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Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06

ing drift of the king Of them all, the
albatross.
So he hung there in midsky. and the
world. white. frozen, immaculate
looked far away. The old. god-like
serenity. untroubled. untrammeled, un-
afraid. came back to him. The soul
opened its gates. up there, lost its
boundaries. and all the spirit Of the
sky came in. immense. cold, clear az
the all-pervading ether. This was
Nirvana. though the old Buddhist
adopts who had philosophical about It
had never conquered the sky, had
never bathed in It as Cayley on his
wings was bathing now.
The declining moon sank lower till
the refracting ice crystals that filled
the air caught its light slantwise and
danced with 1t so that 1t fiickered like
a will-o'-the-wisp. The sky deepened
from its bright steel-blue to purple.
The silver light upon the snow faded.
through lavender and lilac. to a pur-
pie Of its own. only less deep than that
Of the sky itself. But the stars burned
brighter and brighter. until 1t almost
seemed they sang:
"Harping In loud and solemn choir
With unexpressivs notes. "
The words projected themselves
quite unsought into his mind. He
spent a moment or two. wondering
where they came from. and then II
came to him. 1t was part of two
lines from the Hymn on the Ma.
tivity."
Somehow. the thought Of Christmas
gave his soul q wrench that brought
It back into the world again. They
had lost their reckoning Of time, and,
for anything he knew. this might be
Christmas day. Perhaps those stars
were carolins their Christmas chimes
Perhaps, down in the world Of men,
the windows were hung with holly and
doorways with mistletoe.
Before his thoughts had advanced
az far as that he was flying down to-
ward the cliff-head. He could only
guess at the length Of time that had
elapsed since he left Jeanne, on her
heap Of skins. there In the mouth OF
the snow tunnel. 1t must have been
an hour or more. for the moon had
been shining when he started, and
now almost the last Of its twilight had
died on the horizon.
A sharp sense of his own delin.
quency in having left her to her own
resources for SO long. when she had
SO few resources to draw upon. In
creased to sudden alarm for her
safety. when he made out the black
mouth Of the tunnel and saw that
there was no light at the farther end
Of It. She couldn't have been waiting
all this time. out in the cold; and yet
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06
CHAPTER XXI.
A Sortie.

But that did not happen, and a
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.
IT'S rather a 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 US. But we had forgotten him
Roscoe. you know-and now he has
stolen a march on u.s.
She looked at him in a sort Of won
der.
1T is true she said. I'VE 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
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 little silence after that.
Before she spoke again she came over
to him and kissed him. There was a
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 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. l
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;
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 walt little
few hours? Life has only Just be-
gun for me-for us-with what you
told me Just now"
He let a moment 90 by in thought.
full silence, before he answered.
NO" he said. at last. 'it's got to
be settled now. before another moon
rise. The light IL all in his favor. the
darknsas in mine. II can fird him
now. think I can kill him. Now
think Il over. It seems to me likely
he doesn't suspect We are alive q
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06

She caught her breath in q great
sob. Turning a little. she clasped her
own young arms around his neck and
held him tight.
1t was q long time after that be-
fore either Of them spoke. Finally.
Jeanne asked q 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 I allowed you to stay"
Yes. but there's an infinity Of ways
OF loving. Jeanne. dear. I had q 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 . rescue. the hope that when
another day came 1t would bring q
ship to take you back into your own
real world. couldn't go back with
you. you know. a man with a stain
upon him. Since that was SO. hadn't
any right to love you this-other way.
l 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 IL warm with
your hands can thrill me. And as for
the hands themselves-oh. can't
make you understand"
Yes" she said very softly, IT un-
derstand. now"
"And yet" he began after awhile.
I haven't any right when must give
you up some day
She laid her fingers on his lips.
We'll not talk of rights" she said.
Not now. not tonight. But there's
something more to say. Philip. it
wasn't the sight of the ship there
against the moon that made me think
/ wanted 1t all to end That was the
excuse I 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 l
wanted. not what l felt for you. I'd
seen you draw away when touched
you"
She heard a sound in his throat
that might have been a sob, though it
seemed meant for a laugh, and she
felt his arms tighten about her with
a sudden passion that almost hurt. So
sne said no more, just kissed him and
lay still.
1t was a good while after that that
she made move to release herself.
Let me go now," she said, "and I'll
get you some supper. or breakfast, or
whatever we decide to call ft-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 velvety
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 a way, a 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.
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06
SYNOPSIS.

