Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-08

1t. in the speaking. Cayiey laughed
like a boy.
'T even like being little afraid Of
her." he said.
"They had been talking laziiy, as 1t
had been their wont to do lately. There
wss a certain luxury in taking their
happiness for granted-in slipping
along the surface of life for a while
and evading the emotional deeps in
themselves, which they knew were
there. That was natural, after the Sc
ries Of tremendous experiences which
that long Arctic night had provided
them with. They seldom spoke Of that
time. 1t was with difficulty that Tom
and his father could get any account
of 1t.
When Jeanne went on speaking now
II was In the same tone Of lazy enjoy
ment which she had employed before.
I'm afraid OF myself" she said, "and
that isn't a joke. I've been in terror
all the voyage for fear I'd do something
dreadful-stretch out at full length on
the deck. after dinner, or something
of that sort. In a long skirt feel as
remember I used to when I was about
10 years old and I was allowed to dress
up in my mothers clothes. And Philip.
now that we are nearly home-nearly
back to the world-I am afraid of II,
really afrald-afraid I'll hate 1t, the
people--I don't mean friends. just peo-
ple-and being polite and behaving re-
specially, and having nothing really
particular to do" AS she finished her
voice had deeper note in 1t, and,
iYa nm nf Qxxy
that she was In earnest.
''I suppose we shall feel that" he
said, "but we can come back grad
ually. We can build us bungalow,
somewhere up on a mounrain-side,
where we can be quite by ourselves
with no servants, or anything, 1 mean
and then we can take humanity In
small doses, little at time.'
you will have your WINGS" she sup
plemented, "and you can go towering
up, far up in the sunshine, to where the
air Is as cold as that you tiew down
through the night you first came to me
so high that the world will look de-
serted, even though 1t isn't-und you
can believe 1t empty, just as once 1t
was. Only-only-then you1l have to
come back to me-" She saw ne meant
to speak. but she forestalled him.
philip, haven't you a little fear all OF
your own? Won't you wish that you
could fly unhampered? I don't mean
always, but sometimes. Won't you re-
gret the days when the world was
really empty of me and everybody else
regret that night when you came
flashing down upon the ice-floe beside
me?"
This time she would have let him
answer her, but they were interrupted
just then by football close by on the
deck, and, looking up they saw one OF
the Junior officers standing close beside
them He was a dark-haired dark
eyed, good-looking youngster, whose
frank alteration of Jo nne ever since
they had come aboard had amused the
Fanshaws and secretly pleased and
touched Philip, although he pretended
to be amused. too.
They both rose and lounged back
against the rail as he came up.
"Glad to be nearly home, Mr.. Cald-
weli?" said Jeanne. You navy people
regard any port in the States as home,
don't your"
"Oh, I'd be glad enough of months
shore leave" he said, IF 1t weren't
this particular voyage. l mean-I
mean IL 1t didn't mean that we are
going to lose you."
She gave him a friendly little smile.
but made no other answer. He turned
to Philip.
"I'll have to confess" he said. ito
the rudest sort of inquisitive curiosity
about the strange-looking bundle you
brought aboard with you from the
Aurora. 1t looks like some primitive
Eskimo's attempt to build a flying
machine"
"It is something like that, said
Philip. IF you'll have it brought up
here on deck I'll open 1t out for you.
The young fellows pleasure was al
most boyish. It'll have 1t brought at
once" he said.