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I excavated the boat, found that It had belonged to' the ship Nansemond of 1 hare the stem pieces lth the name painted on It In my cave. I put the er's feelings, at least, be thought not In view of the Jrksomerestraint of clothing, and yet there was a certain satisfaction to his soul in being no longer singled out from among his fellows by the strangeness of his apparel skeletona of the dog and the woman In the boat and filled It up again with LAs clothes the garments became him, is tions In this dreadful hour than I had dreamed It possible for men to give. New, if you will all go away and leave me and not come back until evening I shall be so glad and "Come, sir," said the lieutenant-commander, not unkindly, touching the man upon the shoulder. "As a gentleman you cannot do less than accede to the lady's -request." .7 Suffering himself thus to be persuaded, the man followed the officer Into the boat. In which the whole party embarked and was rowed away from the Island.

His first touch with the world had separated him from the woman he loved and who loved him. Nay. his pwnjrightful follyhls own blindness, his own criminal and heartless decision had done thatand the world upon which humanity loves to load the blame of its transgres: slons, and with which it would fain share the consequences ot its' own follies, had nothing whatever to do with it. In tact, it was because he v. as so ignorant of the world, so utterly unable to see things in their relative values and.

in relation we ascer-tfiin truth that he had takn the tone that he had used and entered upon the course which he had followed. tha name ILsV llsWL-- to remember iwneed a remedy Tor COUCM al COLDf A young woman raat ashor tn Inland, finds a aolitary Inhabitant, T-minn whlta man, ttrast ltk-a nd unahle. to apak In any known Ian-stub. 8h decides to durate. him ami mold hl mind to hr own ldrala.

lu Ond avMenca' that lad her to that tha man la Jfhhn Uivel Charnock of Vlntlnta. and that waa fast aanora whan a child. Katharine Brenton waa a Wanly apadaMwd product-of -a leading -university. Her wrltimsa on tha afx prob-tain attracted widi attention. Tha son ot multi-millionaire brcomea Infatuated with her and they decide to put hr theorize Into practice.

With no other eera-monr than a aandihake, they go away onether. A few daya on hl yacht re-vaala to her that ha only professed lofty Ideala to poaaeaa her. While drunk he at: tenipla to kta Phe tMMH'ka Wro down and leavee him unronacloua, escaping In the darkneaa In a aoline launch Purtnif a. alorni ahe la rant aaliora on an Islan.L Three years' teachioa givea the Bin I plendld edifratlon. Their love for each other ia revealed when he reacuaa hT from a cave where ahe had been Imprisoned bv an earthquake.

A ship la algnted and they light a beacon to summon It. on his yacht, rljthts the beacon and ordera hla yacht put In. vTlie woman twnenltes the yacht anil tells tier companion that a man on board had Inlured In the greatest way. I-unford recoe- nlkea Katharine. Tie tells rhf man that ha had been his mistress, and narrowly Moapea being killed.

An Amerli an cruiser apnears. Offlcera the whole storv and Ldngford asks Katharine to marry film. -j and it all depended upon your point of view as to whether you preferred the handsome barbarian with, a hint ot civilization in his carriage. Or the civ lljzed gentleman with a suggestion of the barbaric In his bearing. Whittaker reasoned rightly that the sooner, he became accustomed to theae things the better, ano that the time to begin was Immediately.

He had had a hasty word or two wjth the captain before he took him below, and when he was dressed and It required-assistance from the lieutenant-commander ere the unfamiliar habiliments were riroprlyadjusted IheTwoVpassed from the ward room to HIS RUBBERS HAD VANISHED iwiaiaa aiiiail a Consequently Man From the Country Had Little Use for City i sand. There they lie waiting Christian burial. The place where they had died, the woman and her dog. I carefully Inspected. Everything but metal, and most of that, -had rusted away, but I found two rings." She stretched forth her hand.

"They are here." She stripped them off. "One of them is a wedding ring. You see it Is marked." She read the markings off, M. P. T.

