THE NEW AGE, POBTIiAND, OREGON. MISS MILNE AND I. SS3$ewWi8 CHAPTER XIII Continued. Of wliat I onld or what I did I iinvo no memory, beyond Btnggorltitf back off tlio body of Wnrron nnd HtnirimurinK: "Yon! youl Ie it you who luivo tried to eavo tnoV" Thon I remomlier lior taking liold of my arm and uliaking me, and saylnir: "Never mind me. Never mind who it is j don't you noo you liavo roleatcil him? He'll murder you yet if you don't mind." Had MIhs Milne risen from tiio ground or fallen from tlio pkies, liad who do- Ecended in a chariot of Are, or fash ioncil lie-rolf out of the fiitnus of hell, I could not hae been moro utterly nwo fitrlckon. With an ntirgy Htninj) of liei foot and another flhako, hIio repeated, "Fee, ffol ho is on bin feot!" Itut move 1 could not, or norhaptt Mould not, for what littlu umiwi I had protected against lllo rcHtorod by her. Warren now, for all I cared, might work IiIh will with ma. Hut hIio did not think ho. Her quick oven had n-eii him stoop to untie, or ciit, purhaiN, thu ntrlng that hold bin legs. With a mad rurli, into which nil lier weight and strength woro thrown, bIio went at him and drove him, hand! eapppd aa hu wuh, he,dlong oifor thu Htcop incline that lay JiiMt to the right of uh. Jlu rolled down for several yardH. Sho followed him r.nd stooped to pick up tKimuthing flho had caught Hiuht of in the bUBlit'H. It whh War ren'a ax. J, moro an a bewitched spectator than iim one who wuh any longer playing a part in thu proceeding!), followed. When Mies Mllno reached Warren, ho wnH Htill writhing, and, for all I knew, trying to break or initio the Hiring that held IiIh feet toguJiur, and that, amid tliuHO Imwhes, quite provontod any (uick movement. Hho uvidontly thought that wuh IiIh object, for stopping quick )y up to him, hIiu hlefod out: "Vou move again, you brute, and I'll kill you with thlh youraxl" Aa bIki Hpoku hIio clutched it witli both hands nnd nil sod , it over her ohouldur. A superstitious dread of tlio woman held him spellbound. When he had tultlcd himself quito motionless nnd iih looking up into her moonlit fdco with n vacant Htnre, alio Hpoku again, but now in a voice of great determination. "Look hero, Warren, you luuo nu.de your effort and failed. Now I will make you-two offers; you can accept which you liku. Promise mo that you will maku no furthur at tack on Doctor lligby, ami I will let you go, and taku you to a cavo that I know of close to thu plnco where your wife Ih IioiimiiI, ami where sho tan hoo you and bring you food uvory day. If you do not promiso 1110 in two seconds, I will mouse thu pollco, nnd have you sent buck to thu 'Far Away' again. Now which Hhall it bu?" Thu man did not reply for several seconds. With IiIh eyes still rolling, lila hair on end, ho stared vacantly, first at her, then at mu, "Now, Warren, which shall it be? Wo hiivu no time to spare, daylight is coming; you niustdeciilo at once." "I promlfo," said Wnrron, in n dogged, subdued way. Tlion MIhh Milnu stooped down and cut tlio string and (for thu man hiniMilf sat powerlosi) tied up the chain to Ills knee. "Now, Warren, jump up nnd wish Dr. Itigby good-night, and shako hands." Thin wuh a hitter pill, but there was nothing lor it but to obuy, and, rtop ping up to mu, hu put out IiIh hand. I took it in mine anil said: "Warren, I am, and have always boon, iiiont ter ribly sorry for you, but I hud to do my duty." Without looking up, ho replied: "I ain't 'ad no smallpox, but I've loit my gal." For a moment thu strong hand trembled, and tlio mouth of thu giant quivered, ' "Come, come, Wnrron, follow mo now. 1 shall bu missed. Good-night, Doctor Ulgby." And they wore gonn. And I, like Sir Hodovoro, stood "revolving many memories," till thu sound of their feet on thu dead underwood died away, and tholr forms appeared aa two black pocks "against thu vurgu of dawn." (JHAI-TI.K XIV. When even moro than usually sick of tlio quarantine station and ita ultra Iprisoii'llku surroundings, it was my custom to put a book in my pocket, nnd i clamber along the ocean const from rock to rock until I reached a point lht had probably uuvur buforti boon viiitod by mortal man. At least, so I udgod from thu excitement my visit KXiihiuued among thu millions of bruin, strange birds and uncanny tUli that abounded there. My favorite seat tun a jut of pointed rock that had by uuntlcts tides boon washed into thu lliupo of an armchair. At my feot, as I sat in my ocean kudo chair, was a largo plateau of per octly clean, level rock, bo smooth, llenn and level that ono might have llauM billiards on it. In tho center If this table-rock was u most remark Iblu freak of imtuw:, this was a pur ctly round basin of water about ten .mis in diameter, so circular that I do ot think thu moit luvurato mathema dim