| Show i. i CW th C s R s x n J Jj 4 s a it a Jj u JJ no Oi t i r J J 3 r i DE LONG S V BV Lincoln colcor l lr 1 r f.- f. J c r v T. T 1 r rf P f rr r ft L ff 1 tr tr r I- I 4 I NE of ot the most interesting interesting interest Interest- ing men I 1 ever er met in inthe the HIP ea east eaRt t was DC De D Long ot of Old said Nichols Our OUT acquaintance was Q peculiar and with m my cU usual luck for tor seeing things through h a year after the thA destruction of ot Old Anjer I ran Tan across the woman who had been his wife and 1 heard the ending of ot his stor story It was 1 Jn in n keeping with his life lite Let Lot me tell I you ou about It It wont won't take tako long The first t time I saw Do De Long Iong was wh when n r I first came out east a boy In Inthe Inthe inthe the ship Rainbow Nichols began n. We Ve anchored at Anjer Infer for tor mall and fresh tresh provisions provisions ro and I was waa bow man In the 4 i oat that took the captain ashore l I IJ was leas years cars afterward that I 1 really madi the acquaintance of De Long Id I'd boon boen on a a. dozen dOT eastern eastorn voyages then antl had worked t up to lO a ship of ot my mr myown own awn but for tor some reason or other othor Id I'd never ne run across him When Yh n we reached the little creek creele m my mind went back to m my first voyage i out cast and I found myself looking ahead for tor that big b banyan tree I re remembered ro- ro It all and so I wasn't surprised surprised sur sur- to ho o greeted by A R little fat man whom I 1 recollected as De Long U Come come omo with me he purred grab grab- grabbing 1 bing one n of oC my m hands In both of ot his Listen Lisen to me captain That Shute I Ino is no good Ho lie Is a rascal a robber 1 t Come with me captain he whined I 1 will treat you ou well It hit was ens easy to talk to him about personal matters mailers he was the sort of I man you ou could say a anything to Hed He'd I answer you ou quite frankly and volubly 0 I i and then watch you ou to see It If you ou bej be- be j Moved him Jn In about five ti minutes I II I 1 began legan to doubt everything e he ha said Youre lying like the tho devil de I told him after titter a a. while Ho He grinned J as If that was the basis he wanted to be established We Wo all lie he answered In a cynical tone of oC voice Whenever hone a mouth Is opened a lie He lq is on oa the tongue Then he turned to me and said a v very ry Illuminating thing If Ir I lie He I also believe belle nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing he announced You believe a good deal and you do o not always lie We we roach reach the same name result I I look looked d at him again and wondered how deep he really was But that i spoils the world I finally said While we were talking two people i came out of the shadow shado of the tho huge banyan and approached the tho house as asif Jf if on familiar ground I saw that they i were a a. white man and a Eurasian I i woman She seemed to bo be young and andI I beautiful In a quaint native half and half civilized dress ress I waited to see what was up and in tho the silence heard De Long 8 swearing to himself behind me The They came camo toward towar the little veran veranda veranda ver ver- an anda a where we were sitting and I turned In time to see De Long get up upI I with a movement mO of Irritation This Is m my t l wife Captain Nichols h he said wh when n they had reached the steps tepa Mv My 1 wife has been walking with Ih Captain Dod Dodge The The woman oman smiled d holding me mo with her ees eyes I was t completely com corn 1 taken by surprise Your wife I questioned De De Long nodded Why not he an- an You t think she ehe is my Baugh ter ter Captain Dodge knows knows knows- You are an old fool tool she cried suddenly at D De De' Long Some day you ou swill make mak me bad i The uThe captain standing on the tho steps became red faced and sullen playing with Ith his watch chain I sI 1 suppose you youre you're ro rotin tin the ship that th came In this afternoon afternoon after after- noon noon h ho he said to meI me I I I nodded If that's that your bark In Sn 5 the Roads she's a beauty I 1 an answered Yes he said evidently e pleased i Bark Baric Ceylon She ShA sails like a witch Wont ont you come off to supper with me No thank you I snapped Id I'd takI taken tak- tak I I rn en n a violent dislike to the man He lie was soft and gross and his eyes I t R watered U Well then Ill I'll be moving mo he said Good b Good by De Long LanS Good Good-by She had turned away a with a i I ture of Invitation In Woman like shed she'd taken the time opposite tack too Go she cried You make mako trouble Never Ne como come again That scared T De e Long he lie saw fla himself himself him him- self losing trade Take no notice captain captain cap cap- tain he almost begged There is no hard feeling Call and see u us coming back and we w WI s will have rea ready the chickens of ot which you ou spoke He e fol followed ol- ol I lowed the man roan down the steps and steps and I Ivas Iwas was waR left alone with the woman I 1 I She was trembling like a a child Fool Fool she he cried softly Now Xo she sho turned and evidently e grasped m my presence presence presence pres pres- ence for tot time Her eyes eye tray trav- f. f f. f 1 led over me an and finally rested on m mY mYown own and for