Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06

a sound that at first thought was
but my memory working in my dreams.
II was the sound Of some one whistl:ng
the dance music from Henry VIII
! OF course I was startled. Once OF
| twice In the evening had heard whis.
ting from passersby-farm hands going
home from their work possibly But
that air 1t was an extraordinary COIN
cidence. How the tables had been turned
since l had whistled 1t that morning Ia
st. Andrews when Margarita Thomp-
And in the midst of these thoughts the
| whistling recommended. This time the
air ceased pregnantly just at the point
at which I used to &C astray. in it, and
| rendered correctly and then taken up
again according to my variation.
I could not believe my ears There
| was but one person in the world who
was capable of sending just that mes
Was she? But how could she come to
| be there?
tried to take up the air myself, but
my lips were SO parched and dry that
at first ! could scarce hear myself.
Then Carl started out of sleep at the
sound; as by instinct his hand went to
his weapon and sitting up he covered
me with it, while he listened.
What is that?" he cried angrily. for
| he was afraid.
The thin pale light of early dawn
was. coming In from the unshuttered
wind9W win }So IVA ,as Ttf and chill but some
tling I no longer took gloomy view as
to my prospects. So l told him it was
no doubt some man on his way to work.
But he did net again go to sleep.
! BY and by the good Carl departed.
obviously to act as guide, as had been
arranged in the letter; and I was glad
Of 1t. for the increasing uncertainty as
to whether Dewinski was to take Mack
more than could much longer endure.
AS the morning wore on Dewinski
showed symptoms of uneasiness He
was continually going out and coming
went on with whatever he was doing
with complete stolidity. Neither of them
gave the least heed to me.
with su they ys% sSt Roon Fssay bsek h
whispered something to him. Room con-
sidered what was said and then nodded
approval. Together they lifted me over
to chair by the window and propped
There. !" said Dewinski. "ze goot
leedle boy will watch vor ze approach of
! I had perceived that his English was
not so good as his exalted moods. AL
though certainly not prompted by kind
ness, the respite was grateful to me.
Assuredly I did not build any hope or
fdent and self-assured for that. II
looked as If he had got ''the drop" on US
and knew 1t.
I began to hope. as time passed. that
they were not coming. The silent coun-
/ tryside took on an ominous aspect. Up
there 1t seemed to me that Dewinski
would have men set to trap them, once
they had descended from the summit
men who would be lurking In little
hollows in the bare hillside, and who
would prevent either escape or rescue
I knew that they must come unaccom-
panied otherwise Carl would never
lead them to the place. 1t was,
thought, equally certain that Dewinsk
would post some of his gang to see
that they were also unfollowed. So II
appeared to me that the expedition
could never be anything more than a
Then, even as I watched. 1 saw De.
winski level a pair of binoculars or
the hills, and. a little after, l saw a
black and moving dot, high up on the
chalky road. BY and by the figures be,
came more distinct, and saw the thing
in which / knew Mackenzie sat, like
a perambulator slowly moving down
guided by the careful Deverill. Were
they not both children! There was
J something at once ridiculous, pathetic
and heroic in the sight. They were
simply walking straight. il not uncon
sciousy, into the lions den.t l longet
to cry out a warning, and struggled
vainly to loosen the cords that bound
me immovably at that window, nov
understanding the refinement of cruelt,
! that had prompted my respite ant