The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-07-27

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Fseeeeaes = himself: Dor that ths
veoaa vbo vas LETT alpas veaA -
- Ass guard against hin.
n no0sat ~ siinDssd IL
sAaAsv q Cayisy's wtAss agaiast The
stars - beoAA nakiag his vsy. cas-
tisssly. over tAs esustsA sasv. tevas1
IL Dlie< Aeass. TAs Aooe vas easssA.
bot thsrs vas . hght shiaiAG est
through . crack bsesatA H. II vas .
giaas Soos. bat soostAing haA bssa
hsnG over tAs giass 70 tAaG - eoaA
aee - iate ~ iatsssos.
De&A Jsaaas aDA PAihD haA nAAs
tAs nistaks a assuming that ths oaly
vay q aseass 70 ths pilot houss. sx-
cs0t 70 FAi1n VIII his vings. was tie
ios chimney. II was Q natural nis-
take saoNeA-eos that almost any but
. peactAseA 0ountainsss would have
NAAo.
FurtAsroors hey haA NO rsason-
either of tAem-for anticipating an At
tack upoa he pilot house while Philip
was soos. Thsy haA bssa living here.
nov for weeks. in unbroksa security.
20. though tie girl oesysd Philip's In
tunctsoa literally aAl scrupulously.
sAs a. It without tie slightest sense
0 psSoaal danger. and i1Assd she
would hardly have haA room for such
a emotion svsa u tAsee hAA beea
much more rsasoaahis ground for It
She vas sitttag besils tAs oil stove.
In oas of tAs fartAse oosases oe the
room. TIE chimney hole vas In the
cosrssDoaAins corner. m revolver
lay o. The table IN he middle oe The
room. . few PAGES bshinA her. The
Pilot house door vas directly IN line
With It and alHost exactly bsAinA hsf
hack. The door was hinged to swing
inward.
When It burst opso she attributed
the fact TO NO other agency than the
wind. She laid down the red-bound
book upoa The beach beside her and
rose. rather deliberately. bseors she
turned rouad.
A. she did 70 Roscoe sprang for
ward to the table and seissd the re-
volver. Her failure to turn immo-
diately had given him the second hs
needed to take in the strategic posi-
bilities Of the room.
His rife was . clumsy weapon In
close quarters. 80. - he sprang for
ward. he dropped It and made for the
revolver instead. 1t only needed Q
glance at the girl to coavincs him
that she was unarmsd. Quite dslibsr-
ately he broke opsn the breech Of the
revolver and satisfied himself that It
was loaded. Then he looked up again,
blinking at the girl.
1t was NO wonder that Carlson and
Rose had mistaken her for the ghost
OF the man their leader murdered. She
looked like her father - . woman
may resemble man. and her white
ness. her nnsness. her delicacy all in
creased rather than diminished the
crsdibility Of the idea that she was in
fact his spirit
The hand which held the revolver
dropped nsrvously At his side. He
swallowed hard. and wrung his cruel
lips with his other great hand. Itwas
then that the girl looked up into his
face. 1t was then she uttered her
nrst CRY.
For she saw that be did not mean
to kill her
Suddenly Jeanae's eyes detached
themselves from his face. A look of
sudden alarm came into them, and
she raised her hand to her throat, 4,
though she were choking. She was
looking past Roscoe. and straight
down the snow tunnel.
"Philip!" she cried, "takt care; he's
here"
The snow tunnel was empty, and
for aught she knew, her lovers body
might be lying mangled in the mon
ster's cave. She had thought of that
before she tried the trick. But even II
that were 80. 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 spranR
round with suddennsss which be-
spoke q perfectly genuine, common
sense alarm. And then he found him
self in darkness.
He understood at once that he had
been tricked. Without wasting the time
to turn back and look at Jeanne, he
sprang toward the pilot house door.
He thought she meant to attempt to
rush by him. gain the snow-tunnel and
throw herself over the crest Of the
clin. 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
round. triumphanuy. She had not
got ahead Of him that time. He LAUGH.
ed aloud into the darkness, and then
spoke to her. with q vile, jocular fs.
miliarity.
But he got NO answer. In words or
otherwise. There was NO outcrv m