The Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1913-Jan 1914)

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"in her soft, brown eyes was an acknowledgment of her love" Derringer came galloping up to us like a mad Viking, with his long beard flowing in the breeze. It was a moment before he could speak. "A ship !" he finally cried. "With a shock like a bolt of lightning, the past burst into my consciousness. I hope I shall never feel such a suffocating, bursting sense again. For a moment I stood dazed ; then the film cleared, and I looked around and saw the woman I loved. Derringer, too, was looking at her. And she — the triumphal joy of that moment will never fade — had wakened, too, and in her soft, brown eyes was an acknowledgment of her love for me. I dont think Derringer saw it then. He was the first to offer practical service and advice. "Come, let us work — build a great fire — they will put off for us in the morning ! ' ' Then how we did work ! In an hour we had lit it with a piece of flint, and it cast a rippling swath of light far out across the water. Almost immediately there was an answering display of rockets. We were saved ! Our fatigue and semi-exhaustion was so great that we lay down near our beacon and fell into a deep sleep. I woke at daylight. Derringer was still asleep. The vessel lay at anchor about a mile and a half out. I walked down the beach a little to a pretty inlet, never letting the sweet outlines of the vessel leave my gaze. I heard a footstep and turned. It was Jean. My Jean! I took her in my arms and held her with her sweet face close 71