Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12

and he saw there was little need q
trying to do 90. She had spoken sim
ply. and very gravely. but It was evi
dent the years had not taken the stine
out Of her grief.
"He told you where he was?" he
asked.
"Oh. quite exactly" she told him;
"he gave US latitude and longitude
and mapped the coast-line. So you
about cartographers. And he gave us
the route by whicA with reasonable
fortune. we might find open water
We had good fortune and we got here
safely, but, OF course, we were toe
late. The hut on the shore there il
deserted. We have seen no signs OF
ufe at all. The men have gone ashore
70 search, and there Is to be gun-flre
If they find anyone alive. But they
been no sound. You will understand.
1 think. though, why did not want to
sleep tonight in my cabin in the
yacht; why the ice and the dome OF
stars seemed better"
Yes he said. Il understand.
Presently, after moments musing,
he added, What seems strange to me,
incomprehensible altogether, is, that
men Ike your father. and so many
others. should risk and lose their lives
trying to reach the pole"
You cant understand that" she
questioned surprised. you, man
with wings?"
Il suppose it's because of the
wings, he answered her. Il slept
there once, early this summer-slept,
and rested, and ate a meal"
There" she echoed incredulously.
Where do you mean?"
AT the pole. or within half degree
OF i'll won't guarantee my instru-
ments. nor m. hit-Nad-mfss observa-
tons any more accurately than that
and it seemed poor place to risk
ones life trying to reach Just the
ice-paok-the eternal ice-pack; moth.
Ing but that" Then his eyes lighted
little. But should like to go there
some time, in the winter-should like
to fly straight ahead, for hours and
hours. through the long dark. until
could see the North Star squarely
above my head in the zenith, the cen
ter of all the universe. That would
be sight worth having. should
think. Some day, perhaps, shall try
for 1t. And then one could 90 straight
on across-a week or ten days would
do it all-from Dawson City, say, to
st. Petersburg"
ssnaucar fSf%r - no<ovnA,,~~eN
she repeated; "only creature OF
wings could PVT those two cities in
the same sentence. even in imagina.
ton. And even with you it must be
imaginary. You couldn't do it. really
could your
"Yes," he said; II could do IT,"
You're tireless. then?" she asked
"You would go on flying, flying. with
out rest. for week?"
II don't n.y." he told her, cor hardly
ut all. The birds don't fly. not these
great sea birds that live on the wing
They sail; 50 do l."
But, then, don't you have 10 &c
with the wind?"
, You've sailed boat, haven't you?T
he asked by way of answer. You put
up sail to catch the breeze. and
then you make it force your boat right
up into it; make your boat go against
the wind, by the force Of the wind
itself. That was regarded as mir
acls once when men frst did It,"
"Of course" she admitted, "but you
do that by lacking"
That's the way do it-by lacking
and the force Of gravity is my heel"
How long have you lived like
this?" she asked abruptly.
Really lived? Only three months
or so. spent the better part Of five
years learning to n.y."
"And you have flown all over the
world?
"An over this most deserted patch
Of IT.
There was another silence. Then
she said: "And what contempt you
must have for us-for US, poor wing.
less creatures. who cannot cross a lit
tie assure in a rock or a bit of open
water without such toilsome labor.
Yes, that must be the feeling-con'
tempt; 1t could hardly be pity"
If that's true" he rejoined quickly
''it's only poetic justice. I've only
achieved toward the world the feeling
which the world held for me-"
The words were spoken harshly
abruptly. as II his memory had just
tasted something intolerably bitter
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