Show 4 SINNERS deft N N ER FO nm S IN N HEAVEN ong EE N ek 0 BY my CLIVE ARDEM ARDEN so vow 0 wr ow T a continued from last week f 1 I 1 may not be bock back until evening he be aid said you will lit be nil all right I 1 quite there was a adlet in her tone tono which he noticed ant and understood lie ile apil bated but she did not 1 iok uk up jup I 1 or the first time since they lini lint omitted their morning kiss and KW low something Bum ething lihn film from taking i the wistful little fure face in ills handi rauch much ns its he longed to do so up lip turned n abd hd strode arff up the buy bay the omission wae was they bail lind struck a chord too deep to return to the delightful cacam aarle of the past Demonstrative liess held a bidden hidden menace behind all tta its charin A new wall viall vastly different from the old cup on yet no lesa less formed again it between een them once more ench each in bid behind reserve yet hung bung upon the other a lightest slightest action once more only surface topics were allowed admittance once mori more alan spent ling hours binay one ode day before their second christ roux niu fell sick barbara who aho ot f late had shunned too much contact with that happy family fetched I 1 aalf and his ulster sister to piny play in the enclose enclosure ure children a merry laughter echoed around their home and alan instead of going oft off as usual stayed to play with them watered him nil all lier tier heart hinlle shining in her eyes there wae was nobody to put the fear of tabu into lealoa frizzy head lead the great white chief told him marvelous stories of animals never been upon their island lie ile be nine a wonderful bone horse galloping round the hut with lanto upon hia his back then a roaring lion that roared yanet te tribly re were swings in the ute hammock and games of which the little native natives had never heard and all the time while joining in their play barbara watched ler tier man often too she he found him her tier how happy thelio pale I 1 atle men were in their life of knowing alno ang no other the con ton mentions vent lons ions of loue ti year years seemed cry tery remote now very unreal ilia ills point of flew wae was surely mere coat mon nonsense sense ma oa eho she fell more and more silent ell crat a terrible athing ahing 1 unger in ler tier heart tedi two rin nature tures age here in barren kever never be tul filled hya because far off rules of society which could not byich them would be broken how al auch such thing things seemed here where the world vae as till still in if its 11 in the evening the tiny girl tired after excite excitement men of oe e day grew alpy 1 and fretful alan stopped an uproarious game eat sat down town upon a rock and lifted her in ills hi arm arms she I 1 lay y there here contentedly her little MOP black head hed in his shoulder should Lr A pain that in ite its poignancy waa was al at moat most physical tripped gripped barbara barbaras heart great teare tears welled up suddenly and ran eon own her cheek moed hy by an ir impulse alto darted fori forward ard and matched snatched the th child from him no no tio no not I 1 I 1 can cant t bear that t let them EO go home it U is time thea the went ment bitonie I 1 or a moment he lie gazed at her tier bereft tit t speech then he rose and called lanto 1 I 1 mill t tike tae ae them home he said quietly k when he lie returned fhe he lud had sunk upon the rock lie ard vacated URI e eee ea tragic in thor Int intentness entries slie t vairl fd ed him apar och ach lie ile cant c close lost bolier to her ith tit one of hie id swift movements he lie rafeei her tier chin with ith his band hand ao that she site met the penetration ot of bib hi Illar o 0 barat he lie tittered Witt m ered thin this will drive us mad e ake human not godi mie lie drew aary ay hiding hitting tier face in her handa tho th very touch lucli of 0 his ills fin gers nent ment an electric elect rc current racing tracing through her elna to continue like tills ax becoming dally daily more imps sible mile rose not daring to and turned from front him into the hut 11 andly bewilders I 1 barbara groped I 1 tier wa wai step by step through a maze of uncertainty taint talat the day with the native children find been a revelation never before had she he realized the pas bien ion of longing which her tier and b hi lier tier own pelf revelation 1 judged the suffering ering of the file man walting waiting for her dei det ton ln ahe of 0 othere an need grew in doin dom 1 inviting more and more wore did the life lire t f pre previous loux years eem pale und nd unreal the feard for coture the file burdt n of ltd its rt nall it ties grew fainter assumed bew ais a 01 i eliere came it ift lit vi lien al at in tifer being awn ull all day tiny returned moudy ir r triable impatient of all the trivial faub jala with ith which mile d to ti in the pinn plan site ah asked A after anil w i aral igau attempts during supper no P ile ate a banana and anrew away the aklu what the cooj of ot it alir lie asked impatiently it will lead nowhere it al occupation elie she fult filtered ered les antion for the sake make of occupation I 1 Is that all life li ill to t be worth bly G d dl I 1 aliat an autio ou tio I 1 this tills was another of Barba barbaras rals fears team how long