Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-03
CHAPTER XIX

| Tho Caye-on the ThorwRld
UCAFE?" he heard her whisper
~ Yes, for the present"
You have what you came for"
II think So"
! And what shall we do now?'
] sleep You're dead beat. Come
lie rose and helped her to her feet.
| then after another pause turned towar rd
tho wall OF rocks behind them.
DO YOU think YOU can make Il? It's
/ a difficult climb
Yes I've that much left in me YOU
lead the way and I'll follow" Her
/ teeth we're chattcring.
As he touched her sleeve he found it
/ soaked with moisture.
:, "Foor child. You're nearly frozen. "
| tie had not been conscious OF the occa-
! stoned .spatter OF rain, for his leather
! Jacket had kent him dry "But III have
/ you warm and snug before YOU can say
And when she questioned, ~ fire"
he replied Isn't that what ono uses
/ TO get warm with"
/ "Rut here--tCnight---c'
| oh, don't bother. You'll see
They were climbing up the face OF tho
slippery rocks. Hammcrsey pausinE
/ from time TO time to let her rest pulling
/ her from above when he reached the
| ledGes, and AZ last they came out into
/ the ampitheatre OF. boulders from
which he had descended
She was almost too weary for COM
ment and followed blindly as he led her
to tho wall Of the rock where he seemed
f to disappear in it's very face, She fol-
lowed him inside n dark opening and
when they were well within he relin-
ouished her hand and struck q match
\ brlet glimpse she had Of a small
square when the match went out He
struck another aud shading 1t with his
hand went forward. She saw hin, find
what he was looking for and in mo-
/ aVAt F.l
/ for moment. sent forth a steady glow
! OF light.
sit here on this stool. I'll have you
/ right In q iiffy'
She obeyed him and looked around
/ her. At one side was "a bed Of pine
! needles. at another a small table and
( in the middle ot the rocky floor the gray
cnbers of what had been 1rc.
I "a bit roughish, but not so bad?'
She nodded while he busted himself in
/ building the fire. There were dry leaves
3 twigs and logs in the corner. and soon
q blaze was lcapinR cheerfully upward
And while she wondered at the signs of
occupancy he answered her thought.
IT'S LindenherR's. He comes here
often, N was here that he and l always
slept when we went on hunting trips
! You see there's natural chimney over
I head In the rocks where the bally smoke
! goes out. They might observe the smoke
/ by day. but at night we're quite sa fe
/ I've been all around the place when the
/ fire was gcin' and there isn't a sign
( of il outside"
/ lie helped her put her coat on and
made her comfortable close to the FIRE,
after which he quickly took the package
Of papers out of his pocket and examined
them. The single papers were military
orders OF no importance to one Lieu
/ tenant Orstmann. obviously the dead
/ messenger Hammersley put them aside
! breaking the seal Of the heavy envelope
! and examining its contents carefully.
! First a letter Of instructions to His
/ EXcellency Won Stromberg, signed in the
! bold hand OF the Emperor Of Germany
/ himself He showed her the signature
and explained its contents and all
thought OF WEAKNESS went from her
mind.
| 1T is-it's what YOU came for"
Yes he replied smiling grimly I've
"Ts tit isn't so important that you
! can't tell me-" she asked tlmldly.
/ He laughed put his arms around her
and held her for a moment tenderly.
; She had endured where a man might
have tlinched. and yet at this moment
/ she was all woman-timid, weary unto
! death, but still curious. 1t was the
/ master impulse.
/ earned the right to know. I'll tell
| YOU
He was so big. so strong, so certain
/ Of himself that she wondered how. for
1 a moment even. she cOulu nave lnOuRnt
! him other than he was. With a sudden
| impulse of pride and tenderness. she
| rose, put her arms around his neck and
bending his head down to hers kissed
J him upon the lips. fIe caught her to
! him and held her in his arms.
20 Cyril" she murmured that
could ever have failed in my belief in
you, that 7 could ever have thought
that you were false why didn't you
tell me the truth? would have kept
your secret"
at was impossible, dear II WAS too
big thing and I was sworn TO silence.
But since you found out
Did you think me curious, she
asked naively, because 7 read the
"Curious" he laughed. "welI rather.
The mistake I made was in tellin' you
not TO read them. II u
Don't laugh at me- she whispered.
II can't stand that. The only retribution
for what I did this afternoon rs a
blow. If you struck me, Cyril, should
! not care
But I'm going TO kiss you again II you
| don't mind
And he did. while shadow darkened
| her eyes 1T seems terrible to be
with the shadow of death hanging so
/ closely over us. ] know you had to
kin him. Cyril but" She paused.
1T was either that or he would have
/ killed me. AS II was, II was too jolly
close a thing for comfort. I gave the
other man his chance but he wouldn't
take IT, Lucky he didn't, for | might
have missed the papers"
She chung TO him more closely.
And II you had been killed. she
whispered - saw II all, At first
thought you had fallen. o Cyril, the
agony ot IL. And then you came out
! from behind the tree and ] knew that
you were unharmed. I had seen a man
| die as | had, there uDon the rocks
at Ben-a-Chielt, but when the other
| one came al YOU ] wanted Won TO Kill