The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-31
Continued from Saturdas)
CHAPTER NIX.

Il teepcns!hl. FOR the conviction that
cAyieys wings were all that stood i'e-
Skween them and an attack. No terror
4 aftrihu,ahie IL human sa0sts would
Z Nave held hack that solitary and alto
\ gether desperate outcast
sS The thing IN the situation htch
MI feapSea stgsle4 the most nueasiness
was the fear that some time, az other
81 Roscoe would solve the mystery. would
NJ 6ee him in the very act Of taxing IL
Ii the air This fear suggested All ex-
& pea9nt fo hixn one day aS he var ny
4 ing along near the sao@ crested edge
nf the cliff.
II aanst know vhg / never thought
81 ii before he said IL Jeanne as
Ri ne aitShted beside her moment or
\ xwo aff-rvard but I'VE got II nov
NJ the wAv to prevent Roscoe from ever
oNlxing the mystery Of Sour guardian
u angel l though nf II when | sa"
1.-THE mound ip on the elm head that is
1 formed by the observatory. II can
F& ~ buried sa VERY deep ia the snow,
III heeause the mound isn't So very Ing,
Tn going up there now 10 dig u out,
nn0ngh. al least. So that can take
Nm wing from there:
YOU never can dig out enough
anow 10 get Il running start up there, -
she objected.
II shan't have ,e- IN 3us, dive off
me cliff"
|E Philip. you shant."
WHY not
You know what you told ms your
GlI That none Of the big birds can
HMf6ke to the air without a running
#2aart; and about taking pel!cans and
tras like that -up into high build
- and throwing them out OF vim
f3Sre and how they are always kill
StThat's because they've only got in
ktnrt instead Of intelligence None
= their family had ever been thrown
I'M OF windows before. and they didn't
f0cw what tn do. But | ran get my
&feaYf quite as safely that way ans
Sxher. OH yes. I've done 1t. tf
4Uu imagine, Jeanne dear, that Ia
AXE an unnecessary risk so long a
$NAy life il the only possible protection
&here lis fer yours 90
He spent the rest of the day tuu
SAeIling out from the observatory. "A,
~ not dig in the snow; he simply
Mparked IL, gradually charging ihf
snpace from a section the size of tn.
Dt1ot house door. Ia space at III,
klsfxsx edge % ia- enough fut fr- + IT
4pread OF his wings.
Jeanne was watching on the beaef
when he made his first flight from thi
Aerfe. and. in spite or her confidence
- his powers. she endured a horiihi
Ss moment or two. For he came HURTING
Dwn. head first, at an angle Of sixt
logrees; and he had traNcrsed two
8HA1rds of the distance to the hea Oh
Before his lire detected outward AM
began cureing up toward the horizon
III.
When she saw that ne was safe
M that he had really done tho thing HI
#S nAid he could, she dropped down upel
hear-gkin, which was spread beior
III M hut. and shut her eyes. for wha
me had seen had turned her a bi
$@ 4tddy
That feeling passed ia momen,
She opened her eyes and lay. stretch
H4 "a Al full length, upon the bear-skin
watching him az he wheeled and dip
I'D, then lowered aloft again in tina
B10lnE violet sky. supremacy master
#S8ul. majestiealiy dominan; OF the un
NkAble element he had conquered
Seeing him thus. even though IL Wa
IN almost daily experience with he
& now. always excited In her n mike
sanction, in which she did not knox
whether JOY or pain was predomi
nAyat, The power, the perfection o
grace. the free wide sweep of the per
f4 4uYmance never failed To thrtil hei
Ess Whatever he might be 10 her whel
M SEj8 wings were TurTed. When he iahor
"a at their common tasks ar walke'
With her upon the ley beac h--"hat
ever he might be then, when he tool
4 ~ fhe air he became. al once. aimos
m unreal az he had been on that frs
NIGHT Of all when he had descende.
Rpon the foe beside her. She had no
been exaggerating when she told hin
s 4hat when she saw him in flight h.
HID not seem "A man 10 her at ali
hut great winged guardian spirit.
There was thrill Of JOY in tina
feeling. too, although it added to he
d III e<nse OF loneliness. But the pain cam,
MN with the thought. which she neve
could dismiss further than the back
ground .ef her mind, that she ha.
4sH GhAtned that spirit IT. the earth, sh'
M With her human limitations and neces
m MIt3eF. She did her best to Keep CAY
f% ley from suspecting the existence %
M1hia feeling. She never referred to /
FkxMAFing the long hours they spent II
RS@@fDnrersation together. and she triet
f#As we'll as she could 10 dismiss il NJ
H@stEriy from her own thoughts, Blu
M3hIx last waS impossible. 1t was al
eeyA hidden there. some@ hare. ant
Wh@n she saa him IN slight II was al
s6Ays the thing she was most acutel1
sxe0nscfeus Of There were times @hei
&H1he could not bear - watch him a
kS&AH. and II WAS always relief %hel
Salle wings were furled and pat av
SMnd he was lust man once more
Mud 4 eomrade.
G0mrhde. at least. Was the wort
Nhe had settled upon to designate IN
%Se3ation that existed between them, +
&51f4 not altogether cover the ground
e& he SURE, bat tentatively. aud 10
temporary purposes IT, was. perhaps
1re comfortable than word N
llRAse would have been that possess
SN4 IN merit of greater accuracy. Ans
TU9 when alone as she was now sh.
1ulged In Specializing how she shotiit
H4n3A that more accurate phrase
f&0nld necessity ariFe for doing so.
~ II to make up for the kaleido
AeQpfc character ~ those three firs
ncfedibie days ~ her acquAintanc,
3<h Cayiey, days which had changed
~ meaning and the value 81 all tina
1N entered into her HIS before--as 4
~ compensate for that experience
~ weeks which had passed sine
169n had slipped away in an Amos
Broken routine. There were occa
Eal reminders OF Hoscoe's existence
MI 4 few nnimportant discoveries o
sctaa 0f use. either In the cave o
o9xafory. A furious snoW-storm hat
~ Tor u week. and had kept then
eSnoned in their hut for as ioni
10y Thesc were the only incident