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December 7,, 1916
THE WINGHAM TIMES
Pge 7
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BY CHARLES GARVIS
anis: Midi' rftealTig s lout
• Se .sail. Why should she not go?
She might reach the group of
..ands of which Mannering had spoken:
on the other hand she aright not. At
-any rte she would have saved her
self -respect -Would save herself the
shame of revealing her love for this
mall,
The idea, the thought, sent the
blood to her face. She ran up to the
hut and put her spare clothes hi a
bundle, and wrapping the marriage
certificate and Fie)"cug's diary in a
piieee of oilcloth, put theta in. the
bosom of her dress, then returned to
the beach and the raft.
But she could not go without a
word of farewi'll. She was fleeing as
anuch from herself as from Hiro, but
• she owed him a word of explanation
• -of good-bye.
She tore a blank leaf from P'lenl-
ing's journal and writing on it, "I
ata going for both our smkcs. Re-
member our I)I.olllise. Nina," fixed it
with it stone to the rock nearest the
spot where ,the raft floated. Then she
took the box of provisions on board,
set the raft loose from its moorings,
ran up the sail to the mast, and
pushed otI into the rolling sea.
Mannering did not awake until
some hours later. His phenomenally
hard work of the previous day and
the stress and strain of the events
of the night had exhausted him. Ho
wormed with the guilty consciousness
••o ping "late," and he went about
t
patine tasks of the morning.
4filled
l• andlitthe fire and
� laid
the can with water; and all tho time
he was performing the tasks he was
doing o n so mecllanicallY, with the mein-
- ory of last night's experiences hum-
ming in his brain. He had held Nina
in his arms, Iiad he -had he kissed
her? Ilad he spoken a word of the
love for her that Welled up in his
heart?
I'Ie would know when he saw her -
when he looked into her eyes. Would
she be angry, resells tul? he asked him-
self. Poor girl, poor girl! Should he
tell,, er tlmt he had learned to love
• hethat he wanted her for a wife in
raiiit4han name?
He went up to the hut intending to
call her -to get her outside and have
it out with her there and then. Af-
ter all, she was his wile. IIis wife!
He murmured the svbrcis to himself
fondly, with a 'thrill of passionate
longir.g. IIis wife! How much it
nteant to him!
But he would not call her. No
• doubt she was tired. IIe would wait,
and at breakfast, as they sat oppo-
site to each other, like husband and
wife, he would open his heart to her
-would tell her that he loved her,
would -yes, claim her!
He went back to the saloon. No
'breakfast was laid; but he made up
the fire and sat down to wait pa-
tiently. Half an hour passed, then,
thinking that he had better call her
-that she would be 'angry if he did
not do so -he went up to his hut and
knocked at the door.
No answer came, and after knock-
ing again, hi' strolled down to the
beach. 'ile missed the raft in an in-
• stant and stared with surprise at the
place at winch it had been moored.
Then the
piece of paper efl
ntt
cl,
nR
un-
der the stone on the rock caught his
attention. IIe wear to it, took it
from undor the stone ,. nd read it.
Read it not once of twice, but a
dozen times; then stood.. gazing n
g
with
unseeing eyes and torture -racked
heart out to the sea on which the
frail raft had ventured, bearing away
frons him the girl he had learned to
love .11s only strong men can love.
CIIAI'T1' R VIII.
Mannering sank on to the rock on
which Nina had placed her farewell
letter, and, covering his face with his
hands, sat motionless as, a statue of
grief. He did not think of himself -
of the awful solitude to which her
flight had doomed him. , Only one
thought racked him, and that Was
that she had flown because she was
air id of him. Sho had preferred to
t the treacherous, murderous sea
rthan ,
ttt�rerhim
It was a hTTeouq reflection, and it
Nearly -drove him mad. Sho had not
waited until the boat had been
launched, but had taken the raft -
had run all and every risk rather
than remain another day on the is-
land with him or confide herself to
his care in a joint voyage.
Hours passed and he still sat stir-
ing with vacant eyes at the sea. It
did not occur to him to launch the
boat and attempt to follow her.
