1 "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" 2 Philip Christian, a rising young lawyer, and Pete Quilliam, the fisherman, met as boys and grew up as brothers. 3 Still the staunchest friends, they fought side by side for the cause of the lowly fisherfolk. 4 "Come on, lads - we're signing the petition at old Caesar's inn." 5 Kate Cregeen, daughter of old Caesar, who kept the "Manx Fairy". 6 "It's just like you, Mr. Christian, to help our men." 7 "I'd do anything for Pete - his friends are mine." 8 "Men, I'm going to see this through - even if I have to take it to the Governor of the island himself." 9 "I reckon now's as good a time as any to ask old Caesar about me and Kate." 10 "You and Kate? - - Oh, yes." 11 "You - Phil -" 12 "- - you speak for me, Phil - you've got a way of making things sound better." 13 "Just praise me a bit, Phil." 14 "I tell you - get out! How dare you even mention my daughter's name, you penniless lout." 15 "You'll be sorry -" 16 "I'll make you take that back one day, Caesar." 17 "I'll show him, Phil. I'll go abroad - - to Africa. I'll work my passage." 18 "And I'll come back rich - see if I don't." 19 "Let's go and tell Kate." 20 "Kate - I'm off to foreign parts to make my fortune." 21 "When I come back, it's a queen I'll make of you - - if only you'll wait." 22 "Aw, Kate - hold your capers - - be serious a-while." 23 "Will you wait, darlin'?" 24 "All right, Pete. I promise." 25 "She's promised to wait, Phil! Look after her for me while I am gone." 26 From the Island, to Liver- pool by the packet boat - - then the big ship to "foreign parts". 27 The home of Philip Christian, cradle of a line of Deemsters. (Deemster - Judge in the Isle of Man.) 28 "You were with that publican's daughter again to-day." 29 "It doesn't improve your prospects to be seen about with that girl." 30 "You know, Aunt, I promised Pete to look after her." 31 "It's not fair to the girl - - and it's not fair to yourself." 32 "I must keep my word." 33 "Your father married beneath him - let his ruined career be a warning to you." 34 "I've devoted my life to fitting you for the day when you become Deemster." 35 "Don't spoil your future by a foolish entanglement - break it off while there is time." 36 "Pete's dead!" 37 "Maybe I was wrong about Pete and Kate - - she hasn't spoken a word since the news came." 38 "Philip - we're free." 39 "Don't you see what this means to us?" 40 "I'm glad Pete's alive but it makes no difference. I don't love him." 41 "Kate - you promised yourself to him." 42 "Yes, I promised myself to him, but I've given myself to you." 43 "It can't go on, Kate. Pete trusted us and he is coming home with faith in our loyalty." 44 "If he ever knew we had been false to him, it would break his heart. We must think of his happiness." 45 "Whatever happens, Pete must never know." 46 "You go in, Philip - I can't face him." 47 "See, Kate. You waited for him, and the Lord's spared him for you." 48 "And he's come home again, hearty and flush o' money." 49 "I can tell Kate you've agreed to our marrying." 50 "Now everything's all right, we can get married straight away." 51 "And you'll be best man, Phil." 52 "The surprise of seeing me again was too much for her." 53 "Marriage be a mighty reverent thing." 54 "All manner of punishment comes to them that's false to its sacred vows." 55 "The mills of God grind slowly -" 56 "Hoy, Caesar - this is not a funeral - it's a wedding." 57 A trusting, joyous husband - an adored, unhappy wife whose secret misery brought death into her soul. 58 "You've got to take me away, Philip." 59 "I can't keep my secret any longer." 60 "Why didn't you tell me before? It would have made all the difference." 61 "You kept away from me - you thought more of your future than of mine." 62 "We must tell Pete every- thing." 63 "No - not now! Think of the shame." 64 "But Pete must know." 65 "He must never know the real truth." 66 "Pete - I've something to tell you." 67 "D'y'hear, Phil? I'm going to be a father." 68 "A young woman to see you, sir." 69 "I've left him, Philip. I cannot live this life of deceit any longer." 70 "What are you going to do?" 71 "I want to be with you - do take me, Philip." 72 "Can't I stay here? I could hide away somewhere. I wouldn't be any trouble." 73 "She wanted a holiday, so I sent her to London." 74 "She wanted a holiday, so I sent her to London." 75 "Kate's gone!" 76 "Help me to find her, Philip." 77 "I must get back to my baby." 78 "Philip, I want to talk to you." 79 "Philip - the time has come when you must choose between your career and me." 80 "You must be patient, Kate - give me time to think." 81 "I'm going to get all I have left in the world - our baby." 82 "To-morrow I'm sitting in Court as Deemster for the first time. It will be the greatest day of my life." 83 "I'm not staying." 84 "I've come for my baby." 85 "You shan't take her - she's mine." 86 "She's not yours - she never was." 87 "It's a lie!" 88 "It's a lie, I tell you!" 89 "Before the main business of the day is begun, will you ask his honour to dispose of a minor charge -" 90 "A case of attempted suicide." 91 "The prisoner refuses her name." 92 "I was by the quayside when I heard a splash and a scream - and after a struggle I managed to drag her ashore." 93 "My poor woman, is there nobody here who can answer for you?" 94 "Phil - Phil! Let me speak for her." 95 "I beg pardon, sir - but as you know, she's my wife." 96 "I'll take her back, sir. Please let her go, Philip." 97 "The prisoner is discharged and free to return to her husband." 98 "Dear old Phil!" 99 "Er - thank you, sir." 100 "I'm not going back!" 101 "You see, sir, before we were married she was in love with another man." 102 "I'm not going back!" 103 "There before you is her betrayer, the Deemster himself." 104 "Can't you see, Pete - can't you see?" 105 "He speaks the truth -" 106 "- I stand before you - a man who has broken faith with his best friend and taken away a woman's honour." 107 "You gave me your trust which I am unworthy to bear." 108 "I am not fit to sit in judgement on my fellows, I who have sinned against God and man." 109 "I resign this - the dignity I strove for, that I may devote myself to righting the wrong I have done." 110 "Pete, we too have suffered." THE ENDHome