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Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-07-07
CHAPTER xx.-con,lnued.

He made his dive as shallow as pos
nible, and in the sheer exuberance of
delight at being once more awning. he
beat his way aloft again by main
strength. towering like a falcon. All
his old power was here unImpaired.
yet every sensation 1t brought him
WAS heightened and make thrilling by
long disuse. By means of those great
obedient wings OF his he played upon
the oapricious, vagrant air with the
superb insolence OF mastery. Every
trick of flight was at his command,
the flashing dive of the piratical fris-
gate bird. the corkscrew spiral Of the
tern, the plummet-like pounce OF the
hawk. and. at last. the majestic. soar
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-07-07
CHAPTER XXI.
A Sortie.

- oOTttGs
But that did not happen, and
sudden instinct that something must
have gone wrong reached her. with al
most the force of a spoken word.
What is it? What's happened.
Philip" she asked, as she turned.
He did not answer at once. He was
bending over the hole formed by the
top of the ice chimney and rather de-
liberately replacing the wooden cover
upon it. When he did straighten up
at last, and she saw his face, she
knew her instinct had not lied to her.
Its rather queer thing for us to
have forgotten" he said, after all
these weeks when we lived in terror
of him. and after the last thing he did
to u.s. But we had forgotten him
Roscoe. you know-and now he has
stolen a march on us"
She looked at him in sort OF won
der.
1T is true" she said. we had for
gotten. Those days when we lived
in the hut seemed almost as far away
from us up here as the rest of the
world seemed then. :" She made
little pause there, then reused her
self What is it that he has done.
Philip"
He has found our stores down be-
low here. He has taken everything
made a perfectly clean sweep"
There was a-little silence after that.
Before she spoke again she came over
grave sort OF smile on her face when
she said:
We'll, is there anything we must
do?"
"Oh, yes" he said. That move Of
his doesn't end the game. 1t only be-
gins a new one. Really, ! think, the
odds are more in our favor this time
than they were before, only this time
we shall have to move quickly. /
would have followed him up at once.
without coming back here, only l
didn't have" He stopped rather
short.
"of course" she said, you hadn't
the revolver"
THAT wasn't what wanted: l
wanted my wings. Now I've got back
to them / must start at once"
She uttered little cry of protest at
that.
Cant you-can't you wait little
few hours. Life has only just be-
gun for me-for us-with what you
told me just now"
He let a moment go by in thought
full silence, before he answered.
NO." he said. at last, ITS got to
be settled now. sbefore another moon
rise. The light is all in his favor. the
darkness in mine. II l can find him
now. think I can kill him. Now
think It over. It seems to me likely
he doesn't suspect We are alive at
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-07-07

all. The Walrus people never dis
covered the ice chimney nor the pilot
house. That's perfectly clear. If they
had they would have rified it long
ago.
When finish. I'll come back to
you. ! don't think l shall be gone
very long. You aren't to be afraid for
me. and you can trust me to be care
full. | know l have your. life in my
hands as well as my own. Your part
Is harder than mine; l quite under
stand that You must be keeping
watch every second. If he eludes me
and comes here. you must shoot him.
without word or warning. Shoot to
kill"
But | sha'n't have the revolver"
There was an electric moment of
silence between them. while she gazed
into his face. Mortified at the meaning
she read there.
You didn't mean that Philip.
Philip-you can't mean that And
leave you to face that monster un-
armed"
81 shall have the only weapon that
will be of any service to me, my knife.
It's got to be done at close quarters.
l couldn't possibly shoot him from the
air. But If / can alight near him and
come up within striking distance he
will have no chance with me, not with
all his strength
No" she said. resolutely. 81 won't
let you go. Not that way"
Listen, Jeanne. II can find him.
/ can kill him. Do you know what the
movements of ordinary men, even I'M
usually quick men. look like to me?
Like the motions of marionettes. The
only chance Roscoe has against me is
of picking me off at long range with
his rifle. He could do that whether
had a revolver or not. And II he did.
if he killed me and had the revolver.
then-well. then he would come here
and find you-defenseless. Don't you
see? l couldn't take the revolver.
should be unnerved with terror from
the moment left you
With a sob she clasped her arms
about his neck and held him tight.
Then, in tragic submission, they
dropped away.
Without saying anything more, Cay
ley blew out the candle. opened the
door into the tunnel and took up his
furled wings. With trembling hands
she helped him spread them and draw
them taut.
As he adjusted the straps across his
shoulders. he felt her hands again.
upon his head. felt them clasp behind
his neck
'Goodby." she said.
He was trembling all over. as her
hands were. but it was not with fear.
II shall come back SAFE" he said.
Nothing can harm me tonight"
He pulled her up close in his en-.
folding arms and kissed her mouth.
In an instant he turned and dived of
the cliff-head into the night.
He headed up into the wind, and
hung for a moment soaring upon a
fairly steady current of air that
poured along parallel to the cliff
When he reached the glacier he
checked his speed little and
slanted down to an altitude of not
more than two or three hundred feet
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-07-07