What good would it be if he came up
with her? She would probably
throw herself into the sea at his ap-
proach, she was to proud, so mis-
trustful of him. He got up at last
and wandered about with the air of
a man distraught, Every now and
then he plucked a flower or picked up
a shell and gazed at it as if it were
of the most ntense interest to him,
but he was scarcely conscious of what
ho held in his hand. Ho felt neither
hunger nor thirst; but after a time a
strange feeling of exhaustion, of
craving for sleep, came over him,
anh he dropped down just outside his
hut and fell into a deep sleep.
It probably saved his reason and
prepared him for the still heavier
blow that Fate was to deal him.
He slept right through the night
and past the dawn; and it was the
soughing of tho wind and the harsh
crash of the waves of the beach that
awoke him. It had been raining
heavily and he Was wet through, but
he did not feel cold, for fever was
warming his blood with a baleful
heat. As he stretched himself back
came his misery with a sharp tor-
ture; and with a groan n he dropped
d
his arms to his side and looked
round as if he were trying to per-
suade himself that it was a dream,
and that he should see Nina coming
swiftly toward him.
But instead of the vision of her
fair, fresh grace and beauty, his
burning eyes fell upon something on
the beach. Long* before he had
reached it he ,saw what 'it was.
It was the raft, or rather the re-
mains elf it. The sail had gone, the
mast was broken, half the logs had
• been torn away; the thing had been
wrecked in the storm which had rag-
ed while he slept, end the incoming
tide had cast it at his feet.
And Nina! While he stared from
the wrecked raft to the c sea and back
again from the sett to the raft a
small object fleeting on the water
caught his eye.
He fixed his gaze on it, beginning
to tremble and shake, flung himself
into the water and swam for the
thing. When he calve back with it
clutched in his hand, his face was
white and his eyes starting.
It was the little woollen cap Nina
had worn.
Panting with his exertion and the
agony that the assurance of her
death caused him, he lay full length
on the sand, his face upturned to
the sun which broke out suddenly
and mocked hint pitilessly.
It was •tln'ce clays after this that
in a dogged, sullen fashion he hauled
the canoe down to the beach, and,
putting in some provisions, made
ready to
sail. Ile was going,not
because ho had any desire for life or
to go back to civilization, but be-
cause the island had become intoler-
able to him. You see, it was im-
possible to forget her in a place of
which every feature kept her vividly,
agonizingly in his memory, and he
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serf 'holding snatcliel1 or con3Tci'sut;ioh
with Nina, but shook himself aria
tried to pull himself togother;• but
again and again he relapsed into
this form of delirium, and When the
trading schooner, Eliza Anne, bound
for the port of London, almost ran
clown the canoe, it picked up a half
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a breath and implored the Captain
with frantic gestures and broken ac-
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search for "Nina."
The captain was a good-hearted
fellow, and, thinking that -there
might be a basis of reason in the
castaway's ravings, he hove about
for some time in the latitude in
which the canoe had been found, but
he carte across nothing to reward his
humanity and while Mannering was
prostrated in his bunk with brain
fever, the Eliza Anne got on her
course again and made for London.
Three months later Mannering was
one night, wandering along the
Strand. It was just after eleven and
the theatres were pouring out their
crowds into the already congested
thoroughfare. Mannering had not
reached London destitute, for, all un-
consciously, he had brought with him
the small amount of money he had
with him on the Alpine; but he had,
since his disembarkation, lived with
little regard for comfort or appear-
ances; and as he moved slowly with
the crowd he looked, in his old serge
suit and weather -stained cap, so
much like a tramp that now and
again the policemen eyed him with
something like suspicion and one had
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left, but drifting aimlessly with the
crowd which surged along the wet
Pavement. The crush, the noise of
the cabs and carriages, the shouts
of the 'bus conductors and the talk
and laughter of the people acted as
a narcotic and soothed him after a
fashion. But in the midst of the tur-
moil he could hear the boom of the
sea on the sands of the island and,
hear Nina's voice calling to him
"Dinner is ready!" or "Will you
bring me some wood for the fire?"
and the commonplace phrases took
to themselves a mystic, sacred, signi-
ficance.
igni-
ficance.
Presently he found himself brought
Gaiety Theatre. The
up against the a
people were just streaming out and
Mannering was standing by a lamp
post waiting for an opportunity to
go on, and, looking absently at the
beautifully dressed women and the
"smart" men emerging from the il-
luminated doorway when one of the
gentlemen said:
"•I11, my man, will you get a cab
for us?"