tor sorno sarno w Wf we gazed at each other without speaking It t dangerous business this gazing A hot ho flame nama seem seemed d to gather and leap loal In th the depths of or her p and oyes-and yes and I 1 watched It fascinated Suddenly Sudden she hold out her hei hand and took a R. step In m my direction asked ked a little You will sta stay she sho A breathlessly Nichols paused and Ru suddenly laughed De Long had returned while all al this was going on ho he said He uHe wa was t s standing on the steps and watching 18 ut us with a singularly flat and absorbed expression expression Look here De Long LongI I said Either something is mighty wrong or you OU are area a bi big fool tool Tell me mo what you rou knowlie know Ire lie uHe surprised mo me by flying Into a regular dancing passion Dont ask me mel Dont Don't Dont Don't speak of it I 1 dont don't know an anything anything any any- thing he he cried I dont don't care caro Let it go go o. o Yes Yes I r said enid but you OU dont Its It's just Juet as I thought Youre You're making life lite miserable for your wife wife and and moro more than that misjudging her without foundation foundation U Foundation Foundation h he re repeated re- re What do you want Watch when hen she he looks at you ou and then thon at atmo atme t me mo It Jt is plain plain plain- U Walt Waif alt I Interrupted You can n leave me out of this n I I I was but speaking In a phrase he said I hai have ha e seen seen seen- i r It was hard on the tho woman whichever which which- over ever way you OU look at It She seemed sweet lovable and Innocent Innocent- But such qualities couldn't last long In that atmosphere at at- at- at She camo came out to call us to supper After slipper stiff w we t e sat t on the tho little veranda an and 1 watched the moon rise over oyer the tops of or the hills and everything every ory thing was so fragrant and p peaceful that wrong seemed Impossible in that landI land I know that she was looking at me all aJI the time Now and then I caught the gleam of her open e eyes es under tho the darkness of her hair Aft After l' l a a. while wo we happened to mentioned mentioned men mon l money and I got another In Insight Insight insight In- In sight into the man I think I remarked that he ought to be bo well eJI off off his his prices were high enough heaven knows Mo Io he Inquired J sparring for tor time Then he decided to bo frank trank Captain he confided I have a fortune The woman laughed In a a. low voice oleo at his side Show it to the captain she sho Bald said Do Lon Long got up and came over oyer be beside beside beside be- be side m my chair He lie was fumbling at the buttons on the front of his coat 00 Feel here here here-here here he said Hed He'd unbuttoned unbuttoned unbuttoned un un- buttoned his waistcoat and gul guided ed m my hand along the lining I toll foil lumps lumps- some sortie hea heavy substance What is it I 1 asked Gold he said Feel here I 1 touched a leather pocket sewed Into his vest Diamonds s he whispered I coul couldn't believe him for tor a minute Diamonds he exclaimed Heavens I 1 marveled mar I 1 should think you'd oud die In this hot weather lugging that aroun around J. J Why h don dont don't t you OU put it In a n. bank lie He shot a glance at me out of oC his cunning secretive accretive eyes Too man many banks have I s seen en break he said waving his hands with a gesture expressing expressing ex ex- ex- ex pressing No 10 I will be m my myown own bank The woman on the floor laughed laug-hecl again a childish laugh of pure animal amusement He sleeps with it she said Quite a number of ot years eaTS passed before before be be- fore rore the opportunity of ot seeing them theist again came m my wa way but when I did finally reach Old Anjer for tor another visit It was as if the world worl J hadn't moved while Id I'd been gone De Lon Long g met me at the landing and ushered mo me through the aisles of o the banyan to his house bouse lIe He didn't seem an any older the banyan banan had always alwa's been so tremendous tre tTe tremendous that if JC It had grown it was Impossible to mark it and when we e reached reachel tho the house the woman stood on the toe veranda as young and pretty prett as ag I remembered her She regarded me meIn meIn meIn In a disinterested manner the manner the coolness of or it struck me at onto once The uThe woman as I said was ferent terent Not that I wanted it otherwise but in m my heart I suppose that I was a little piqued at her attitude I Imagined that she scorned me You see ee 1 Id I'd 1 rather disappointed her once before No doubt sho She thou thought ht me foolish or prig prig- priggish or gish-or gish or perhaps pet haps she didn't think o ome of f me at al all It hurts to be passed over overby overby by b a woman After Atter supper r we sat on the same Bame r. t f Y W tc 1 I II I v f I II II I r ri I I i r 11 t tA tr tr r r 4 r A i a r rD rj r v j K D b T t J oa i 4 4 i 4 I t I r rt t T r f C z 1 A J l p l l t ear 1 l i t t f t t 1 t t. t rt r J t 1 t Her Eye Eyt Were on M Me I and ana if it He EC Hadn't t Been T There cr Id I'd c Have Save Gone Gono to Ser Herr little veran veranda a and blew smoke Into the time silent night nl ht The Tho woman didn't dl nt come come- out as she had hall done the time before and finally I asked De Long Lone where