The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21

II was still open at the page she had
been reading when she had dropped H.
With his first glance al what was WRIT
ten there he saw how she nad come, 80
suddenly. 10 understand.
September lSth.-Field Ice came INTO
the bay last night, just as II has come
al about this season In the TWO preced-
ing years-a dense fog and whole gaze
ing is relief. I, is. in way the OIL
fetal beginning of winter. The tanIa-
lizne hope oi rescue Is now put away
on the shelf to wait for another sum-
tion a temporary hopelessness is much
more comfortable than hope Itself. The
long winter night gives an opportunity
TO revive our belief that with another
season OF open water rescue VIII come.
II have been very busy lately stock
ing our larder for the next SIX months
bears and walruses enough to keep us
supplied. ! wish | could feel as easy
about our fuel. We have swept the
beach clear OF driftwood. but shall have
ter with For myself. who have no real
hope at ALL IT doesn't greatly matter. j
greet the dawn of each of these intermi-
nahle Arctic days with intense WEAKNESS.
another winter without an involuntary
In manus Tuas."
Cayley read the entry through slowly,
I'm glad 1t happened this way he
said when he finished. glad 1t was your
father who told you. All this past hour
I've been wondering how could tell you
how l could make you understand.
The girl had been half reclining upon
the great sheepskln. her weight support
ed by one hand. While Cayley read, this
support failed her. and she sank down.
rather slowly, until her head was s9 ouraeo ,,,
as II in blind supplicauon. She was
shuddering all over,
AS Cayley spoke, he covered those
Ia, d.
his own, The touch and the sound OF
his voice steadied her a little.
you've known all, then. from the
first?" The words came brokenIy, nall
voiced. muffled.
lie bent down over her to hear them.
''Yes. I knew from the first"
He said no more than that just then,
but remained as he was his nand cover 5.,
ing her two, holding them tight, MS oody
bending over hers protectlngly.
After a little while she ceased shud-
dering, and answered the pressure OF MS
hand with q sudden clasp OF her two;
then drew them away agaD and SAT
erect.
Her eyes, when they rose TO his face,
were still wide with tear-a deeper-seat-
ed fear really, than her first momentary
panic But now she had it in control and
spoke steadily enough.
"There is no chance at all. do you
| think"
For the Aurora to come back? No, nol
| this season. at least: no possible chance.
"And-how much ammunition nave you
| Mr. Cayey?"
"Thirty-one cartridges, besides the ones
| In the revolver.
He would have said something moro
| but with n little gesture she prevented
| him. you've been thinking II out she
| said "You know what II means now, and
i feel that don't, I can't quite realize
| 1t yet. You must give me a little umt
TO think. too"
He had to assent to that, though h'
thoughts must take, and foresaw th'
dreadful conclusion of them. And th'
| answer he had to make TO that conclu
| sion9 Well. he had il ready.
| How long that silence lasted, nelthe
OF them knew. lie sat there beside her
! and yet even his eyes allowed her per
| feet solitude. He mended the fire and at
tended to his cooking as quietly as be
| fore, when the girl was reading.
Finally little move of hers, prePara
| tory 10 speech, gave him leave TO lool
at her. In those silent minutes, howeVe
| long they were, her face had changed. l
| was grave now. intensely thoughtful. bu
the color had come back into 1t. 1t wa
| alive again
when l asked you a while ago
| there were any chance, you asked me l
| | meant a chance for the return OF tn
Aurora. and said there was none. Tha
| was what ! meant then. but It's no
what l mean now. Is there any chanc
at all? | haven't been able TO see an,
carefully. Do you see any? You-yo
| must tell me the truth. please"
! ~ haven't been trying TO assess tn
chances. ] spent my hour thinking abou
| something else, and ! can't answer you
question really with n yes or a no."
| Not With 81 yes, but can't you answe
II with a no? Aren't you perfectly sure
In your heart. that there's no chance
Not yet" he answered, There ma
be a chance, and If there is we can NEE
il half way" Then he stretched out hi
hand THAT red-bound book there
your father said? We can live like Chris
tians. ard we can always hope. II
thought. when he put that bottle. whlc
contained his message. into the sea, tha
Hon OF its resulting in an effectual re
lief. Yet he went on living as a brav
man lives, day at a. time. And whe
he died. he died without fear. Doin
| that. he not only helped himself but h
helps us In a way that he couldn't pos
sibly have foTeseen."
Her eyes filled suddenly with tear
ana smile, OF a divine sad tenderness
touched for an instant her mouth. "By
that isn't our case, you know. Ours Ism
as simple as that,
What makes the dlfference?" But h
knew the answer.
; "Your wings" She said it hardly aboy
a whisper and as she said IT she turne
a little paler and her brave lips trembe
But In an instant her will had take
command again. II am sure you Sc
It's quite plain" she went on steadl
If you will spread them, those grei
wings Of yours and take 10 the air wilt
8 them, and fly away, as you are free
: do. and leave me here alone. as l real
1 am alone. the only person mar0oned hel
II you'll do that, then I'll follow II
: fathers gospel. But you won't go ava
You can't-not q man like you, and
know that. l know 1 mustn't even su,
. gest It,"
, Her voice sank again and grew vi
steady. while l am starving. you w
: be starving. 100. And while | am free
ing, sou will freeze" She stopped the
c with shudder and a deep, gasping so
> then, Wont you go?' she cried. "Yc
. said once that one OF us might be dream
= ing. but that one was not l. Can't "
:, believe it's so? Can't you wake up fro
- the dream that Is turning into nigh
- mare, and fly away?-No. you can't. Y,
can't!-There Is only one way out
d IT,"
= There was the conclusion he had for
n seen. had foreseen long before he cou
Il formulate 1.-THE inevitable conclusl
N that had led him TO pray for an hot
n And now he thanked God that the answ
q was ready.
But before he could speak. she turn
- 10 him with n sudden transition OF moo
Il which left him gaspng. The face s
turned upon him now was radial