She caught her breath in a great
sob. Turning little. she clasped her
own young arms around his neck and
held him tight.
1t was a long time after that be-
fore either Of them spoke. Finally.
Jeanne asked a question.
But, why" her voice broke in an
unsteady little laugh. but why do you
ask to be forgiven? You told me the
very first day. the day we found the
yacht had gone. that you-loved me.
That's why allowed you to stay"
Eyes. but there's an infinity Of ways
of loving, Jeanne, dear. had a right
to love the soul Of you. for that was
what had given me my own soul back
and my power of loving. But we set
out to live through this winter in the
hope Of q rescue. the hope that when
another day came 1t would bring a
ship to take you back into your own
real world. I couldn't go back with
you. you know, I a man with a stain
upon him. Since that was SO. hadn't
any right to love you this-other way.
wonder II you understand, even now.
love all of you: from the crown of
glory you wear. down to the print
your boot has left in the snow. ! love
your lashes. your wistful lips. The
touch Of anything that is warm with
your hands can thrill me. And as for
the hands themselves-oh. can't
make you understand"
Yes" she said very softly, 81 un-
derstand. now
And yet" he began after awhile,
Il haven't any right, when must give
you up some day :"
She laid her fingers on his lips.
Wen not talk Of rights" she said.
mot now. not tonight. But there's
something more to say. Philip. 1t
wasn't the sight of the ship there
against the moon that made me think
/ wanted 1t all to end. That was the
excuse l made TO myself. but 1t was
only an excuse. The real despair
came when I saw you flying saw how
gloriously free you were up there. and
thought 1t wasn't love that kept you
here beside me, but only pity Well.
sort of love. perhaps, but not what
wanted. not what / felt for you. I'd
seen you draw away when ] touched
you"
She heard sound in his throat
that might have been a sob. though 1t
seemed meant for a laugh, and she
felt his arms tighten about her with
a sudden passion that almost hurt. So
she said no more, Just kissed him and
lay still.
1t was a good while after that that
she made a move to release herself.
Let me go now" she said. land I'll
get you some supper. or breakfast, or
whatever we decide to call it-only
you'll have to go down into the ice
cave to get some more supplies. We've
nothing much left up here"
She dropped down on a heap of
bear-sKins before the open door, and
sat gazing out at the black yelyety
patch of sky which capped the snow
tunnel. Even when she heard Cayley
coming back up the ice chimney she
did not Immediately turn to look at
him. 1t was. in way. sort of lux
ury not to: to think that If she waited
she would presently hear his step
come nearer and feel his hands upon
her shoulders.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-07-07

above the crest He hardly expected
a glimpse of Roscoe so soon, having
no reason to think he would be here,
but he began scanning the earth's sur
face closely with the idea of accustom-
ing his eyes to the light and the dis
lance. Yet 1t was not his eyes. but
his sensitive nostrils which gave him
his first hint of the probable where
about of the man he was looking for.
The frozen air which he had been
drawing deep into his lungs was odor-
less. save for the family acrid sugges-
ton OF ozone about it-a thing, by the
way. which he was puzzled to account
for. unless 1t presaged some titanic
electrical display in the sky.
But the odor which now invaded his
fastidious nostrils automatically
checked his flight. He tilted back his
planes and his momentum sent him
towering almost vertically aloft. He
did not analyze it-not that first in
slant, but his sensation was the same
one that makes a dog suddenly throw
up its head and snarl. bristlins.
1t a moment he knew that it was
smoke, the smoke of no clean, spar
Killing wood fire. but of smouldering
bones and the flesh Of some animal.
Slowly hS began to descend in the
sweeping circles Of great spiral. con-
stantly searching with an eagerness,
which amounted almost to an agony.
for the point of angry red which would
tell him where his enemy was to be
found. He had no doubt at all that
10 rh
had laid that fire was likely to be
sleeping beside it.
He was within 20 feet of the level
of the ice before his little mirror OF
concave silver caught the CLEAN of
red that he was looking for.
He threw his head back sharply and
gazed at it. He could not see the fire
itself-that must be hidden behind the
great rock which almost blocked the
entrance to what must be the cave.
The CLEAN he had caught in his
mirror had been reflected In turn
from the cleaning surface OF a mass
Of ice a little farther out.
He slanted away again. searching
now for level place to aHght, found
1t within 100 yards OF the cave-mouth.
ShCieu ouCe completely round, 10
make sure that he could not be sur
prised in the act of getting clear OF
his wings. and a moment later came
down soundlessly, except with a faint
slither of his planes. upon the ice.
He bounded almost instantly to his
feet. slipped his knife out of his belt
and held the heft of it between his
teeth while he furled his planes. That
done. he deposited the bundle in the
angle of projecting rock, and stealth
lily made his way toward the cave
| mouth.
At the very edge OF the shelter af-
forded by the rock he paused for an
instant; then, with every nerve tuned
to the highest pitch-wtth every mus
Gle in state OF supple relaxation, yet
instantly ready for any demand that
might be made upon 1.-THE stepped
round the corner and into the mouth
of the cave.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-07-07

