Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-10

ly and euHously up into his face, As
quickly her eyes sought the BIT o, "a.
per which still lay open IN his hand
"You d!dnt hnish," she said There
was something else"
Z though, too late, OH ne moth.
ing, but It caught me-rather, and !
thought ! would spare you the twinge
that hniing it had given me- might
better have read 4 right out Il was
q Big plum pudding IN TN, you
know-Cross 4 Blaokwelps But there
&, vGs. waiting, suppose. 20 lend
rome sort oi On air Of iesuNy 10
their next Christmas"
The girl rose from her scat beside
h-n aud going over 10 the window,
stood Tor while gazing up the
beach
I, Was Just about the same time IN
the afternoon that u had been yester
aay when he set out a.W!ng. 70 hnd
heT. and had come hying down out OF
the sky 10 drive away the sudden
namsless terror which had bess, her.
That thought led him, nov 20 yisua.
liIs some suols Of wood, rather too
large 10 oarry, which had been lying
on the beach near where he had found
her Thinking that It would bo a
good time 20 get them and drag them
IL. be got a hRrpoon line, and it Was
tbs g!rls question what he meant 10
DO with the rope. which caused him 10
tell her Nhat part Of the beach he IN.
tended 10 visit He asked her then II
che cared 20 come with him, but after
moments hesitation she declined
10 viii 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 can help you"
So he set on alone
For awhile the occupation o. setting
their d!sordsred living room 20 rights
and getting the supper started we're
sufficient 10 take the whole o' the
girls attention But later when it Was
a question merely Of waiting tor the
20, 10 BON, and OF not watching It so
ttst It would boil sooner she moved
restisss'y 10 tho door and stood there
before the hut gazing down the beach
10 the direction Cayley had taken He
was already out Of sight around tbs
headlaud
She wished she had gone with
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eyes toward the narrow BIT Of slant
ing beach around the base Of the head
land which was the place whore no
must appear. He Was not 10 be eE.
pected yet not Tor long time prob
ably, for his progress, dragging those
great sticks he had set out 10 bring
home, must be slow
And then, even AZ she looked, size
saw him. not moving slowly with his
burden, but running-rnning at his
topmost speed. like a man IN fear OF
something
lnsuuctiyely che moved forward 70
meet him, and this move OF hers en-.
sbled him 70 see her lie slackened
hls pace instantly, and waved her
back toward ehe hut She obeyod that
imperative gesture OF his. without hes
itation, but still remained IN the door
way watching him 40 he rapidly drew
nearer
When he had got near enough so
that she could soc his face aud read.
more or loss what she saw there, she
again moved forward TO meet him,
and this time he did not wave her
back When he came within arms
reach Of her. he caught her and held
her tight In his two hands,
What Ia Il, Philip she asked,
searching the depth Of his eyes and
trying to plumb the horror she saw
in them, What happened out there'"
"Nothing-happened. But SAW
something there that made me anx.
ious for your safety It's all
right now you're safe. Nothing has
happened here, has there, while have
been gomez"
Nothing What could have hap
psnOd, Phillp7 II can't be anything
that you're afraid to toll me" she
went on. for he had no. answered her
There can't bO anything you'd be
AFRAID TO tell me now--not after yes-
SrdAg."
"oh, no; its not so bad as that, but
| saw that had been wrong 20 leave
Jou, even for that little while. You
bee the sight Of the place brought
back to my mind what you had told
mo yesterday Of the terror you had
tSlt there, and OF tho thinG that YOU
saw In the twilight And 30 | looked
about, aud--Jeanne, Il was no base
lees terror no product OF the twilight
end the fact that you we're far from
home, There was something there.
slipping along from the shelter Of ons
boulder TO that OF another toune
the tracks In the snow. They wefept
more than ton PAGES away fTorp W.
whom | came down out OF the sRyI
"Nas n the bear9" she asked. ''rhat
was wins. you thought II Nigh, h. 70
been. at tho time" But he could t's
In hor eyes that this was not tn" Az
swer she expected
He shook his head; that told bo,
enough
As Roscoe fed along the beach on