The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-28

again. Even at Phiiips
slow pace, the distance between them
was narrowing. Jeanne and young
Fanshaw were coming on ahead. He
saw her stop suddenly and throw an
arm around the mans neck. She was
laughing and crying all 1t once, and
thefo were tears In the mans eyes,
too. Phillip expected that. He knew
that Fanshaw loved her. His msm-
DRY Of that fact was all that re-
deemed his memory Of their sncoun-
ter on the Aurora's deck.
But. what he did not expect, was
to SEQ Fanshaw suddenly release
himself from the girls embrace end
come straight toward him. That Wss
not the most surprising thinE--sot
that. nor the hand which Fanshaw
was holding out to him. II was the
loo's In the young mans face, - che
light from the great blazing beacon
on tho beach illuminated II.
There was powerful emotion
working there, but no sign Of any
conflict. no resistance, no rcluctaucs.
IL was the face of u man humble In
the presence OF miracle. He
stripped of his gauntlet and gripoed
Cayiey's hand. 1t was u moment
before no could speak.
ITS only Just now" he satd. NOW
that l see you here together. that I
known all along that YOU were here
with her. keeping her alive until We
could get back to her. I've been the
only ono who has had any hopo At
all. and with me It's becu a certainty
rather than a hope. It's a. u / had
seen you here. together. I've Sesn
you 80 a thousand times, but now tAat
] do actually, with my own eyes, IT'S
hard to :" his voice broke there.
There was n moment Of silence. then
he went on. You must try TO forgive
us. Cayley--me In particular. for Tn
the one who needs II most. We knew
tho truth OF that old story now. No,
IL wasn't Jeanne who told, tt Was
poor Hunter himself. In q letter. He
had written u long ago and Il was
among his papers. I want you 20
read It some time. think. perhapo.
w wnsn you 10 you w'ii 10 able 70 for
II was six months later, q bissaus,
blue July day. whom the eaaboat
Yorktown liftsd North Head, H.
northern portal OF the Golden Oato.
Tom Fanshaw and his father ma
gone TO this HbridEs. but Philip "a
Jeanne, the other two passenEers. re-
maincd. ununovsd BY the Announce
inent. seated ~ far AFT a. posslbSo,
the ensign. limp In the following
bresxe. nuttering Just oyOy ~
hOhdn.
They were interrupted just then
BY football o'oes by on the deck,
and. looldng up they saw one Of the
junior omceeS standing close beside
them.
'0lad 70 b nearly home. Mr.. Caid-
WellT" oAid Jeanne. "You navy NO.
pie regard any port tn the states 10
homo. don't your
"Oh. ia b siaA enough for a
month's ehors-lsavs." he said. "if It
weren't this particular voyage. j
msan-I mean u II didn't mean that
TIL have TO confess" be said. "to
the rudest sort OF inquiSitive curl
os'ty about the strango. loOking bunr
die you brought aboard with you
from tho Aurora. II looks like some
primitive Eskimo's attempt 70 build
\ nying-machine."
ut IL something like that" said
Philip. III you'll have Il brought up
here on deck I'll open Il out for YOU"
Tho young fellows pleasure wss
almost boyish. TN have Il brought
at once" he said.
Tho breeze was straight behtnd
them and Just about strous enoush
TO compensate for tho speed OF The
vessel. and the air on deck vas quite
still. With the boys puxzlod asoist-
nnce Philip spread his wlngp for ~
iirst time since that night whom he
Owed on the cliff head to 10 In pvr.
suit OF Roscoe. Tho recollectlon WA
almost painfully vivid, and, a. hs
looked into Jeanne's face. he nav tAs
same memory mirrored there.
Int C~l
them back to the present. He NJ
no longer embarrassed, shy. dsfarsn-
t'al. Aerinl navigation was. apnat.
emily. a subject he bnsw all ebout.
He criticised the shape Of the pls11S.
the material they were made OF. ~
curve OF this. the dip Of that-eu A
the tone OF an expert-and by Wa az
summing up. he said:
IT'S rather pitiful. isn't itr m a
way any primitive thing always a.
fects me-like old locomotives tANy
have In MUSEUMS. Somebody. nroH.
ably. believed once that that vroaald
ny. l hops he didn't belisvs N eog1-
oualy enough to give It q real an.
HIS duties called him away to.
rather suddsnly. and Philip was M y
furl hts wings alone. From the pcoceSa
no looked up into Jsanns's fAc@
W. Sy0l0s 8AOG W.
bright. bright with unshsd keoFa ~
there was Q little fiush Of hright 60
~Oh. ] know. she MI, VIA q. -
steady laugh. ITS absurd 70 b -.
uant. but ] Wlshed-oh, how I WlSHS7
when he was no patronixin9 SnA r.
sure. that you might have clipped yoW
arms into their places and zone cnrv-
ing. circling W. al gold and gi0Anln6.
into the air. knew you vouldnH
but I hoped you would"
Jeanne. dear" he sald, 'eyou'l q.
msmbes that alwayD-my AiRht. I
mean. But somstimss you'l ut %
wandering u u isn't the memory Of
Q dream. AAl then you'li 70 and
and these old wtngu IN an st{lc
somewhere and stroke them Vlth
your hands. IL vay you did that
night when ! fuy3sd them nrst upoa
the Toe doc beside you."
She look0o - him quickly. WIDE
eyed.
"WhaA % 20 mean, PAillpp Nh
tAat-aot tAAS IN aevse 70 80 you
~ Aga1nT
He nodded
Somehow - tAsro with al IN
world below ne II never seemed real.