Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1928, Winnipeg, Manitoba The part the Cap Tush Bald Long arc go about the world with their eyes suit. You Are right. The sea is free to nil of us. Some work on it urn some play the fool on it and i care. Only you May take it from me that i will let no Man s play interfere with my work. You want me to understand you Are n very great Man or. Travers smiled coldly. Of continued Luigard i understand that Well enough. But remember you live very far from Home while i Here i am where i belong. And i belong where i am. I am just Tom Lyngard no More no less where ver i to be and you May ask a sweep of his hand along the Western horizon entrust cd wit i perfect Confidence the remainder of his speech to the dumb testimony of the sea. He had been of Board the yacht for More than an hour and nothing for him had come of it but the birth of .1 unreasoning hate. To the Union demand of these people s of their ignorance of their faces of their voices he Hud nothing to give but a resentment that had in it a germ of reckless violence. He could Tell them nothing because he had not the Means. Their coming at this moment when he bad wandered beyond that Circle which race memories Early associations All the essential conditions of one s origin Trace round every rom s life deprived him in a manner of the Power of speech. He was con four idd. It was like meeting exacting spectres in a desert. He stared at the open sea his arms crossed with a reflective fierceness. His very Luule him utterly Dif Ferent from everyone on Board that vessel. The Grey shirt the Blue Sash one rolled up sleeve Baring a sculptural forearm Jit negligent masterful Ness of ills tone and pose were very distaste Ful to or. Travers no having made up Hla mind to wait for some kind of official assistance regarded the intrusion of that inexplicable Man with . From the moment Lyngard came on Board the yacht every Eye in that vessel had been fixed upon win. Only Carter within earshot Ami leaning with his Elbow upon the rail stared Clown at the deck As f Over come with drowsiness or lost in thought. Of the three other persons lift or. Travers kept his hands in the Side pockets of his jacket and did not con ceal his growing disgust. On the other Side of the deck a lady. In a Long chair had a passive attitude that to or. Cd Aleacer standing dear her Sci Mecl characteristic of the manner in which accepted the necessities of existence. Years before a an attache of h a embassy in Lon Don he had found her an interesting hostess. She was even More interest ing now since a Chance meeting and or. Travel s offer of a passage to a Tavla. Had Given him an Opportunity of studying the various shades of scoria which he suspected to be the secret of her acquiescence in the shallowness of events and the Monotony of a world by existence. There were things that from the first he had not been Able to under stand for instance Why she should have married or. Travers. It must have been from ambition. He could not help feeling that such a Success Ful mistake would explain completely her scorn and also her acquiescence. The meeting in Manila had been utterly unexpected to him and he accounted for it to his Uncle the governor general of the Colony by pointing out that englishmen when worsted in the struggle of love or politics travel extensively As if by encompassing a Large portion of Earth s surface they hoped to gather fresh strength for a renewal contest. As to himself he judged but did not say that his con test with Fate was ended though he also travelled leaving behind him in the capitals of Europe a Story in which there was nothing scandalous but the publicity of an excessive feeling and nothing More tragic than the Early death of a woman whose Brilliant perfections were no better known to the world than the discreet and passion ate Devotion she had innocently in pc pred. The invitation to join the yacht Ivas the culminating Point of Many exchanged civilities and was mainly prompted by or. Travers desire to Havi somebody to talk to. D Aleacer Haci accepted with the reckless indifference of a Man to whom one method of flight from a relentless enemy is As food As another. Certainly the respect of listening to Long monologues on Commerce administration and politics Tiki not Promise much alleviation to his sorrow and he could not expect much else from mrs. Travers whose life and thought. Ignorant of human passion were devoted to extracting the greatest possible amount of personal advantages from human institutions. D Aleacer found however that to could attain it measure of Forgett ulness most precious thing for him now the society of Edith travers. She had awakened his curiosity a Romance of the shallows by Joseph 1 Conrad i who can that 6 Bui 11, is always a Otin u one Muhi a h t la through the silence by Twe or. Voice ing i be Tki not v. Ant you. I 6 the m be Back to which must you Are a dangerous i warn you. Kir John As it is a personal Friend of mine in Send a Cruiser Lin Paivi ii Cru up d loud As Long As i in dons no ii next Days 1 Don t care i Are scarce now in Thi. Find to turn my Buek on you net do you you should not have come Here o said Lingard Hal he ills Luo a ravers stepped . Will gain nothing to for Lulu a lie suld. I know who you every in the yacht was open. The men. Orovick i upon other blared stupidly like a Theca. Or. To avers pulled out a Liana kerchief and pasted it Over his Ore head. The face of the sailing Rasta who n gains the main Nast near dared to approach Vas Craiton to. Or he in