The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-07
THE SKY
CONTINUED frog Yesterday
BY
HENRY MITCHELL WEBSTER
Aafsor (w1th Samuel Mcrroinl Of Calumet Il
Copyright 1910 by The Century Company.

tcontinued fro,e yesterday
M seated himself once more al her
~. Awftched of the fading light
Nm the bull's-eyc and drew the
- Good night" he said
lhe answered droesily
He had meant ga indulge ~ the
knry OF a deze himself, for he had
11v before, and then for only two
three hoursg But the train of
ought which her last words had set
Atag in hts mind were quite enough
Danish sleep.
<gGF1yed him again. How narrowly
~ ne missed throwing away this
ne6nd opportunity,
Bhen he had taken wing from the
Ee~Iloe that morning ii had been
NH the perfectly definite intention of
Aktng the long straight night of
IA hundred miles 10 Point Barrow.
n Remembered now how he had
lRaeed the thought. He wanted TO
ON the last contamination OF hu-
1enjty out 81 himself. He was done
nth men Even the girls OBTAINING
4ch he had brushed of almost fear
M. The feeling he found slipping
10 his mind regarding her the force
Her challenge to return to the world
Nh drove him. by reNulsion. far
- than the cerfiuious. rnfounded
paci0n of the two men,
nc meant to GO He would have
n-af ANY rate have started, had
hi -L rat Hf h..
~ FRGrant Of natures caprices.-a
"a IN the direction Of the wind.
~ order to steer the course he
1fed. he must fiy higher. and in
hing that necessary altitude. up
easy gradient, ffe eat a great
~ inland. Circling thus he found
nel8. presently, looking straight
"a upon the shore party from the
Y that time the exercise OF his
ker of flight had steadied him ms
yWAys did He was SO far above
m there. SD completely detached
~ khein. that there could he no
- In soaring for a while and
ming them. That was the way.
1eAaf, that he had explained his
5nG done SO at the time, He
IA not have admitted then that
epuch of that girls hand upon
0<m had anything to do with II
went on watching them with a
KY enlfvened curiosity. when he
that the man who acted az guide
~ score OF people from the yacht
clad In skins. az the party Of
had been who had murdered
NIT. OF that murder, these peo-
Who were following him, Of
Hqe, knew nothinA
here In the world Cayiey wonder
nould he be guiding them Well.
- Was no hurry. He would stay
~ -.
n he hung there, razily. for two or
- hours in the bright. capricious
11ts mind was only about half
upted with the toiI'ng little clump
nAn below him. who struggled on
mtowfy, 10 ludicrously slowly, from
ridges crest to the next.
those other men. his two ae-
oto--the two Fanshaws~he
ught very little. either. The i'm
lance OF their charges, and their
Tits faded out.
nd always keep her place. he
n8tned, In his memories. lie went
IN minute detail the hour he
hAd with her upon the ice-fioe
ned over the effort he had had to
1tnce her that she was not dream
81 remembered how she had COM
13ed upon the contempt he must
Ne Tor the world
4hen. more reluctantly. he sum
1nAd back the scene Just enacted
lQn the Aurora's deck: recalled the
~ upon his arm. and the chal-
80 which he had Just fad from; re-
ke0. last Of all. her declaration OF
" In him. 'Sodden, stupid. cruel,
Those words did not apply
1ef at any rate. He wished that
mad wings And then abruptly
niased the wish. or tried to.
k1e had sighted the cup-shaped val &.
which Roscoe called Fog Lake
~ the little party. who We're ma
1T this unconscious way toward It,
pD still a mile or two away. He
koelf was SLOW to perceive that it
NJ their destination. He did not
llx realize 1t. in fact, until he saw
n dhappear at the edge OF It.
Sen then he waited while In e1-
eafton OF seeing them emerge along
lner or the slanting ridges which
1AAd TO offer a practicable trail
men II became evident at last that
~ We're not coming out that way,
wheeled about and se, out. in the
eceion OF the yacht. He was n.y.
across the glacier on his way sea-
~. when he encountered the relief
edltton. headed by old Mr.. Fan
~ and Scales. the first ofY1cer The
ectiOn that In order to send out
MNmerous party, they must have
- he yacht almost deserted. gave
hig ffrst fntuitfve perception of
oee'a design
- huns suspended above their
1900 for = moment or Two, in the
"a Uf = painful conflict OF emotion.
646An. blind. cruel He
promised himself he would never