THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON. a63wWS MISS MILNE AND L C 1IA1TKK XVI Contimiud. Tho list part of tlio nfoovo npcech I lianlly heard, for I wn wiitclilns in tently for Kdlth, but whon alio tit tored her tcrrlhlu prophecy, I turnoil Hharply round, and Hcolng close to mo tho white fnco of her, with a Hhadow of Hcom nnd triumphant wIckedni'HH, I iiHked In no very peace LcKcttliiK nccontH, whnt oho meant, what bIjo dare liiRlntiato, "I dare anything," alio replied, ns nhi) drew heiHolf to her full height. "Ab for knowing hut look, thero rocb Mln l'clham now I'll toll you what 1 know. If they havo only ten minutes rough weather thoy will go under. I know that." "How do you know that?" "IlpriniBo tho boat Is rotten." "How do you know tho boat Is rot ton?" "Wo thought at one time of Bond ing Warren nway In her and a friend of mine examined her nnd found hor to ho lottnn." "Then how dnro Warren " "I did not say Wnrren oxnmlncd hor: he kuowH nothing about It." While UiIh heated conversation was going on, wo were, ns I said, standing on a I"dpo of rock well hidden In tin Hlinilow of tho cliff that overhung us, while below, and to the loft of us, tho colonel and his party, In slnglo fllo, wore slowly picking their way from point to point toward tho boat Hint lay hnlf hidden boneath my table-rock. I wntched them, half dnzod, for some seconds, wondering what nevt would lumpen and what wnn to ho done. With this terrlblo woman about anything In the way of misfortune was possible. Then, as dazed men will, I folded my nrms and stared at tho ground, and tried to do clde what wart tho duty lying near est mo; hut decide I could not; think ing at all, In the hnlo of superstition that I had built nbont this woman, was out of the question. When next I looked up, the two sailors woro on hoard, and tho others preparing to Join them. Something must bo done, and at once; what that something was could he better decided out of tho ranito of this womnu's Intlueneo, and so I decided, pioinlses to tho con trary, notwithstanding, to make with nil haste to tho beach. Sho, from my movements, or by Intuition, divined my Intention, nnd ns I was Just start ing, put out her hnnd, and holding my sleeve nulled: "Whnt aro you go ing to do?" "My duty stop them." "And then " "I don't know; but plenso reloaso mo; there Is not time to " Tho senteiico was novor finished, for as I quickly turned round to ro lenso myrtolf from hor firm granp, I, forgetting the nnrrnw lodge of rock on which wo were standing, took ono stop baokwnrd and fell, how far I don't know; I only ronmtnbor going fiom bush to bush, from rock to rock, until at last I lauded upon a bol of soft sand on tho sea level. Almost before I hail recovered consciousness nho was at my side and lifting mo in to a fitting position, and then, Mail ing I wan all right, she was gone again. Then, In the misty dawn of re turning cnuscloUHiiess. I saw two women tnllilng hurriedly, and om tho vounger. gesticulating and point ing to the boat; then the other ran ncroiis tho wind toward the man who hold the rope. The bout I could not see for she was beneath the level of tho rode. Thou, still half stunned, I remember the man and woman em bracing each other, and then the man dlsan-'eaiod and the woman was left Htnudiuir alouo, with both hands held up to shade her eves that she might nee tho most of tho man Just gone from her. and perhaps forever. C!ud ually. and at that as events that had occurred long, long ago, tho nlfl tory of the last hour repeated lUolf; nnd then, as tho blood currents grow stronger anil stronger, they (theso events) came nearer and nearer, un til tho hlHtory of thorn, tho details nnd tho dnto of them, wero cloBo to mo within my reach, and yet I could not qulto grasp them. To better my chnnco I hurlod my head In my hands, and held my eyelids tightly closed, and shut out tho wo. Id nnd tho restless wavos, and waited for