diag is upon Wadi which he thought nothing and nobody on Earth could do More. These two talked of things i differ. Eat and interesting certainly not connected Wotli human institutions and Only very slightly with human Pas Sions but d Aleacer could not help being made aware of her latent Capa City for sympathy developed in those who Are disenchanted with life or dentil How fiu1 she was disenchanted he did not know and did not attempt to find out. Tills restraint was imposed upon him by the chivalrous respect he had for the secrets of women and by a conviction that deep feeling is often impenetrable obscure even to those it masters for their inspiration or the ii ruin he believed that even she herself would never know but his grave curiosity was satisfied by the observation of her mental state and he was not sorry that the stranding of the yacht prolonged his Opportunity. Time passed on that mud Auk As Well As anywhere else and it was not from a multiplicity of events but from the lapse of time alone that he expected Relief. Yet in the sameness of Days upon the shallows time flow ing ceaselessly flowed imperceptibly and since every Man clings to his own be it Joy be it grief he was pleased after the unrest of his wander Ings to be Able to fancy the whole universe and even time itself apparently come to a standstill As if unwilling to Tuke him away further from his Sor Row which was fading indeed but in dimly shed As things fade not in the distance but in the Mist. Ii. D Aleacer was a Man of nearly forty lean and Sallow with hol Low eyes and a drooping Brown moustache. His gaze was penetrating and direct his smile frequent Aud fleeting. He observed Lingard with great interest. He was attracted by the elusive line a fold perhaps the form of the Eye the Droop of an eyelid the curve of a Cheek that trifling trait which on no two faces on Earth is alike that in each face is the very foundation of expression As if All the rest being heredity mystery or Accident it alone had been shaped consciously by the soul within. Now and then he Bent slightly Over the slow of a red fan in the curve of the deck chair to say a few words to mrs. Travers. Who answered him without looking up without a Modula Tion of tone or n play of feature As if she had spoken from behind the veil of an immense indifference stretched Between her and All men be tween her Cait and the meaning of events Between her eyes and he Shal Low sea which like her gaze appeared profound forever stilled and seemed far off in the distance of a faint Hori Zon beyond the reach of Eye beyond the Power of hand or , to lose itself in the sky. Or. Travers stepped aside and speak ing to Carter overwhelmed him with reproaches. You misunderstood your instruct murmured or. Travers rapidly. Why did you bring this Man Here am surprised not half so much As i was last growled the Young Seaman without any reverence in his tone very provoking to or. Travers. I perceive now you were totally unfit for Tho Mission i entrusted Yon went pm the owner of the yacht. It s he who got hold of said faster. Haven t you heard him your self whispered or. Travers angrily. Have you Uny idea what intentions May i half answered Carter that his intentions was to shoot me in his Cabin last night if i that s not the interrupted or. Travers. Have you any opinion As to his motives in coming Carter raised his weary bloodshot eyes in a face and peeling As though it had been licked by a flame. I know no More than you do sir. Last night when he had me in that Cabin of his he said he would just As soon shoot me us let me go to look for any other help. It looks As if he were desperately Bent upon get Ting a lot of Salvage Money out of a stranded or. Travers turned away and for a moment appeared immersed in deep thought. This Accident of stranding upon a deserted coast was annoying As a loss of time. He tried to minimize it by putting in order the notes collected during the year s travel in the East. He had sent off for assistance his very crestfallen made bold to say that the yacht would most Likely float next Spring tides d Ai cuter. A person of undoubted Nobil Ity though of inferior principles was better than no company in so far at least that he could play Picquet. Or. Travers had made up Bis mind to wait. Then suddenly this rough Man looking As if he had stepped out from an engraving in a Book about buccaneers broke in upon his Resigna Tion with mysterious allusions to danger which sounded absurd yet were disturbing with dark and warning sentences that sounded like disguised or. Travers had a heavy and rather Long which he shaved. His eyes were Blue chill naive Blue. He faced untouched by travel without a Mark of weariness or exposure with the air of having been born Invulnerable. He had a full Pale face and his complexion was perfectly colourless amazingly Irish As if he had been reared in the Shade. He thought i must put an end o ibis preposterous hectoring. I won t be intimidated into paying for services i Don t or. To Nivea b Felt a Strong disgust for the impudence of the attempt and All at once. Incredibly strangely As though the thing like a contest a rival or a Friend had been of pro found importance to his career he Felt inexplicably elated at the thought of defeating the Serret purpose of that Man. Lingard unconscious of very thing and everybody contemplated the sea. To had grown on it lie had lived with it it had Enuce him away from Home on it his thoughts had expanded and his hand had found work to do. It had suggested endeavour it had made him owner and