which he Is not guilty. resigns from the
d.ETses psrsv and h1s Hunsss ecHn sInns To-
e:lf:es. s ciSzliy Ssiss isss %sshlns s'Ss
euriou.is :hspsd e stleT e1.; hs had @ seen in The
sssassin's hand. Mounting again. he as
sesndins mean &. n h.
Errs name is Jeanne Fielding and that
Of her father. Captain Fielding. an arctic
explorer. party from the yacht is ma
Jeanne ma. hat that h. % had dropped Z Gu:
tho surviving crew Of his wrecked whaler
man named Roscoe. III had % murdered Fielding
so,.f ana his two compsnions. after the sn, AZ
tool command Of the SI party. spty Il develops
Snrt The rufi1.p had committsd com the II.n mur
Big load Of aold. %s J.anns a"s tell. % %Fanshaw.
Of sns the .so. IN s; sick s' f ss
Gayiey. Fanshaw declares that It is an
Eskimo throwing stick. used TO shoot
esarching party with . sprained ankle.
c1sy Hunter found N. cm. LEI, and
20 nnd the searchers. Tom professes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
ShtoLb 9n 6DanuohfO nut, ana tnere mas
her fathers diary, which discloses the ex-
plorers suspicion Of Roscoe. The ruff
nan returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
man swoops down and the rufian fees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
Goes plan: to ospturs '1Ppsa Il ars 1sS reseaied
Jeanne's only hope is in Cayley. The
seriousness Of their situation becomes ap-
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
ley kills polar bear. Next he fnds Q
clue to the hiding place Of the stores.
Roscoe is about to attack the girl when
Of the sky-man swoopinS down. Measures
arc taken to fortify the hut Cayley kills
nrst intimatlon that Roscoe possesses
firearms. A. hssure In the ice Yields up
Hunters body and Roscoe. finding II, re-
that Cayley 10 q human being and not q
spirit. The rufian is bafned in his plan
Jeanne take refuge in the cave where a
furious storm keeps them imprisoned.
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06
CHAPTER xx.-contlnusd.

He made his dive as shallow as pos
sible, and In the sheer exuberance of
delight at being once more a.wing, he
beat his way aloft again by main
strength. towering like a falcon. All
his old power was hero unfmpaired,
yet every sensation II brought him
was heightened and make thrilling by
long disuse. BY means Of those great,
obedient wings Of his he played upon
the capricious. vagrant air with the
superb insolence Of mastery. Every
trick Of flight was at his command,
the flashing dive Of the piratical frig-
gate bird. the corkscrew spiral Of the
tern. the plummet.like pounce Of the
hawk. and. at last. tho majestic, soar
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06

all. The Walrus people never dis
covered the ice chimney nor the pilot
house. That's perfectly clear. If they
had they would have rifled it long
ago.
When finish, I'll come back to
you. l don't think I shall be gone
very long. You aren't to be afraid for
me, and you can trust me to be care
full. l know l have your life in my
hands as we'll as my own. Your part
is harder than mine; I quite under
stand that. You must be keeping
watch every second. II 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"
II 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 l 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, II won't
let you go. Not that way"
Listen. Jeanne. II / can find him.
can kill him. Do you know what the
usually quick men. look like to me ?
Like the motions of marionettes. The
only chance Roscoe has against me is
of picking me of at long range with
his rife. He could do that whether
| had revolver or not. And If 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. l
should be unnerved with terror from
the moment left you"
With 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 ne 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 1t was not with fear.
Il 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 moment soaring upon q
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 moi
more than two or three hundred feet
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06