Distilled waters run deep.
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES

The Radnor Relief Association. Of
Elkton, has elected Herbert Lewis
president
The White Hall Creamery Company
has contracted for the erection Of IN
$4,000 plant.
High winds broke eight panes OF
glass in L. d. Willett's residence At
Mount Pleasant.
The Delta Boa-d Of Trade has asked
a Philadelphia textile company to To-
cate a branch plant there.
The White Hall Farmers Club and
Improvement Association has elected
Harry NJ. Foster president.
During the year the clerk of the
Hartford County Circuit Court issued
200 marriage licenses.
The annual banquest and election Of
the Rising Sun Detective Association
will be held next Saturday.
J. II. Ford has given TO the North
East High School a ten-volume set of
The Best Of the Worlds Classics"
Miss Rose Wilson, of Pylesville. has
resigned as superintendent Of nurses
at the City Hospital. Martinsburg, Va.
10 accept a similar position at La
! Junta. Col.
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
CAMDEN

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CAMDEN, Del. Jan. 2.-Miss Ber-
tina Dunn has returned from a visit
to Smyrna.
Miss Margaret Dunn has returned
TO Smyrna after a visit to Miss Re-
becca Dunn.
Lemuel Spence spent Thursday at
Georgetown.
Mrs. w. j. Spence. OF Newark, is a
guest of Mrs. Sarah J. Layton.
Miss Mary Dawson, Of Philadelphia,
is visiting her parents the Rev. and
Mrs w. f. Dawson.
Miss Emma Mcbride is visiting
in Philadelphia.
Miss Elsie Christopher. Of Milford
was a guest of Miss Elsie Spence an
Monday.
Miss Nellie Cooper. Of New York, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Annie Coop
er
Clarence Green, of Philadelphia
was guest of his parents last
week
James Poore, has moved his family
into the property recently occupied by
Hannah Curry.
Miss Dorothy Warren, of ST. Jones
Neck. has been the guest of Miss Bea'
trice Nickerson.
Mrs. John Noll and daughter, o
Wilmington, are visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Abbott
Miss Beatrice Evans is visiting il
Delmsr.
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
DEAD AFTER
HORSES KICK
DR.. Davis Dies in Hospital
Following Operation to
Save Him

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Jan. DIR. William F.
Davis died unexpectedly on Saturday
evening at the Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, where he had gone to
undergo an operation for an accident
sustained a wek ago. While endeav-
oring TO respond TO an urgent call,
DR.. Davis was kicked by his horse,
the blow striking the abdomen, and
necessitating immediate hospital
treatment He survived the operation,
but on Friday his condition took a
discouraging turn and he slowly lost
his hold on life.
DR.. Davis was born on the penin-
sula. He came from a medical fam
fly, his uncle and great uncle being
practicing physicians. and, later, his
son was graduated from his fathers
school with honor
DR.. Davis entered jefferson College
soon after attaining his majority, and
graduated i'm 1873. He became dem
onstrator Of anatomy and served on
the medical stats Of Gross and Pan
coast. Later. he was physician to the
Charity Hospital for a period of eight
years prior to his returning to Della
ware
About twenty-five years ago he To-
Gated I'm Dover and was a partner in
practice to the late Dr.. Isaac Jump,
twice a candidate for Governor of
this State. Dr. Davis was with Dr.
jump until the hour Of the latter's
death.
DR. Davis took a lively interest in
politics and was one of the old-line
Regular Republicans of Kent. Under
Harrisons' administration he was ap-
pointed one of the pension examining
surgeons on the Government Board
for the District of Delaware. and is
still a member of the pension board
which meets in Wilmington.
Prior to his college course, Dr
Davis served i'm the Civil War enter
ing as a drummer boy and later
shouldering a gun and doing service
through the remainder Of the war. He
was a member OF the Grand Army and
other patriotic societies. Governor
Pennewill. not long ago. appointed
him a member of the State Board OF
Health.
When II. A. DUPONT contested for q
seat in the Federal Senate In 1895
DR. Davis was entrusted with the
Transmission of the records of th'
case from Dover to Washington.
Frank II. Davis is one Of the surviv
ing sons.
Funeral services will be held at hil
late residence on Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
ST. GEORGES

