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Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be iun and mention this paper. Early Church Dignitary r Rev. John Carroll, who was born ft} Upper Marlboro, Md., and who ^JWas- educated abroad and retut-ned to this country as a priest In 1774, became subsequently--about 1797--the first Catholic bishop in America. * IN Say "Bayer Aspirin" INSIST! Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you arc not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 24 years, c* Accept only - t /^7 Bayer package whichcontains proven directions i^SHmdy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets Alao bottles of 24 and 100--Druggists > Aspirin ia the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Moooaoetlcacidester of Sallcjllcadd Better Than Pills -- For Liver Ills 1 THREE--Continued.- V » --is-- • - ;' « "My brain has gone round and round tike a whirlpool for months! I don't know what 1 think." "Well, think this," he said gently: "Marriage laws and forms vary with tvery creed, and In every country, to rait temperament or--environment. And everywhere, certain conventions are necessary. For God's sake, don't Imagine I'm an advocate of loose morality I But you and I are cast off from all rules save those of our own making. Have you considered that? These natives-- or Indiana, Turks, Christians-- all have seme ideal which they embody In certain marriage rites and laws." She hung upon his words, clasping tightly the hands holding her own. "Yes?" ahe breathed, when he paused. "Well--we are adrift from every one which applies to us. We can't obey them In the letter. We only have them In our hearts." "You mean," she whispered, "you think It would be right to form our own--marriage rites?" "I do. Before God Barbara, I do, To me, our wedding would be as sacred and lawful here, with the sea for music, the birds for witness, as in a crowded church. I want you always to remember that." The waves echoed faintly upon the shore; the wind stirred the palm leaves In their enclosure; otherwise the whole world seemed waiting, in a stillness like death, for her reply. "I believe you. Alan," she murmured at last. "I had not thought of It at all in this light. It would be the same to me, in my heart. But--should we be right? Suppose--afterward--we were rescued?" "Well? Then we should at once obey the letter. Here we can obey the spirit. But Isn't that the greater? In the world it is the reverse, often. The spirit Is violated." "Suppose," she began again, wltlfTT shudder, "only one of us were rescued?" "Don't conjure up imaginary horrors." She drew away, looking arourd the bay with the same pathetic helplessness that had struck him so poiguantly on Christmas eve. "Oh!" she muttered, "It Is a terrible problem 1 If only there were somebody outside It all, to help! I am so afraid our very love may guide us--wrongly." "No," he said quickly. "It won't, because It Is love--not that other word beginning with the same letter. Besides, It is the motive of the heart which counts, in all problems." She turned away, covering her face with her hands. "What can we do? What can we do?" The words came brokenly, pathetically, to the other outcast from all laws. He was conscious tonight, more than ever before, of their grow^ lng, dominant need of each other. Had he striven in his old arrogance she would not, he knew, have resisted his appeal. But the great keynote was tuning his nature as well as hers. All the chivalry latent In his being rose to his heart, casting out passion. With infinite delicacy lie went to her and put his arms about her. "We are down among the deep chords together, now," he whispered. "But together--always together." With a choking cry she turned and dung herself upon his breast, clinging to him, the only bulwark of her life. "I can't decide yet. Oh! I can't-- decide;. I can't decide--" And she buret Into a passion of tears. He who had ever seized what he desired, now stood aside and waited. Barbara must decide. To that, amid the turmoil of his spirit, be clung. There must never be coercion; she was no weakling. Not until she saw the path clear before her would she move an Inch: that he knew well. No sign came from the hut. Within its darkness, Inert head buried in her outstretched arms, lay the arbiter of his fate and her own. In a great and awful loneliness of soul, such as she had never imagined possible, she faced tiie greatest question woman can be culled upon to answer. The mountains were quite close now; but she approached them without shrinking, only desirous of finding the right path across to her Beloved. She did not blind herself. She had contemplated marriage before, aware of all it meant to a woman in civilization. Now