would lw inter W of the island shorn ot of a deeper outlet for a man of his temperament you are doing a lot of good among lie the native natives alto be suggested feeble though slie sli e knew the remark to be I 1 good Gox ir r lie ile gave an impatient lauell lord lordi I 1 dont tont credit me with like instincts of a missionary 1 only occupation one hour it if we left thi this place and they would forget it all this bitterness this dreary desola ot voice land mien so unlike the old alan of indomitable resource and optimism cut barbara to t ih lie lit liei I t for flie alie understood alanl alan I 1 she cried stretching out a band hand but he lie shook his hoad boad no I 1 can canti tl t l daren t I 1 im in only tit for the devil tonight she rose her lips trembling and went toward him film dont I 1 alan don dont t shut me out I 1 1 I understand h understand I 1 you cant can t or sud denly he lie seized her almost viciously dragging her up against him with linking stinking hande hands he pressed butic her head bead and aid laid hie his hot lips upon her neck 1 I ill force you to give 1 in one day he muttered chicki sit sha did not struggle but bile he trembled violently la in hia his grasp for a iong moment his eyes burned into hers hem but among the answering passion they saw there lay the purity which was the very essence of her tier being As an abruptly as he has seized her be he let her go again I 1 1 I told you I 1 was only fit for the de dell it tong tonight ht he said huskily I 1 let me be for god a sake let me be she turned quivering in every limb and ran into the hut lint for hours she lay deaf and blind to all around alone with lier tier god and gradually a great peace pence stole tole over her spirit imperceptibly the last mountain rolled slowly away As one tired out after long victorious virt orious warfare she lay motionless the moonlight falling failing through the little window upon her white robed figure after a time sher sheprose sh rose erose and looked one more upon the waves she loved so wll well a wondrous shining in her eyes and all the perfumed beauty of the bight blended in the 1 inder ader passionate craving tu be with him who also allo had striven and suffered and conquered slipping on her tier old japanese wrapper she site fi fixed axed noiselessly out of lier tier room he ile hud had she knew not gone in to bed bell moed by tome some instinct she site turned sturn blIng oer over the rough ground and ascended the eastern sl slopes where they had watched the dan d wn on an that christmas day nearly R beir ago go A group nf of IV I 1 owl ler inos cored a long lew oer over the lie eastern shore of the mand kland while forming a als it r from the wind tin tile girl upp roachel then nt a bud leu dell soft oft mind stood still her tier heart benting heating rapidly rap lilly Sol rounding 1 ethni she the ninn the sought ou plit stretched upon the ground ills bli heed head thrown back tipon upon clumped arnit hn eye dreaming fir away oer the softly outlined ciche L below I 1 or i a moment slie site fin finrud fing red tred ali flit folds of tier thin v hlin him then the wind frill fluttered one of tier locc 1 et and his hi gaze flashed back from front far fir dla distances tance turning his hend head he aw san the figure standing motion lesi by hai lda side she slip werft atly still her liand t 4 pro ased upon the lit al at her breast the wind waving liff tier foudy cloudy hair her tier cupl rt it little parted tier blue eee ees dark ly shining in the faint light once twice slip lie tried to but the word would not cine ehe file could only envelop hlin as a it wre in the radiant glory of her face tilly a greit ae ne if of under standing broke 0 oi er him rendering him film for fa moment s blind blindell etl be he wild l alien instinctively ili li iilma hi tin at ains vis V flit a lit ie le inar choute iry cry the girl aliotte al lotte him to tube take lie trembling in her tier clinging to hm him without re al to the st etli n of nt at last eit st free ids ills khee burned into her oft soft allt lila ills arms crus her tier well breathless bresth less she site was car ried away by fly till tide of ills il ardor responsive glorying orving gt barbara had crossed her Itu bleon for or all time pre benkly he lie sat down upon the rocks still holding her to lilie will you c caroe a me to tell me he lie ahu ered his face close to hen hers his hi eyes piercing to her tier very soul yea lye s she whispered back after it time she lie raised herself till still in his arms arm alan I 1 tell you before until I 1 felt convince on vinced that all was rahl atu understand deaf yoo yen it was bee tuse I 1 to load ed you so dear heart not fear ear or ar 1 I I understand he murmured Is lading ing his cheek against here hem I 1 11 L always un der stood it was as the beastly in me that sometimes seemed not to when barbara her head fell back upon ills breast with a 11 little atle thron throbbing ing high ahe site renounced her tier will to hie his whenever you like alan at dawn he whispered it will soon bo be here when the sun risen rises over the lie water it shall witness our mar tinge 1 rites I 1 1 11 he pae lou had died out of his voice and a note almost of A awe e had crept in they rema inel silent sometimes discussing in n low tonea tones