Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-11
CHAPTER XVIII
An Attack.

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The tnlnS in the situation which
caused cayley the most unessiness
was the tear that some time or other
Roscoe would solve the mystery
would see him In the very act OF
taking 70 the air This fear suggested
an eNpedient 20 him one day az he
was flying along near the snow-crest
ed edge OF the clin.
Il don't know why never thought
Sf II before" he said 20 Jeanne as he
alighted beside her a moment or two
afterwards but I've got It now-ths
way to prevent Roscoe from every
solving the mystery Of your guardian
angel thought OF II when | saw the
mound up on the chi that Is
forged BY the observatory It oRnt
be buried so very deep In the snow
because the mound Isn't 80 very big.
I'm going up there now TO dig It out,
enough, at least so that can tAko
wing rom there"
You never can dig out enough snow
to get a running start mp there" she
objected
"I shen't have TO, III Just dive of
tho Cliff
Phillip, you shsn'ti"
"Why not?"
You know what you told me your.
self That none of the big birds can
take 10 the air without running
start; and about taking pelicaus and
birds like that up into high buildings
and throwing them out Of windows,
aud how they were always killed"
That's because they've only got
instinct instead of intelligence None
OF their family had ever been thrown
out of windows before, and they didn't
know what to do. But | can get my
start quite as safely that way as any
other Oh, yes, I've done II. Do you
imagine Jeanne dear, that I'd take an
unnece9sary risk go long as my life
is tie only possible protection there
is for yours"
He spent the rest OF the day tun.
nelling out from the observatory. He
did not dig in the snow he Simply
packed It, gradually enlarging tho
space from a section the size Of tho
pilot house door TO space at the
CLIFFS edge wide enough for the full
spread Of HIS wings
Jeanne was watching on the beach
when he made his first flight from
this aerie and, IN spite Of her con.
hdepce in his powers, she endured a
horrible moment or two. For he camo
HURTING down, head first, at an angle
OF 90 degrees and he had trayersed
two.thirds Of the distance to the beach
before his line DETECTED outward and
began curving up toward the hort.
Eontal.
When she saw that he was safe,
that he had really done the thing he
had said he could, she dropped down
upon bearskin. which was spread
before the hut, and shut her eyes, for
what she had seen had turned her a
bit glddy.
That feeling passed IN moment.
She opened her eyes and lay, stretch.
cd at full length, upon the be9rshn,
watching him as he wheeled and
dipped, then lowered aboft again IN
that fading violet sky. supremsly
masterful, majestioally dominant Of
the unstable element no had con-
ouered.
She sat up suddenly, ereot, upon
the bear skin With the realization that
II was nearly dark, Their hourr Of
daylight were getting very soanty
now Today's allowance was gone, al.
though II was not yet three In the aft
eTnoon.
She looked aloft for Cayley, but
could not see him Then, the next
moment, che heard the whine OF the
air through his rigging, and he sailed
down on a long slant and alighted bo.
aide her.
He got clear Of hiP planes with an
unaCoopntable sT OF hSate, and held
out both hands to help her rise,
What do We do with sentlnels who
90 70 sleep on dutyf he Questioned
WITH d laugh,
7 wesn't asleeD." she said contrite.
ly, but Il was just about as bad. |
waS thinking She paused there.
then added. about you. What's thS
sentence OF the o6urtI"
Already he had bis wings folded up
and was handing them TO her.
"The sentence Is that you shall bs
frightened with bear story There's
big one coming down the beach aft.
or you this very moment, and you're
10 surrender the revolver 10 me and
stay under arrest in the hut until aft.
or J have killed him"
She did not need to be told that he
was In earnest, IN spite Of the smile
that went with his words, she turned
about quickly aSd looked up the
beach, sighting along cayley's arm 40
he pointed, Even In the dotp twilight
che could already make out the sham.
bling figure that wos coming along To-
ward them on ell foure,
why does he move IN that queer
sort Of wayT she whispered,
They had shrunk back into the