The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-04
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THE SKY
BY
HENRY kITCHELL WEBSTER
Author t,rsth .Samuei Mraan) Of Calumet " X
= Copyright 1910 by The Century Company.

az an even chance that this very
thing would happen
And IL II did not the odds were
still rather against his coming ou'
Of the manoeuyre unchanged. Atlgh'-
ing upon an Hnkaown surface at
night in n dense fog and Ia the TEEN
uf number seven gale, WAS not an
act which q sane sense al self -preSer-
vation would approve of.
Fut. thanks as much tp luck as II
skin he presently found himself upon
his feet uninjured. He at once set
out making what haste he could.
across the ice toward where ne mao
last seen the girl. shouting up the'gale
Ia her AT the same time, IT, Know II
she We're safe. He heard n" answer
hnt presently made her nut, dimlN,
only pace oil two away Ills nfS'
act then even -hefore speaking, was
II AXE cut his pocket electric bulls
eye and turn II full upon her.
It's lust 10 make sure you're not
hurt-=that | really got down here IN
time" he apologized I wish | might
have saved you the terror, but 1t
wasn't until you cried out that
knew
I'm net hurt. she assured him
IN little dazed. that's aii--nt.
not With fright. with wonder | hard
~ nad Tune 10 ne lf'khtfhtd' i'u'
thought you q gone NhtH ii"i mug
that you had ahahaoieo us JuS' "N
you said you would. And yet, when
cried out just nov. for help, 1t vas
ybu that | called To And then
! you came. out of the sky, lust as
was sure you woHid. Fer was Ger
tam. with the same ,er'sihsS QUE
( mas IN dreams Now 'hat - "Nei'
fina hisseit wondering aealf. 70"
are real, III not hart at all
Hel"re ne e"tlld ma an lh'fts -
! say III answer they h'ara ano'h .,r
! sh"t, Innibea IN inc ios, from VI.
/ direction of tn" Aurora ana ia prompt
reply to IL another NoueS.
Wasn't there flfine before" she
! asked. can any one be attacking
the Naeht Ihefe is no one AtheFe
! but Tom. yon KNOW, ana he als-
! ableas an "e--tah ]. gel out
there anyway ne hoat / came
ashore IN ~ right here.
without making her any answer. ne
| carried the uhNleidy bundle ms wings
/ made INTO the nut ana tefi II mere
| then returned to ner ard offered her
! his hand
! Well 60 down and look for your
boat. he said.
Along me water = edae they search
! ed. aided ny the Attle heam from ms
/ hnlIs-eSes the sound or intermittent
I firing from the Yacht urging haste
! all the while But Il did not take
long Ia force the CONVICTION upon
/ them that the boat WAS gone. Blown
adrift. most likely. was cayieS's ex-
I PLANTATION
He felt her trembling, Whether
! with cold or dread, he did not know,
but he took her arm and steahied
| her with the pressure or MS own,
Tome back to the hut he said
Inc SITUATION tsp as pad as you
THINK. Ill tell you when we get to
shtitef where "e-ean talk
she turned obedientiy and breasted
the Icy slope WITH HIM. Neither spoke
uhtti theE were SAFE IN the lee OF
me Hht. Ihen ne said:
dont th1hk fanshaw Is alone
there on the yacht, The relief party
ana the fifst party from the Aurora
| got together some time this after
/ noon ana started BACK toward the
shofe. iheN Sneald be aboard the
Nacht by now, though when the fog
/ fell II put All end To my activities.
The Walrus people have undoubtedly
attacked them. but they shonldn I
nave any trouble in beating them pft
/ ihey outnumher them and they are
better armed; In fact. so far as /
KNOW, the Wairus people aren't arm1
ed al sH They kne"~your people,
| nfah--that Inc yacht was likely to
! be attacked, told them so myself
ana then theif pretended guide con-
lessea'
| ROW ola YOU know about the Wal
rus she asked curlousiy,
Inc portuguese was one Of them
ne mad guided Your first party down
INTO little valley Of perpetual fog
under orders to abandon them there.
| Nhen he saw me sailing about over