the coming of memories that ovon In that state of semiconsciousness I felt wero pregnant with painful in terest to mo. How long I snt thus I don't know neither time nor spneo lias any exlHtonco .to the semi-con-Melons it was probably only a low seconds, when n voice that was well known to mo brought back with a rush, as well known sounds and scents will, all tho memories I hud boon waiting for. "Aro you bettor?" "Thank you yes," "Can you walk?" "I think so." "Let us see." Then sho half lifted mo, and half cnrrled mo. up and down tho little patch of hard sen washed sand upon which I had been lying, and bo rnpld ly did health and strength return, that within ton minutes I was inyaolf again?" "Now. nro you quite strong?" "Indeed, yes." "Strong enough to walk a long dis tance?" "Quito." , "Strong enough to understand mo?" "Certainly." "Well, let us sit down hero and I will tell you what I want you to do." Wo sat down, nnd for several sec onds wo wore silent and thoughtful; then looking round to mo, dho said! "J)r ltli'by. you love that simpleton In tho boat yondor, don't you?" ".Miss Mllno!" "Now, now, don't get exrltml; thero Is no tlmo to weep and no tlmo to laush oven. If you lovo Miss Pol ham vou will nliully risk something for her, I prosnmo." "Ulsk! I would risk my lifo. my toul, rather than a hulr of hor head should bo Injured. Hut how can 1 be of service? For Qod'd sake, toll mo that!" "That's what I am going to tell you, hut I am not going to ask you to risk your boiiI no woman's life Is worth tho risk of a man's soul 'tis only In pursuit of IiIb pleasure that such n sncrlflco would bo Justifiable. You see, Warren has gone with thorn. I havo sent him. That man would Bacrlflco his soul for mo, because I saved him from a crime, and have been more or loss kind to his wife. Well, ho is tho only trustworthy man In tho boat; tho two sailors aro vil lains, and will only think of tholr own lives; tho colonel Is a pompous old fool, and tho girl well, sho will make hut very little effort to save hersolf. Now your duty I think, Ib clear. It will certainly bo a squally night, and tho coast is dnngorous. Now you miiBt tnko this ropo, got past tho pcllco as host you can, and follow tho bont along tho shore. If thoy get snfo to Mnnly, you havo dono no harm; If they aro wrecked, you will bo tho means of saving them; nnd It might end romantically who knows?" "Miss Mllno, from my heart. I thank you. I will follow your ndvlco to tho letter. Thoro Is no time to op press my gratitude as I might, hut some day I will try." "No, no," nho said, with a laugh that camo from tho bitter side of hor. "Don't troublo to do that; put It down on tho other sldo of tho ledger, you know credit ncconnt, or debit, I for get which thoy cnll It. Now romem bor, keep closo to tho sen." And with that sho left .mo. The first part of my Journey was well known and cnslly traveled, and I. could keep tho boat within sight, but nftor Hint I hnd often to loavo tho conRt to avoid rocks and preci pices; thon when I returned sho wns, In tho Boml-darkness, dlfllcult to pick up. I hnd gono nbout two miles nnd was protty well dono up, when I wns sud denly confronted by a stupendoun overlinnglng rock thnt. from Its smooth, stoop sides, entirely defied nil efforts at climbing; thero wns nothing for It hut to go round, nnd that mennt another half mile. I stooped down and took ono more looK at tho llltlo craft against tho horizon. I could boo that nenrly all hor sails had boon taken In, nnd yet sho was beating fnst beforo tho wind. Thero was not a moment to loac. Desper ately I dashed on, and after tearing for n qunitor of an hour through tho most torrlblo pleco of scrub nnd howl dors I had yet had to contond with, I found myself on tho coast ngaln, nnd to my horror hero wns tho boat closo to mo, so closo that I could almost throw a stono on the deck. I could henr tho men talking wildly; I could henr tho colonel now