The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-08

ing. With the coming ashore OF a. boat
F.! from the yacht he must say eood-bye
10 her; must let her go out Of his life
] for always.
The yacht would sail away and he
/ would iiy back tn Point Barrow How
+! ever bitter that parting might be, he
kI,ew that he would always have some
thing uf her that he could keep--~the
humanity which her faith had given
/ him, He hoped she would let him tell
| her SD when they should stand on the
! beach there waiting for the Noat to
come asnore-tf tA--Wt,tild not tell her
any more than that. He did not mean
that the parting should give her pain -
! he wanted to bear all that himself, But
he hoped that just once she would give
him her hands again and let him kiss
/ them.
Warmed d little, comforted little
I with that hope, and oppressed by com
piete exhaustion he feel asleep him
/ self He knew, at least that he must
have done 20. when. rousing with ~
start and sprinEing to his feet, ne saw
( a ray of sunshine splashed golden upon
/ the opposite wall Of the hut. 1t mus.
/ have been light for hours.
/ Very silently. very cautiously. he un-
| barred the door and pulled IL open.
Before opening the outer door. he drew
| his revolver and spun its cylinder I'm :
1 derneath this thumb nail. IT the re-
! pulsed narty from the walvus uere
| canned near br II wo,,la he veil ,o hs
cautious before recouuottsr,up
/ He nailed the a,,tar .laa, utno
| way open and glanced slantwisa I'm
| the beach The hr,niant ilgh,s aayv,es
! him and wade 4, hara - 90. ~, ~,
uarently there was no ana tber. S,an-
| ming outside he turned hts sazs IN j.
I land. along ,h. foot of m. eltff tIis
! mind was entirely nreoceunjsd with
! the danger IF a snda.n rnst, ~ 80
/ mies from, n..r a., ha,,a
| Tha, ia bo,. I, hs,,,,.,a,, ,ha. ,e.
door and s,snnaa "' a,,,s, -. o h a,a "a.
moi ,aaa IN ~, ,iiraa,,a, 49, ,,,.,,, ~, Wv.
/ In the hui was standiny In tho aanr.
! way Her oun eya. ,,,,s,1aa i,,oraa',
/ Ions. only half awake wera ya zin. @,,t
/ to sea. The axnra.s,a, ha S.. a., w.,
! face made him turp snaasnly ana
! look.
The seene before his a,.ss haant,
| full. with that st,,nenaa,,s rect, 10,
only the Arctic car, attatn IT, na~
! Dor and hevona A. g.r 80, =, So nia,
/ to the horizon way f,,af u.i,h gr...
| piunpfnr churnipy n.ssss ~ Soc AZ,
! drenrbed IN color hy ~ 1.,a 10 ru,,, =
| Arctic snn@--viola, ross ,,,,ra -,
| yellow and emerald prasn ana ,,yni,o
| whose incan,leseencs fatrl, stahhss ~ ),
eve And az thos. grea, r,a,s,s,s -, 80. ~
/ ground together tbav anns wv i,,,s
/! the aid broad sbimmerinr yei1s ~ rose
/ colored snray.
/ or The ,,oe which th.y nod a,.,u,a
| cred stable tas the land itss,f ,nsrs
/ was no longer any sign There wa :
| nothing there. nothing a. al, 70 srss,
! the evos IN saauard ~, a. go. ~.
| beauty ~ the lre
! The Yacht had dIsa,nearaa
CHAPTER n
!
/ THE AURORA
!
| Il tell YOU. sir. the thing i. beeon,
human possibi,ity Their e. ma haihE
1 no human helm In the worla wo,,,,,
swear to that before God Ru, I ,htnL
| you must know II as well -. do :.
/ Captain Warner STANDING ,,non ths
| Aurora's bridge wa. tho .,saLar
The E,anshaws. father and son tbe,,
faces grey with desnatr. t,,rnea aws
| aud looked ever the great masses .,
! loose. churninr fie,d-ice which Ai,,ns
4 the sea ont TO tho u,mos, horiynp cor :
! tlrmed the captains words
How long Tom Fanshaw hesan
! then he paused. moistenad his Tins an1
| rubbed them roughly with his hand
/ have to wait befor. II onens No.
I TT won't open mn again This SEQ
! son-nut II | knew anythins ahn,, ~.
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