she contemplated it shorn of all but nature's *own sublimely terrible forces; contemplated the years ahead, with the possibility of other lives besides their own. . . . Reverberations! Truly, when one irrevocable chord Is struck, the reverberations roll on and on. echoing all around, so that God's whole Harmony may be marred or perfected. Can one always tell which It will be? Both met next day, heavy-eyed from a sleepless night, but each tacitly forbore to allude to the fact. They spoke little, making but a pretense at breakfast. Afterward, Alan fetched his native bow and arrows. "I may not be back until evening," he said. "You will be all right?" "Quite." There was a relief In her tone which he noticed and understood. He hesitated ; but she did not look up. For the first time since Christmas they had omitted their morning kiss. And now something restrained him from taking the wistful little face in his hands, much as he longed to do so. He turned and strode off up the bay. Th^ omission was significant. They had struck a, chord too deep ever to return to the delightful camaraderie of the past Demonstrutiveness held a hidden menace behind all its charm. A new wall, vastly different from the old one, yet no less baffling, formed again between them. Once more, each In tultively hid behind reserve yet hung upon the other's slightest action. Once more, only surface topics were allowed admittance. Once more, Alan spent l o n g h o u r s a w a y . . . . One day. before their second Christinas, Meamaa fell sick. Barbara, who of late had shunned too much contact with that happy family, fetched Laalo Slipping on her old Japanese wrapper, she passed noiselessly out of her room. Ha had, she knew, not ganfe In to bed. | Moved by some Instinct, ahe turned, stumbling over the rough ground, andf ascended the eastern slopes, where they had watched the dawn on that Christmas day nearly a year afet i%V, ir nguvt*. "eoiciNi NFt Tonight _ Tomorrow Alright Don't Suffer -- With Itching Rashes UseCuticura gag, Ointment, Talcum sold everywhere. Samplaa fiSssf OsMasraYafc«c»tsrt»«. D«pt M. MaliUm. mtm. ^Hervestellt ausschliestucn not iSCWMNtll OCMALMri-KaAlimM HnmSSSnKillNZLE STUHL'MROM r HAUTOKPAPSANN KH ft IATDS*N , III The man, with the divine Instinct of understanding now awakened, realized acutely all that the girl was suffering. He held her quivering form close, saying nothing. There was nothing he could say. Her own soul must now figlit out this battle between the old instincts of a lifetime and those of a world beyond reach of civilized rule. Presently, when she grew calmer, he lifted her bodily and carried her into the hut. He placed her upon her bed; then knelt for a moment, and laid his cheek to hers. "The decision lies in your, hands," he whispered. "Come and tell me when you know." ' ^Then he rose to his feet, lingering beside her for a time, a world of almost maternal tenderness in his steady regard. But she made no reply. With a little gesture of helplessness, he ] turned, and walked hack to the lagoon. Croft,- In old days, could not have been called a strongly sexed man. All the vitality of his nature went Into other channels. Now, when, for the first time, passion had come to him, it found him bereft of all those other outlets to his abundant energy. It shook him with fierce intensity. In the past, bis whole concentration, every ounce of brain and strength, had been given to his work and Inventions. Now the same splendid force, welling up and overflowing, was concentrated upon woman--a channel half closed against him- Being half closed caused more torture than if It had been entirely abut and barred. Fate--God--whatever the Unseen Power was called--had hurled them, man and woman, together In this isolation. Why, by all that was sacred, should they resist the law underlying Ills creation? Must His primal laws be set aside because .those rgade by man. now mere chimeras, were absent? It was absurd, quixotic, unnecessary. Hut beneath the velvet glove of nature lies the Iron hand; behind hef smiling face sits grim severity. These, more than any scruples, caused him to pause. He who had ever scorned obstacles, now faced theru appalled. He who had never known fear, was now aAneJdL . « • - Lifted Her Bodily and Carried Her. and his sister to play In tlie enclosure. Children's merry _ laughter echoed around their home; And Alan, Instead of going off as usual, stayed to play with them. Barbara watched him, all her heart shining in her eyes. There was nobody to put the fear of tabu into Laalo's frizzy head. The "great white chief" go home, . « . It is ttae they went home. . . For a moment he*gased at her, bereft of speech. Then he rose, and called Laalo. "I will take them home," be said