Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-12

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exact spot 10 alisht, certainly made
out . darn object lying there upon
tho snow. His heart felt like lead 40
he dropped close beside H. and soranr
bled clear Of his wings,
II was Jeannej and for q moment
he thought she was dead. She
seemed 40 white and cold AZ the snow
itself. And yet she was not dsadl not
even frozen. The hands no ohafed 10
tanueally we're inert, but not rigid
and, as he drew her up In his arms
and pressed his head down against
her breast he could hear, very family
and slowly, the beating OF her heart.
He picked her up In his arms and
carried her into the pilot house. The
air here was sull warmer than that
out OF doors. but Il was no longer on.
hausted and poisonous.
He laid her down for long enough
TO light the lamp, to throw of his stir
leather jacket and 10 set a little
brandy out OF the keg This he mixed
with little water and, with the aid
Of q small ivory spoon. he succeeded
In getting little OF II between her
lips.
He took OF her heavy seal coat. and
the woolen Jacket she wore under II.
and, az well as ho could, loosened the
other clothing about her waist Last
OF all, he gathered her up In his arms
again. wrapped the great sheep skin
bss about thom both and, with tho
brandy and water within arms reach,
settled down TO attempt 70 got some
Of the warmth and vitality Of his own
body into hers.
She was not fully unconscious now,
for tho next time he offered her
brandy she swallowed H. Her eyslids
were huttsring q little, too, and pros
emily she sighed
He wes thrilling all over with q
tremendous sonse OF power. He felt
he could have brought her back from
the very dead. His arteries seemed to
be running with electricity, not blood.
Her lips were moving now, and he
bent close to catch the whisper that
barely succeeded in passing them.
"Don't-bring me back--Pbilip. It's
so much--easier to go--this way"
His only reply TO that was to hold
her q little closer.
She did not resist when he held
the drink TO her lips again; bat, after
she had taken two or three sips Of II.
she saidi
~ sha'n't need any more. I'm get
ting quite beautifully warm again"
He knew 1t was true. She no longer
fslt hfeless In his arms, though she
Btill lay there quite relaxed. He
knew he could let her 60 now, safely
enough. Apd yet he held her fast.
II thought you were dead when l
saw you lying there on the snow" no
said at last. not very steadily. III
you had been II would have been my
own doing"
She contradioted him with q sharp
negative gesture,
"You left me well enough wrapped
up to have resisted the cold for any
length Of time. Besides, II Ia wanted
10 could have come back IN here
But-but, Philip Oh, II seems q
dreadful thing to confess, now you
are here with mel didn't want to. /
Just lay down on the snow, thinking
could 60 to sleep and-and that
would be the end-suoh an easy endp
She felt him shudder all over as
she said IT, and she elasped his shoul.
ders and held them tight, In q desire
TO reassure and comfort him.
did you mean to do that .
Wac that why you asked me to fly
away for whilef"
moi MOI II was something I saw
while you were gone, something that
terrified me. Philip. DO you remem-
Der how many Of the people OF tho
Phoenix died Of what father called
the ice madnessT'
He nodded graveIy.
well, what I saw made me think
that l was going that way, too. Philip.
was watching the moon go down.
and gradually II spread out into three,
quite far apart, and then they changed
into strange colors, and stranger
shapes, and began 10 dance like
witches"
He laughed, but the laugh had some
thing very like sob mixed up In II.
you poor ohildl No wonder II
frightened you. But that's the ortho.
dox way for the moon to set In the
arctic. It's part of the same refrao-
ton that plays such strange tricks
with the daylight colors, No, you're
long way from ice madness, Jean
ne"
But that wasn't all saw, Philip.
II wasn't the worst ] saw a ship
against the moon. only II seemed too
high above the horizon, somehow.
That's the browning impossibility. And
then the moons began TO dance that
wicked, witcb-like dance OF mockery
So lay down IN the snow and hid my
face In nay arms 10 to 60 TO
sleep II seemed 30 easy and, some
how, seemed right. too not wicked
any way"
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