Mannering looked round and Saw
that the request was addressed to
I him by a gentleman by whom a lady
i
richly dressed was standing. A
grim sense of humor seized Ma,nner-
ing, for ho knew them boil, and he
forced his way down the street and
got a cab.
"Thanks!" said the gentleman, and
he held out a shilling; then, as Man-
nering laughed mirthlessly, the gen- cu'm-`•tell us your adventures!''
t,leman threw up his head and looked Mannering looked from one to the
kind suspicion,
the supposed cab -runner, and other, first with a k 1 . i of s p icio
n,
broke into a low exclamation of then blankly, and he sighed, the sigh
amazement.
of a man who has been living to him-
"Mannering! Good heaven!" he self for months.
I haven't had any.
-Adventures? 1111 n t
cried; and before Mannering could re-
ply or step away, the gentleman .1.11, yes; I was wrecked. The Alpine
caught. 'hint by the arm ancl, turning lost her course, struck and went
knew that if he remained any longer to the lady, said in eager (•ousterna- down."
brin over his loss and tion: "flood Lord! And you -You were
the tragic brood g
the en•cumstarices attending it "i3lanche, it is Mannering! Get in- picked up?" exclaimed Ie•t<•hford.
that hego ad. to the call; I'll follow." Mannering was silent for a moment
tmust iih itlily mad.Once or twice, innvhis terrible soli- lie still kept his grip 'of ' Manner- then he said, as if mechanically,
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"Get in, get in, for heaven's sake!" --
he said. "Why, Mannering, you, and
here in London, and in this -this
state! Why, we all thought you'd
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to my TZc tiding:roofri and have e.
wash. Supper is laid. The servants
have gone to bed."
Ile took Mannering to his dressing -
room, then went into the bed -room
to Lady Letchford.
'•Great heaven, Blaneu:!" ho ox-
('lahlnc'd. "I scarcely knew hint! I
took him for a tramp. The man has
aged, is broken down -looks as if
he were drugged! You remember
what he teas!"
"Poor fellow! 01, yes, 1 remem•
bee! Of course 1 remember. Did -did
you tell hila, Charles?" she asked in
a low voice,
"No! 'There hasn't been time! He's
washing his hands. You most help
me, Blanche., 1'11 go to !him!"
Ile found Mannering seated at the
dressing -table absently fingering the
'silver -backed brushes, and took him
clown to the dining -room. Lady
Blanche, in the splendor of her even-
ing dress, came to meet him cordial-
ly but half fearfully, for there was a
strange, hunted, strained look in h a
eyes.
"1 ala sog 1
ad to see you back, Mr.
Mannering. n eY•'
m
g. A nd of course you re-
rneluber ate -Blanche Favasom"-she
blushed as she gave her maiden -
name -"Judith Orme's great friend,
you know."
Mannering's' eyelids flickered as he
bent over ler hand.
"1 remember," he said in the deep,
hollow voice with which he had spok-
en since the day of his great loss.
"Sit clown," said Letchford, with,
a warning glance at his wife, a
glance that said, "Let hint alone for
a time; leave him to me."
llannering did not look down at
his unsuitable attire, did not appear
conscious 01 himself or his surround-
ings, but stalk into the chair 'and
accepted a plate. of the soup which
had been kept warn. at the fire-
place.
"Rattling good piece at the
(laiety," said Letehford; anti he went
on to spt'ak of it, addressing his
wile rather than Mannering, and
studiously avoiding looking at him.
Mannering got through his soup
and some cutlets in silence, glancing
in the saute absent-minded, pre-
occupied way at his host and beau-
tiful hostess. Presently Lady Blanche
rose, but her husband signed to her
to remain.
"Don't go, Blanche," he said with
the nervousness of the man who re-
lies on his wife in difficult moments.
"We want to have a chat with Vane.
Now, old chap" -h0 leaned forward
and laid his hand on Mannering's
You must !lave :ail a lied
tiute!"
"Yes -I suffered," assented Manner-
ing, staring at the table -cloth and
fingering !tis fruit -knife'. "011, yes-'.
1 suffered!"
„And was no one else saved•?" ask-
ed Let ehford.
"No -no one rise was saved. She
IIis voice died away, and his
head sank on his boson!.
