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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH S, t m Bimnrnnrnmnnm And gradually a grrnt pevc store over her spirit. Imperceptibly, the last mountain rolled slowly away. As one tired out after long, victorious warfare, she lay, motionless, the moonlight falling through the little window upon her white-robe- d figure. . . . After a time she rose and looked once more upon the waves she loved so well, a wondrous shining In her eyes. And all the perfumed beauty of the night blended In the tender, passionate craving to be with him who, also, had striven, and suffered, and conquered. Co. Copyright by The Bobbs-Merrl- ll Slipping on her old Japanese wrapper, she passed noiselessly out of her room. He had, she knew, not gone should they resist the law underlying knowing no other. . . . The con- in to bed. Ills creation? Must His primal laws ventions of previous years seemed very Moved by some Instinct, she turned, be set aside because those made by remote now, very unreal. . . . His over the rough ground, and stumbling man, now mere chimeras, were abof view was, surely, mere com- asceirled the eastern point slopes, where sent? It was absurd, quixotic, unnec- mon sense. As the day wore on. she fell more and more silent, a ter they had watched the dawn on that essary. But beneath the velvet glove of na- rible aching hunger in her heart. . . . Christinas day nearly a year ago. ture lies the Iron hand; behind her Must their two natures age here In IV smiling face sits grim severity. These, barren purposelessness? Never be ful more than any scruples, caused him to filled? Why? Because far-orules of A group of rough bowlders, pause. He who had ever scorned ob- society, which could not reach them, commanded a long view over stacles, now faced them appalled. He would be broken? How trivial such the eastern shore of the island, while who had never known fear, was now things seemed here, where the world forming a shelter from the wind. The was still In its beginning. afraid. . . . approached them; then, at a sudHe who had ever seized what he deIn the evening, the tiny girl, tired girl den soft sound, stood still, her heart now stood aside and waited. sired, after excitement of the day, grew Barbara must decide. To that, amid sleepy and fretful. Alan stopped an beating rapidly. Noiselessly rounding the turmoil of his spirit, he clung. uproarious game, sat down upon a rock, them, she discovered the man she There must never be coercion ; she was and lifted her in his arms. She lay sought stretched upon the ground, hla no weakling. Not until she saw the there contentedly, her little black head head thrown back upon clasped arms, his eyes dreaming far away over the path clear before her would she move nestled In his shoulder. softly outlined scene below. an Inch: that he knew well. A pain that. In Its poignancy, was alFor a moment she fingered the folds No sign came from the hut. Within most physical, gripped Barbara's heart. its darkness, inert head buried in her Great tears welled up suddenly and ran of her thin garment, watching him. outstretched arms, lay the arbiter of down her cheeks. Moved by an Ir- Then the wind fluttered one of her his fate and her own. In a great and resistible Impulse she darted forward loose sleeves ; and his gaze flashed back awful loneliness of soul, such as she and snatched the child from him. "No. from far distances. Turning his head, had never imagined possible, she faced no, no ! I can't bear that ! Let them he saw the figure standing, motionby his side. the greatest question woman can be go home. It is time they went less, She stood perfectly still, her hands called upon to answer. The mountains home. . . were quite close now ; but she apFor a moment he gazed at her, be- pressed upon the garment at her breast, the wind waving her cloudy hair, her proached them without shrinking, only reft of speech. Ttien he rose, and lips a little parted, her blue eyes darkdesirous of finding the right path called Laalo. shining In the faint light. across to her Beloved. She did not "I will take them home," he said ly Once twice she tried to speak, but blind herself. She had contemplated quietly. the words would not come: she could aware meant of all it When he marriage before, returned, she had sunk to a woman In civilization. Now she upon the rock he had vacated. With only envelop him, as It were, In the radiant glory of her face. . . . nacontemplated It shorn of all but