The Arvada enterprise., 1911-07-20
1t was at that instan. that Philip


toward the pilot house door.
Roscoe. on hearing his voice tho
first time had dropped the aru-
cles which encumbered his hands and
CROPPED on the table for the revolver.
Before he could put his hand on Il
Cayley spoke the second time.
At that, wanting no weapon, conn.
dent that he needed none. his grent
arms aching for the feel OF the sky.
mans flesh beneath their grasp, he
moved step nearer the door and
waited
He saw Philip cross the threshold,
unseeing - suspecting. apparently.
nothing. saw him. at last. within hands
reach
Just as no touched him he uttered
sobbing oath. and his great hand fal-
tered, for Philips knife had struck
through. clean to the hilt. and Just
below the heart
The effect OF the shock was only
sprang upon Cayley. crowded him
back against the wall. tore at him
blindly. like wild beast, and finally
getting Philips right forearm fairly
In the grip of hoth hands. no snapped
it like pipestem.
In moment Cayley got round be-
hind him ind with tho crook of his
good arm round Roscoe's neck. he suo-
ceedcd in forcing him to release his
grip and In throwing him heavily.
As no lay. his body projected
through the doorway. out into the
tunnel
Philip left him huddled there. and
went back to the table. He found
Roscoes flint and steel beneath his
hand; but 1t was full minute before
he could summon HIS courage to strike
n light for the differences from Ros-
GOES presence here in the pilot house
began TO crowd upon him now. grim
and horrible. But he struck n spark
at last. lighted candle and looked
around
The reaction of relief turned him.
for n moment. giddy, AZ tho glance
about the room convinced him that
what he feared worst had not happen.
ed But another thought occurred to
him. almost at once. when he saw
the cover had been removed from the
top OF the ice chimney
| In his mind, OF course. that repre-
sented tho way Roscoe had come.
What, II Jeanne. unable for some rea.
son to defend herself. had chosen, As
tho lesser evil. to fng herself over the
cliff from tho tunnel mouth?
The moment he thought of that he
went out into the tunnel. stepping over
Roscoe ss6ody to, do so. He went to
the edge and looked over. but 1t WAS
too dark to see, The light of the au-
rora which still blazed in the sky, daz-
zled his eyes. without lighting the
surface of the world below
He must go down there. in order To
be sure. He had not stopped to furi
his planes when he alighted. and they
had wedged themselves sideways into
the tunnel still extended and no ready
for flight In m emergency.
He righted them and slipped his
them. He stood for n moment. test.
ing the right wing tentatively There
was a play about It that he did not un.
dcrstand So far AZ he could see moth
ing was broken. The fact that 1t was
his own arm did not occur to him.
He was Just turning to dive OF the
cliff-head when. suddenly. he saw the
great form OF tho man he had sup
posed to be dead, rise and rush upon
him
Philips knife had. indeed. inflicted .
mortal wound. but a man Of Roncoe's
physique lets 20 OF life slowly. lie
was bleeding to death. internally. but
the process was, probably. retarded by
his huddled position as no lay there
in the tunnel.
SO he had lain still and awaited his
chance. Cayley was standing quite
at the edge OF the cliff and tho mans
momentum carried him over. His
clutching hands graspod Cayley's
shoulders, and they went down to-
gether, over GOO feet OF empty space.
For Cayley the space was all too little
AS they went over he thought that he
and his gigantic enemy were going
down to death together InBtinctiye-
ly, and much quicker than man can
think, he swept his grcatfantail for
ward and nung himself back In an at
tempt to correct the balance destroyed
by the great weight that was cllngng
to his shoulders.
They were, of course, bound to 70
down Neither his strength nor tho
area OF his planes was sufficient TO
support them both In the air. But In
the position into which ho had flung
himself they would go down little
more slowly. He would gain. porhapa
n precious second more.
But he did not waste even an in.
nnltcslmal moment In any struggle
against the force Of gravity.
Twice, with all his might. no sent
his left nst crashing against tho face
tho staring, horrible face. that con-
/ frontcd his own But Btill that con.
| yulMyc. dying grasp held fast
| They were now more than baro
| 200 feet above the leo With su.
prcmc effort an effort whose sudden
| mesa ayallcd II better than It's strength.