The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-28
The Romance of a Girl and an Aviator

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q light. for the inferencen from Ros.
GOES presence here In the pilot housa
began to crowd upon him now, grim
and horrible. But no struck . spark
at last. lighted the candle and looked
about.
The reaction Of relief turned him
for = moment, giddy, rs the glance
about the room convinced him that
what he feared worst had not hap.
pened. Hut another thought occurred
to him, almost ut once. when he saw
that the cover had boon removed from
the top Of the Ice chimney.
In his mind, OF course. that repre-
sented the way Roscoe had come.
What II Jeanne, unable for some rea-
son to defend herself. had chosen. as
the lesser evil. to ming herself over
the cliff from the tunnel mouth?
Tho moment he thought Of that no
went out Into the tunnel, stepping
across Roscoc's body to do 30. He
went to the edge and looked over. but
II was too dark to see. The light OF
the aurora, which still blaxed In the
sky, daxxled his eyes. without lighting
the surface Of the world below.
He must 20 down there. In order to
be sure. He had not stopped to furl
his planes when he alighved. and they
had wedged themselves sideways into
the tunnel, still extended and no ready
for flight In an emergency.
He righted them and slipped his
arms through the loops that awaited
them. He stood for a moment. testing
the rikht wing tentatively. There was
n play about II that he did not under
stand. 30 far rs he could see. nothing
was broken. The fact that II was his
own arm did not occur TO him.
He was Just turning to dive OF the
cliff head when. suddenly. he saw the
great form Of tho man he had sup
posed to be dead rise and rush upon
him.
philips knife had. indeed. inflicted .
mortal wound, but . man or Roscos's
nh ,sioue let's 10 Of life slowly. He
was bleeding to death, internally. but
the process was. probably. retarded by
his huddled position. as he lay there In
the tunnel.
40 he had lain stili and awaited his
chance. Cayley was standing quite ut
the etige of tho ciiii. anu The ii,a,, q
momentum carried him over. His
clutching hand grasped Cayley's
shoulders, and they went down toget-
her, over six hundred feet OF empty
space.
For Cayiey tho space was all too
little. As they went over he thought
that he and his gigantic enemy were
going down to death together.
They were. Of course. bound to ge
down. Neither his strength nor the
area OF his planes was sufficient e
support them both In the air But II
the position into which he had funp
himself they would 60 down little
mora sloV1y
Twice, with oil his might. he SEN
his left fist crashing against the face
the staring. horrible face. thnt con
fronted his own. but stili that con
v,ilaive, dying grasp held fast.
They were no more than q bar
two hundred feet above the Ice. WITT
a supreme and desperate effort HI
wrenched himself free and the gre1
weight dropped OF. Another effort
tho instantaneous excrtion OF ever!
ounce OF force he possessed. corrected
the sudden change Of balance ant
prevented him from falling. Ike IN!
great inert mas no had just cas-
of.
trembling. exhausted. no mnnnget
TO biunder around In n half-ci-cir
slanted down inland and stumbled
TO a landing on tho beach. not fiftI
yards from the ice-clad ruins OF thu
hut.
Az he did 80, the thought WINS In hI'
mind that during his struggle In tn
air, with Roscoe. ne had heard
cry, which neither he nor his nntng
onist had uttered.
The perception came TO him NJ
memory, and in memory It seemed
to he Jeanne's voice.
Now, unless his wits were wander
ing, he heard II again. and 1t called
his name. He was half increduloui
Of its reality. even an he answered
II, But the next moment, before III
could cxtricate himself from hi
planes, or even attempt to get to Hi
feet, he felt the pressure Of her body
as she knelt over him.