commander of the finest Brig afloat it had lulled him a belief in himself in his strength in his suddenly by it hid Pic Ltd in a fatal Accident it had brought him face to face with a difficulty that looked like the beginning of disaster. He had said All he dared to and he perceived that he was not believed. This had not happened to him for years. It had never happened. It bewildered him As if he had suddenly discovered that he was no longer him self. He had come to them and had said i mean Well by you. I am Tom l Gard and they did not believe before such scepticism he was helpless because he had never it pos he said you Are in the Way of my work. You Ore in the. Way of what i can not give up for any one but i will see you through All Safe if Yoa will Only Trust Tom and they would not believe him i it was intolerable. He imagined himself sweeping their this Eclief out of his Way. And Why not he did not know them he did not care for them he did not even need to lift his Nuci against them ail he had to do was to shut his eyes now for a Clay or two and afterwards he could forget that he had even seen them. It would be easy. Let their disbelief , their Folly disappear their bodies or Rush. It was ruin ill Lingard s gaze detached itself from the silent sea travelled slowly Over the silent figures clustering for want Over the faces of the Seaman attentive and surprised Over the faces never seen before yet Sug Gesting old Distant shores of Early me Mories. Or. Travers gave a Start also and the hand which had been Busy with his left whisker went into the pocket of his jacket As though he had plucked out something Worth keeping. He made a Quick step toward Lingard. I Don t see my Way to utilize your he said with coid finality. Lingard grasping his Beard looked Down at him by for a Short time. Perhaps it s just As he said very slowly because i did not offer my services. I be offered to take you on Board by Brig for a few Days As our Only Chance of safety. And you asked me what were my motives if you Don t see them they Are not for you to and these Mea who two hours be fore had never seen each other stood for a. Moment close together antagonistic As if they had been life Long enemies one Short Dapper and glaring upward the other towering heavily and looking Down in contempt and Auger. Or. D Aleacer without taking his eyes off them Bent Low Over the deck chair have you Ever teen a Man dashing himself at a Stone he asked confidentially. Said mrs. Travers gazing straight before her above the slow Flut Ter of the fan. No i do not know it was Ever done men Burrow under or slip round quietly while they look the other a you define murmured d Aleacer. A Little of it Here Ifould do no harm. 33ut our picture esque visitor has none of it. I be a great liking for breathed out mrs. Trav cars with a smile that touched her lips with its Bright Wing and was blown almost before it could be seen. There is liking at first affirmed d Aleacer As Well As love at first coup de she looked up for a moment and lie went on gravely i think it is the Triest the most profound of sentiments. You do not love because of what is in the other. You love because of something that is in he struck his breast lightly with the tip of one Finger. A capacity in you. And not everyone May have everyone deserves to be touched by fire from and she said. He made a slight movement. Benevo. Tii Clit general con Back on you Only those poor Deli in Guird furious la. Them cow they or. Trs. Two Coal of univ. D Aleacer ii is a i Ami. The picture Esq is and in. Hoir mis. fan of Stirt on her Antes full cd she gifts if wet Jullig to More. Do 1 to make m Effort Lor d Ai cancer. She Diri no Ana Ecuer wait. Little. Whai. Schall i or to a i i a. Lent ? hot bctircj.1 the went on i Iwuc Ste nation. I would i am thinking crowd did you about i esl i vers. Even i i am hairy for Honi pro. I inward sudden Dellbert. Lion an with his Arm crossed on his at tills or. Jumped and tar 6 w shout you Are of i in Jiow. I Haw nothing to to d Aleacer after muttering to a self this is a movement and could not Adlere i ears when he ii Eird sire. Tatj rapidly with a kind of Fervour Dou t co Pray Don t top the a. Of this u anger d Aleacer leu cd it Oace a garb the rail. Nothing More to .-.y. Leave my Tilp Aud lil rec by Black u of Turc shed at his wife s on paws sad blinking Zeilo a Tyes. Growled Discon tent edly at Oie noise. Mrs. Lau Glied a faint laugh tint seemed to pm pipe to to Dart Between her Teeth. D a cacti concealing his , Vas looting Down at her gravely and afer a gasp she said with Joule bursts of merriment Between every Lew words no. But his Freia experience for me to Sec some a human. A one would think they had waited All their tins a a a these vols struck o Alluca air planes hovered to to As Liiro plug an m expected Luu. By a smile m said seriously this it Alny 1111.5 too Jar. A Row who looks so picturesque is Cap am allow and St moving toward Lingird and yet his whole m his Wafe n leisurely move men an Tion and Lingard spun with ?3giess.ri Mien to the touch on 1ls shod Der. But As Doii is he took his to Olf or. Travors. Hit anger Tell. To sink v.-liliou1. at like a rest cd a str must. Pardon. d Aleacer co a Posedly. The slight wave of Hlf m was hardly More than an ir.dlcat.-1 the beaming of a conciliating Pardon me but this is a i Quiring perfect Confidence on bides. Don Martin he re who is p son of importance. J i be spoken my mind said As As l 6kq i continued on Psge of anything. Left her Loose limb a Section frb0 press Winnipeg saturday october 6, 1928 ;