quietly. When he returned, she had sunk upon the rock he had vacated. With eyes tragic in their intentness, she watched him approach. He came close to her. With one of his old swift movements he raised her cliln with his hand, so that she met the penetration of his gaze. "Barbara!" he muttered, "this will drive us mad. We are human, not gods." She drew away, hiding her face in her hands. The very touch of his fingers sent an electric current racing through her veins. To continue like this was becoming daily more impossible. Presently she rose, not daring to speak, and turned from him into the but. Blindly, bewildered, Barbara groped her wuy, step by step, through a maze of uncertainty. The day with the native children had been a revelation. Never before had she realized the passion of longing which possessed her. . . And by her own self-revelation she Judged the suffering of the man waiting for her decision. The claims of another's need grew Insistent, dominating. . . . More and more did the life of previous years seem pale and unreal. ... The fears for the future, the burden of its responsibilities, grew fainter, assumed new Aspects. . . . There came a night when Alan, after being away all day returned moody. Irritable, Impatient of all the trivial subjects with which she endeavored to make conversation. "Have you been working In the plantation?" she asked, after several unsuccessful attempts during supper. "No." 7 " He ate a banana, and threw* away the skin. "What's the good of It all?" he asked impatiently. "It will lead nowhere." "It's occupation," she faltered. "Occupation? Yes. Occupation for the sake of occupation! Is that all life Is to be worth? My Q--dl What an outlook!" This was another of Barbara's fears. How long would the limited interests of the island, shorn of a deeper outlet, suffice for a man of his temperament? "You are doing a lot of good among the natives," she suggested, feeble though she knew the remark to be. "Good?" He gave an Impatient laugh. "Lord! Don't credit me with tlie instincts of a missionary I That's only 'occupation.' One hour, if we left this place, and they would forget It all." This bitterness, this dreary desolation of voice and mien, so unlike the i>ld Alan of indomitable resource and optimism, cut Barbara to the heart, rfor she understood. . * "Alan! Alan!" she cried, stretching out a hand. But he shook his head. "No. I ean't--I--daren't. I'm only fit for the devil tonight." She rose, her llpfl trembling, and went toward him. "Don't! Alan, don't shut me out! I--understand--" "Understand? You can't, or--" Suddenly he seized her, almost viciously, dragging her up against him. With Shaking hands he pressed back her head, and laid his hot lips upon her Beck. "I--I'll--force you to give In--one day--" he muttered thickly. She did not struggle; but she trembled violently in his grasp. For a long moment his eyes burned Into hers. But, nniong the answering passion they saw there, lay the purity which was the very' essence of her being. . . . As abruptly as he has seized her, he let her go again. "I--I told you I was only fit for the devil tonight," he said huskily. "Let me~be. ... . for God's sake, let me be. . . ." She turned, quivering in every limb, and ran into the hut. For hours she lay. deaf and blind to all around, alone with her God. . . . And gradually a great peace stole over her spirit. Imperceptibly, the last told him marvelous stories of animals mountain rolled slowly away. As one never seen upon their island. He became a wonderful horse galloping round the hut, with Laalo 'upon his back; then a roaring lion, that roared most terribly. There were swings in tlie hammock, and games of which the little natives had never heard. And all the time, while Joining In tjieinjplay, Barbara wutched her man. Often, too, she found him watching her. . . . How happy these little ones were In their life of freedom knowing no otfieh . . . The conventions of previous years seemed very remote now, very unreal. . -'His point of view was. surely, mere common sense. ... As the day wore on, she fell more and more silent, a teiv rible aching hunger In her heart. . <•. Must their two natures a^'e here In barren purpose I essness? Never be fulfilled? Why? Iteniuse far-off rules of society, wlijrh could not reach them, would he broken? How trivial such things seomed here, where the world was still in Its beginning. In the evening, the tiny glrj, tired after excitement of the day, grew sleepy and fretful. Alan stopped an uproarious game, sat down upon a rock, and lifted her in his arms. She lay there eontenledly, her little black head nestled in his shoulder. A pain that, in its poignancy, was almost physical, gripped Rarbara's heart. Great tears welled up