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
stant, but his sensation was the same
one that makes a dog suddenly throw
up its head and snarl, bristling.
It a moment he knew that 1t was
smoke. the smoke of no clean. spar
king 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
his enemy was there. The man who
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 gleam 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 gleam he had caught in his
mirror had been reflected in turn
from the cleaning surface of a mass
Of ice little farther out.
He slanted away again. searching
now for level place to alight, found
it within 100 yards of the cave-mouth.
circled once completely round. to
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 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 1t 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-with every mus
Gle in state of supple relaxation. yet
instantly ready for any demand that
might be made upon it-he stepped
round the corner and into the mouth
of the cave.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06

Distilled waters run deep.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-01
Sure Death to pandeIIons.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
CHICAGO, May 90. 1911.-Noticing
frequent references in The Gate City
recently regarding the extinction OF
the dandelion, and believing that in
Multiplicity OF counsel there is wis
dom, l am sending you another re-
ceipt for the extinction of the pest.
am not personally acquainted with
Mr.. Craig, the originator of the meth
cd, but can vouch for the veracity
of the editor of the Saturday Blade,
who penned the lines hereto attached:
oscar Craig, a passenger engineer
of the Chicago Great Western Rail-
way, who owns several pieces of resi-
dence property in Chicago, and who
for several years has spent much of
his ff-duty time during the spring
and summer months in trying to ex-
terminate healthy crop of dandelions
that insisted on growing in his lawns,
triumphantly informed the editor OF
the Blade last week that he had al
last solved the problem. and exhibited
numerous dead weeds as proof OF mas
assertion. Mr.. Craig's plan Is to MI
a small-nosed oil can with benAne
and squirt the fluid into the heart OF
the plant. In few hours 1T vithers
up like caterpillar on a hot stove
The use of the oil can insures that
the benzine will touch only the dan
delions and thus protects the grass
surrounding"
AS farmer in a small way at my
place in Elmhurst am troubled witt
an abundance of wild morning glories
(24hour pests would be bette
name), and perhaps some OF the nu
merous clientele of The Gate Cit!
can give receipt for their eradica
ton.
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THE INEVITABLE,

The tNENl I ABLE.
Hike the man who faces what he
With step triumphant and heart Of
cheer;
Who fights the daily battle without
fear;
Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfal-
tering trust
That God is God-that somehow, true
and just,
His plans work out for mortals; not a
Is shed when fortune, which the world
holds dear,
Falls from his graep-better. with love,
THAN living in dishonor; envies not,
Nor loses faith In man; but does his
| best,
Nor ever murmurs at his humble lot;
But, with a smile and words of hope,
! gives zest
10 every toiler. He alone Is great
Who by life heroic conquers fate.
Sarah Knowles Bolton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-01

The official food inspector and the
municipal bacteriologist of Cincinnati
finally have agreed on a standard for
ice cream to be sold in that city.
Hereafter any person counting or other
wise detecting the presence of more
than 100000 bacteria in cubic cent?
meter of ice cream-a centimeter be-
ing slightly more than third of an
inch-will be justified in bringing the
case before the court in civil as well
as criminal proceedings. 1t is further
stipulated that straight ice cream
must be 10 per cent pure cream, OF
when fruit juices are used for favor
ing, s per cent will be the minimum.
Further minimum proportions for
gum and gelatine used in commercial
Ice cream will be worked out and an.
nounced later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-01

An Iowa exchange recently contain
ed two advertisements. One offered
s55 per month for man that knew
how to feed cattle and hogs, the 9TH
er, an offer of $40 per month by a
school board for a capable school
teacher. The suggestive comparison
thus presented prompts the Waterloo
Reporter to say, very properly:
Here is something that needs fix
ing. When man is offered larger
salary to feed the stomach OF a hog
than a school board is willing TO pay
for the feeding OF the brain of our
children, it is time to, at least, inves-
tigate."
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WILL ALLEVIATE FARMER VOTE.

