The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
By Henry Ketchell Webster, Author with
Samuel Merwin) of Calumet X"

do and I'll obey orders. But I expect |
YOU to work me Just as hard as you work
yourself
You're quite right. ne assented hold
ing out his hand That's agreed upon.
| think ] rebuild this Fireplace my
self VIII you go and begin carr CARRYING & IN |
and geese and looms as you can find there
along the talus?'
She NODDED. and turned to leave the
nut. Take the revolver with you. he |
called after her.
At that she halted abruptly in the door
why shGgd have 1t qGs his sme m9Ie
with one OF her own. she added. II sup
pose welltrancd crew doesn't demand
reasons for the captains orders.only-T II,
working In the shelter. and you in the
open. Besides thlt. I'm stronger and
have IN my n9S Knife eoud r,v@ we're bes st
ter account or ,Ayself than you Gould
You'd better take belt and holster and
all and buckle it right around your
waist
It was late in the afternoon before
Philip completed his task. Rebuilding
the fireplace was more complicated 200
than he had imagined II would be Buried
beneath the stones he had found nm IRON
oven and fire-box. besides a badly bat
tered iron hood and an ror PIPE pipe about about
were evidently to be built up Into table
about four feet long. and. roughly. hall
as high and broad, incasing both the
oven and the hre-box. The lire-box was
| open at the top. and directly above II
must hang the hood. much IKE tnat over
blacksmith's forge, only in this case,
| of course It was intended 10 radiate as
much heat as possible, instead OF as
little All the iron had been badly bent
4, and otherwise damaged in the process
| of tearing IL down, and 1t had cost MIN
| a long laborious hour. or more, pounding
! II between unhandily shaped stones, 10
get II into condition to be put up. again
hN
bringing in wood and accommodating. also;
a great feathered heap OF the victims ot
last nights fog. AT first she had no, not
the thought that Philip himself might
have been lying here this morning, some
where along the talus. at the foot OF the
| cliff lust as these birds were.
| But the steady routine OF the Joo ne
had assigned her was an efficacious rem-
cdy against undesirable thoughts Those
two heaps outside the hut must grow
that job of his indoors 10 bring II pos,
sible. an exclamation OF surprise and
pleasure from him.
burning all day. 1t would not do TO waste
a single match out OF their scanty store.
TO light new one in the nut when
AT some time along the middle OF the
day they had knocked off for long enough
10 finish the duck. lie had said ne did
not want to stop for a regular m meaI ufsa mn
enthusiasm of tho frst real manual
labor she had ever done in her life s,mas Was
luncheon. or what had passed for It they
had hardly exchanged dozen words.
She had sometimes stood for q moment
In the doorway OF the nut on hJr ,ire ,eir, b,m
a nod OF encourag cement. and then immc-
dlatcy set out again.
He had told her at luncheon tune tnae nav
he relied on her to stop WORKING pciore
she had over-fatigued herself. As 'ne r.
afternoon wore along n feeling inat II
she paused at all she would ma she %oS ,oT
the day drove her ON to work a llt''e
faster and more continuously, ~
When Philip finally had his nrepiaSe Se
, rebuilt in a temporary fashion wnlch ne
. thought would serve TIL greater leisure :
should allow him to perfect H. he stepped
outside the hut and looked, iirst ooWI
and hen Mp the Sho5e c at n eding ie her NO.
: lw' i'm sight.
IN, afternoon vas we'll adyancesd' n' &c -, ana
the riti.ess. binding white ns1e u refrac. vac
tion by the ice crystals which iied me me
lower strata OF tho atmosphere, into me
amazyE debauGh OF Ie SSlors Sum wfn9 had dipped
, below lie crest OF coast hills and cItt
. Their prccipitous sides In the shado"
glcwed With the blue pure sapPnrsTf, sf,,aiiv ,nv
nfI ibn sea with the lighter. slightly
. strlated. bluish-gree OF the TURQUOISE, ,,.
Out behind the clthean "es'"e'o u rrLc
, horizon was lost in golden Eapor. "a.
ton ,,as Golden, and the little lanes OF
: troubled water between its heaVihe
masses, molten gold -, ,h, =,
|, III Philip could have caught sisht ",
> Jeanne anywhere in the picture he ~onlc
: have enjoyed the glory OF IL as q ltalae aie
, and BACKGROUND to herself: nCt sinSe sLs i
WAS not there either to ENJOY II WI WIZ NJ -
i nor m make part OF his enjoyment OF II
{ | II struck Tim only as a sood eiee' ''
natures stupidity wasted ,, ~,
: the nile OF driftwood mere neslue tne
door and the feathered spoil which sh.
) hod b,ought In from the talus 1neau'
; moro to him, as the mute eNlaenSe vi nV
share in the partnership; ana ali St the Isl, sun.
thrill of Reener eHloiloi '"dh "'' VIZ
sets In The world
She must be dreadfully ured, ne nc
: thought, and with that thought ,,a',e, uee,ue.
t he transferred the remnants Of the frt frt
from the flat stone before the hut 10 his
] newly constructed hearth. heapeo OF
n | thar his makeshift chimney drew wei
I and did not smoke intolera bly,. he nae
I discovered an empty cask nhuer hyst t
e of rubbish in the .store-room and I'M; M
s he filed with chunks OF ice and set by
n the fire TO melt.
a Five minutes later he was Just wheel
Q | ing glinting sun -bathed speck In th'
amber air the thrilling, pringilng, vine
: like air He had taken 10 his wings
upon leaving the hut simply because i Sc u uhe; :
y Hnding Jeanne. But the substitution o
= the del!ghtful easy exercise OF his powe
: Of Night for the grubby toll at which b.
: had spent the day, the change trom ~
a | damn the dark the confinement OF tn
. | hut TO the full glow OF the sunshine an
d the freedom OF the sky's wide space
. half Intoxicated him,
= IL was an impulse. not a controlled IN
. tention, that took him aloft. higher an
e higher, and then higher sthl, i'm in INA INA
= the exertion. rocking gently upon III
= golden wings. n quarter of mile up th
. sky.
:. anesthetic of the upper air. His sur
n face faculties were not dulled by II
Y SIuht and hearing attunea themselyeS Y