September 10, 1SC9; It: Cor. ill. 15. The verse of Scripture to which reference is made is 'I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I le loved." There waa a piece 'of silver, also, which had evidently been part of a dog's collar. It, too, waa marked: John Revell Charnock His Dog, July And that was all." "Do you remember nothing of your early life, nothing whatever, sir?" asked Whittaker, turning to the man.

'I have a dim recollection of some sort of a sea happening, of a Jong voyage with a woman and an animal in an open boat, of horrible sufferings, of a few words of prayer; la "I think tha't this man. then a child." resumed the woman, "and his mother must in some way have been involved in a and that she and her son and a dog must have been cast away -on-thla IslaBdi-tba-theg woman The benchen in- the waiting rooms' at the Unltfa depot In Kansas City are. used for other purposes than to rest on by travelers, the Kansas City Star enlightens us. At every midnight the maids clean out the rooms. They do not forget to poke under the benebes tor strsy bundles left by trusting the cabin of the captain In the after part of the ship.

The few sentences In which Whittaker had made hi brief report to his superior had in a-weaaure prepared the captain for the more lengthy dis He could only see one thing, that this woman who he supposed belonged so completely and entirely and abso- "CHAPTER XVII Continued. course tht followed, and, feeling that JJraTelers. JJutely to was as fresh and Sometimes, after Intervals, the trav unspotted from the world as he was. elers returnto. claim their firoperty(; i who had been his own he had be- Some time ago a red cap at the depot saw a man In a linen duster, a felt hat and the manner of one who had spent T-ttr answer thatr'-sal the an.

"When I landed on this' island, 1 found this roan here. He had been here a long time" believe he had teen cast away here as cnlll nd had grown up alone. He had no speech or language. He had no' mem--ory of the past. Hit mind was a 'blank.

I waa glad to find hirajiere. his Ufa in a secluded part ofth Ozark get down on bis knees and peer carefully under several of tht benches -A- died and. the child survived. There la nothing here that would in any way He gave- me occupation, corupanion-ehlp. I had been well I determined to teach him.

I knew that "Lost anything, mister?" tha red cap queried. 1. "Wall, no, sonny, not 'zactly. I left" a pair of rubbers here -last January when I was on the way tew Emporey. Hain't seen nuthln' of 'em, have your the situation was one which required more than the simple authority, of -the master of a ship, he had summoned to conference the surgeon and the chap-Iain, it waa to these three men, therefore, that Whittaker and the islander presented themselves.

The chaplain, like Whittaker, was a Virginian. II had not noted the islander's face when he came aboard In bis semi-savage garb, but as his eye dwelt upon him standing clothed and In his right mind before him he gave a start of surprise, and so soon as the formal salutations had been exchanged, -with "srwcTd to the captain for permission, he asked Whittaker a question. "I beg your pardon, Mr. Whittaker, but what is this gentleman's name?" The word gentleman was used naturally and unconsciously, with an absolute sense of its fitness, as everyone In the cabin could perceive. In Christian Ever Believed His God as I Belltved In Her." longed entirely and utterly and absolutely her, was different! That the difference was more in his own Imagination than any where else brought him no comfort He still loved still wanted to marry berhttt-be- loved- hr 4a -splteof her shame.

A greater, a wiser man would have loved her beVause of it And some day this fact which he himself was Inherently large enough to realize, or would be after a time, would cause him a grief so great that the anguUh that he-suffered novnvould be holbr ing. Whittaker was a man of great tact and shrewdness and one with a wide knowledge of the world. He realized something of what was In the man's mind. He saw in eome measure how the proposition presented itself to him and be felt a deep kindness and pity toward his unhappy, fellow. passenger.

him. Him I will serve, though "he cast your ship empowered to administer an Ther- red cap explained-thst he oath will I love him. And with "I have that power," answered the lieutenant-commander. "Why do you askf his ignorance was the result of his environment I believed him to be naturally acute. I found my beliefs warranted.