could huo discovered a (law in not only circular at the out lot, but nicavoly circuUr in nil its measure cuts, On thu morning auceolln(i tlio Mlit Just recorded, I was walking bund and round this bath ol mluu, lid trying In vain to realise sonio- king ol last night, but tlio whole ling was liku a dream. "Miw Milno horo Misa Milno horol" 1 waB saying ovor nnd over, as though tho roltorn tion of tho fact would help mo to ap preciate it. "And I owo my life to horl" "My God!"' I thought, "thia wo man, this novolty on earth, is doomed to haunt mo, sunt for tho purposo of Incoming my NemosiB." So I rnvod on, unseen by mortnl oyo, unheard by mortnl ear; eo I kicked ngitlnst tho pricks of fnto, nnd cursed thu day I wan born, when suddenly nlnni' tha inn of tlin cliff I snw nomu thing moving. 'TIb somo one's bend, that of n woman, stopping down "by zigzag paths and jutu of polntod rock." I lfnvo not boon scon as yet, nnd so hido; thuro is n Ilttlo cavo at tho end of tlio table-rock, from tho shadow of which I enn pnfoly watch hor movo ments. Seemingly on tho edgo of nn overhanging prominenco, bIio Htops, nnd produces from under her dross n basket nnd a ropu. Shu tics the basket on and lots it cautiously down.; tlion, whun it had deecunded something liku thirty feut, n stick nppenrs from n envo opposite arid gives tho basket a push; thin is repented again nnd ngnin until, while tho woman holds pationtly on to tho end of tho ropu, thu basket cornea near enough to bo caught by an out stretched- hand. 'Tie thu hand of Wnrren, I can soo, nnd tho woman nbovo is hia wifo. I certainly mark thu spot whoro tho man is hidden, nnd I too nlso whore thu woman hldos tlio rope; then I hur ry home and nack up somo clothing, sornu whiskuy, methylated spirit, nnd a small spirit lamp; to this I add ten, potted meat, and n few other nocos sarles, nnd with my pnrcul mnko for thu top of tho cliff. I tio on tho ropo nnd lut it down; presently n jork tolls mo hu has soon it; for a momont it swings vlolontly, nnd then another jerk nnd thu weight Is gonu. Then I go back to homo nnd to work. "This is a torriblo thing nbout Wnr ron," paid tho aurgcant of pollco to mo that night, ns togethor'wo mndo thu evening round. "Do you think, doc tor, his death was a painful ono??" "Painful? No; why should It bo? No death is so painful na men lniaglno, nor, for tho mutter of that, so plonsant oitlior. Tho girl who faints, dies na far na alio Is concornod; tho man who Ih stunned has gono through nil thu agonies of death; opium poisoning, bleeding to death, nnd death from ex haustion aro simply sleeping without awakuning. If Wnrron was drowned, liis sufferings wuru nothing compared to what ho had gone through j If oaten by sharks, tlion indeed no must havu had a very bad quartur of nn hour." When tho sergeant had gonn, I start ed ngnin for tho pluco whero Wnrron wuh hidden. This tlmu I carried to bacco, n koroseno lamp nnd a bottle of water. I hud previously mndo up my mind that tho only safe road to thu cavo was somowhoro on tho opposite side to that from which I had watched him in tho morning. Hut for an hour I wandorod about, without finding any truces of a path leading in tho right di rection, I stood still and listened, and thuro directly bolow mu, I caught now and then thu Found of voices. Not withstanding thu danger, I resolved upon descending. For a fow stups nil went well, but suddenly I caino upon n littlu precipice, down which I, pnrcul and ah, slid with n violence that, but lor a bush that stuck out from between somo rocks, would have carried mo straight ovur to my tablu rock bolow. To this bush I hung on desperately, nnd soon discovered that thoru was no pofslhility of my continuing my desiunt with anything liku safety; nor could I retrace my (tops. Thoru was, there fore, only ono thing luft for mu to do, and that vni to nttrnct Warren's atten tion and securo his help. I whistled thu long low whistle of tho Loudon burglar, and tho conversa tion stopped, I repeated it, and then I heard a movement somo eight or ten yards bolow, "Is that you, Warren?" I whispered. "Yea. Who aro you?" "Thu doctor. I havu brought you sornu things and lost my way." "Stick on, sir, and I'll help yor." In n fuw seconds thu man had climb ed to thu rock ubovu and lot down tho rot. "Hang on to that, sit, and I'll let you down to my ledgo," And I obeyed. As I felt his mighty erui lowering mo 1 could not help thinking how easily hu could nvongu himself now If hu liked. At thu mouth of thu cave I found his wifo. and in tho cau n solitary cuudlo burning. War ron soon joined us, and put out his hand to mu, this timo with no hesita tion. "You must forglvo pio for wishing you 'arm, out you uoiri Know nil ivo gonu through." "Forglvo youl of courso I do; nnd there's not a