Lally Letchford leant forward, all
tender pity and anxiety: but Letch-
ford rose and got some cigars.
"Smoke, oldman," he said.
"Blanche doesn't mind; in fact, she
likes it"
Mannering took the cigar as Tager-
ly as he had taken the one offered
hint in the cab; and as he smoked his
face cleared of some of its gloom.
"And -and so you came to Lon-
don?" said Letchford with seeming
casualness. "And have you seen any-
one, any of your people, the Les
-
borough lawyer, anyone?"
"No, no one," said Mannering.
"That's -that's strange, and -and
it's a pity!" murmured Letchford.
Mannering raised his eyes. "Why?
Why should I see them? I didn't
want money. I have same still left."
He put his hand 11 his pocket and
took out a few, a very few, shillings.
Letchford stilled an exclamation.
"Mi dear fellow, my dear Vane!
Do you mean to say that you have
been wandering about London in
poverty, in -in this condition; and
that you didn't know -oh, good
Loral, help me, Blanche!"
I'ler face flushed as she leant for-
ward and put her white hand on
I1lannering's hard but shapely one.
•'alt', Mannering, Charlie is trying
to tell you something, to break
something to you; and he wants nie
to help him. And I don't know
how! "-piteously-"'}hut I must try,
T must try, and "you -you must be
patient with me."
Mannering looked at her with scant
interest, and with a sigh she went
on:
"You have not been down to Les -
borough?"
Mannering shook his head.
"No; why should I?"
"I know that you and your uncle,
Lord Leshorough, were not -good
friends," she said, "but I thought
you alight have gone down, might
have heard-"
11Iaunering shook his head again.
"No. I've not heard anything.
i
What is t?" '
Letchford rose and went toMan-
nering's
n-
0.
nering's ride and laid a hand, at
once soothing and warning, upon his
shoulder.
"It's -it's bad news, Vance," ho
said, gravely, "full yourself to-
gether. The earl's dead!"
Mannering nodded and his lips
twitched.
"I'ni sorry," he said in his deep,
hollow voice, "I -I -liked the old
man, though we never got on to-
gether. He thought me too indepen-
dent-I.•Wouldn't accept his money:'
Poor old fellow! He was a good
sort! Head! And so Augustus is the
I';arl of Lesborough!"
Letchford drew a long breath,
shru • S6 «ell his shouldersand looked
helplessly towards his wife, and of
course she carie to his relief.
"There is still -worse news, Mr.
Mannering," she said in her sweet,
gentle voice. "Lord Augustus and
his boy -you remember him, he was
at. Eton? You were fond of him."
llannering nodded. "Yes; nice boy,
Barry. The only one of the family
I cared for," ho said, thoughtfully.
'-Were going down to the funeral,
There -there-''
••'There was an accident to the
train," Latchford took up the bur-
den of the story as her voice falter-
ed and broke, "A bad accident. Fif-
teen killed. Amongst 'cal was -was
Augustus and Iris boy-"
• Mannering looked up and from one
to the 0th'••••
•'Filled! 'l'Ite boy killed! I'm -I'm
sorry!" His voice grew hoarse. "A
Hier ho}: we were great friends!
Filled!"
•
The husband and wife exchanged
glances and Lete1iford's !hand closed
more firmly 00 Mannering's shoulder.
•'It's, it's bad, shocking bad!" he
said, slowly and impressively. "And
-fuel it. alters things for you, old
man, doesn't it!"
Mannering looked round at him.
"Alters things? Trow?"
"Good heavens, don't you see,
cion 't you understand!" snit] Let ch. -
ford. "The old earl is dead. and Au-
gustus, and'the poor boy. and so -
and 80--"
"•lir. llanncr!n0. you are the Fe rl
of l.esborough." said Lady Blanche
ill tl w 3010
liunnInerinc 11'.ool.pd from One to the
other dully, then he legal to tremble,
and 11''$'nthy his head was bowed in
his hands. nuc! his .great. gaunt
11•tlttf nevi silId ,`Il h}- t.e4^1'115S sobs.
('IIAP"TElt IN.
tude, a devil hi his brain called
"Suicide" had whispered alluringly
to him. IIe was going because there
was just enough of the spirit of a
plan left in him to make him shrink
from insanity' and self-destruction.