eyes tragic In their lntentness, she Suddenly a great wave of underture's own sublimely terrible forces; watched him approach. He came close broke over him, rendering hira contemplated the years ahead, with the to her. With one of his old swift move- standing for a moment breathless, blinded, beof other their besides lives ments he raised her chin with his wildered. . . . possibility Then, instinctively, own. . . . Reverberations ! Truly, hand, so that she met the penetration he raised his arms. With a little inarwhen one irrevocable chord Is struck, of his gaze. cry the girl allowed lilm to the reverberations roll on and on, "Barbara!" he muttered, "this will ticulate take her, trembling in her capitulation, echoing all around, so that God's whole drive us mad. We are human, not clinging to him, submitting, without reHarmony may be marred or perfected. gods." to the storm of passion at Can one always .tell which it will be? She drew away, hiding her face in sistance, set His kisses burned into free. last Both met next day, heavy-eye- d from her hands. The very touch of his finsoft flesh, his arms crushed her a sleepless night, but each tacitly for- gers sent an electric current racing her well-nig- h breathless; she was carbore to allude to the fact. They spoke through her veins. To continue like ried away by the tide of his ardor, this was becoming dally more Imposresponsive, glorying. . . . sible. Barbara had crossed her Rubicon Presently she rose, not daring to for all time. speak, and turned from him into the Presently he sat down upon the hut. rocks, still holding her to him. Blindly, bewildered, Barbara groped "You came to tell me?" he whisher way, step by step, through a maze his face close to hers, his eyes pered, of uncertainty. The day with the nato her very soul. piercing tive children had been a revelation. "Yes," she whispered back. .. . . ' e Never before h realized the pasAfter a time she raised herself, still sion of longing which possessed her. fn his arms. . . . And by her own "Alan, I couldn't tell you before; she Judged the suffering of the man until I felt convinced that all was waiting for her decision. The claims You understand; don't you? It of another's need grew insistent, dom- right. was because I loved you so, dear heart, . . . More more and did inating. not fear, or coldness " the life of previous years seem pale "I understand," he murmured, laying and unreal. . . . The fears for the his cheek against hers. "I always unfuture, the burden of its responsibiliderstood. It was the beastly brute In ties, grew fainter, assumed new as- me that sometimes seemed not to. . . . pects. When, Barbara?" There came a night when Alan, after Her head fell back upon liis breast; being away all day returned moody, ir- with a little throbbing sigh, she reritable, Impatient of all the trivial sub- nounced her will to his. jects with which she endeavored to "Whenever you like, Alan." make conversation. "At dawn?" he "It will "Have you been working In the plan- soon be here. Whenwhispered. the sun rises over tation?" she asked, after several unsuc- the water It shall witness our marcessful attempts during 'supper. riage rites?" "No." The passion had died out of his voice, He ate a banana, and threw away and a note almost of awe had crept In. the skin. "What's the good of it ail?" sometimes silent, remained, They he asked Impatiently. "It will lead sometimes In low tones, discussing, nowhere." their forthcoming bridal, .while the "It's occupation," she faltered. Lifted Her Bodily and Carried Her. moonlight waned, and the wonderful "Occupation? Yes. Occupation for k of the southern night soft! a the sake of little, making but pretense at breakoccupation Is that ail life ened and paled. fast. Afterward, Alan fetched his na- Is to be worth? My G d! What an Presently Alan lowered the hand he outlook !" tive bow and arrows. held near his cheek and opened the This was another of Barbara's fears. fingers. "I may not be back until evening," he nald. "You will be all right?" How long would the limited Interests "What can we do about a wedding of the Island, shorn of a deeper outlet, ring?" he asked. "Quite." In There was a relief her tone which suffice for a man of his temperament? "Oh ! Does that matter?" "You are doing a lot of good among he noticed and understood. He hesi"I should like to see you wearing one tated ; but she did not look up. For the natives," she suggested, feeble of mine. Wait!" he continued, the first time since