their forthcoming bridal while title the moonlight waned and the wonderful blue banck of the southern night softened ald alid paled lirt bently inn lowered the hand he lie held near tits hi check and anti opened the linger I 1 IN hat lint can we do about a wedding ring he lie asked does that matter 1 I should like to see you wearing one of mine aalst ft alt 1 he continued searching in the pockets of bis his freyli bree breeches clies lie displayed a collection of keys a pocket knife and a pencil sas upon a sin ill tin key ring I 1 will tills fit it its a be ter than noth ing it looks abent the right size and will d b oh alan I 1 how I 1 shall auve it V I 1 lie ile smiled stuffed a world of tenderness la ir his eyes look he lie said dawn Is breaking scarly birds began to ch chirp and whistle lils tle away in the forest the dancing waves turn I 1 a steely gray the wind had dropped leaving a great sl at lence nce it seemed as if nature were holding her breath waiting for the dawn not far off oft when at last the suns first long shaft of gold quivered across the water the man rose and set the girl gently upon her feet the hand in his tits trembled a little bat but slit met ills tits ebes a bravely smilingly bilth IN till only the birds tor for witness the found sound of the surf for choir the radl A R V tf ine sound of the surf for choir ance of the eastern sky fur for altar elm aim ply ard front beerts del deaths tits ther harj tuo tw plighted tl air troth 1 he few chief froin from the marriage serl salce ice u wre re chosen by it birbari for their only full would he ike many aa aw a in lie the world orld to scoff to condemn hut but no outward con consecration of ground no army of priests could have r more acred sacred that moment when hen the huh hu h was mast broken by their low ion voiced anwat 4 reliance the destiny that shapes our pal en 1 bebing ait nit thing reading nil all hearts who had filing thee two together ther upon this far girden of allot own creation trent loB and gln them there the one lie ine gif bleb Is part nf of himself woul I 1 understand and anti accept their vows to loe love and to cherish till death us d di part and thereto I 1 plight thee my troth 1 their did not bulter the small thi ring encircled the girla girls fin ger they stood silent it while with lita locked band 4 then he dm her tier toward him film and ier er gently their hilpl 11 met I 1 my aly wife I 1 I 1 he fie barlitz 11 and got with n Ili might of fatigue after it 11 11 night her tier heart almost full m slip watched the pill ake curl up tip front her own on fin i arid foot fixing from front sip hut hilt she he the I 1 reint tin tle vroman in till tills life shorn of till 11 ll false trappings o 0 aas a not mf ie ingui cooking fad fr fir her mill ninn in he ile south too ohp lip native oti in u rr rp po 11 finn his ills in palace nr or fiel in man imin ln or ir liuti ml 11 tle file ili libil in hi ila 1 ig rt alit vs faded a an ly will the tilt it ad die tite lieue Por arkon lr kon lizon it aoa Us the hc mille with voth alar uke like dunic alt st of 4 wild id thing I 1 ie e dived bani oam and in the file river then returned for bre breu ulfat krast ravenously z n as be swung join the bay 1 I have haie a grea era parham announced ilert ss a UK of bully beef I 1 coed it tar or any ell ener gency shall we e it hajt a t it for or our m bading feast as a special nl treat lie ile with mith laughter tr lo 10 lord rd to think of f bully a 0 treat for A bedling ten fantt brins bring it along 0 m wife ise and thrifty vw etian I 1 alley tilt their fk ji t ita gnoss y ell elinav it dell all ciul een even tilt demor memori of ihl 0 ti uron i 11 airl 11 it i 1 ailed 1 to tilt morp corp tit in a ii 11 nir haam ha dov their jov jor alan I 1 li nl III lux flit tatt lit f the boat ills hi heinl heild 1111 ll lived in lit I 1 larb trus lap ns its the min I 1 liguri agall to el st k ell lie fie line v you ou folin I 1 a it dierl l gunj I 1 it 1 neti 0 n braunn 1 anh litt it choit ali big 11 cities here there ou ext ct capitel ted to acl lafi I 1 it hat lint nebout ofir t 8 tit desire siro she he ted low lon pissing to finier ll his tits lair 1 clr 1 line ime no othar lit hurt u h etnire lou ou are life itself to rut now noa alan loats vh you came to rue we list niI jt he is she stopped slie she nodded ill lie e brat beat drifted lii idly Y var essed by the soft breeze rocking bently with the tide thank god you lid did he murmured after a pause I 1 everything wai was be able she trailed her fingers in the water lost in thought it was strange etra nep she ob obeyed emed prea pres ants that the day on which I 1 first began to fed feel alint you had find become to ine should hae hate been my wedding day dayl those first months here nearly drove roe me mad until I 1 nas sure the field was clear he replied then I 1 meant to win I 1 I 1 oil alan inith ith sudden passion she drew his ills head bead back against her breast if I 1 lost you my ausband lius band 1 I 1 ifould die he ile turned in her arms and pressed his lips to her tier soft neck barbara I 1 it means all that to you at last lant they eta i in the boat until dark ess had fallen then alan took the oars ours he had fashioned and paddled baal to land salience fell upon the them m as tl it ey neared the shore it m |