I taught him all that I -tsoold of fflnrnd; letters froiirTifflnofy: For three years my sole and only occupation has been to-teach him what I knew. No preceptor ever had apter or more docile pupil." "No learner ever sat at the feet of uch a teacher," cried the man, touched by tha recollection, "Think, -men, all that I knew was a childish -babble of prayart which ha remained In my memory. I was ignorant of 1 wish you would bring some of your officers here with paper and Ink. I wish to make a as to the facts that I have learned concernine "It la not rightly known." said WhlU harm him and his. life and growth under such circumstances and conditions are quite possible.

He had probably sen hla mother read that Bible, ttccarxicd it-jrlth-blnvput It In that cave and forgot It with the flint and steel In the silver box of which he would have no knowledge and he could not use. The dog probably lived, some time and when he died crawled back to where, his mistress lay and gave up his JIfe at her feet And therefore I believe this man's name to be John Revell Charnock; that he'Ts an' American, and that he" came from Virginia. I know him 'to be a Christian arid gentleman. In all the daya that we hare been together on this Island he has done me no wrong. He has been gentleness, kindness, docility itself, and despite ourselves we have learned to love each otherrl'ntlL yesterday we did not know It Now itjs for him to say what we will do." "Kate, Kate." cried Langford.

"you cannot let this untutored savage this In my heart in which I glory and which I confess as openly and with as little hesitation as you confessed your shame, I give you my final, absolute, uttejiy irrevocable decision. I will not marry you, will not go back with you. No, not for anything that you can proffer, nor for any reason that you can urge, will I come to you when in 'my aoul I belong to another. There may be no end to this but my despair; This man may cast me off. This man may trample me under foot The spots upon my soul may loom larger In his, view and hide what else Is there.

I know I have been forgiven by God, I will not be tor-given by men, but I tell-you here and now, again and again, that I will not be your wife. I will be hig wife or no man's." -Langford turned away and hid his everything, even that I myself exist-' taker, "but be is believed to ne a Virginian of the" "I knew it," said the chaplain, Impulsively; "he is one of the Charnocks of Nansemond county." "Your recognition, chaplain," said the lieutenant-commander, eagerly, "will be of great Value in determining CHAPTER XVIII. The best thing on earth for a man in the Islander's position would have been Isolation and a chance to think it over. The worst thing on earth for a this man which may be of service to hlnj. la.

establishing his ldantUy and discovering his history when he returns to the United States." "But are you not going baeV with us, Miss Brenton?" asked the officer In amazement "We are sailing for Honolulu and thence for San Francisco as directly aa we can go." "No." said the girl, "I will not leave the Island. You can take my friend here." "The Southern Cross," said Langford, "Is at your disposal, Kate." hadn't, and, moreover, that the room had been cleaned out several dortu times since last January." "Well, I swan," replied the traveler, blinking and stroking his beard. "The city methods do beat m-'J Hla First Letters In Economy. "When I was a very small boy and a dime looked -pretty big to me, I m( John H. Farley who had always bean my good friend on the street one June day," says Frank Harrla.

he said, the Fourth of July Is coming soon. You'n want some change then. Let me be your banker until then and you'll have gome money for firecrackers, torpe- does, lemonade and "I emptied my pockets Into his hand and every day thereafter until the Fourth I turned over to him my small earnings. When tha day of daya can around I had a fund that enabled ma tu celebrate In proper style, while many of my playmates were flat -bioke. It was my first lesson in thrift, and it was a good one.

Hundreds of Cleveland people would be glad today to testify to the fact that when John Farley was a friend ot a man or a boy be was a friend Indeed." Cleveland Leader. The woman- l-Katharln'- posltton-wasth' atranger's name and station. I have had one voyage upon face in his hands. WhtttakerTteppedtsald The woman bitterly. "I want nev "Not that." said the woman, "for I ad; that there was any difference between me and the palm tree or yonder bird; that man was made In the Image of hla God; that there waa such -a thing as a woman upon earth.

I had no ideas of honor or honesty, or aweetnessror truth, or life, or God. until she taught me. I believed 1a her aa I believed In God, and I loved her asI iove sunlight and fresh air -nd th sweet wind. I loved her, as I learned to love under her teaching, goodness and truth and every virtue. And to think, to think, to think1 he threw up his hands in a wild gesture "that tt has coma to this." "And he taught me something.

