Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-07-21
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Iof the man TIER leader mdrdared. Sue
Cooked like her father as woman
may resemble man, and her white
mess, her fneness, her deicacy all in
creased rather than diminished the
leredibility OF the idea that she was In
act his spirit
The hand which held the revolver
dropped neryously at his side. He
swallowed hard, and wrung his cruel
tps with his other great hand 1t was
lthen that the girl looked up into his
pace. 1t was then she uttered her
FIRST cry.
For she saw that he did not mean
10 kill her,
Suddenly Jeanne's eyes detached
themselves from his face. look of
sudden alarm came into them, and
Nhe raised her hand to her throat, as
Though she We're choking She was
Hooking past Roscoe, and straight
down the snow tunnel
Phillp!" she cried take care; he's
mere"
The snow tunnel was empty, and
y
Imight be lying maagled in the mon
'ster's cave GAa had thought of that
Before she tr.,d the trick But, even if
tthat were so, that cry of hers might
lead the monster TO steal one uneasy
glance at The door behind him; and
even that would give her time enough.
II he had not killed Philip, but sim
ply eluded him, he would turn in
stantly
That was what he did. He sprang
round with suddenness which be-
spoke a perfectly genuine, common
sense alarm. And then he found him
self in darkness
He understood at orce that he had
been tricked. Without wasting the time
TO turn back and look at Jeanne, he
ssprang toward the pilot house door
Tie thought she meant to attempt to
sush by him, gain the snow-tuunel and
throw herself over the crest of the
tcliff He had not misread the sud
den loathing he had seen In her eyes
when they met his face.
In the open doorway he wheeled
lfound, triumphantly. She had not
got ahead OF him that time He laugh.
ed aloud into the darkness, and then
.spoke to her, with vile jocular ia
,a.i7iarity.
But he got no answer in words or
otherwise. There was no outcry. no
stifed sobbing Nothing at all but
'sigh and whine of the wind.
He moved forward, cropping in The
dark, but stopped when he felt tne
pressure OF the table across his thighs.
He could do nothing without a light
Tile would re-light the candle, first of
all. and then he would find ner.
He took bit OF flint, nail and
,gope Of tow from his pocket. He
struck spark but it failed 10 l5indle
tthe tow,
it was at that instant that Philip
alighted.
Philip sprang clear of his planes,
Aeft them as they were there at the
tunnel mouth and walked steadily up
toward the pilot house door
Roscoe, on hearing his voice the
idrst time, had dropped the arti-
iaIes which encumbered his hands and
,sroped on the table for the revolver.
Before he could put his hand on 1t
,Gayley spoke'~the second time.
At that, wanting no weapon, conf
-ieut that he needed none, his great
laIrns aching for the feel of the sky
'mau's flesh beneath their grasp, he
moved step nearer the door and
waited,
He saw Philip cross the threshold,
slnseeiug - suspecting, apparently
nothiOg, saw him. at last, within hands
t'sach
Jdst as he touched him he uttered
= sobbing oath, and his great hand fall
rered for Philips knife had struck
.droush clean to the hilt, and just
below llo heart.
The effect Of the shock was only
commentary. With a yell of rage, he
spraIg upon Cayley. crowded him
Sack against the wall, tore at him
alndly, like a wild beast. and finally
ryettiug Philips right forearm fairly
En- the grip Of hoth hands. he snapped
It like q plpesteIn.
In a moment Cayley got round be
hind him and with the crook of his
good arm round Roscoe's neck. he sue
lceeded in forcing him to release his
grip and in throwing him heavily.
As he lay, his body projected
Through the doorway, out into III,
sunnel
Philip left him hudc--ed there. ant