, 1911-07-06
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
U~nwtnssd.
For awhile she stayed lust where
she was. hsr head Graded against his
shoulder, but, presently. she stood
erect once more, pulled sR one Of her
heavy gauntlsts, and with her bare
palm pressed tie tears cut Of her
syss.
You aren't strong sasuSh Jet to Be
used as the support fer . really GOOD
cry" Her voice was shaky and her
speech uneven. There were still some
little half suppressed sobs in It. But
she turned her fass again towards
the southern horison. III that's the
army vig-waS I ought - be able to
read It Tom taught It To me years
ago. Perhaps-psrAaDs It IL he whs is
signaling now"
Was there . ssarohlisht on the Au-
rora7" Philip asked. r didn't notics
whom saw her" He tiled to make
the question sound casual, but his
Voice was hardly stsaAisr than hers.
oh. yes" she said. "It was one Of
the things We laughed At Uncle Jerry
for insisting upea, but he insisted
Just the same. It's Q vsry powerful
ught Philip" 80 $50 suddenly, after
a little silence. is It no plain i'm.
possible. that that we see over there7
know you said. and father said
In bis journal, hat there was no posi-
bility Of a relief in the winter. Philip
Philip. isn't II madness-is 1t the ice
madness7"
But before he could answer they
heard q rife-shot ring out in h. still
air.
No" he cried, "the long wait is
Thank God they are here. Fire,
Jeanne! Fire the revolver Let them
know they are in time" His lips trem-
bled and tears glistened in his eyes.
1t was lying under her hand. There
were only three cartridges left.
but she fired them all into the air.
Then. almost before the echo from
cliff behind them had died away,
they heard a dim hail In a human
voice-a voice hat broke sharply As If
the shout had ended in . sob.
It's Tom" she said.
Call out! It's your voice he'll want
to hear" But it was = moment be-
fore she could command 1t. She call
ed his name twice, and then a third
time, with a different infection, for q
long. leaping flicker Of freight had re-
vealed a little knot of figures round
one Of the great ice-crags that
covered the frozen harbor. One fig
ure. a little in advance Of the others,
dashed forward at . run. Jeanne
sprang to meet him.
For = little while Caylsy stood hest
tating before the fire. Just where
Jeanne. in her impulsive rush toward
their %rsscuers, had left him, then slow
ly, he followed her.
The party on the Ice wal moving
landward again. Even at Philips slow
pace, the distance between them was
narrowing. Jeanne and young Fan
shaw were coming On ahead. He saw
her stop suddenly and throw an arm
around the mans neck. She was
laughing and crying all at once. and
there were tears in the mans eyes,
too. Philip expected that. He knew
that Fanshaw loved her. His memory
OF that fact was all hat redeemed his
memory Of their encounter on the Au-
rora's deck.
But, what he did not Expect, was
to see Fanshaw suddenly release h.n-
self from the girls embrace and come
the most surprising thing-not that,
nor the hand which Fanshaw was hold
ing out to him. It was the look in the
young mans face.
There was Q powerful emotion work
ing there. but no sign Of any conflict,
no resistance, no reluctance. 1t was
the face of q man humble In the pres
encs Of q miracle. He stripped OF
his gauntlet and gripped Cayley's
hand. 1t was q moment before no
could speak.
It's only Just now" he said, now
that I see you here together, that 7
find It hard to believe. Because I've
known all along that you we're here
with her. keeping her alive until we
could get back to her. I've been the
only one who has had n hope at
all. and with me it's been a certainty
rather than . hope. It's as II l had
seen you here. together. I've seer you
q thousand times. but now, that I do
actually. with my own eyes. it's hard
to $780," His voice broke there.
There was . moment Of silence, then
he went n You must try to for
give US. Csylsy-me. in particular, for
I'm the one who needs It most. W.
know the truth of that old story now.
No Il wasn't jeanne who told It was
poor Hunter himself, in a letter. He
had written It long ago. and 1t wa
among his papers. want you to read
1t sometime. l think. perhaps. when
you do you will be able to forgive him,
too"
That's done already" said PHILIP
No. not long ago-within the last few
hours. Come. shall We go back to Tho
| suppose We had better wal