Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-12
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CHAPTER XIX.
Roeeoo.

Roscoe.
Roscoe had never been able 10 clear
up his doubt as to Jeanne's Identity,
nor TO solve tho mystery of Cayley's
appearance In tho air The doubt
and the mystery tormented him worse
than any Anal conviction could have
done. When he thought, ss he some.
times did. that the cause OF all his
terror tho thing which kept him
penned up here In the cave and de-
MED him access to more than tho fur
tive edges Of the beach, might be Jus,
a rather dofenseless human couple, a
man and woman, and the woman
beautiful, young. slluring--when he
thought Of all that hs would go OF
into transports OF rage. which LETT
even his gigantic body limp and on
hausted. II that were the situati on,
he might have killed the man weoka
ago and taken possession of the
woman.
The thing that kept him sane waa,
In itsolf, species of insanity tho pas
sion for gold which had led him to
murder Captain Fielding. Every day
he rsmped up the glacier TO the gold
ledge and there, while the light lasted,
he worked, cutting the precious metal
out OF the rock, and with infinite labor
beating II pure.
As the weeks and months dragged
along this UNMARRIED routine Hore than
compensated for the solitude and tho
terrors his superstition thrust upon
him, and gradually restored him To his
old normal, formidable, brutal self.
On the day when he made the discovery
that was to terminate the long series
Of golden days ws.ch Jeanne and
Philip had been enjoying, he was,
again, tho very man who, during those
long years Of exile. had dominated
crew and captain Of the Walrus and
bent them to his will.
He was returning from the ledge
along the crown of the glacier, when,
on the day Of this discovery, he found
that his accustomed path was inter.
rupted by new issure In the ice; II
had occurred sineo he had come that
way in the morning, and weB too
broad to leap across So he was forced
to descend by the rougher and mora
dlnlcult track which lay along tho
:. Imoralne.
Before he had gone three PAGES
along this track his eye made out
something, Just on his patch and q nt.
tie below Il, which caysed him at first
to utter snarl Of anger, but led him
the next moment to give O wild bias
phemous yell Of Joy.
The great fissure which had opened
in the Toe had done, M an instant,
what the party from the Aurora had
failed to do after hours OF hard labor
1T had yielded up the body Of Parry
Hunter, which, during all these
months, It had kept imprisoned,
Strapped across the dead mans
shoTders, just where he had carried
II In life, was rife and around hia
middle belt full Of cartridges.
!" The next instant Roscoe was bend
ing over the body, Jerking savagely
at the frozen buckles which resisted
his impatient fingers But they wore
not to be denied. II they were clum.
sy, the hands we're strong.
II was not five minutes later when
Roscoe, rife and ammunition belt In
his hands, was hurryins on toward his
cave once more. The body lay iust
where his desecrating hands had left
Il.
Tho rife was uninjuredi that he had
seen at glance, though OF couruo,
oil the mechanism Of its breech was
frozen fast But q half hours hard
work with cleaning rod and rags Of
what once had been q shirt, suficed
10 put II into commission again.
Then, with the rife over his Shout.
der. he swaggered out Of the cave
With his first glance abroad no
started. His dovil was being kiAd 70
him today There could bo no doubt
|. pf that Only, was he being too kind9
Roscoe wondered q little unoasil,1-
For shambling along the ice, through
the thickening twilight, not 100 paceg
away, was a big bear, Roscoe was
tired Of wnlrus meat Tho thought Ql
bear lt5ak made his mouth wstev.
Thros years disuse, however, had
made his marksmanship somewhat
uncertain. He fred too soon, and
though he did not miss, the only VI
feet his shot had was TO make tbs
bear turn about and 20 shamblinE
down the glacier toward tho beach.
with ungainly haste. Roscoe hurried
nfter him, and fired two more shots
Whether they hit or not. he could not
tell. Certainly they did not serve 10
check tho bears tight The next mo
mont hs had rounded the corner Of
the olif and disappeared down the
beach In the direction Of the hut
Roscoe hssitated, but only for .
moments then, with an oath, he set
out In pursuit. II was not 70 much
the protection which the rife afforded
him that was responsible for this new
courage 40 II was that the mere feel
of II In his hands brought him back
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