Christmas they had though she knew the remark to be. searching in the pockets of his frayed He gave an Impatient breeches. omitted their morning kiss. And now "Good?" He displayed a collection of something restrained him from taking laugh. "Lord! Ion't credit me with keys, a pocket knife, and a pencil, susthe wistful little fuce In his hands, the Instincts of a missionary I That's pended upon a small tin key ring. much as he longed to do so. He turned only 'occupation.' One hour, if we " "Will this fit? It's better than and strode off up the bay. left this place, and they would forget The omission was significant. They It all." "It looks about the size, and had struck a chord too deep ever to This bitterness, this dreary desola- will do beautifully. Oh.right Alan! how I return to the delightful camaraderie of tion of voice and mien, so unlike the shall love It !" the past. Iemonstratlveness held a old Alan of Indomitable resource and He smiled, a world of tenderness In hidden menace behind all its charm. A optimism, cut Barbara to the heart. his eyes. "Look," he said. "Dawn Is new wall, vastly different from the old For she understood. breaking." no less bnlillng. formed again "Alan! Alan!" she cried, stretching one, yet Farly birds began to chirp and between them. Once more, each In- out a hand. away In the forest; the dancwhistle, But he shook his head. "No. 1 tuitively hid behind reserve yet hung waves turned a steely gray. The ing I'm only fit for the wind had upon the other's slightest action. Once can't I daren't. dropped, leaving a great simore, only surface topics were allowed devil tonight." It seemed as If nature were lence. admittance. Once more, Alan spent She rose, her lips trembling, and holding her breath, waiting for the went toward Mm. long hours away. . . . dawn not far off. . . . When at One day, before their second Christ"Don't! Alan, don't shut me out! last the sun's first long shaft of gold mas, Meutnaa fell sick. Barbara, who I understand across the water, the man of late had shunned too much contact "Understand? You can't, or " Sud- quivered rose and set the gently upon her with that happy family, fetched Laalo denly he seized ber. almost viciously, feet. The hand girl In his trembled a and his sister to play In the enclosure. dragging her up against him. With but she met his eyes bravely, echoed shaking hands he pressed hack her little; Children's merry laughter around their home; and Alan, Instead head, and laid hla hot lips upon her smilingly.TO VK CONTINUED.) of going off as usual, stayed to play neck. "I 111 force you to give in one with them. Women and Courtship Barbara watched him, all her heart day " he muttered thickly. Man views It aa a great testimony She did not struggle; but she trem- to hla prowess at amour to yield op shining In her eyes. There was nobody to put the fear of tahn into Laalo' bled violently In hla grasp. For a long his liberty, his property and hla soul frizzy head. The "great white chief" moment his eyes burned Info hers. But, to the first woman who. In despair of told him marvelous stories of animals among the answering passion they saw finding better game, turns her appraisnever seen upon their Island. He be- there, lay the purity which was the ing eye upon him. But If you want to came a wonderful horse galloping very essence of her being. . . . hear a mirthless laugh. Just present As abruptly as he has seized her, he this mnscullne theory to a bridesmaid round the hut, with Laalo uKn his back; then a roaring lion, that roared let her go again. at a wedding, particularly after alco"I I told you I was only fit for Ihe hol and crocodile tears have done their There were swings In most terribly. the hammock, and games of wh'rh the devil tonight," he said huskily, disarming work upon her. That la to me be. , . . for God's sake, let me say. little natives tisd never heard. just hint to ber that the bride And all the time, while Joining In be. . . ." harbored no notion of marriage until their play, Barbara watched her man. She turned, quivering In every limb, stormed Into acquiescence by the Often, too, ahe found him watching and ran Into the hut. and Impetuous trl') moonstruck her. , , . How bsppy these little For hours she lay. deaf and blind groom. II. C Me nek on, la "la Deones were la their life of freedom. to all around, alone with her God. . . . fense of Women.1 PART THREE Continued. 