The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-25
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Cayley could not contradict her
and be saw there was little need ot
trying to do so She had spoken sim.
ply. and very srsveiy. but 1t was evi
dent the years had not taken the stins
out Of her grief
He told YOU where he was''' he
asked
"Oh, quite exactly" she told him !:
The gave us latitude and longitude.
and mapped the coastline 80 You
we're wrong. you see. In what you said
shout photographers And he gave 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 meu have gone ashore
90 search. aud there is TO he a gun. fire
" they find anyone alive. Hut they
Asve been out all day ana there has
seen no sound You will understand.
! think. though. why I did not want to
steep tonight 10 my cabin In the
yacht; why the ice aud the dome Of
stars seemed better"
Yes" he said. Z understand. :"
Presently, after moments muslng.
he added, What seems strange TO me.
fpcomprehensibie altogether. is, that
men like your father. aud 80 many
others, should risk and lose their lives
trying 20 reach the pole
You can't understand that" she
questioned surprised you. man
with wingsy
Il suppose its because OF the
wings" he answered her. II slept
there once. early this summer slept.
and rested. and ate meal
There" she echoed incredulously.
Where do you msany''
AT the pole. or within a half degree
az i'll won't guarantee my instru-
ruents, nor my hit-and miss observa-
,jons any more accurately than that
and It seemed poor place to risk
ones life trying TO reach Just the
ice-pack--the eternal ice-pack; moth
ing bat that" Then his eyes lighted
q little. But should like TO 60 there
some time. in the winter-should like
60 fy straight ahead. for hours and
hours, through the long dark, until
could zee the North Star squarely
shove my head In the zenith. the cen
ter OF all the universe. That would
be a sight worth having. should
hink- Some day, perhaps, | shall try
for 1t. And then one could go straight
on soross-a week or ten days would
do 1t all-from Dawson City. say. TO
81. Petersburg"
Dawson City to st Petersburg"
abe repeated; only creature OF
wings could put those two cities 10
the same sentence. even In magma
tOs. And even with you 1t must be
imaginary. You couldn't do It, really
could your"
Yes" he said: Il could do it
You're tireless. them" she asked.
You would go on flying. dying. with
out rest. for a week."
Il don't AZ" he told her. Tor hardly
at all. The birds don't ny. not these
great sea birds that live on the wing.
They sail: so do 1"
Put. then. don't you have to go
with the Wind"
You've sailed boat. haven't your"
he asked by way of answer You put
ny Q sail to catch the breeze. and
then you make II force your boat right
mp into Il; make your boat go against
abe wind. bV the force of the wind
ftself. That was regarded az mir.
scie once when men first did II"
OF course" she admitted. but you
DO that by lacking"
That's the way I do it-by lacking.
and the force Of gravity Ia my heel
How long have you lived like
this!' sac asked abruptly.
"ReallN lived? Only three months
or SO. , spent the better part OF five
years learning to iy"
And 7ou have aown all over the
Worldy"
AN over this most deserted patch
of It,"
There was another silence. Then
must have for us--fOr us, poor wing
less creatures. who cannot cross a NJ.
1le fksuIe Ia a rock or bit Of open
water without such toilsome labor.
Yes. that must be the feeling con
tempt: Il could hardly be pity"
IF that's true" he reJoiued quickly.
ITS only poetic Justice I've only
achieved toward the world the feeling
~hich the world held for me-
The words we're spoken harshly.
abruptly. al II his memory had Just
tasted something intolerably bitter.
The manner OF the words. no less
than the sense OF them startled her.
aud she checked movement to turn
and look into his face Instead. she
tried TO recall II AK I. mad looked
when she had 1rst stood confronting
aim. before the twilight had faded.