giving pompoua orders, now beseeching; I could seo some ono, Wnrren, I think, lying down over tho bows nnd peorlng ahead; I could tako In tho whole scone, and hoar every volco but Kdlth'H and yet It all happoned In n moment. "Keep hor out! Keep hor out for fifty yards, and you aro safe!" I shouted. Warren rushed to tho holm nnd for n moment sho obeyed, but thon the rising waves woro too strong for hqr nnd she was rapidly being wnshod ashore. I saw till thin from a ledge of rock that ran for mnny miles along the coast, about eight or nlno feet above tho narrow strip of sand that remained uncovered by tho Incoming tldo, mid this not for long. In the rock I found a narrow crovlco, and Into this I forcod my rope, after tying a good knot In tho end; thon I Jump ed down and throw off my boots, coat, and shirt; my trousers I tied (Irmly around mo, and then waited tho mo ment for action. It camo soon enough, for two big waves brought tho boat within thirty yards of mo, and there botwoon two hidden rocks she stuck, ns motionless iib tho rockn themselves. Thnnks to old school days on tho south coast, I wan n good swimmer. In a momont I hnd fas toned tho ropo around my body and plunged In. I do not know If tho hope of saving Kdlth helped 01 hindered mo; all I remember Is tho waves, mountain high, knocking me almost back to tho shore, and then desperately swimming up tho sldo of a wavo that followed; thon I re moinher a strong hand clasping me by tho nrm nnd dragging me on board. I recognized tho faco of Warren, as ho Btoopod over mo to untie tho cord from my waist; then he whis pered: "Is tho shore ond firm?" I had as yet no breath to reply, hut nodded emphatically; thon ho collect ed ropes and tied thorn Into n cradle. Uy tho tlmo ho had Mulshed I was re stored. Now camo tho question, who would go ashore? Tho first must swim and enrry with him tho end of a smnll cord whorowlth to drag the cradle. Warren volun teered: but no. ho was too valuable horo. Tho sailors hesitated, evident ly thinking thoy had gono through enough; so I decided to go myself. Swimming ashoro was nothing to swimming from shore. I took ono last look at Kdlth. who had no oppor tunity of recognizing mo, for sho was tied to tho mast, and thon I dived Into tho sea. With but nbout half a dozen Btrokes I was ashoro, but tho narrow strip of sand was now cov ered. "A sailor nrst!" I shouted, nnd soon the ropo Jerked with his weight. "I liopo tho hruto goes under for awhile," I muttered, ns I pulled him ashore, nnd whllo tho cradle was back again wo found n treo higher up, whero tho rest could bo landod above tho high water mark. Tho other sailor camo noxt, to tost tho now lauding plnco. "Tho lady," I mndo tho sailor jhout. And then, with but half tho weight on tho ropo, I wns a million times moro mulous. I Inslstod on ono man standing down bolow up to his knees In water, and then wo hauled away. Tho ropo croaked and groaned, liko a thing of life; conscious of Its pre cloud burden, It trembled and Bhook; and then In another moment sho was In my arms, cradlo and all. Warren how I loved tho man for It! had placed his coat beneath her to keep tho ropes from chafing. I disen tangled her and laid her, half dead and wholly unconscious, in tho mat ted ferns behind, and as I laid hor tli ore I kissed her. 'TwaB hut a momont, hut in that moment my soul, llko an instantaneous photographic pinto, ab sorbed all tho picture, nnd tlmo has but developed and intensified It. Her nnlo, peaceful face, her closed lids, hor well marked eyebrows, and thoso Jutting roots of hnlr, and then those clammy lips of hers! Oh, If I could havo stayed to kiss them back to warmth and life again! But no, tho shout of tho sailors told mo thnt something had hnppcncd. I rushed up to find tho ropo broken, nnd War ren, who hnd dived from the boat, struggling with tho colonel In tho wnter. Tho threo of us Joined hands, ultimately reached them, and drag