The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-04-25

tunnel mouth, and walked steadily up
toward the pilot house door.
Roscoe, on hearing his voice the
nrst time. had dropped the arti-
Giles which encountered his hands and
CROPPED on the table for the revolver.
Before he could put his hand on II
Cayley spoke the second time.
At that, wanting no weapon, conf
dent that he needed none. his great
arms aching for the feel OF the sky
mans flesh beneath their grasp, hs
moved step nearer the door and
waited
lie saw Philip cross the threshold.
unseeing 49, suspecting. apparently.
nothing: saw him. at last, within hands
reach
Just az he touched him he uttered
a sobbing oath. and his great hand fall
tered. for Philips knife had struck
through, clean 10 the hllt. and Just
below the heart.
The effect OF the shock was only
momentary. With yell Of rage, he
sprang upon Cayley. crowded him
back against the wall. tore at him
bllndly. Hike wild beast. and finally
getting Philips right forearm fairly
In the grip Of both hands. he snapped
II like plpestem.
In a moment Cayley got round be-
hind him and With the crook " his
good arm round Roscoe's neck. he sun-
ceeded In forcing him to release bis
grip and In throwing him heavily.
As he lay, his body projected
through the doorway. out into the
tunnel
Philip left him huddled there. and
went back to the table. lie found
Roscoes flint and steel beneath his
hand. but Il was full minute before
he could summon his courage 10 STRIFE
a light. for the differences from Ros-
coos presence here In the pilot house
began to crowd upon him now. grim
and horrible hut he struck n spark
at last. lighted a candle and looked
around.
The reaction OF relief turned him.
for moment. giddy. as the glance
about the room convinced him that
what he feared worst had not happen.
ed but another thought occurred to
him. almost at once. when he saw
the cover had been removed from tho
top OF the ice chimney.
In his mind. OF course. that repre-
scented the way Roscoe had come.
What. II Jeanne. unable for some rea-
son to defend herself. had chosen. as
the lesser evil. TO fng herself over tho
cliff from the tunnel mouth?
The moment he thought Of that no
went out into the tunnel. stepping over
Roscoe's body to do so lie went to
tho edge and looked over. but It was
too dark to see The light OF the au.
rora which still blazed In the sky, daz-
zled his eyes. without lighting tho
surface Of the world below
Tie must go down there. in order 10
be sure He had not stopped to furl
his planes when he alighted. and they
had wedged themselves sideways into
the tunnel. still extended and so ready
for fight IN an emergency.
lie righted them and slipped his
arms through the loops that awaited
them. lilo stood for n moment. test.
ing the right wing tentatively There
I was u play dDDuN " TINT uON ull-
dersiand. SO far as he could see moth.
ing was broken. The fact that II was
his own arm did not occur 10 him
lie was Just turning 10 dive on the
cliff head when. suddenly. he saw the
great form Of the man he had sup
posed To be dead. rise and rush upon
him
Philips knife had indeed. inflicted
mortal wound. but a man OF Roscoe's
physique let's go OF life slowly lie
was bleeding 90 death. internally. but
the process was. probably. retarded by
his huddled position as he lay there
in the tunnel
So he had lain still and awaited his
chance Caylcy was standing. quite
at the edge OF the elf. and the mans
momentum carried him over His
clutching hands grasped Cayley's
shoulders, and they went down to-
gether. over 500 feet of empty space.
For Cayley the space was all too little.
As they went over he thought that hs
and his gigantic enemy were going
down TO death together. distinctive
ly. and much quicker than n man can
think. he swept his great.fantail for
ward and flung himself back In an at.
tempt to correct the balance destroyed
by the great weight that was clinglng
to his shoulders.
They were, OF course. bound to 20
down Neither his strength nor tho
area of his planes was sufficient to
support them both In the air. But in
the position into which he had nung
himself they would go down little
more slowly. lie would gain. perhaps.
a precious second more.
But he did not waste even an In
finitesimal moment In Any struggle
against the force of gravity
Twice. with all his might, he sent
his left fist crashing against the face.
the staring horrible face, that con-
fronted his own. But still that con-
vulsiye. dying grasp held fast
They were now moro than a bare
200 feet above the Ice. With a SUI
preme effort. an effort whose sudden
ness awaited II better than its strength,