The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
BY Henry Ketchell Webster, Au-
thor with Samuel Merw1n) Of
Calumet k

would give thanks. 1t was the only at
ton.
And the thing that helped them to
maintain 1t was the abundance OF neces,
sary routine occupation. They divided
their day into watches. Cayley slept
from four o'clock in the afternoon until
midnight and then kept watch alone, as
that period they remained inside the hut
The day. from eight until four, they
spent out of doors. when the condition
of the weather made this possible. either
at work or merely tramping up and down
for exercise.
At first there was a good deal of work
to do. Tearing down the sheds which
clustered about the hut. and reducing
their frames and planking 10 fre-wood
was an arduous task, but he worked at II
until It was done. Jeanne standing SEN
When It was done, they were prac-
ticaly secure against surprise, for from
glass which Caylcy had found In the OBJ
servatory, they were able to sweep the
whole beach absolutely clean, In both d.
rect!ons.
And almost every day while the light
lasted, with Jeanne armed with the re-
volver. keeping watch before the hut,
Cayley took to his wings and patrolled
the beach, from the glacier to the prom
ontory. high up above the level of the
crest OF the cliff. His flight was always
along the same track. He never winged
ms way lnlanQ nor out 10 sea.
There were two reasons for this. He
dared not go so far away from Jeanne
that n flash and swoop would not bring
him TO her side. The other reason was.
that If a superstitious fear OF this great
bird were really what deferred their
enemy from attacking them. II was well
to let him believe that immunity from
this portent could be secured by keep
ing away from this particular stretch Of
beach.
AS the shortening days sped by and be-
gan TO get themselves reckoned into
weeks the conviction grew upon Philip
and Jeanne that their securest protection
lay In his wings. in the terrorrizing ef-
feet upon their invisible, silent enemy or
the majestic winged appar,tIon which
was so often seen soaring in mid sky
above the hut and the little stretch OF
beach surrounding it, Something was
protecting them evidently. Almost every
week brought some evidence. not only OF
the existence but of the nearness OF their
enemy. They never actually caught sight
or sound of him. but some times when
the wind blew from the right quarter
they could make out with 'nelr field
glass. a wrack OF brownish smoke. such
as would be given off by burning whale
oil. drifting down from somewhere along
the glacier, and made visible by the
dazzling whiteness of that background.
And some times they saw tracks in the
newly fallen snow, never coming very
near the hut. but trcspasslng little way,
either down from the glacier or up from
the headland. upon the stretch OF beach
they were defending. They never found
the tracks OF more than single man,
and these were always the same. SO
that they came TO believe, although they
could not know, that they had only one
man 10 deal with.
They sometimes specuiated on the
question whether he was Roscoe or some
other member Of the Walrus crew; really.
In fact they found IT Impossible TO hope
that II was any other than he.
They got proof OF his identity. or what
amounted to #. along toward the end of
October. Cayley's keen eyes caught, one
day, from up aloft where ne was soar
ing. the CLINT of something on the beach
near the foot oC the headland. He cIrCled
down In a long swoop, caught II up with
out allghtinS and mounted into the air,
a trick of aeronautics which made Jeanne,
accustomed she Was by now 10 seeing
him i'm flight. catch her breath little.
When he descended and allghted beside
her a few moments later, he showed her
a sheath knife, the haft OF which was
rudely carved walrus tusk. The hand OF
the last user Of Il had had blood upon II.
and its imprint upon the surface of the
ivory was plainly TO be seen. The lines
in the palm were traceable and, length
wise. along the side of the handle. the
print OF an immense thumb.
"You see" said Cayley quietly. ''he was
using this knife left handed"
The girl paled a little as she handed
the weapon back TO him, but she spoke
quietly enough.
IT'S good to know" she said. almost
a relief"
ITO be continued)