she was waa Ho lIe struck the veranda railing with hU hk clenched fist and swore How do I know w he lie cried She went toward the shore Ills words brought back tho the past it seemed inconceivable that the old suffering of ot hearts hn had 1 been een goIng going going go go- ing on in that solitude I made a feeble effort to switch himoff him himoff off to som some other topic Is Shute still in the business over o there I asked nodding my may head hend to the store across the way wa It was the very thing I shouldn't have ha said De Long leaped up like a madman and launched a string of filthy names in the direction of ot the rival rhal ship The Tho devil H wife wIro chandlery chandler young My Iy he cried Incoherently lIe He shook his hla fists into the moonlight apparently apparent apparent- ly speechless Shute has sold the business busl- busl ness nesa he explained after a while Shuts Shut was a good man respectable and with witha a wife wire Wo We had trouble certainly but honorable trouble Shute was a good man Also a stood good pilot We fought tou ht for Car business not for wives Xo Now comes bl his bis successor this dog of tell hell hell hell- He choked and sat down in a heaphy heap Why hy hy dont don't you ou let him hint have hav her 1 I asked His Ills face grew years older No No o. o he answered He does not want her He does not love her He would be bad I felt his fingers drumming drumming- on my knee with a machinelike beat heat See he said She loves lo him He has hns stirred her love 10 For a 8 month I have seen It lt That and more Am I a fool Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain that I 1 know no not t men men el Pahl Pahi Oh Oll he ho is young oun fiery unmarried ried perhaps perhaps J-perhaps he loves lo her a little Not so 80 much That is not love Ah I know kno men I can enn read rend the eye eC when he looks at me It is me he loves loesl YOu I exclaimed not catching the point Me Me 19 said De Long tapping his waistcoat significantly My fortune M My y life ute They shall not have It I 1 w will e 1111 live many years years he cried I looked at him In amazement Ho could see her with other men and lot It Jt pass but hed he'd fight tight all rl right ht if It something threatened his fortune Somehow I understood him through and through A despicable man man but but very interesting I wonder if It I make him plain Do you OU really care for her happIness happiness happiness happi happI- ness I 1 asked I 1 have done all possible he said I 1 have kept silent silent- I have ha been good 4 Why hy dont don't you ou give him some soma of your mone money to take her away awny I 1 went on Then the they'd d both be satisfied J. J No no no he cried Not a n. dollar They shall not have hae it I will r livel probably kill you OU the first chance chanco they the get ret I an answered Doubtless he ho said phlegmatically For two weeks eels have I feared eared to eat cat I am prepared He relapsed into silence sl- sl lenco lence and the tho argument seemed closed I I had a n natural curiosity to see the tho thoman man flan in the case and the next da day dad it was gratified Whilo I was ashore in the forenoon De Long was called down to tho the landing on business and andas andas as ns soon as 08 he ho was out ut of ot sight S successor came camo out of ot tho store opposite opposite site and crossed the tho yard 1 Hed He'd probably ably abI- been watching and knew that IW Iwas I W was alone ne wi with th the tho woman H He Wa was Wao a fine tine upstanding halfbreed half half- breed Malay a splendid figure of a aman man an as most of them are arc and Just the sort that shed she'd love 10 He held her In h his arms while they spoke in low loss J tones tone CI and it It wasn't hard to see how much she cared for him You know knout there i are 8 some nie women who sho show their love without speaking ln It emanates from rom m them thomi at t a touch at the mere mero presence r of ot the m men who own their souls as as ns if they'd thod i shouted aloud Jo the tho words that fill their hearts Her arms clung about his ne neck rV her eyes devoured o him Id I'd seen een what I wanted ant d and so 10 I went awa away That wu was the tho last time I looked on her In Old Anjer I I 1 ro mb r the last Urn time I saw JaW It I t De Long too too the the last time I ever eVel saw satin him Life LUe is no use he whimpered Almost Al Al- Almost l- l most I wish to die I The world Is a a. good hood place to forget torbet See even the heavens tall fall God has cursed us al He lie 1 prophetically to tho the westward westward west west- ward where the volcano of stood surrounded by a a. pall of smoke and clouds You know toe island about twenty miles due west across the straits It always alway threatened more or less legs but Id I'd never seen it so ac ac- ac tI tive tIe e I watched De Long as he was be beIn being being be- be In ing rowed toward the shore after wed we'd parted at the thc rail He lIo sat liat huddled In Inthe Inthe inthe the stern sheets like liko a man crushed under a 11 weight of years cars and sorrow I 1 felt Celt quito quite sentimental about It It till tillI I 1 remembered that really what was wa bowing him over was the weight of his fortune In gold and diamonds diamonds' Ho Ito was sinking beneath the load 1 of his worldly collateral I fancied that |
