The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-04-27

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was Drssably 1ss . The isesog1soss
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But II vas ~ himself Who broks
~ sllsass VIII Q natural. aaktsr-ee.
fact ausst3oa. "Ysu say . searching
Dar0 ~ ~ - fsso ~ yasAef
Have they bsss Ioag asAorsf'
They ~ sst oaly . httle altse saar
riss. We cane late ~ ~ vttA ~
last oe ysstselay's tviliGAt asA ~
sight o( those Auls. q The eAss q ~
shoes-" Ase veseo faltseol Q ht11a.
"nserly made ~ hoDs hat tAs i0Dss-
sibis might prove truA We Ass1 sss
signal caaAoa two - tAres tines ~
tAsn ssot uD sooe roeksts, without
getting any sasvss. II was toe late
70 % asAors IN the la1k: - We hal
70 walt . few hoafs for aaothse Sun
r1ss. The few q - vho were lele
On the yacht s1Desael tAso hack To-
day before Aask fsl. But I suD1sss
thsre's netAing - voeTy about IN
their not eomiAg Thsv went squappsd
to pass . night ashore. II necessary.
You don't alviss ne - bsgin woery-
ing about them. DO yoaf"
He did not answer her question. He
was recalling something which his
amazing meeting with the girl out
here ON the ice-aos had. for q little
while. put quite out Of his mind-ths
weird, silent tragedy he had seen en-
acted . few hours before upon the
glacier behind the headland. The
victim, the man in the leather coat,
must have been one Of The party from
the yacht: but II was impossible that
the little band Of his murdersrs could
b. No one freshly landed from the
yacht would have bssn dressed -
they were. or would have been armed
with darts.
With no better look at them thsn
had bsen possible to him q he hung
above their heads. he haA bse1 con
vinced that they were white: certain
~. the lsather-coatsd man had bssn
talking to them. freely enough. in
English. And Ut. II white. they must
have been refugees survivors. II not
Of Captain F1slding's ill-fatsd expsdi-
ton, then Of some other. tragic. unrs-
ported ship wreck.
But II they were white msn-rsfu-
gees. why had they asd from their
hut At sight Of the yacht which came
bringing ., rescue? Why had they
driven that one luckless member Of
the rescuing party who fell in with
them. into that carefully prepared am
bush, and then murdered him, silent.
ly! Even Eskimos would not have
done = thing like that
His long silence had alarmed the
girl. and presently. psrcsiving that
this was 30. he drew himself up with
An affected start Il beg your par
don. driftsd OF. thinking Of some
thing else. Living in the sky doesn't
seem conducive to good manners. No.
I don't believe there 10 anything to
worry, about. Any way, - soon a.
light comes back, which won't be
long now, can set at rest any fears
you may have. Ill 20 and nnd your
party, and I'll search the land, too
! for anything else that may BE- there.
And then I'll bring you word"
You are very good" she said with
little hesitation. but can't let
you"
He interrupted her with . laugh.
Its nothing dimcult that am pro
posing to do for you. you know"
That's true. had forgotten your
wings. The rocks. the Ice. the steep
places. that mean SO tragically much
to them, are nothing at all to you But
what are you doing now? Even you
can't find them in the dark"
He had already begun unstrapping
the bundle he had made Of his wings,
and seemed to be preparing for i'm.
mediate flight. That was what caused
her question.
NO." he said: Il shall wait for sun
rss."
But why not here. on the yacht1
We can give you a comfortable bed
there; better. certainly. than that
sleeping bag Of yours"
II am afraid" he said, that what
you call comfortable bed In q yachts
cabin would be the surest instrument
that could be found for keeping me
| awake all night. No. shall hnd =
sheltered hollow up at the top Of that
headland yonder, where shall sleep
deeply enough, you may be sure"
She watched him, silently. while he
slipped the stesl-jointed rods into
place, drew the catgut bow strings
taut, until they sanS-until the fabric
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