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toward camp with his hands full of birds which he had killed for
dinner. I t was the first time the two had been.alone together since,
the day he had clasped her to him and saved her from the waves* -
He dropped his birds and strolled upSbe beach with Miss H ar
court. .During the we.eks spent on the island the two had- gotten
very well acquainted- Jim loved!J ^ ^ H a r c o u r t and she knew B
They strolled along leisure,ly^Jim thinking joyously of the^time he
had clasped'hrir^n his arms on the day-Of the wreck.
No one knows Just what conversation took placCithat. afternoon;
but it is known th at^im , from the bottonS’‘Wfi'his great, heart, poured
out his d o v efo r her into receptive ears. He loved her passionately,
devotedly.
•/‘Vivian left Jim in an unsatisfied mOpd* She had put him off,
but had not said “no.” All the'satisfaction she had given him were
three little w o rd s: “W ait andjseei”
In the.’riext w-eekMtivian listened to two'm ore stories of a'sim
ilar nature. John had told her K his love one beautiful^morning
while'U'he two ‘were gathering fruit put in the forest. Harry, the ro
mantic, had poured the stofy iritpJiCr earj^he, moOrillghf/iev^ning
while the two-«at on the face of a cliff watching the waves of the
ocean as they chased one another to the shore. Vivian v a s per
plexed. d|VV-h at was she to 1d o ^ s ’^ » j^ach she had given the same an
swer* “W ait a n d ’s ee.”
In her college dayp.‘ Vivian had received proposals and had con
sidered it great fu n ; but here on a barren island she had listened to
three from then of; a type of whofn, she could not think in a light
vein.)-She knew she loved brie of the three and knew also that some
•day she would marry him. .'She knew also, that that she must reject
-the mother tw pS I
J.One morning Vivian seto U i alone from camp. There was a
quiet ’nook in ;a- little|*fby.e down the beach-Jwhere she wanted | to
sit and think things over. She must not be hasty.
To each
thrfee brothers she owed a great deal. Jim had
saved her from the- ^aVes at danger to. his own life. John, by hjs
faithfrifc^s and' skill, had brought her back to consciousness as her
life wa$ slowly ebbing out'. ¿Oarry- had been her main solace and
Comfort in her days , of sorrow. Kach man was generous and open
hearted.
In looks she had little choice. The three had practically .the