Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-15

before she tried the trick but even II
that we're so that oy OF hers might
lead tho monster to steal one uneasy
glance at the door behind him; and
even chat would give her time enough.
II he had not killed Philip. but STA.
| ply eiuded him. BIO would turn In
| uantly
That WAS what hs did. He sprang
round with audiences which be.
,poAs perfectly genuine, common.
fense alarm And then he found him.
SELF In darkness.
he understood az once that he had
been trlcked. Without wasting the time
10 turn back and .ook at Jeanne no
spraug toward the pilot house door
lie thought rho meant to attempt to
rush by hin, gain he snow.tuunel and
throw herself over the crest OF the
ola lie had not misread the sud.
den loa,h.us he had ften IA her eyes
whom they met bis face,
In the open doorway he wheeled
round, triumphanly, She had not
got ahead OF him that time He laugh.
cd aloud luto the dark. sss, and then
spoke to her with vie, Jocular IA.
miliRrty
But he got 20 answer. IN words or
otherwise There was no outcry, no
stncd sobbing Nothing at all but
s'ga and wh.Go OF tho wind.
he moved forward, z opIng In tho
dark, but stopped when he felt the
pressure Of the table across his thighs
lie could do nothing without a light.
lie would re'hght the candle, tirst OF
all, and then he would hnd ner.
lie took BIT OF flint a nail and a
rope OF tow from his pocket. He
struck a spark. but It failed to kindle
the tow.
1t was at that Instant that Philip
aliEhted,
Phi ip sprGng clear OF his planes,
loft them as they were there at the
tunnel mouth, and walked steadily up
toward the pilot house door.
Roscoe, IN hearing his voice tho
FIRST time, had dropped the arti.
c.es which enoumbered his hands and
groped on the table for the revolver.
Before he could put his hand on It
Cayley sptie the second time
At that wanting no weapon, conf.
dent that he needed none his great
arms aching for the feel OF the sky.
mans flesh beneath their grasp, no
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 he touched him he uttered
a fohblng oath, and his great hand fal.
tered, for Phllp's knife had struck
through, clean TO the hilt, and Just
below tho heart.
The effect Of the shock was only
momentary. With yell OF rage, he
sprang upon Cayley, crowded him
back against the wall, tore at him
blindly, Hike @ wild beast, and finally
getting Philips right forearm fairly
IN the grip Of hoth hands, he snapped
It like q pipestem
IN n moment Cayley got round be
hind him and with the crook Of his
good arm round Roscoo's neck, he sue
ceeded in forcing him to release his
grip and in throwing him heavily
As he 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 nint and steel beneath his
hand; but II was a full minute before
he could summon his courage to strike
light, for the differences from Ros-
GOES presence here " the pilot house
began to crowd upon him now, grim
and horrible. But he struck q spark
at last, lighted candle and looked
around.
The reaction Of relief turned him.
for moment, giddy, as the glance
about the room convinced him that
what he feared worst had not happen.
ed. But another thought occurred to
him, almost at onos, when he saw
the cover had been removed from the
top OF the Ice chimney.
In his mind, OF course, that repre-
sented the way Roscoe had come
What, II Jeanne, unable for some rea.
son to defend herself, had chosen, as
the lesser evil 10 hIg herself over the
Cilr from the tunnel mouth
The moment he thought OF that he
went out into the tunnel. stepping over
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