Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-16

very His speech was punoth-
ated now by longer and longer pauses,
but sull Jeanne waited Very surs
OF III correctness Of my own
attitude then Correct IL, perhaps the
exact word for H. wouldn't turn
hand 10 save mana man who had
been my friend toO-fron living out
the rest Of his lifo in hell he shud.
derod little at that and she quickly
laid her hand upon his lips
THAT VAS long ago, she said. You
Jan see now what God, perhaps.
would have seen and done then, And
II you did wrong. then It's you who
have suffered for it--you who have
paid the penalty, You have paid for
the thing you loft undone as we'll as
for the thing he did, But we muat
not talk about Il any more, now,
You're not strong enough. ought
not to have spoken Of Il al all, but,
somehow, | couldn't wait any longer"
Just this much more, Jeanne, and
then We viii let II go: You see now,
don't you, DEAR why | said never
could 50 back TO tho world, never clear
myself OF the old charge at Hunters
oXponlo - Perry Hunters expense
now that he Is dead and don't you SEQ
that that's as impossible now M Il was
when ! first said ~"
It wns with a half laugh and a half
sob that she kissed him
"Oh, my dear" she said what does
the world matter7 This IL the world
here. You and l. The space OF this
great bear-shn we are lying on. The
past can't come between US, aud what
else ls there that matters? Come, It's
time for yon to take another nap. Are
you warm enough out here, or shall we
80 back TO the hut?"
I'm warm, soul and body, thanks
TO yCu.' he said
But Il was Jeanne who went 70 .
sleep Somehow. since that last ex.
PLANTATION a wonderful great. soft calm
seemed to enyelop her. She slept
there Ike child beside him his hand
still haliclasped In hers.
II was Philips voice that wakened
her. How long afterwards she did
not know He was sitting erect on the
great bearskin, and all she could see
OF him was the dim silhouette Of his
back against the sky.
What is it?" she asked, drowsily.
Us anything the natter"
He could hardly command his voice
TO answer
It's that aurora, over there" he
said NO, It's gone now. II may
come back It's right over thore in
the south--straght in front OF you"
But, my dear--my dear" she per.
sisted, why should an aurora
Is It because OF the one we saw tho
night you killed Roseoe2 Is It that
old nightmare that II brings back7"
She was speaking quietly, her voice
caressing him just as her hands were.
She was like a mother trying to reas.
sure frightened child.
No, It's not that" he said, uneasily.
! don't know-I think may be GO
Ing mad, perhaps. know | wasn't
dreaming. | thought so at first but
| know I'm not now" Then she felt
his body stiffen, he dropped her hand
and pointed out to the southern ho.
rizon
There" he said, look therel" What
she saw was simply pencil Of white
light pointing straight from the no.
rizon 60 the zenith, and reaching an al.
utude OF perhaps 20 degrees Com.
pared with the stupendous electrical
displays that they we're used to seeing
In that winter sky, It was utterly in.
significant and from It she turned to
search his face In sudden alarm
No, no-look-lookl he command
cd, his excitement mounting higher
with each word
She obeyed reluctantly, but at what
she saw her body became sudden.
ly rigid and she stared as one
might stare who sees spirit. For
the faint pencil Of white light swung
on a pivot, dipped clear to the hort.
zon, rose aagin and completed its cir.
cult to the other side
She sat there beside him, breath
less almost llfeless with suspense
while that pencil traced It's course
back and forth from horizon to hori.
zon, Gtopped sometimes on the zenith.
to turn back upon itself-sometimes
continuing through unchecked. At
last her breath burst forth from her
in great sob She turned and clung
to him wildly.
philip" she said, 1T can't be that
1t cant-it can'tl"
Tell me-tell me what Il looks Ike
what you think you see?"
She stayed hlst where she was, cling.
ing to him, covering to him, as II some.
thing terrified her, her face pressed
down against his shoulder
Signals" she gasped out. From
light-from search.llght.'
He drew long deep breath or two,
aud his good arm frightened about
her.
We'll" he said his voice breaking
In shaky laugh, "if we are mad. we
are mad together Jeanne. dear. and
with the same madness; and II we are