Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-12

ocend1n9 near the steamer, ne Hoes
&trl's name is Jeanne Yielding and this
he yacht has come north to seek sign
II her father, Captain Fielding. an arcti
CHAPTER Il-continued.
Cayley could not contradict her
and he saw there was little need o
trying to do 80. She had spoken sim
ply, and very gravely, but 1t was evi
dent the years had not taken the stini
out Of her grief.
"He told you where he was?' he
asked.
"Oh, quite exactly" she told him
"hs gave us latitude and longitude,
and mapped the coast-line. So you
were wrong, you see, in what you said
about photographers. And he CAV us
the route by which with reasonable
fortune, we might find open water.
We had good fortune and we got here
safely, but. of course, we were too
late. The hut on the shore there il
deserted. We have seen no signs Of
life at all. The men have gone ashore
to search, and there Is to be a gun-fire
II they find anyone alive. But they
have been out all day and there has
been no sound. You will understand,
I think, though, why / did not want to
sleep tonight In my cabin In the
yacht; why the Ice and the dome OF
stars seemed better"
YES" he said, II understand"
Presently, after a moments musing,
he added, What seems strange to me,
lAcomprehensible altogether, is. that
me- like our father, n SO many
others, should risk and lose their lives
trying to reach the pole"
you can't understand that" she
questioned surprised, you, = man
with wings!"
II suppose It's because of the
wings,' he answered her. II slept
there ono early this summer-slept,
and rested. and ate a meal"
There" she echoed i~ncredulously.
Where do you mean?"
AT the pole, or within a half degree
q til won't guarantee my instru-
ments, nor my ~hit-and-miss observa-
tons any accurately than that
1t seemed = poor place to risk
ene's life trying to reach. Just the
eternal ice-pack; moth
Ing but that" Then his eyes lighted
: little. "But / should like to 60 there
some time, in the winter-should like
10 ny straight ahead, for hours and
hours, through the long dark, until I
could . the North Star sQuarely .
above my head in the zenith, the cen
lor Of al the universe. That would
" . sight worth having. should
lAink. Some day. perhaps. I shall try
Tor It. And then M could go straight
- across-a week or ten days would
10 It all-from Dawson City. say. 10
81 Petersburg.
Dawson City to st. Petersburg"
Bhs repeated; "only a creature OF
wings could put those two cities in
the same sentence. even in imagina-
don. And wen with you 1t must be
You couldn't do it, really
could you?"
YES. he said: "I could do H."
You're t~ireless, them" she asked.
You would go on flying. fiyins, with
out rest. for . week."
Il don't nv" he told her, "or hardly
at al. The birds don't ny. not these
great sea birds that live on the wing.
They sail; SO do l."
But, then, don't you have to 60
With the wind?"
You've sailed . beat, haven't your
asked by way Of answer. You put
up . sail to catch the breeze, and
then you make It force your boat right
into 1t: make your boat 60 against
the wind. By the force Of the wind
itself. That was regarded al q mir
acle once when men frst did It."
"Of course" she admitted, but you
% that by lacking
That's the way l do it-by lacking,
and the force OF gravity is my heel"
How long have you lived like
this?" she asked abruptly.
Really lived? Only three months
Or 30. l spent the better part Of Ave
years learning to ny."
And you have flown all over the
world?'
All over this most deserted patch
81 IL"
There WAS another silence. Then
she said; And what a contempt you
must have for us-for Us. poor wing
less creatures, who cannot cross q lit
lie nssure In q rock or a bit OF open
water without such toilsome labor.
Yes, that m1st be the feeling-con-
tempt. TT could hardly be pity"
~ that's tsss,r he re5oined quickly,
ITS czay So<sse Justice. I've only
echfevex toward sAs world the feeling
vhGedh tke ~sssA keA for me-"
TIE wSeAs we're spoken harshly.
otf@ptay, ~ Is tss memory had just
taetsf S~6Apsc&aaS 5ntoIerably bitter.
Tne akaSusr ~ t1e words, no less
1hag ~ ssxss u thsm startled her.
- - ea161sA = movement to turn
- dGsk sgs0 hi face. Instead, she
- ~ reeAg5 ~ - It had locked
49, ~ ~ INST stood confronting
49, te6Sse ~ twilight had faded.