For ,the •last time . he wandered
over thc'familiar scene, the exgnisite-
33' beautiful place which, itis (!awning
love had been rapidly transforming
into home; but it was a hell now. ing for yell What's happened?
IIis lack -lustre eyes, fell upon the You're i11, afen't you? Where have
heap of gold quartz which lay out- von been? What- Birt' yon cha'n't
side Nina's hut, but it did not keep
his attention for a moment, and it
never occurred to hirn to take even
a specimen. Of what use was wealth
to a man who had lost all hope in
life and only crarocid a natural and
painlessdeath?
Instinet rather than any desire to
choose a• favorithle time made him
wait until the turn of fife tide; then
he got into his enno0 and, keeping
his gars fixed seaward, set sail. i"hr '
• 1
e to him
+ ...• favorable weather Was more t
than it had been to poor Nina, and
• 1•
carried him duo south.
Once r
twice he thought how full of i,py and
• i
have been it f 'shehad
hope he would u
t
been with him' in the boat, and be
sighed with callous incliiferi'nc0 to his
good fortune. Why 1131(1 Fate not
spared her instead of hitt.-her so full
of life and the joy of living? Vii,y°
had it struck down so rare and
beautiful a ereat'un. and loft kiln to
drag t)n fiat exiSteii,(•e of anguish and
ftttill' 1•eItlnrse?
For a couple of days the weather
remained fine then the wind changed
answer any questions till I get you
home."
Mannering gazed before him at the
'crowd with. its ratio,- of umbrellas,
tho flashing, ,'ter touting 11g'hts of
the cabs and carriages. This coati S
voice was like a 'yoke froth the life
of the past -the pest he had left be-
hiud-lost.
''1 was wrecked, Letchford,'' he
said, hoarsely, 41S if he had only just
bl e nI )it•I(i±d u) in the canoe..
1
Sir, Charles T.etl•hford looked at
hunt keenly, curiously, and not tt lit-
tle
pityingly..
r
1: nts,n I3 .
1' '
91ant
But.
11(1 you
"Wrecked! I
kava a
•.•i home. it t•+c ori,
11 tet 1 t c
t0 n
cigar, old Chap!"
It was a subtly uise and kind sug-
gestion. Mthnnering;'s bund closed on
the cigar, and lighting it hr leant
back and smoked hili, 'lf into calm-
ness; he had not been able to afford
a cigar for the lastfertuight.
The cab drew up 13t one of tint
+ inCourt
hon.sl s edema.
and Sir Charles led Maantering into
t'.' IIs
ex -
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the solitude of the. Sia and the tlulsltu its modern
glare of its suit -flecked surface, which
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Ir arced an almost intolerable burn- les '<uked round.
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trim. Itis 8311131! Supply 0f 3313101' was 1 "' weer' married two months ago--"
rapidly 41;minishint;, and he had to Mannering nodded. 111 1313 absent tray,
and Sir t'11440.:tt seamed hint, aghast.
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The i:1 ern, .1„11 not breast .upon Nina
upon her Taut until the favoring
stir.d had carried her far out to sea;
and ;1 r.ay safely lie said that she
dill ma realize the rush mu tare 0f her
113terprise until the: first !lash of
]0l)(133.),7' and the first clap 01 thun-
der; fur. like most of her s.'v, she
had acted 011 the i,nptll,e of the m0-
n.eti!., and without cnllt,ti1)14 the oust,•
But its the si+e gr,,A, inks black
and nab. the wind citt• k
9
of lita,t1..ng. t3rr(r and 1•otnors0 as-
sail(ll her in inpat 1f ( tt s m a. , ler-
! E 1
s+
w account, 7 lll(tl . t. on.
11 )11 her T1 21t t
r c own ) n
0• a •: o h
1 1.'n 's l l h• e wa. t i c
7ltl 1 .1 1
11a 1
1~ ,
raga, • sea, anti she ;bad loft lii.tu tui
the awful 80111 101e of the island.
