Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-05-28
CHAPTER x.-contInued.

aching accompaniment TO the mount
ing rhythm, cheeks pnlo. lips pnrted.
eyes staring In vain pursuit OF the In
credible flight Of sound. she stood. n
slim tense figure for once mnde free
OF thnt domain that II beyond art. be-
yond genius and IL called quite simply.
oft OF God. with n toss and a back
ward sliako OF the mans great bend,
the voice climbed smoothly to that stu
pendous high @ that has wrecked the
reputation Of many pygmles md
brought fame to n daring few. II held
and stu held until enrth and moon and
stnrs seemed little things that paused
10 listen, Obstructed In unlmportnnt
courses. Breath suspended until her
lungs were near TO bursting. Andrea
waited for that note to come down In
10 the rnnge OF normal belief, hut to
her mind nj least II was destined 20
hang eternnlly In the heavens, for the
mnn had turned.
Her eyes knew horror for the nrst
time. The mnn's fnce WINS half oblIt-
Grated. II had been plowed by conilu-
ent smallpox and destroyed by a worse
dlsense. The nose was gone, leaving
nn 'snonle rum OF slrlpp'u chru'use'
ur'eu III 'he hlr uI u was IKE "eh'h'
creu pnrehnen'' Ohe eur u peen
rnynged In a clean cut so that II rose
10 n ncedle-poInt. That the wounds
were hcnled only added nm lnexorable
"'"''F w '"eir re~pulH'Vehess
ohly the nuns thlck req Ups y
Nus p'nH'hg eyes seemed 70 nave es'
y the pestilence' As ms started
shze iell upon Andren MS mouth
opeheu 10 II wlde' souhdless laugh
WIN nrouu snouluers stopped MS hD-
norWh'ly 'ow'hnnslng hnnus curveu up
IKE ih"hs'rous tnlons u nus shaggy
p'hru "hss'hg 10 thnt silent nughter'
ne advanced upon her' encircled her
WHIST WIN MS myers anu slot her up
,'s"''y ~ 'nn' sue ic' ucup'eu across
~ uaeh "nu enes.' re suNe u 10"
"".7',u n"u spe" irom 'nc run W np
"'o''u'u'e p"ee. ine oo"''oo!s urose
n'e"''hny "nu h'''eu inter MN
lo Ahhren's trnhslixins terror was
q u memory-n meeting glimpse
OF Trevor Standing hhhds IN pockets
beIore MS door On MS race was nm
ger-coid' whlte' untorgivlng anger.
she thought she cr,eu out TO MacClos'
Ter 10 STOP 10 give her nut u M
80 explain. TO neg forgiveness to
grovei ~ the feel OF tie n man In
nn the world nut no SOUND came from
her lips
Not until she stood tottcrlng on the
cnnted bottom OF MncCloster's boat did
life come back to her heart and veins
and lungs. She threw up her head
mt screamed MS she had never known
mortal could screnm--n wild, terror
winged wall OF desperate appeal. Mac
Closter snatched tller from rudder,
struck her across the shoulders
Knocked her, face down. into fetid
bllge-water.
The stencil OF the stale water pro.
duced In her n reaction II was So
nn%usentlng that II m%omentarlly drove
thoughts Of all other things from her
mind. She drew away from II and
crawling to the grnted floor Of a small
cockpit, crouchcd IN the corner formed
by the gunwnle and the after thwart
Just TO her left. so close that ever
with hcnd bowed She could not nvoit
seeing his enormous feet, sat MucClos
ter.
lie talked Ia her stondlly In n NUT
terlng UNDERGONE but n long time
passed before She begun TO distinguish
one word from another The muttcr
ing swelied slowly 60 q clear an,
liquid cuunciatlon The voice becum.
like music indebted. BUT no lonrp