Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-07-21

locheu INTO MS ana pressed 1t to his
lips before he spoke. There was a
| silence after that. Then, with little
effort. the girl spoke.
Philip, do you remember my say
Ing what contempt you must have
for the world that didn't know how to
| fly? Do you remember that, and the
answer you made to it?"
| He nodded.
Philip. Is that still there? Your
contempt. mean, for the world?"
Il don't believe" he said, "that you
can even ask that seriously-you, who
gave me first my soul back again and
then, In these last weeks, my life.
For It's been your life that has lived
In me these last days-they must be a
good many-just as it was your
warmth and faith and fragrance that
gave me back my soul, long ago." He
paused a moment; then, when ne went
on his voice had a somewhat different
quality. But the other contempt,
Jeanne, that still exists, or would ex-
list II | gave it the chance, the worlds
contempt for me. Not even your faith
cOulO snake tnat.
/ She had been half-reclining beside
him, but now she sat erect purposeful-
| ly, like one who has taken a resolu-
| ton.
I'm not so sure Of that" she said.
in matter-offact tone, though there
| was an undercurrent Of excitement in
| it. Philip, 1 have been trying to
solve puzzle since you we're ILL.,
hoped l could solve it by myself. II
l were intelligent enough I'm sure
could; but I'll have to ask you to help
me It's string of letters written
around a picture, in a locket."
"a locket of yours?" he asked, SIR
prised
Never mind about that just now"
| She spoke hastily and the undercur-
rent of excitement was growing
stronger in her voice.
| do you want me to try it now" he
asked. 'If you'll make light and
show me the thing I'll see what
can do"
Perhaps you won't need that" she
said. Il can remember the istters.
They are divided up into words, but
I'm sure they are not any foreign Ian
guage; they are in code of some
sort"
She did not turn to look at him, but
she felt him stir little, Tith sudden
ly aroused attention, and heard Ais
breath come a little quicker.
The first letter was all by itself"
she said, trying to keep her voice
steady 1t was N. And then, in
one word, came the letters p-b-j-n-e-q."
THAT means A coward" he said.
His voice was unsteady, and he
clutched suddenly ass es5 land. She
could feel that his was rrczab!lsg, so
she took it in both of hers and held
it tight
It's CODE" he said, "a boyish code
of my own. | remerGner shat for a
long time after l invented It l be-
lieved it to be utterly insoluble; yet it
was childishly simple. 1t consists
simply of splitting the alphabet in
two and using the last half for the
first, and vice versa. It must have oc-
Cured to hundreds of boys, at one
time and another, and yet" his voice
| faltered. Yet, it's a little odd that
you should have stumbled upon an
other example of it."
THE next word was o-r-g-e-n-l-r-q."
That means betrayed" he said,
almost Instantly. "Was-was there any
more"
One little word, three letters,
'u-v-z.' But l know already what they
mean, Philip" There was a moment
airy silence, then she repeated the
whole phase-"'A coward betrayed
him." She was trembling all over
| now, herself Il knew" she said, Il
knew it was something like that"
Then she dropped down beside him
and clasped him tight In her arms.
Phillip, that was written around your
picture, an old picture of you it must
have been, which fell out of your
pocket when l was undressing you
that night after your fight with Ros-
coe. l recognized the locket it was en-
closed in as Mr. Hunters. l had often
seen it on his watch fob, and it's en-
graved with his initials"
IL len OuL VI my pOChSI, Sdlu
Philip, incredulously.
Yes she said, that puzzled me,
| too, .or awhile; and finally l figured
it sat You must have found it"
"That night in Roscoe's cave, when
was waiting for him. 1 had forgot
I ten it until this moment"
Il knew 1t E1ust be like that" she
! said, "somethtEE like that And wasn't
it :. sha s'egan-
Hunters ecde as well as mine?
Yes We made it up together when
we were boys" he said, land wa used
it occasionally even after we lsft the
Point. We wrote in ii. both rs US, as
easily as in English; and read It the
same way"
Der young arms still held him fast
Phillip, he must have been sorry
long time-almost since 1t happened
it's an old, old picture of you.
| dear, and the ink of the letters is
faded He's carried it with him ever