� � h 810 had I'iesech up enough 01 sea
ncss,Ladd€esfion,Sick Hetyactlie,.enoion:s. ma/Ishii/ to lower her sill, and site
1 .. .. '1 .1 °. ft
Small !sill Small !hose Small ti... o ay,
or r at u t (t nuc 3 3 , t.n the rat
.
a Pill,
ann r " '
Goii h e mot bear Signature
(11113it,1; the sail titer her to 0310)11
her partial 1 1."1 r. inn fellai the rain
O. grid the wine. ,1'; . '1 tls 8110 frit Tit-
, .. tiler 111asaw that the rut! was be -
1!. cunning 111511(1' rat•'.1. and, rising to
Ow-�R-�ii�--1���i'�.e;,� 1u l+nu .. she t a h for ti. ,
+r+;,,..vr
•,.' t. , r sail. e
e• 4 '•(h i f+ 1.l. ,a ,nl
the rope .1t.a 1
1
r•fastened
st'lndiu4 it t u .1•tl her. it t0
a cl
• 1n!i 3i i ,' t 1 3 t I, It the
!
i raft was 1.0+4,l's,. -t lit' aid this me-
chaui01)1ly. t(1.1 atter. half rnic0n-
fcintlsly, asking herself what Man-
nering would 4141 if he wore in her
• 111jght. It tiros singulars' Lon ever! X11
_..mommeniiimmaimonameminnlialmmills=
Children Cry for I Iefeher's
The Hind You Have Always Bought, and which h'€s,beeu
in use for over 30 yca,.'s, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per-.
��. sonal supervision since its infancy.
a,--1(i4,------"-n.
�%LClc(/,e Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just -as -good" are !flat
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children -Experience against Experiment.
What is CA TO IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotise
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Foocl, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea -The' Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTO R IA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always !Bought
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY,
mamimmimmi
this 1i1onrellt of iiei• salifiide and ex-
tremity, she relied upon him.
It was well that she had taken this
precaution, :o1•, the storul growing
more furious, the raft soon after
broke up and she found herself float-
ing « 0 n the smaller port ion. The
howling of the wind, the dull roar
of the sea deafened, and the salt and
spume of the waves blinded her, and
she closed 1101. laves and prepared for
death; but instead of the death which
site would have welcomed there fell
upon her u kind of 5100011, the stupor
of exhuustion and terror.
The storm fell as suddenly as it
had arisen, and she opened her eyes
to see the stns shining through it.
thick mist. The 5011 was quite ('alta
now and the logs to' which she was
tied floated almost ...Tarn
was parched with a thirst which
made hunger of no (101(311111. 111111 she'
know, in a subtle fashion, that her
brain was giving way. Just as Man-
nering had clone, she found herself
talking and holding conversations
with hint; she wont through the whole
of the marriage cereutony with 111)11,
re -emo'te'd the scenes in the saloon,
lived over again the life in the isl-
and. 'Then she fell into a Profututd
unconsciousness, but after a time sho
came to again. and found that she
was still floating in this dream-like
mist. Ile. whole past life seemed like
a• dream .• 'las this wide sea, the isl-
and, her marriage. only a dream?
Ilow long she floated on the calm
mill -pond of a sea she slid not know,
but presently tits mist was penetrat-
etl by the sound e. music. With c•lo5-
ed i;t.•s she bistrncd. Was she dead,
and 13115 chis the music of the heav-
enly choir? If so, she was at rest in
the huurne from whence no tr:11340r
returns. But Mannering. her Mel/and
-he was still on his des0lete ;stand.
Oh. how could she have left hilt!
The music grew louder lid nicer•
di,t fart , and it seemed to her more
earthy; she heard a voice, a deep,
stentorian urian voice call: "Man over-
board!
e
board! Stop her!" Then her senses
slipped from her slowly. easily. and
when they returned and she opened
her eye's again they met the pitying
ones of a young girl who hent over
her with anxiety eloquent in every
curve of her body.
• • Are you better'? Can you under-
stand? Oh, I hope ,e1 )rave come
to!'' said the voice leelonging to t11s
holy.
I- .1 ata better," said Nina; and,
as 1f it were a formela, she asked,
"'Where ant I?"
•0)n board the Island Queen -one of
11:.• 1W'eiclou Line, you know," replied
311» s•olce.
\ina did not lin0w'. but she sighed
and ..111110(1 her head aw:ly.
'W' found 101) tied to a pal•' of 1.
raft .•' said the s'ctie.', which s0uniied
acarol• now, "1111ti tv" are all So MIX -
iota: about you! 1;Ilt you mustn't try
to talk. The doctor said that if you
conn 10 110118 to keel, lou quiet."