ged thorn ashoro. Onco on tho ledgo of tho rock, I naked for brandy, and found to my lntonso relief tho colo nel had a flask In his pocket. Re gardless now of promises, for hor llfo was in danger, I took It to Edith, and gently lifting her head, I poured somo of it Into her mouth; a gurglo followed, nnd then sho swallowed' her pulso quickened, and then I know sho wns right. I returned to tho col onel nnd gavo him somo, nnd thon ottered Bomo to Wnrron, but ho told mo to navo It for tho lady. After n short consultation with Wnrron, wo decided to throw awny our big ropo and tako with ub tho smaller ono, destroy what traces wo could of our landing, and then trust to tho Incoming tldo to wnsh tho boat to ploccs. And whllo tho sailors wero carrying out theso dctnllB, Wnr ron and I hunted nmong the undor growth for somo snpllngB, thnt wo might mako a stretcher for Edith. Half an hour from tho iimo of our landing wo hnd stnrtod our strnngo funcronl cavalcade, and a stranger ono luiB soldom boon booh, I think. In front marched a sailor, whoso duty It was to pick tho road for ub; then enmo tho other sailor nnd mysolf, walking sldo by sldo, and nltornntely cnrrylng tho front of tho stretcher, then Warren cnrrylng tho rear, with tho colonel, who by thin tlmo was qulto chlldllko nnd stricken down, by 1:1b sldo. Ab near ns I can Judgo wo had about a mile to travel beforo wo camo Into tho pleco of "common," whero tho Mnnly children plr&ycil, that separates tho vlllago from the quarantlno scrub; then all difficulty would ho over; but until thon our progress miiBt of necessity bo vory slow nnd painful. Wo rested about overy fifty yards, nnd occnslonnlly gavo Edith a fow drops of brandy. I sny wo, n8 I dared not, for tho bracing brcezo that al ways follows a "southerly bustor" wns rapidly restoring her to con sciousness. Suddenly tho light broke through the thick underwood, nnd told us that tho ond of our Journey wns ronched. Then tho colonel saw Edith comfort ably laid honoath a wide-spreading gum treo, and motioning to Wnrron to tako enro of hor, touched mo on tho shoulder ns ho pnssed mo, ns nn Invitation to fouow him. Mechan ically I obeyed; ho had lost all his old military bearing; tho night Just passed had added twonty years to his age; his faco was whlto and gaunt; but what was most remark ahlo of all was tho alteration In his manner toward mo. Ho was almost paternal now In his kindliness, mid as I rested myself on a mound by tho sldo of him, Just out of enr-shot of tho other group, ho put his hand gontly on my kneo, nnd in n volco thnt startled mo, so unllko wns It to nnythlng I hnd henrd boforo from him, commenced: "Hero, then. Dr. Ulgby, I supposo wo must separate I am not going to try and thank you now for all you havo dono for mo and my daughter. I nm too un strung for that, nnd plenso Clod." ho added with a tinner grasp of my kneo that sent n glnil echo through every nervo of my body. "I shnll hnvo other opportunities of doing so; but I should llko to say ono word with referenco to tho othors. espec ially Warren, his wife, nnd tho ownor of tho bont. Their nohlo efforts to savo ub must not go unrewarded." (ToIh) Continuod.) Wliers) KiiowlcflKO tillatcra. "Do you know, Tommy," said tho minister who wns helping tho family to dispose of their Sunday dinner, "that, no matter how Insignificant a thing may Mem, It has Its use? Now, take tiles, for example; you wouldn't think they wero good for anything, yet " "Ob. yes, 1 would," Interrupted the youthful Thomas. "Pa says they are good to keep folks awake when you aro preaching." Two Oomt Hoaaonn. I heard tho other day of nn Inscrip tion contributed by Lord Uosebery to a lady's album. The guests at a ducal country house were Invited each to put dowu tho reason why they woro stay lug thero. Lord Uosebery gave as his reason; "To please their graces and to shoot their grouses." 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