Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-31

| iiberately replacing the wooden cover
upon it. When he did straighten up at
| last, and she saw his face, she knew
her instinct had not lied to her.
IT'S rather a queer thing for US to
have forgotten" he said, after all
those weeks when she lived in terror OF
him, and after the last thing he did
TO us. But we had forgotten Aim-
Roscoe, you know-and now he has
stolen march on u.s."
She looked at him in sort of won
| der.
TT is true" she said, 1--WE had for
gotten. Those days when we lived
in the hut seemed almost as far away
from us up here as the rest of the
world seemed then. She made
little pause there, then reused her.
self. What is 1t that he has done,
Philip"
HE has found our stores down below
here. He has taken everything-made
perfectly clean sweep"
There was little silence after that
Before she spoke again she came over
to him and kissed him. There was a
grave sort Of smile on her face when
she said:
We'll. is there anything we must
do?"
"Oh, yes." he said. THAT move of his
doesn't end the game. 1t only begins
new one. Really. think. the odds
are more in our favor this time than
they were before. only this time we
shall have TO move quickly
would have followed him up at once
without coming back here, only didn't
have +" He stopped rather short
"Of course" she said, you hadn't
the revolver
THAT wasn't what I wanted; want
ed my wings. Now I've got back to
them I must start at once"
She uttered little cry of protest at
that
Cant you-can't you wait little
few hours? Life has only just begun
for me-for us--with what you told me
just now
He let moment go by in thought
full silence before he answered
No" he said. at last, ''it's got to be
settled now, before another moonrise.
The light is all in his favor, the dark
ness in mine. If I can find him now, I
think l can kill him. Now l think ii
over, it seems to me likely he doesn't
suspect we are alive at all. The Wal
rus people never discovered the ice
chimney nor the pilot-house. That's
perfectly clear. If they had they would
have rified it long ago.
when Roscoe got about after the
storm and came to explore the ruins
of the hut he found no signs Of human
habitation at all He doesn't know of
any other shelter for us, so he must
certainly think of us as forzen to death
in a snow-drift somewhere. He won't
be on his guard at all So you see you
are not to be afraid for me. He has.
probably. got a fire. and. of course,
that'll help me. ] shall have the dark
sky for Il background and he the white
snow"
Yes she said breathlessly, Il can
see that"
You are to be the garrison Of the
fort" he went on. Until come back
you must keep watch every moment
1 don't think he knows about the ice
chimney or the pilot-hous but he may
and we must not run any chances. You
must be alert every second. If he comes
up here you will be able to see him
before he sees you. and you must
shoot him with no more compunction
than you would if he were a bear. or
any other monster. But / don't think
he'll come
When finish I'll ceme back-to you
/ don't think / shall be gone very long.
You aren't to be afraid for me. and you
can trust me to be careful. / know j
have your life in my hands as well as
NV own Yoi1r. mart ia hardar than
mine; I quite understand that You
must be keeping watch every second.
If he eludes me and comes here you
must shoot him, without word or warm
ing. Shoot to KILL
"But l shan't have the revolver
There was an electric moment Of
silence between them. while she gazed
into his face, Mortified at the meaning
she read there.
You didn't mean thati Philip. Philip