11 ho -who aro you?" asked N111;1,
141,1;1.0s1'4,, fthout ally great display of in -
(,"Polly Bainfot 1." r• ;'hi.•.l Ifo' 1-o10.1.
"It was 1 tvhu 10••.1 "aw tan. I was
1,,anin0 c13(r the ..tt,rall, or whitte3-
, r the, 01111 it. 111:! 1!.'• 1 81113 11
has, the doctor fa, w,• if 1 till. to
' `! go sleep,"
101. 'It to to sl
. I•
\ata turned user :Ind endeavored
tc,colte}. and preselttis fell into It
d
.:v c flee 1.
Rit1l slits ewe.ti1. �
�li. Polly ti i
-
d, wss still sett(rn.; 11, her 3.,.i+
,
u1 1 she' nodded opium i301(l anti i•n-
c•3ura<lliugly.
"That 's right ! P, 111 , what 0 sleep
you've had! I•:iihteeu 1•4(317: 11I the
clecI(. :ud 3,013 loos. s0 110u•11 hotter!
111•sh! 11ele (10'.8'7 the doctor'!"
The ship's 4:04.1 or. (t 3 (tune elan,
b'
earn• in rit•r shyly and felt. her
lmisr.
"1'nu lire ninth better." he said:
+1'•'m 11•' start311 114 Nina thrust his
.si • .(t exclaim-
-The
mg at • rxelah 1
:ata aside r :d. .
1 ,t , a:
1•
- 1. ',
4
want
• 1'hc• islilul. Where ren rt . 1 a t
!'0 Tiul'14! t n : 111111,) .101 it! 110 i3
it . •','! !loll must i'e:.cae Irian, take
{111110 ilway. T---1 1.•n him -alone, all
i alonel ". U
'mush!" murmured .the doctor; but
as she still continued. to rave he went
off for the captain. The captain had
five daughters of his OW11, and he
It
and looked
Nin 's bertha
stood beside Nine
.'s
down at her fever -flushed face with
paternal pity and tenderness.
"What is it my dear young lady?
he asked, soothingly.
"The island!" panted Nina. "It is
close by; you can find it! IIe is there
alone -in solitude -+quite alone! In
pity, I implore you, 1 beg of you to
go back and bring him away! T I -
left him. I was foolish -mad--"
The captain patted her hand and
glanced at the doctor.
"What island?" he asked, gently.
• "I don't know! Tlow Should I
!:now?" she murmured. "It has no
name. We were wrecked-"
-My Poor girl, we picked you up
on the open sea," said the a captain,
pityingly. "And that's days and
days ago. Wo can't put back-"
Leave her to ale," broke in the
doctor. "She's raving. Very probab-
ly there is nothing in it -no island
whatever. Leave her to me."
Nina relapsed intc delirium and
Polly I3ainford and he nursed and at-
tended her. It was a weep before she
recovered full consciousness. and by
that time the vessel was nearing
England.
Nina, when site came back to her
senses, lets. with closed este; and ach-
ing heart, .listening to the stash 01
1 bo' waves against the ship. mingled
with the sounds 0f music and sing-
ing. They reininc1'(1 her of the sounds
she had heard las she tossed on a.
!3o1't ion of tine raft.
"Win': tiro they singing? What is
the nu:si1'' stere almost her first
words.
I n.i, sl,.0 tlied the 13 l
inl hes.
• , ,1 --'( r. 1 • •foln•
'ft's tlm, eetl{ani i i at t s
e•0(3!.•aiy,' she replied. 'They're
51111; 1118 one of the 5uag5 of 0111• last
sul'cess, '71v lad. •1. Prise.' Pees it
110(31te. 7014" 1'11 r;et ii„'141 10 stop.
I'ut sure flue, will. tn. th,•, are most
avoneus 1)1(3,1(1 soli, c nrl! tlee•re all a,
tinea sort."
"No. no," said Nina. '•Iten'l stop
1hen, . .Ina :Ire ynrl ere of theme"
"Yes," sail Tolle', •'1'.11 one of the:
coinpuny. 1'u; lee Loi 0 te•iticip(tl.
1'1e null 1.113 a se!3111 part-. What's
called 11 •:(inf;'iiig Chambermaid.' "
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