Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-08

life AZ all The men have gone sshors
70 search, and there Is 70 be z gun-drs
II they find anyone olive But they
have been out all day and there hzx
been 10 sound. You viii understand.
I think. though. why I did not want 70
sleep tonight in my cabin il the
yacht; why the ice and the doms Of
stars seemed better"
Yes" be said, Il understand
Presently, after moments musinz.
he added, What seems strange 70 ne,
incomprehensible altogether, Ia, that
men Ike your father, and so many
others. should risk and lose their livss
trying 70 reach the pole"
You can't understand that" she
questioned surprised. you, a man
with Eings?"
Il suppose It's because Of the
wings" ne answered her Z slept
there once. early this summer-slept
and rested. and ate meal"
Where do you mean7~
At the pole, or within half degree
OF tt won't guarantee ny instrz-
ments. nor ny hit-and-miss observar
tons any more accurately than that
and Il seemed a poor place 10 risk
ones life trying 70 reach. Just tbs
ice-psck-the eternal ice-pack; Moth
ing be- that" Then his eyes lighted
little But I should Ike 10 90 rhers
some time. II the winter-should Ike
70 hy straight ahead. for hours and
NrIrrrc ~r~rrrr-~r 10
could se9 the North Star squzrely
above ny head IN tbs zenith, the cen
ter Of al the universe That would
be a sight worth having. should
think Some day. perhaps. I shall ry
for t. And then one could 90 straight
on across-a week or ten days would
90 II all-from Dawson City. say. 20
ST Petersburg
Dawson City 10 St Pstersburgl"
she repeated. only creature q
wings could put those two cities "A
the same sentence even in magma
ton And even with you il must Be
imaginary You couldn't do it. really
could you9
yes he said y could do it
You're tireless. them" she asked.
''You would go on flying. Tying. With
cur rest Tor a week.
II don't fly he told her. or hardly
Al all The birds don't fl, not these
great sea birds that live on the wing
They sail, so do L"
But then don't you have 10 90
with The wind ?"
You've sailed boat, haven't your"
be asked By way Of answer. You put
1p z SAL 70 catch the breeze. and
hen you make IT force your boat right
ID into &; make your boat go against
ne wind. by ne force OF the wind
tself That was regarded as a mir
.cIe once when men first did Il
OF course" she admitted. but you
10 that By lacking"
That's the way I do it-by lacking
md the force Of gravity is ny heel"
How long have you lived nks
his2" she asked abruptly
Really lived? Only three months
y so spent the better part OF five
ears learning 10 fly. N
And you have flown all over tbs
World p ------s --7 - =, s-szsa. -
~AH over this most deserted patch
f IT.
There was another silence. Then
be said: And what q contempt you
lust have for us-for Us. poor wing
sss creatures. who cannot cross Z it,
e hssure in a rock OF bit OF open
ater without such toilsome labor.
es. that must be the feeling-con-
- ~rr-f1 ru-7f-- h. nj
If that's true. he Esjoined quickly.
rs only poetic Justice. I've only
,hieved toward the world the feeling
hich the world held for ne"
The words we're spoken harshlys
,ruptly. as II his memory had Just
sted something intolsrably bitter.
be manner Of the words. no less
an the sense OF them startled her,
ID she checked a movement to urn
ia look into his face Instead shs
led 10 recall II as 1t had looked
hen she had nrst stood coSfronung
d, before the twilight had faded
II was a strange face as she -
smbered IT, but this she rehec d,
Is probably due 90 The inc0ngruons
ect Of his deeply tanned Skin VIII
. very light sun-blsached lair. 4
lsirive face. finely chiseied almost
auriiui-snc youns but with an n
nlicable stamp Of premature aga
on r. u rad noe struck her Al al
tragic face And yet the mean
ct those last verbs OF his. uttered
they were. had been tragic enough
TO he continued
e yol would please your neighbor