The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

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4 But and now she held out her hand
% him. 'but hope am awake. And
my name Is Jeannie Fielding
He had the hand in his. aud noticed
how live and strong and warm II was
before she pronounced her name. Al
the sound OF IL, he glanced at her Gu
riunsiy: but all he said just then was,
sThank YOU and busted himself Inn
n1ediately with completing the pro-
cess of furline his wings.
When he had finished. he tossed the
saeep-skin down IN 4 little hollow In
the ace. and with Ii gesture invited
her to be seated.
@oh. I've a great pile of bear skins
OFT here" she said, quite y Tidlcu-
lens pile them. considering ii IS not a
cold night; ard we can make our
selves comfortable here. or so aboard
the yacht. just as you please"
They were seated, side by aide, in
4 the little nest she had made for her
self. before he reverted to the idea
4 which had sprung M in his mind upon
81 hearing her name, There was a Cap
tain Fielding once." be said slowly.
~who set out from San Francisco half
! dozen years ago. in the hope OF dis
caveriag the Pole. by the way of Beh-
ring Strait. His ship was never seen
!
him Finding you here and hearing
your name, i wondered"
Eyes" she said gravely. he was
rur father. We got news of him last
winter, If you could call IT news for It
Was four years old before II reached us.
A whaler IN the Arctic feet picked up
floating bottle with a message from
hisn, telling where he was, So we
have come here to find him--et least
10 find where he died, for | suppose
there is no hope--never so much as a
grain Of hope of anything better"
Cayley could not contradict her. and
hs saw there was little need of try
iEg to do SO. She had spoken SIM
Ply. and very gravely. but 1t was evil
dent the years had taken the sting out
OF her grief.
ssHa told you where he was?" he
asked.
s'Oh. quito exactly" she told him:
.'Iae gave US latitude and longitude
and mapped the coast line. So you
were wrong, you see, in what you said
about photographers. And he gave III
the route by which. with reasonable
fortune, we might find open water. We
had good fortune and we got here
safely, but, of course, we were too late
The hut on the shore there is de
serted. We have seen no signs of IFS
] at all. The men have gone ashore 4
search, and there is to be a gun-fir'
Ii they md anyone alive. But the,
4 have been out all day and there hal
been no sound You will understand
II / think, though. why l did not wan
70 sleep tonight In my cabin In tn
yacht--why the ice and the dome o
d stars seemed better
yes" he said, Il understand.
V1,~nu To aft a yTanf
he added, what seems strange to ms
fncomprehensibie altogether, ia. tina
men like your father. and SO man
III Others should risk and lose their live
& trying to reach the Pole"
.sYou can't understand that" sh
questioned surprised, you. man wit
wings"
n suppose it's because OF I'll
Wings" he answered her. II sleT
there once, early this summer--slep
and rested. and ate a meal"
There" she echoed increduiousls
@Where do you mean?"
s.4At the Pole, or within n half de
gree Of it, won't guarantee my In
struments. nor my hlt-and- miss oh
seryations any more accurately tina
4 that--and 1t seemed a poor place
risk ones life trying to reach Jul
the Ice pack-the eternal ice PACK
mourning Dull tilht- men Ills tSt
Il lighted a little. "But l should III
10 70 there some time. in the winter
should like TO fly straight ahead, II
hours and hours. through the Ion
dark, until i could see the North Sta
sQnarely above my head in the zenit
4 the center OF all the universe. Th'
would be a sight worth having,
should think Some day. perhaps,
u shall try for 1T. And then one coul
70 straight on across.--a week or &c
days would do it ali-from Dawso
& City, say. 10 St. Petersburg"
~Dawson City to ST. Petersburg
8 she repeated: 'only a creature {
wings could put those two cities I'M
the same sentence, even in imagtna
1inn And even with you IT must
Il Imaginary. You couldn't do II. really
could you
.sYes,e he said: II could do IT,
ayou're tireless them" she aske
You could go on flying. flying, witt
out rest. for week.
Il don't fly he told her, 'or hardl
1T all. The birds don't fly, not thes
great sea birds that live on the win
They sail: 80 do T.
.tHut, then, don't you have TO go wit
the wind?'
you've sailed a boat. haven't you
he asked by way OF answer. "Yo
put up a sail to catch the breez
4 and then you make il force your boa
right up into 1t: make your boat q
& against the wind, by the force of tn
wind Itself. That was regarded as