suddenly and ran down her cheeks. Moved by an irresistible Impulse she darted forward and snatched the child from him. "No. not no I I can't bear--that i Let them tired out after long, victorious warfare, she lay, motionless, the moonlight falling through the little window upon h e r w h i t e - r o b e d f i g u r e . . . . After a time she rose and looked once more upon tlie waves she loved so well, a wondrous shining In her eyes. ' And all the perfumed beauty of the night blended in the tender, passionate craving to he with him who, also, had striven, and suffered, and conquered. IV A group of rough bowlders, mosacovered, commanded a long view ovef the eastern shore of the Island, while forming a shelter from the wind. Th# girl approached them; then, at a sudden soft sound, stood still, her heart beating rapidly. Noiselessly rounding* them, she discovered the man sha sought stretched upon t?ie ground, his head thrown back upon clasped arms, his eyes dreaming far away over softly outlined scene below. , For a moment she fingered the fold! of her thin garment, watching him Then the wind fluttered one of b« loose sleeves; and his gaze flashed bad from far distances. Turning his head he saw the figure standing, motion less, by his side. She stood perfectly still, her hand pressed upon the garment at her$reast, the wind waving her cloudy hair, het lips a little parted, her blue eyes dark ly shining In the faint light. Once--twice--she tried to speak, but the words would not come: she coulj" only envelop him, as It were. In th* r a d i a n t g l o r y o f h e r f a c e . . . . Suddenly a great wave of under standing broke over him, rendering hit® for a moment breathless, blinded, be wildered. . . . Then, Instinctively he raised his arms. With a little Inar ticulate cry the girl allowed him t< take her, trembling in her capitulation clinging to him, submitting, without re sistance, to the storm of passion a' last set free. His kisses burned lnt< her soft flesh, his arms crushed he? well-nigh breathless; ahe waa car ried away by the tide of his ardor responsive, glorying. . . Barbara had crossed he'r Rubicoi for all time. Presently he sat down upon tfc rocks, still holding her to him. • "You--came to tell me?" he whis pered. his face close to hers; his eye piercing to her very soul. "Yes." she whispered back. . . After a time she raised herself, stll in his arms. "Alan, I--couldn't tell you before until I felt convinced that all--wa right. You understand; don't you? I was because I loved you so, dear hear* not--fear, or coldness--" "I understand," he murmured, layln his cheek against hers. "I always ur derstood. It was the beastly brute 1 me that sometimes seemed not to.. . When, Barbara?" Her head fell back upon his breast 'with a little throbbing sigh, stie r* nounced her will to his. "Whenever--you like, Alan.* "At dawn?" he whispered. "It wl soon be here. When the sun rises ove the water It shall witness our--ma. rlage rites?" The passlonjiad died out of his vole and a note almost of awe had crept ii They remained, sometimes silen sometimes discussing, in low tonei their forthcoming bridal, while th moonlight waned, and the wonderft blue-black of the southern night sofi ened and paled. Presently Alan lowered the hand h held near his cheek and opened th fingers. "What can we do about a weddln ring?" he asked. "Oh! Does that matter?" "I should like to see you wearing on --of mine. Walt!" he continue* searching in the pockets of his fraye breeches. He displayed a collection o keys, a pocket knife, and a pencil, sut pended upon a small tin key ring. "Will this fit? It's better than not! ing." , "It looks about the right size, an will do beautifully. Oh, Alan! how shall love it!" He smiled, a world of tenderness 1 his eyes. "Look," be said. "Dawn i breaking." Early birds began to chirp an whistle, away In the forest; the dam ing waves turned a steely gray. Th wind had dropped, leaving a great s lence. It seemed as If nature wer holding her breath* waiting for th dawn not far off. . . . When 8 last the sun's first long shaft of got quivered across the water, the mK rose and set the girl gently upon he feet. The hand in his trembled i little; but she met his eyes braveij s m i l i n g l y . . . . 4 (TO BB CONTINUED.) „ Women and Courtship Man views It as a great testlmont to his prowess at amour to yield a| his liberty, his property and his son to the first woman who. in despair ot finding better game, turns her appral* lug eye upon him. But If you want ti hear a mirthless laugh. Just pre»»M this masculine theory to a bridesmaid at a wedding, particularly after aico bol and crocodile tears have done tbeli disarming work upon her. 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