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
ST. GEORGES, Del, Jan. Mrs.
James Roberts entertained her sister
Miss Laws, OF Bear, over Sunday.
Thomas Heiry, OF Viola, has been
visiting his grand mother, Mrs. Mar
tina Heisel
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Othoson visit
ed friends at Clayton last week.
Miss Olivia Paynter, of Wilmington,
is spending some time here.
Miss Rosetta Crosland, Of Philadel-
phia, has been the guest Of relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts, OF
New York, visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs Roberts, last week.
Mrs. Laura Blackburn is III at her
home near here.
A social under the auspices OF the
women of the NJ e. Church will be
given this evening. for the purpose
of collecting the barrels put out for
the benefit of the church. Pie and
coffee will be served.
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
new YEAR AT
WHITE HOUSE
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Continued from First Page)
were led by Baron Hengelmuller Won
Hengervar, the Austro-Hungarian Am
bassadOr, who since the last New
Years reception has succeeded to the
rank of dean of the diplomatic corps.
Following him came the ambassadors
arranged according to their seniority
those most recently accredited to the
United States coming last in line The
last ambassador in line was Marcheso
Cusani Confaloniero. the newly ap-
pointed Italian Ambassador. Following
him were the charges d'affaires of the
Brazilian and Chilean embassies, the
representatives of these countries hav-
ing died I'm the past year, and no sue
cessors having as yet been sent by
their governments.
After the ambassadors came the
ministers, headed by Senor Don JOa-
quin Bernardo CalvO, the Costa Rican
minister, who has been for years dean
of the ministerial contingent The last
in this line was Mr.. II. II. Bryn, min
lister from Norway, who was presented
to the President only a few weeks ago
Each ambassador and minister was ac-
companied by his wife and the men,
bers of his suite
Before the last diplomat had passed
from sight the new Chief Justice Of the
United States, Edward Douglass White
led the associate justices of the Su-
preme Court into the receiving room
They were followed by other mem
bers of the judiciary, among them the
judges of the new courts Of Commerce
and Customs Appeals. Then the Presi-
dent shook hands with the senators
and representatives who remained in
Washington during the holidays. There
were only a few of them.
The congressional delegation mark
ed the end of the first part of the re-
ception. The buglers again stepped
from their places with the band, anC
sounded another spirited fanfare. as
the doors opened to the army. navy
and marine corps officers-all in theil
full dress uniforms. Every militar,
officer on duty in Washington wal
there, and the gold lace of their uni
forms was but little less gorgeous thar
the gilded dress Of the diplomats.
With the passing Of the military
the spectacular features of the recep
tion were at an end, and the lessee
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
80 YEAR OLD MAN
DIES OFD.PHTHERIA
Laurel EplSCOpalianS Hear
Sermons By Missionary
TO Chinese
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
LAUREL, Del. Jan. 2-The Rev. A.
is. Cooper. recently OF Han Kow,
China. oficiated at 81. Andrews p.
r. Church yesterday at 1890 o'clock,
and at st. Marks. Little Greek, at 3
o'clock this afternoon
The funeral of r. Richard Cox. the
track walker. who was killed by be-
ing struck by a local freight Thurs
day afternoon. was largely attended.
The Rev. w. II. Higgins oiiiciated. In
torment was made In Laurel Hill
cemetery. The coroner's jury has
exonerated the railroad company.
Yesterday was observed as decision
day I'm Centenary NJ n. Sunday school.
II. II. Riggin. brother of w. 3. Rig
gin. who Is employed in the railroad
shops at Altoona, Pa, has a narrow
escape from death recently by falling
on the track within . few feet OF an
approaching train.
Ebenezer Parker. one OF the oldest
and best-lrnown citizens of this town,
died at his home In Brooklyn. Satur-
day morning Mr.. Parker's death
followed a three weeks illness of
diphtheria, although he had been in
feeble health since suffering a stroke
Of paralysis two years ago. He was
so years Of age and is survived by a
widow Interment was made at the
Hearn burying ground near Nelson's
! Church.
Mrs ]. II. Webster is visiting rela-
tives in Denton.
Mrs. William II. Cooper is a guest
OF her parents in Hillsboro.
Miss Mamie Wolfe. Of Philadelphia,
is spending a vacation with her par
ents, the Rev. and Mrs. y. j.. Wolfe,
here.
The Misses Jane Donoho and Eliza
beth Ross, Of Seaford, have been the
guest of Miss Sallie Marvil.
Daniel Collier. Of Newark, n. j., is a
guest of his brother A. II. Phillips
Mrs. Ode Magee. of Philadelphia, Is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Mary Wootten. of Wilmington
! has been a guest Of her parents, Major
and Mrs. /. J. Wootten, here during
p the holidays.
? George Wiltbank and Aubrey Mar
S riner, Of Philadelphia. have beer
guests Of Harold and Thomas Adams
b John H. West, Of Rossboro, n. c.
r is a Laurel visitor.
o Miss Mary Atkins and sister, Mrs
= Paul Barnett. are visiting their sister
9 the Mr.. and Mrs Rev. c. I. Wyatt, a
e Wilmington.
Mrs. Blest. of Wilmington, has beer
a guest at tho M. p. parsonage here
: S. d. Marvil spent Sunday will
Delmar friends.
: !, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Marvil and chill
! dren are I'm Philadelphia.
= Mrs. Maggie Matthews and Mis-
\ Martha Chapman are guests Of Sharp
. town friends.
= Mrs. Annie Wmgate and Col d. J
r. FoolKs are on the sick list
n Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID. Marvil have bee
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Joshu
Ia Marvil and children, OF Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
BISHOP TALBOT
PREACHESATDOVER