Mr. said the. woman. "He gave me back my faith in manhood -which you ahe swept Langford nlth a bitter glance-' bad destroyed. (He gave me back.

I think, my faith In God. He Uught me many things. And have taught him all I know and all I believe." "You cannot let hirn decide this question," continued the man, passing over her Interruption. isolation and a chance to think it over. If the man had been enabled by lack of outside Interests to give free rein to his thoughts and let them draw him whither they would, he might have arrived at a different viewpoint, whence he could have enjoyed a sight ot the affair in all Its bearings and could have adjusted himself to them, but the opportunity he needed he did not get He was immediately plunged into an atmosphere of such strangeness to him, filled with such compelling necessity for attention, that although he loathed the necessity thus- imposed upon him, he was constrained to take part In the life that flowed around him.

His instinct and' he was almost a woman In his Instinctive capacitywas to be alone, but It was evidence of it is circumstantial. I do not know how it will be regarded in a court of law." "I have always understood that the Charnock estate was a vast one," said Capt Ashby, "and since coal has been mined on the Virginia lands It has become very valuable." 1 "It is true," answered the chaplain. "Who holds It now?" asked the surgeon. "It is held by an old man, my friend ot many years' standing, the brother of John Revell Charnock." "I believe that to be my name," said the Islander. "I have little doubt of if" replied thechaplain.

continuing, "The John Revell Charnock was lost at sea. He and his wife and young child soma er to see her again." "Woman," said the man of the Island suddenly, "if you stay here, 1 stay here. Without you will not go." "Not so," said the woman scornfully. "I would) not be upon the same Island alone with you again. You hare failed me." Her voice broke, but she caught it again instantly and resumed her Iron self-control.

"Then if one of us must stay, It shall be "No," said the woman. "I have forward and laid his band upon the shoulder of, the man of the island. He shook him for a moment "You stand Immobile," he cried, sharply, "after such a confession as that after such an appeal? What have you to say, man? You ought to get down on your knees and thank God for the love of such A woman." "Aye, aye," burst out the deep tones of the old coxswain ot the cutter. "So say all of us." "God help me," cried the man, lifting his hand and releasing his shoulder from the grasp of the did love this woman. Think how It was, remk'now'ThelleveTTh EefTNp Chris-lian ever believed in his god as I believed in her.

She told me what purity was, what Innocence was; what sweetness was, what light was. what truth and I looked at her and saw them." "And you can look at her and see ihehvnowT''-6r4ed- 4he effleeft when two daya ago an eartnquaKe our- led ma within the cave I call -my home, and he tore the rocks -der and freed me and caught me In "Yes," said the woman, "he must decide, but whatever be decides, whatever the relationship between this man and this woman Is to be, I can never be anything on earth to yon." "Don't say Whittaker. "Think, my dear lady, what you do, what this man offers you, the position In which God forgive me! you standi tb womantaddresaIng the lieutenant commander, "this man wronged me grievously, terribly. He deceived me. He broke my heart He killed ambition, aspiration and respect for my own kind within my soul.

-1 know him through and through. The fact that he failed quickened his passion; the. fact that men say I am been In the world and 'you have not. SO years- ago aetfurthoir-aV07a' and Iwn-whatt The what he saw distracted him. around the world for her health.

The ship, in-which I believe he had some Why He Wouldn't Hurry. They were riding to church and were late. Several of the party were worried and one remarked: "The audience will be walUng "WelWLoV served the old pastor -(who wit to preach that forenoon), "don't let's fret over it if wo are a little late. It reminds me of the man who waa being; taken to execution. His guards were greatly exercised over the fact that they could not possibly get there on time.