12 "My brain has gone round and round like a whirlpool for months! I don't know whHt I think." "Well, think this," he said gently: "Marriage laws and forms vary with every creed, and in every country, to suit . temperament or environment. And everywhere, certain conventions re necessary. For God's sake, don't Imagine I'm an advocate of loose morality I But you and I are cast off from all rules save those of our own making. Have you considered that? These nativesor Indians, Turks, Christians all have some ideal which they embody In certain marriage rites and laws." She hung upon his words, clasping tightly the hands holding her own. Tes?" she breathed, when he paused. "Well we are adrift from every one which applies to us. We can't obey them In the letter. We only have them In our hearts." "You mean," she whispered, "you think it would be right to form our own marriage rites?" "I do. Before God Barbara, I do. To me, our wedding would be as sacred and lawful here, with the sea for music, the birds for witness, as in a crowded church. I want you always to remember that." The waves echoed faintly upon the shore ; the wind stirred the palm leaves in their enclosure; otherwise the whole world seemed waiting, in a stillness like death, for her reply. "I believe you, Alan," she murmured at last. "I had not thought of it at all in this light. It would be the same to me, in my heart. But should we be right? Suppose afterward we were rescued?" "Well? Then we should at once obey the letter. Here we can obey the Bpirlt. But isn't that the greater? In the world it Is the reverse, often. The spirit is violated." "Suppose," She began again, with a shudder, "only one of us were rescued?" "Don't conjure up imaginary horrors." She drew away, looking around the bay with the same pathetic helplessness that had struck him so poignantly on Christmas eve. "Oh !" she muttered, "it is a terrible problem I If only there were somebody outside It all, to help ! I am so afraid our very love may guide us wrongly." "No," he said quickly. "It won't, because It Is love not that other word beginning with the same letter. Besides, It is the motive of the heart which counts, in all problems." She turned away, covering her face with her hands. "What can we do? What can we do?"" The words came brokenly, pathetically, to the other outcast from all laws. Qe was conscious tonight, more than ever before, of their growing, dominant need of each other. Had he striven In his old arrogance she would not, he knew, have resisted his appeal. But the great keynote was tuning his nature as well as hers. AH the chivalry latent In his being rose to his heart, casting out passion. With Infinite delicacy lie went to her and put his arms about her. "We are down among the deep chords together, now," be. whispered. "But together always together." With a choking cry she turned and flung herself upon his breast, clinging to him, the only bulwark of her life. "I cun't decide yet. Oh! I can't decide; I can't decide " And she burst Into a passion of tears. Ill The man. with the divlrw Instinct of now awukened, realized acutely all that the girl was suffering. He held her quivering form close, saying nothing. There was nothing he could sny. Her own sou! fight out this battle between t'.,e old inxtlnrts of a lifetime and those of a world beyond reach of ilvilied rule. Presently, when she grew calmer, he lifted her bodily and carried her Into the hut. lie placed her upon her bed; then knelt for a moment, and laid his cheek to hers. In your hands," He i "The decision he whispered. "Come and tell me when you know." Then he rose to his feet, lingering beside her for a time, a world of almost maternal tenderness In his steady regard. But she made no reply. With a little gesture of helplessness, he turned, and walked back to the Ingoon. Croft. In old (lays, could not have been culled a strongly sexed man. All the vitality of bis nature went Into other channels. Now, when, for the first time, piisston had come to him. It found him bereft of all those other outlets to his abundant energy. It nhook Mm with rre Intensity. In the past, his wtiol fonoentratlon, every otinre of bruin and strength, had been given to Ids work and Inventions. Now the sdine splendid force, welling up and was Concentrated upon overflowing, woman a ehsnnel half closed against Mm. Being half ciowtl caused more torture than If It had been entirely shut and barred. Fate God whatever the Unseen Power was called had hurled them, man and woman, together In this Isolation. 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