The Mena weekly star., 1911-05-11
continued from last issue.)

il was Jeanne; and for a moment
.4 thought she was dead. She
Da<;ued as white and cold as the snow
IN. And yet she was not dead; not
I'm frozen The hands he chafed so
ssntically were inert. but not rigid
"a, as he drew her up in his arms
"a pressed his head down against
M breast, he could hear very family
"a slowly. the beating of her heart
He picked her up in his arms and
srried her into the pilot house. The
81 here was still warmer than that
n of doors, but 1t was no longer ex
<asted and poisonous.
&c laid her down for long enough
light the lamp. to throw of his stir
I1ther jacket and to get a little
INDY out of the keg. This he mixed
IL little water and, with the aid
Ia small ivory spoon, he succeeded
getting a little of 1t between her
He took of her heavy seal coat, and
= wooden jacket she wore under It,
., as well as he could, loosened the
|1er clothing about her waist. Last
Eall. he gathered her up in his arms
fain, wrapped the great sheep-skin
3 about them both and, with the
INDY and water within arms reach,
ttled down to attempt to get some
Ethe warmth and vitality of his own
by into hers.
She was not fully unconscious now,
h the next time he offered her
INDY she swallowed 1t. Her eyelids
BE huttering little. too. and pres
by she sighed.
He was thrilling all over with a
emendous sense of power. He felt
could have brought her back from
4 very dead His arteries seemed to
running with electricity, not blood.
Her lips were moving now, and he
nt close to catch the whisper that
rely succeeded in passing them.
fDon't-bring me back-Philip. It's
BE- much-easier to go-this way"
His only reply to that was to hold
b little closer.
She did not resist when he held
4 drink to her lips again: but, after
b had taken two or three sips of 1t,
h said;
II sha'n't need any more. I'm get
ng quite beautifully warm again"
He knew 1t was true. She no longer
II lifeless in his arms, though she
u lay there quite relaxed. He
lew he could let her go now, safely
|ough. And yet he held her fast.
II thought you were dead when |
n you lying there on the snow" he
ID at last. not very steadily. III
b had been. 1t would have been my
IN doing"
She contradicted. him with sharp
|gative gesture.
''You left me we'll enough wrapped
to have resisted the cold for any
ngth OF time. Besides, II I'd wanted
I could have come back In here
at-but. Philip Oh. It seems a
eadful thing to confess, now you
3 here with mel didn't want to.
81 lay down on the snow, thinking
could go to sleep and-and that
puld be the end-such an easy endi"
She felt him shudder all over as
g said It. and she clasped his shout
Prs and held them tight, In desire
reassure and comfort him.
ibid you mean to do that. !.
'as that why you asked me to ny
Fay for a whils7"
mo! Mol It was something | saw
bile you were gone. something that
rrified me. Philip, do you remem-
p how many Of the people OF the
hoenix died Of what father called
& ice madness?"
He nodded gravely.
We'll. what l saw made me think
at | was going that way, too. Philip.
was watching the moon go down,
ID gradually 1t spread out into three.
'ite far apart, and then they changed
70 strange colors. and stranger
APES. and began to dance like
Itches."
He laughed. but the laugh had some
ing very like sob mixed UP In 1t.
You poor child No wonder it
ightened you. But that's the ortho-
* way for the moon to set In the
'ctic. It's part OF the same refrac-
pm that plays such strange tricks
ith the daylight colors. No. you're
long way from Ice madness. Jean
D."
But that wasn't all / saw, Philip.
wasn't the worst. I saw a ship
yainst the moon. only It seemed too
gh above the horizon. somehow.
hats the browning impossibility. And
ZEN the moons began to dance, that
icked. witchlike dance of mockery.
lay down in the snow and hid my
&c ia my arms to to go to
eep- II seemed 80 easy and, some
Nv. seemed right. too; not wicked
~ way"
She felt him shuddering again, and
Il cIasping arms strained her so
ose they almost hurt.
THANK God. / came in time!" she
lard him whisper.
But you did come in time" she re-
Anded him, for she could still feel
"a shuddering with the horror of the
ing. You brought me back. and I'm
y even afraid any more" She
passed. and there was little silence.
'iln she added: And I'm quite warm
no."
is arms slackened for moment,