'Never said the poor fellow, philosophically. 'Don't fuss over 1t The people can wait There'll people he met did more. Whittaker hustled him below, of ownership, was called the Nansemond. course, as soon as possible and took 1 tu courge wag traced as far as Val for you. I have tried to prepare you.

to give you lessons. Now, you may put them in practice." "The island Is mine," said the man. "I was her, when you I shall be here when you return." "We shall see," returned the wo-man looking boldly at him. The dash cis arms, i anew uo uuu uutui me what love was, and as he confessed before you all that he loved me, that he did love me, I will confess the same, and say that I at least have not changed In Ihts hour." "Kate, cried Langford, "for flnd'i aake. think of what you aay and him Into his own cabin.

Fortunately paralso, thence it sailed for the Philip pines and was never heard of again. I they were men of much the same height and build, although the islander know the story," said the chaplain, turning toward the captain, "because was the more graceful, symmetric and atiuuif, and he succeededjn getting tInhnRflTii harnnrk waa one nf my beautiful -made him the wuie eager; 01 wins almost struck Ore within the No. said the man, "I can never I nothing doing till I get Christian Herald. Philip best friends, as is his brother, -Sir," said Whittaker, turning to the the act-that he was away and that look at her and see her the same." Nortoni Charnock, who now holds the man of the Island, "you are a very him info a civilian suit of clothing for which he had no present use. There were both loss and gain in his appearance.

There was no gain In the island- estate." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Woman-Like. "I hate him! I think he Is tha meanest man I ever met" "Gracious, Jeanettel What is the trouble?" "Why, he told me he loved ma devotedly and I told him It would be Impost slbly for me to love htm In return. Tha poor- fellow-looked so downhearted told him to try and forget ma." "WeUr 1 "Oh, Man! Man!" cried the wdman. The lest was upon hlmr He was falling. Her sorrow, her gi lef were more for him than for herself.

"Don't mistake me," said the man. "I can't help loving you, whatever you are. If you had been at guilty as, when he began to speak and when yon corroborated bim, I fancied that you were, I should have loved you Just the irame ind married you, and I shall marry you. This this awful thing has come between us; but we will try In some way to live It down, to forget It, to go on as we he could not lay his hands upon me made him the more Insistent; the fact that I had flaunted him and said him nay and struck him down made him the more determined." "Kate, Kate, you wrong me. Before God you wrong me!" Interrupted Langford.

And indeed, madam, I believe" you do," commented Whittaker. "Let her speak o'sald thejnanof the Island. "It may be that you ire right," con-tluued the woman. "It may be that he Is higher, nobler, truer than I have fancied. I should be glad to be able TcnhThTso-Tarn willing to take your eyes of the two who thus crossed swords.

"Meanwhile," she turned to Langford, "if you will leave the island and go back to your ship, I shall be very glad. There is nothing yon can do here. You have nothing to gain by remaining." "Kate," he cried, "one last appeal." "It is as unavailing as the first." She looked at him steadily. He saw that within her face and bearing which xonvlaced him-that -what she said was true. "At least," he said, with the dignity ot sorrow and disappointment, "if I have played the part of the fool, I havedone my to play the JnanJi He turned slowly away.

In a step the woman was by his side. "You have," she said. "Whoever else has failed me in thin hour, it has not been you. I am sorry that I do not love you, that I never did love you and that I cannot love you." She reached her hand out "Good-by." Good.by," hesaldj-f you think of "Boo-hoo! He ha did." (fortunate man." "Of all on earth was the bitter answer, "I cannot think there are any more miserable than "Did you learn nothing of his past, Miss Brentonf' asked Whittaker, uncomfortably, unable to answer this strange yet natural assertion, "Could the man remember nothing?" "I learned a peat deal" returned "ib cave" which he bad made his home and which he has since yielded op to me" Where Is this caver "On the other aide of the Island. Tou shall see It presently.

I found a Bible. There was a date In It some SO years back and a name In It" "What Is the name?" "John Ratell TJnarnocV yr "Off Vlrgmiar asked Whittaker, eagerly. "1 think so, although there was nothing but the name and the date In iSmall Boy Solves Problem A FOOD DRINK. Which Brings Dally Enjoyment. Cleveland with us and we'll Intro duce you to the big stork in Wade park.