man on thu station moro Intoiuoly sorry for you than nijsolf, hut you know I had to send you down." For a moment hu was silent, then ho mu tiered: "I never 'nd no tniallpix." "I thought and still think you hud; but, Wnrron, It you had not, thon it was a mistake, and you have made mis takes yournoH," "Hut think o' that gal.ot oursl" And thu giant folded his face in hia hands. Then hia wife walked across to him, nnd Mth a tenderness that culture ulonu cannot bestow, put hor arm around hia neck. ''Never mind, Dill, you must forgive the doctor; ho tnoant yo no 'arm." "I ave, I ,avo,M muttered Warren. "Plda't I say sot" ."Now coma, let ua unpack this par a a. t 11 r i col," I said, anxious to chapgo tho con versation. "If thoro is anything more you want, Wnrron, you must let mo know." "Well, sir, 'ow lorn am I likoly to bo 'cro?" "Oh I for somo dnya. Wo shall havo to think out what to do with you. You aro nil right nnd coniforlablo horo, any how." "Yes, sir. and tho wifo coming at night, elio makes it nil right." "How dors alio manago to got nway?" "Well, sir, that nureo Homily, an she calls herself, sho's n wonderful wo man. Sho's taken night duty, and thon directly eho comes on duty, tho missus makes for a gap in tlio fonco and don't go back till morning. Won derful woman that, sir! But for 'or you'd been n dead man. Sho reo'd mo swim ashore, nnd then sho llstcnod to what I said to tho wifo, nnd wont nnd told yor, sir. 'Ow glnd I nm now thnt sho stopped mo from 'urtlng yor. Yor should henr my mUsus toll 'ow sho work.H that thoro cranky dector up thero; sho just winds Mm round 'or finger. Shu got nil of them things thoro out of Mm, ns though for 'orsolf. Grnnd woman thnt, nirt I wish you know 'or bottor, sir." CHAPTER XV. Ono night, it was nt tho timo whon things nt tho quarantine station woro at their vory worst, nbout half past 7, thoroughly sick at heart of complaints I could not remedy and wants I could not supply, I wnndored in tho diroctlon of Wnrroif'a envo. Wo had become by this time groat friends. I had forgot ten nil hia throats of vongonnco and learned to respect nnd udmire him for his readiness to forglvo, his tender lovo of his wifo, and his patience tinder great Buffering nnd privation, and thoro foro I did what I could in tho way of supplying him with littlu luxuries, nnd seeing him ah often na wns prudent, that I might llgbton his burden, Thia evening I thought I could safely absent myself for n couplo of hours, and taking mv fishing lino, ns a blind in tho ovont of my being seen, I mndo for tlio cave. Ho was, ns UBual, very glnd to ece me, nnd togothor wo snt nt thu mouth of tho cavo nnd smoked our pipes, whilo his wifo mndo us a cup of tea ovor tho spirit lamp; no other II ro would havo boon, on account of tho smoko, at all safo. Wo woro talking of old tlmoa -to him good old tlmos: of tho gold rush, whon men picked up gold by tho double handful, nnd spent it ns freely. "Ah! thorn was tho dnya, doctor," ho was saying, "whon a follow wanted his eye tooth about Mm But look nt thnt thero boat I Sho's beating up for tlio Heads, but sho won't fotch them." The boat to which ho drow my atten tion was a good siiod yacht that had been outside tho Heads, either for a tall or for a fishing excursion. The night had come up 'squally, ami eh was evidently lato in hor return. She curried littlu canvass, and was coming in tho teeth of tho wind. Although knowing nothing of sailing myself, I grew intensely interested aa Warron (who, liko most nilddlo aged colonials, know all tho arts ol navigation) dilated on tho scloneo of getting through th( narrow opening that forms such a dangerous, and yot, at tho same timo, such nn easily defended entrance to Sydney harbor. "Now you'll bco, sir, lie eald, as tho boat camo vory near to ub, "eho'll tack ugain, bent along tho const, nnd thon In. Thuro thoy gol I told yo bo My God!" ho suddenly oxclnlmod, ns tho sails flapped nnd tho yacht reolod, "sho won't answer! Sho'II bo wrecked!" And stiro enough, tho next boa brought her noarer tho dangorous coast below, and tho noxt nearer still. Tlion Wnrron grow dospernto. Itegardlesa of dangor, ho rushed out of tho cavo, and, bidding mo follow, hurried down tho sldo of tho cliff. Dy tlio time wo renchod tho edgo of my table rock sho wuh eloro In to ua, nnd wo could plainly distinguish a woman's form holding onto tho mast, nnd thnt of an old man encouraging the two sailors in charge "There's no chuueo for them," I hoard Warren say, half to hinieolf. "Sho must go to pieces." "Wo muit do something. What Ib tho boi-t thing to do? You ought to know." "A rope, sir; if wo only had a ropo." (To be Continued.) In Suspense. "Fo you don't know whether you want to go to work or not?'.' 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