The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-16
By Henry Ketchell Webster, Author with
Samuel Merwin) of Calumet X

taken her into those waters is no concern
OF ours. Her business was done anu sn1
was homsward bound, as her long per-
nant streaming out astcrn, afte5tro. ~
tho Auroru hailed her. Mr.. fahSnaW
went on board. and when he returncd IL
was with the aStoniEhcd captains INVITA-
lion 10 himself and the others in his
party, Jeanne, Philip and TOM, 70 go
hack 10 san Francisco In the Eunpoat'
They left the Aurora TO follow alonS AT
lrcr own gait, in Captain Warmers charge
left gold and al-taldnG with them Only
some civilized clothes and two precious
articles which Jeanne would not leave
wood box, and Caylcy's wings,
As for the civilized clothes. when the
two lovers, go equipped. encountered each
other for the first time In the ward room
OF the man -of-war. just before tncir htsi
dinner on board OF her they mad Gezeh
at each other almost incredulousIy' Sow,
ns they sat here on deck the last golden
hours OF that golden voyage slipping
away, Philip reverted TO that moment
TO his feeling at tlrst sight OF her
Clothes aren't mere eXtcrnal5. lneY
really strike in a little way, at least. IL
was not just that you looked different
that night in the ward-room, you wcrc
different, a littlC-rcally not quite the
same person who walked back beside me
| across the ice 10 tho Aurora. -,
do you like her-this new person.
Jeanne asked She drawled over the
question n lltlc. as II her lips carcssed
1t. In the speaking CayIey laughed like
a boy.
| II even like ptluS IL bNlIt dIl.ilb VI
her" he said.
they had been talking lazily. as II had
been their wont TO do lately. There was
n certain luxury in taking their happiness
| for granted-in slipping along The sur
| face OF life for while and cvading the
emotional decps in themselves. which
they knew were there. That was natu-
pericnccs which that long Arctic night
had provided them with. They seldom
spoke of that time. 1t was with diff.
| "A f.Ii Iinr
any account OF IL.
I'm afraid Of myself" she said. and
that isn't n joke. I've been i'll terror
all the voyage for fear I'd do something
drcadful-sIrctch out at full length on
the deck, after dinner or something OF
that sort. In long skirt | feel ms l re-
member | used TO when l was about ten
years old and ! Was allowed TO dress up
In my mothers clothes. And Philip. now
| that we are nearly home-Dearly back to
the world am afraid of IL really afraid
afraid ri hate IL. the people don't
mean friends. Just peopic-and being po-
| lite and behaving respectfully and hay
Ing nothing really particular to do" As
she finished, her voice had a deeper note
! in il. and looking quickly zap at her,
Philip saw that she was in earnest
81 suppose we shall feel that lie said
/ but we can come back gradually. We
can build us a bungalow somewhere up
on mountain side where we can he
quite by ourselves-witb no servants, or
anything, ! mcan-and then VIC can take
| humanity in small doses. little At "A
| time"
"You will have your wings she sup
plemented, and you can 20 towering
up. far up in the sunshine, TO where tho
air is as cold as that YOU few down
through the night you first came 10 mo
so high that the world Will look de-
serted even though r isn't-and YOU can
believe II empty, just as once II was
Only-only-then you'll have TO como
speak but she forcstallcd him. "Phllp
haven't YOU little fear all OF your own!
| Won't you wish that you could ny un-
hampercd? Won't YOU regret the DAYS
when the world was really empty OF me
and everybody clsc-regrct that night
| when YOU came flashing down upon tho
ice foe beside me?"
| This time she would have let him an
swer her. but they were interrupted just
| then by a football close by on The deck
| and, looking up. they saw one of tho
junior officers standing close beside them
| looking youngster, whose frank adorat ion
of Jeanne ever since they had come
aboard had amused the Fansliaws and
secretly pleased and touched Philip. al
| They both rose and lounSed back
against tho rail as he came up.
vo Glad ia sai1 to be canes NEARLY 99me Mr. & ca@
regard any port in the states as nome
don't you?"
"Oh. I'd be glad enough of a months
particular voyage, I mean-G mean If il
didn't mean that VIC are scing to lose
ycu." -.
She gave him friendly little smile. but
! Philip.
| "In have To confess" he said 80 the
rudcst sort of inquisltivc curiosity about
the strengthening bundle you brought
| aboard with YOU from the Aurora 1t
| looks like some primitive Eslmo's al :
tempt to build "A flying machine