You'tell bim what you want and he'll do It. He's a friend of the He stepped toward the woman. She drew herself up to her full height and looked him unflinchingly in the face. "No," she said, "we are not going on as We thought We will not marry and live together. We will not bury this wretched happening in the past In view of It, his assertion of It, but I do not love him.

Should I marry him, I would bring to him a heart, a soul, a body that turns to some one else. He could never be anything to me. As I am a Christian woman, a lover of my God and a follower oNhls Son, family and my father knows hl'j well." Cleveland Leader. Bavarian Beer. 1 cannot see but that I would be add any- oblivlWttT will marry no man, Bavaria remains easily ahead In.

(If consumption of beer, for last year, wt are told. It drank 248 quarts for every man, woman and child in the king. although he may have my whole heart, who Is not proud and glad to take me, who does not realize that I am as pure and as innocent of wrong and ahame as he would fain think his mother, as he would absolutely know his wife ing one wrong to another to come to this man In compliance with any suggestion of the world, following any dictate of society, subservient to any convention. I cannot see but that I would be doing as great or a greater wrong than I did before In flaunting all of these forces. I have learned dom.

Though the ladles assist, may set aside the children and con must be. I told you that your manhood clude that the average Bavarian man Is not far outside a gallon day. But this is not so-dreadful as It sounds, what Sore Is and what marriage should usrtbaputtott? t0Id I vmir Inv must Ka triaA Kv flfa Uliit your love must be tried by fire. What be. I will not give my hand and yield since It alcohol In any form be harm' less, It Is surely least harmful and most delightful In the form of Bavari Simple Solution of Trouble That Was Worrying the Man Without a Family.

Capt. Tom Grasselll Is the father of three sons, C. A. Tom, and Henry. But Tom Is hardly ever known by his own Everybody calls him Buddy.

The three have come to look upon Wade park as their very own. They fairly live In the park and their parents, who know what's good for little boys, let 'em. It beats doctor bills all hollow. Their taste runs In the direction of the too, too, and they are im excellent terms with animals. Particularly are they fond of the ostrich, which they regard as a stork from hfs general resemblance In a picture book to that wise old bird.

The boys are great favorites in Rock Island, 111., their mother's home, and frequently visit there. One neighbor, a friend of the family, has playfully proposed to adopt Buddy, and Buddy has signified his acceptance ot that honor. The last time Buddy was out there their friend proposed, to. conclude the bargain, but his elder brother, Caesar, Interposed an objection. "Taln't fair," he said, with a sense of duty toward the family, "to take Buddy away from us this way.

We couldn't get along without him, Henry and me." haven't -any' little boy," argued the friend In serlo-comlo any little girl. What am 1 going to do about it?" "Tell, you what you do," consoled an beer as drunk In Its native land I loved In you was the assurance that you would survive the test, that you would triumph in the trial. It Is not I that have been before the great Judge this morning, but you, and you have failed." "Kate," said Langford, "he casts you A lady doctor writes "Though busy hourly with my ow affairs, I will not deny myself tha pleasure pf taking a few minutes tell of my enjoyment dally obtained from my morning cup of Postum. "It Is a food beverage, not a poison Ilk coffee. "I began to use Postum eight years -ago, not because I wanted to, but be- cause coffee, which I dearly loved, made my nights long weary periods to be dreaded and unfitting me for busty ness during the day.

"On the advice of a friend, I first tried Postum, making' It carefully as directed on the package. As I had always used 'cream and no I mixed my Postum so. It looked good, waa clear and fragrant, and It1 pleataro to see the cream color it aa my Kentucky friend always wanted her coffee to look Ilka a new saddle, "Then I tasted critically, for I had tried many 'substitutes' for coffee. I was pleased, yes, satisfied, with my Postum in taste and effect, -and am yet, being a constant user of it all these yeara. 1 continually assure my friends and acquaintances that they will like it lit place of coffee, arid Tecelve benefit from its use, I have gained weight, eaq sleep sound and.

am not There's a Reason." Read "The Road to WellvUle'" in ptgx Ever real the aboVe lettcrf- A wwf ne appears from time to time. are genuine, truej and full of humeri Interest I 'Ewr rm4 aVwv Ictutt A aa apprara froaa tllM ta tlm. TkX And the stalwart peasants and -mountain dwellers love It so well that they do hot yearn for the grosser indulg ence of Intoxication. The day Is not long enough for a man to make, himself the Bible." "1 know Charnocks In Virginia. They come from Nansemond county." "It la a further confirmation," said the woman.

