat of the trousers and force him along on tiptoe. Hence, by extension. It means to sralk gingerly. Apparently the expression orlgl-oall- y referred to the manner In which the Spanish pirate osed to handle their prisoner while stsrtlng them oat on the plank. Kicba&o. y ). r J "Of J5r K. (TO BE OONTINLET).) To make a person "walk Spanish" to make him come up to time, or to make him act under compulsion. It refers to the old sport among boys in which one boy seizes snother by the Gassa-wa- Davis of West Virginia (1871-83She Is the widow of the late Senator Stephen B. Klklns of West Virginia, who was first elected to the senate ln 1805 and wss serving his third term at his death ln 1911 ; he was also secIn Harrison's retary of war 1891-0cabinet. She Is the mother of United States Senator Davis Klklns of West Virginia. Henry Gasaaway Davis was born In Baltimore, lost his father snd went to work young, beginning life 2tLA 3 as s railroad brakeman. Senator Elkins was born In Ohio. He was a college man. lawyer and coal operator and fmmcled the town of Elkins, W. Va. Srnitjr Davis F.lkins was born In Washington In 1871. He left Harvard war to enlist In the Spnnlsh-AmerlcnHe was appointed by Governor Glasscock of West Virginia to nil the vacancy caused by his father's death, serving January 8 to January 31, 1911. He served oversea la the Seventh division, A. K. F and was elected while In Us Is a banker. Franc t tli senate for the term 1919-2n |
