The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
CHAPTER XIV.
THE RED BOUND BOOK,

By the time they had rounded the head :
land, the whole beach before them was
enyeloped In the sapphire shadow OF the
cliff, and the little cluster OF huts iowa rd
which they were trudgIne was hardly dis
tingulshao bic. 1t was not until they
bad halved the distance that the eir!
made out the little plume OF rose -colored
smoke that iloated above Philips newly
constructed chimney.
She exclaimed at sight OF it. and then
suddenly fell silent. abandoning half told
the account she had been giving him OF
the little incidents OF her day. He tried
for a while 10 keep the conversation go-
ing in the same key in which She had left
Off, commenting humorously upon his de-
hciencies as mason and stove hitter. But
her new mood was infectious. and before
long 1t Imposed silence upon him, too
II was not until they had come so near
that they could see the aickering red or
the tirelight shining out through the
window thta the girl turned 10 him and
said; with a shalsy laugh; Isn't 1t alb
that, house with an open fire blazing
upon the hearth. should MAKE one. sud-
denly, homesickH' Even through the twi-
light he could see that her eyes were
mind" she added ''Tll pruce up in a
minute. But. somehow, the nrst sight
Of it-caught me-"
Jeanne was rather tall for woman
adoring. fond young men back home had
Sometimes described her as stately
but TO Philip. as she stood before him
now, she looked small and strangely child
Ike. He had an impulse-an impulse that
frightened him little when he became
aware of ito take her in his arms and
pull her UP close and comfort her a tar
Oily checked gesture with born arms and
a pair OF suddenly opened hands betrayed
the impulse TO himself, as we'll as to the
girl. and he got the impression that she
had started to respond TO It, that within
those strong arms OF his was just where
at that moment. she wanted 10 be.
But the next instant he laid a hand
upon her arm and, with the otner, pointed
limperatively down the beach toward the
hut whether you saw him before. or
not, he said, with a short grim laugh,
.you can see him now
/ Looking where he pointed. she saw Il
big. yellowish white ungainly thing
come numbering round the corner OF the
hut. upon all fours.
"a bear" ne said. "and good big
one You're not to be afraid. This is
really unmerited good luck"
Aren't they dangerous. these polar
bears" she asked.
In his answering laugh she heard the
deny. dT he said that ii ! had my way
about il, I'd have you safely shut up
inside the hut there before ! tried con-
illusions with him. Give me the revolver.
'fre II you see a chance to slip inside
the hut. do IT. And don't assume that
he's dead until tell you so. These polar
bears have have nc me nerves at all You can't
have put their locomotor facilities COM
pIetely out of business"
She was smiling when she handed him |
the revolver.
Here's luck she said Don't be |
afraid for me-
Cayley smiled, too Keep behind me. |
but not so far that you're in any danger !
of getting cut off in case have 10 dance |
around him little. There, he's winded
'us already"
Even at that distance and in the fading |
light the girl saw the monster bristle |
and throw up his lolins head with sud-
denly arrested attention. To her intense |
establishment. instead OF the snarl she |
expected. she heard a venomous. voice |
about the sound something which. COM
bined with the weird, insufficient light |
and the shape of the beast. which loomed |
ghostly through it, gave her n sensst ton |
OF dread wholly unrelated TO the actual |
physical danger in which they stood
Cayley turned for last look at her |
he had slipped his bundled wings from |
bis back and laid them on The Ice. He
was still smiling. but somewhat ironical-
~ 'Im half afraid he'll run away" he
said. "and half afraid he won't
The next instant all doubt on that head
was set at rest. The monster hlssed |
again, and came numbering toward them.
prctty rapidly, across the ice.
+. Cayley advanced slowly 70 meet him.
but not in direct line. Instead, he
understood the maneuver instantly. sand
herself. set out landward AT brisk pace
moving in the arc Of a circle, parallel |
10 his but larger. in such n way as to
keep the bear. Philip and herself as all |
three moved in different directions, In
straight line
. They quartered round in this way the
pear swerving in well toward Philip. un-
I'll all three were in line. about equidis-
tant from the hut Philip and the bear,
Were perhaps. a dozen PAGES apart. With
out turning he called over his shoulder TO
iner. Nov run for it-for the hut. III
Keep him amused out here"
AZ the sound OF his voice the bear
pushed him. The girl had never in her
NE found anything hard TO do as To
opey orders now But she did obey and
was running at top speed toward the
open door of the hut when she heard
Cayley fire for the first time. Just as she
reached II, she heard his second shot
when she turned about. painting to OBJ
eerve the result OF IL the two seemed