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Jan. 2.-Dover had as
its guest for the new year a distin-
guished Bishop OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church. Right Rev. Ethel
bert Talbot. Bishop OF Bethlehem.
Bishop Talbot was here as the guest
Of his friend and fellow-laborer of
former years, Rev. Benjamin Fish
Thompson. rector Of Christ Church,
Dover.
Bishop Talbot celebrated at Christ
Church at 7.3O New Years morning
and preached in Christ Church at the
1890 morning service.
Az tho close of a reception rendered
in his honor az the Dover Century
Club, Saturday evening. Bishop Tai
bot made a sparkling speech on his
life among his People of the Plains
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
new CASTLE
NEWS NOTES
Old Town Hopes for Improve
mentS During the New
Year
SANTA MAKES VISIT
TO CHURCH CHILDREN

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Jan. New
Castle bade goodbye to 1910 and well
coined 1911 with plenty Of noise.
Steam whistles, church bells and fire.
arms formed the chorus, led by voices
of happy humanity. Hopes we're en-
tertained that the old town will have
more successful year than in 1910
and that ye Billy Penn cobble stones
and old-time huts may disappear.
Hope also was expressed for a re-
spectacle water front, a municipal
water and light plant a reduction Of
taxes and health and happiness for
her citizens.
The funeral of Mrs. Patrick Nc
Grory took place this morning. Re
QUEEN mass was celebrated in st.
Peters Church and inte-ment made
in the adjoining cemetery. The pail
bearers were John ]. Reynolds, James
B. Brady, Charles Doughterty Archie
Watson, James e. White, Hugh Fin
negan and James B. Toman.
Good viii Fire Company's mem
bers We're angry on Saturday night
when the watchman at the Deemer
plant blew the whistle The fremen
thought the blasts were a call to fire
duty at the plant.
The funeral of William White will
take place this afternoon.
Should the members Of the Board
of Trade be able to muster courage
in favor of civic pride there will be a
meeting this evening.
Forward McElbinney had ripe to-
matoes for dinner yesterday.
Some months ago he put a basket of
green tomatoes In his cellar and kept
using them as time went along.
Funeral services over Emma 5.
Barlow the ten-month-old child Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. f. Barlow, Of Rose Hill,
died on Saturday. Her funeral took
place today with interment I'm the
cemetery at Head of Christiana
Church.
The Sunday school of st. Peters
Church was given the annual Christ
mas treat yesterday.
James Farley won a twenty-eight
pound turkey in a conest on Saturday
night.