"With the Bible there was a little silver box containing a flint and steel by means of which" ahe turned to Langford "we lighted that beacon which brought you here this morning." "It was my own eye caught the sir aal" answered Langford. "Would God I had died ere I gave It ip to her!" Interpoaed the man. "I Insisted upon It So soon as I this man loved me, I told him I had a story to telL knew It would bring sadness to his heart I wanted hira to hear the voice of the world In comment upon my relation, and I knew be would find it on yonder ship." "I was happy," said the man, "to go on as we were. I should not have lighted that Bre." "Pray continue with your story, Miss Brenton," said the lieutenant commander, I am deeply Interested la it There ts a great Charnock es-. tatt in Virginia which has been held for 30 years.

or more by the last sur- Tlvor of the ancient 'rffDJ'T- And I re-member some romaj story connect- with it, "The silver bo A the jirolhiHs. me, remember that I did my best to make amends and if you ever change "I shall not change said the woman. "Ooodby." He moved off down the strand, called his sailors to got Into his boat shoved off and was rowed over the blue lagoon and through the opening In the barrier toward the yacht tossing slowly upon the long swells ot the Pacific. "Aa for 7011, the woman, after she. had watched Langford.

a little while In silence, "will you go back and bring some officers ashore to hear my- story?" "At your' wish, Miss Brenton," said the lieutenant-commander gravely. -The Woman turned to her companion. "Will you go with them?" "And leave you here alone?" cried the man. "I shall be here when you come back, I give you my, word upon it I do not break my word. You know whatever else you.

may have against me, I have always told you tha truth. It you will remember, I said but yes: te'rday that I waa.nof, worthy of you," She smiled bitterly. "And in that, said Whittaker, "give me leave to say that you broke your record for Teraclty." y- drunk on Munich beer. Often Too Many Pictures. up my person where I cannot yield my heart And there is no expiation or reparation that requires itf me, no voice that can coerce me Into It.

I will not marry you, Valentine Langford. I wilt accept your expressions as evidenced by your by your presence here, as testimony to y.our regret indeed, I realize that your confession was itself a great humiliation to a man like you. And perhaps I hays spoken harshly of it But the bare tact remains, I do not love you, I could not love you, I don't even want to love you. My heart, my soul goes to this man," she turned to her companion of the Island, "whom up to to-day I have made and fashioned and taught and trained until these hours when he has broken away from "me. I lore this man who Stands silent, who thinks' of me as- a thing spotted, polluted, damned.

Him I love, though be slay me, yet will I love him. Him I trust though be disobey me, yet will I love Attention was called to the fact that there are no pictures on the walls of the house of Mark Twain, In which his daughter was recently married to the Russian pianist, Osslp Gabrllo- off; takeme. I swear to yon that were I in his place, I would not have hesitated a moment" "I respect you more than ever," said the woman; "but I don't love you and I cannot, I will not take, you!" "Charnock," said "If that's your name, permit me to say here, saving the lady's presence, that yon are behaving like a damned fooL" The man looked at him dumbly, un-comprehendlngly, and made no reply. It was the woman who spoke, coldly, impartially. She had seemingly, dismissed the' whole though at what a cost to herself no one could wltsch, because the author thinks that the natural pictures framed by tne casements are mucn more beautfc ful than any artificial 'tine.

can. be The trouble with most houses is that there are too many pictures, and this is especially often the case where the natural beauty of the landscape ought Buddy, to whom his brother' BJ4 know. tot had appealed. "You just coma "Sir she said, "Is there anyone on noi 10 oe uiaregarasey iataraab Aob Wot.