Former Governor Nahum j. Bacheld-
er Of Concord, n. H, gives it as his
conviction that sentiment among the
farmers of the country is steadily
growing more intense against Canad-
ian reciprocity. Mr.. Bachelor is mas
ter OF the National Grange and has
been one of the most active leaders
against the ratification of the agree
ment, having appeared several times
before the finance committee of the
senate in opposition TO the measure.
Recently a determined effort has been
made 70 make it appear that Mr..
Bachelor and his colleagues do not
represent the farmers Of the United
States In reply to this charge he de-
clared IN a recent interview:
If those who make these asser-
tons could hear the walls Of the
farrners in sections OF the country
have visited and read the letters I
have received approving our fight
against reciprocity the, would discov-
q We not only represent the biggest
farmers organization in this country,
but thar nearly all the farmers re-
CARELESS 81 whether they are affiliat-
ed with the grange, are unalterably
opposed 10 Canadian reciprocity.
They are Convinced 1t will injure
them heyond repair This sentiment
Z IS becoming so gtrong it has resulted
in depression Of trade in farm lands
in the great agricultural regions Of
the west know Of q number Of
deals in farm lands that have been
called of because Of the fear reel
procity may be passed BIZ congress
with a consequent reduction In the
value Of farm property.
y nave good reason 70 hope that
the soberminded senate will XIII the
measure. because the manifestation Of
opposition is so s.rong the members
of the upper BODY Of congress can not
fail to be impressed
! IT was not merely an argument
e but fact, that a large majority Of tbs
/. farmer voters Of this country will be
come alienated from the Republican
party if the reciprocity measure (,
u ratified I'll admit there we're some
E farmers in all sections Of the countr,
II who at first appeared Indifferent Il
IT the proposed legislation because the,
n had not given the matter any atten
IT ton, but the long-drawn-ont campaig,
p has given our agricultural popuIatio,
an opportunity to study. With the re
- suit that they now know of the evil
y and disasters to their interests tina
al would follow the sanction of the rec
n procity BILL
The farmer vote is no inconsiderabl
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The Regiment.

The Regiment.
We marched together from the town,
With throbbing drums and swirling
gusts OF song.
Raw boys, and each unknown to each,
A loose and FESTIVE herd 900 strong,
But all set, resolute and firm
To battle for the right and rout the
wrong.
In camp and march. retreat and fight,
In hail of bullets and of she'll, X
We found our comrades brothers
born,
we learned to know each other
well,
To trust the living and regret
And honor every man who fell.
Through cheering throngs we trod
the streets,
Our slit flag overhead,
The land we saved beneath our feet,
Reliance in our tread,
Five hundred soldiers, thewed and
tanned,
And mindful OF our dead.
We went our ways to scattered
homes,
All the wide arts,
We lived our different lives. fulfilled
Our destined parts,
What ever came or went remem-
hro IN, hNa
Amid proud recollections and display,
Moist eyed. with quivering lips, we
met one day,
Some six score veterans, world worn,
keen and gray.
Since then, with each year,
A dwindling band, we gathered here
For Renaissance and good cheer.
We gather, as Of old;
Warm, greeting hands We hold,
And now the doors unfold.
At every place
We seem to trace
A well loved face
And see,
Are we. Edward Lucas White.
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Iowa. Wealth Producer.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune:
Other states can boast Of their eli
mate and of their scenery, but Iowa
can boast Of the best soil. the most
bountiful crops. the greatest number
of happy homes, the most wealth per
capita and the most intelligent peo-
pie on the face of the earth. What
does climate and scenery amount to
in comparison with these resources
and accomplishments? If you long for
fine climate stay in Iowa long
enough to make the money that will
take you to the climate, or If you
want scenery the dollars won in this
state will enable you to go where the
scenery is Iowa is the wealth produc.
er of the west.