The Mena weekly star., 1911-05-11

US but we had FORGOTTEN him
roscoe, you know-and now he has
stolen a march on u.s."
der. u WIZ
IL Is true" she said, I'VE had for
gotten Those days when we lived
In the hut seemed almost as far away
rom US up here as the rest of the
world seemed then. She mada
little pause there, then reused her
ser. What is It that he has done,
Philip?"
he has found our stores down be-
low here. He has taken everything
made a perfectly clean sweep"
There was little silence after that.
BEFORE she spoke again she came over
to him and kissed him. There was a
grave sort OF smile on her face when
she said:
dor"
"Oh. yes" he said: THAT move of
his doesn't end the game. It only be-
gins new one. Really, / 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 at once.
without coming back here. only I
uiunt nave He stopped rather
short.
"of course" she said. you hadn't
the revolver"
That wasn't what l wanted; I
wanted my wings Now I've got back
to them l must start at once"
She uttered little cry of protest at
that.
Cant you-can't you wait little
Few hours? Life has only just be-
gun for me-for us--with what you
told me just now"
I He let moment go by In thought
full silence, before he answered.
No. he said, at last, "its got to
be settled now, before another moon
rise. The light is all in his favor, the
darkness In mine. II | can find him
now, | think | can kill him. Now I
think 1t over, 1t seems to me likely
49, 0OSoh suspect VIC arc alive db
all. The Walrus people never dis
covered the ice chimney nor the pilot
house. That's perfectly clear. II they
had they would have rifed 1t long
ago.
4 When finish, I'll come back to
you. l don't think shall be gone
very long. You aren't to be afraid for
me. and you can trust me to be care
full. | know / have your life in my
hands as well as my own. Your part
10 harder than mine; | quite under
stand that You must be keeping
1 watch every second II he eludes me
and comes here. you must shoot him,
without word or warning. Shoot to
kill"
| But ! sha'n't have the revolveri"
| There was an electric moment OF
silence between them, while she gazed
into his face, Mortified at the meaning
she read there.
You didn't mean that Philip,
! Philip-you can't mean that. And
leave you to face that monster I'M
armed"
II shall have the only weapon that
will be Of any service to me, my knife.
| It's got to be done at close quarters
l couldn't possibly shoot him from the
air. But II / can aliEht near him ana
come up within striking distance he
will have no chance with me, not with
all his strength"
no. she said, resolutely. Il won't
lot you 90. Not that way"
Listen. Jeanne. II I can find him,
/ can kill 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 me is
of picking me of at long range with
his rife. He could do that whether
l had a revolver or not. And II he did.
If he killed me and had the revolver,
| then-well, then he would come here
and find you-defenseless. Don't you
see? / couldn't take the revolver. /
should be unnerved with terror from
the moment left you"
With q sob she clasped her arms
about his neck and held him tight.
Then, In tragic submission, they
dropped away.
Without saying anything more. Cay.
ley blew out the candle, opened the
door into the tunnel and took up hia
furied wings. With trembling hands
she helped him spread them and draw
them taut
AS he adjusted the straps across his
shoulders, he felt her hands again.
upon his head, felt them clasp behind
his neck.
"Goodby,- she said.
He was trembling all over, as her
hands were. but 1t was not with fear.
Il shall come back SAFE" he said.
Nothing can harm me tonight"
He pulled her up close in his en-.
folding arms and kissed her mouth.
In an instant he turned and dived OF
the clin-head into the night.
He headed up into the wind, and
| hung for q moment soaring upon a
fairly steady current of air that
poured along parallel to the cliff.
When he reached the glacier he
checked his speed a little and
slanted down to an altitude of not
more than two or three hupdred feet
above the crest He hardly expected
a glimpse of Roscoe so soon, having
no reason to think he would be here.
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