Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-10

it was, waiting, l suppose, to lend
some sort of an air of festfyity to
their next Christmas"
The girl rose from her seat beside
him and going over to the window.
stood for a while gazing up the
beach
1t was just about the same time In
the afternoon that it had been yester-
day when he set out, awning, to find
her, and had come flying down out of
the sky to drive away the sudden
nameless terror which had beset her.
That thought led him, now to visua-
lie some sticks of wood, rather too
large to carry, which had been lying
on the beach near where he had found
her. Thinking that 1t would be a
good time to get them and drag them
in, he got harpoon line, and it was
the girls question what he meant to
do with the rope, which caused HIM to
tell her what part of the beach he in
tended to visit He asked her then If
she cared to come with him, but, after
moments hesitation, she declined.
1T will be high time for supper be-
fore you can get back" she said, and
I'd better stay here and get it ready.
that is, unless l can help you
So he set of alone.
For awhile the occupation of setting
their disordered living room to rights
and getting the supper started were
sufficient to take the whole of the
girls attention. But later, when it was
question merely of waiting for the
pot to boil, and of not watching 1t SO
that it would boil sooner, she moved
restlessly to the door and stood there
before the hut, gazing down the beach
in the direction Cayley had taken He
was already out of sight around the
headland.
She wished she had gone with
Philip, and she gazed with straining
eyes toward the narrow bit Of slant
ing beach around the base Of the head
land which was the place where he
must appear. He was not to be ex-
pected yet. not for a long time, prob
ably, for his progress, dragging those
great sticks he had set out to bring
home, must be slow.
And then, even as she looked, she
saw him, not moving slowly with his
burden, but running at his
topmost speed. like a man In fear OF
Instinctively she moved forward to
meet him, and this move OF hers en-
sbled him to see her. He slackened
lis pace instantly, and waved her
pack toward the hut. She obeyed that
Imperative gesture of his, without hes
tation. but still remained in the door
way, watching him as he rapidly drew
learer.
When he had got near enough SO
hat she could see his face and read.
nore or less, what she saw there, she
gain moved forward to meet him.
nd this time he did not wave her
ack. When he came within arms
each of her, he caught her and held
er tight in his two hands.
What is it, Philip" she asked.
earching the depth of his eyes and
wing to plumb the horror she saw
! them. What happened out there?'
"Nothing-happened But saw
omething there that made me anx-
JUS for your safety. It's all
ght now you're safe. Nothing has
appened here. has there, while have
cen gomez"
Nothing. What could have hap
sned, Philip? 1t can't be anything
lat you're afraid to tell me-" she
ent on, for he had not answered her.
There can't be anything you'd be
raid to tell me now-not after yes
rday."
''Ch, no; it's not so bad as that, but
saw that / had been wrong to leave
~. even for that little while You
e the sight of the place brought
Lck to my mind what you had told
g yesterday of the terror you had
It there, and Of the thing that you
" In the twilight. And SO looked