The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-09
CHAPTER xxi.
A SoRTIE.

A SoRTIE.
But that did not happen. and a sudden
instinct that something must have gon.
wrong reached her, with almost the rorce
what is il? What's happened. Phil
ip2" she asked AS she turned
lie did not answer AT once ne We
bending over the hole formed by the t2r
of the Ice shmnoy and rather deliberately
replacing the wooden cover upon III ~;
When he did straighten UP at last, nno
she saw his face, she knew her insVnc'
had not lied TO her. 49,
IT'S rather a queer thing for us & TO
have forgotten he said. after al, tnGse i,S,,,
and after the last thing he did to us.
But VIC had forgotten him-Roscoe, you
Enow-and now he has stolen march
OH us"
She looked at him in sort Of wonder.
''It is true she said. we had forgot
ten. Those days when we lived In inc
hut seemed almost as far away from us
ND here as the rest of the world seemed
then =" She made little
pause there then reused herself. What
IS il that he has done, PHILIP?
''Hc has found our stores down below
here He has taken eyerything.made
perfectly clean sweep.
There was "A little silence after that.
Before she spoke again she came over
TO him and kissed him. There was
grave sort OF smile on her face when she
said: -.
We'll, is there anything we must do
'Oh. yes he said. That move OF his
doesn't end the game. 1t only begins Il
new one Really, 1 think, the odds are
more in our favor this time than. they
were before. only this time we shall have
TO move quickly. i would have followed
him up o,, at 9nSn 9SSt Without Nn1S coming 0Ii me
.'Ot course" she said, 'you hadn't the
revolver.
my wings. Now i've got back to them
] must start a, once"
She uttered little cry of protest at
that.
Cant you--cant you wait lttle-a
few hours? Life has only just begun for
mc-for us-with what you told me just
now"
lie let moment go by in thoughtful
silence, before he answered.
No" he said, at last. Its got to be
light is ali in his favor the darkness II
mine. Ii | can find him now, L think l
can kill him. Now | think ii over IL
never discovered the ice chimney nor the
pilot~house That's perfectly clear II
they had they would have rified 1t long
when Roscoe got about after the
storm and came 10 explore the ruins OF
the hut he found no signs OF human habi-
lation at all. lie doesn't know Of any
other shelter for us. so he must certainly
think Of us as frozen TO death in snow
drift somewhere. He won't be on his
he afraid for me. He has. probably got
- fire, and. OF course, that.n help me
shall have the dark sky for oack-
ground and ne the white snow
Yes" she said breathlessly, Il can
see that"
You are to be the garrison Of the
fort" he went on Until / come back
YOU must keep watch of every moment ]
don't think nc knows about the ice chin
mey or the pilot-housc. but he may, and
VIC must not run any chances. You must
Inc l,spf n IL
here you will be able TO sec him before
he secs you. and you must shoot him
with no more compuncilon than you
monster But I don't think he'll come.
When finish, III come back to you
J don't think | shall be gone very long.
can trust me TO be careful. l know j
have your life in my hands as well as
my own. Your part is harder than mine,
] quite understand that You must be
keeping watch every second. II ne eludes
inc and comes here, you must shoot him
without word or warning, Shoot to- Kill
But / sha mt have the revolver
There was all electric moment Of ST.
lcnce between them, while she gaZed Into
his face. horrihcd a the meaning she
read there.
you didn't mean that, Philip, Philip
you can't mean that And leave you to
face that monster unarmcd."
Il shall have the only weapon that VIII
he of any service 10 me, my knife. IT'S
got 10 he done al close quarters. u
couldn't possibly shoot him from the air.
But ii ] can alight near him and come
up Within striking distance he Will have
no chance With me, not with all his
strength
No she said rcsoiutely. Il won't let
YOU go Not that way
Listen. Jeanne. II ] can find him. J
can xii! him. Do you know what the
movements OF ordinary men even un-
usually quick men. look like TO me? Like
the motions Of marionettes. The only
chance Roscoe has against Inc is of pick
lie could DO that whether had the re-
volvcr or not. And " he did. If he killed
and ] had the revolver tilen,-well.
tllon he would come here and find you
dcfenseiess. Don't you see? ] couldn't
take the revolver. I should be unnerved
with terror from the moment left YOU"
With a sob she claspcd her arms about
his neck and held him tight Then. III
eic submission. they dropped away.
Without saying anything more, Cayley
blew out the candle, opened the door into
the tunnel and took up his fured wings.
with trembling hands she helped him
spread them and draw them tsur
As he adjusted the straps across his
shoulders. hc felt her hands again. upon
Good bye she said
He was trembling all over. as her hands
were, but it was not with fear.
T shall come back safe. he said.
Nothing can harm me tonight"
lie pulled her up close in his cnfoldin5
arms and kissed her mouth. In an in
slant he turned and dived off the cliff
head into the night.
~ headed up into the wind. and hung
for moment soaring upon fairly