The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-10
continued FROM Yesterday

II don't know--'
"trs the only chance" Again
her tnno was pleading. Keep the
blood moving for 10 minutes mJrc,
Ned. Oh, tell mo youll try"
Deep in tho gloom sho thought
she heard him laugh-only fow,
attic syllahleS. wan and strange in
tho silence Il was all the am
swer she needed lie would strug-
glo against the cold until she could
rescue him.
Here's blanket" she told him
swiftly. "Put tt around YOU. II YOU
can. without danger Of rolling oft =
She dropped him the great cover
ing she had brought; then IN a
single. deerliko motion, she leapcd
tho narrow crcNec on the oppo.
site side she procured Media axe;
then she turned. and half running.
half gliding on tho ice, sped to-
Ward the nearest timbcr,-0 num-
Der Of syunted spruce 200 yards dis
ant AZ the FAR cdgc o. the glacier.
Bcss had need OF her woodsman's
knowledge now. Never before had
Ter blows been 50 true. 40 telling
IN the tough wood Before. IN the
fuel cutting Of months before she
sad welded the axe in fear Of tho
ASH. but today she worked for
Ned's life, for the ono dream that
nattered vet. Almost az once she
had done her work and was started
hack with a tough pole. eight feet
long and four inches Ia diameter
balanced on her sturdy shoulder
Ned was stin strong enough e
answer her cali when she returned
and tho dim light still permitted
him 70 see her lay the pole she
had cut as bridge across the crew
ice. cutting notches 10 the Ice q
hold il FIRM. swiftly she tied ons
end Of her rope TO the pole ane
dropped the other 10 him.
Can you climb up" she asked
him. Everything had centeret
down 10 this-whethcr he stiii had
strength 10 climb, the rope.
"Jus, watch me" was the an
swtr.
From that instant. she knew thai
she had won. The spirit behind hi
words would never fRlter. with vie
tory so near. lie dug his mecca
sins into the holes he had hackss
in the ice. meanwhile working up
ward. hand over hand. To fal
meant 20 die.--but Ned didn't fall
II was a hard fight. weakened a
he was. but soon the girls reach
ing hands csught his sleeve ,hei
his coat: finally they we're fasten
cd firmly. lifting with all the girl
strength. under the great arms III
hand seized the pole. and he gave
great upward lunge. And then b
was lying on tho ice beside her
lighting for breath. not daring q
believe that he was safe.
But the usual cool. hatg-mlrthfu
remark that. in many little crises
Ned had learned 10 expect from
Bess vas not forthcoming tonight
Nor we're the sounds in tho tw1
HIGHT merely those Of heavy breath
inE. The strain was over. and Bes
had given way to the ursc o. he
heart at last; Her tears flowed IN
checked. whether OF sorrow or haT
plness even she did not know.
The man crnwled toward hci
moved BY an urge beyond him. an
FOR a single moment hts stron
arms pressed her close Don't cri
little PAL no told her. he smiles
a strangely boyish. happy smile. IN
to her eyes Very softly. revcreu,
IS he kissed her act eycIids. the
stifled her trembling lips with NJ
own. He smiled again. grea
good-huuor taking hold OF hin
You're too big girl 70 cryi-
T, was he. tonight. who had I
relieve with humor a situation tina
would coon have been out ot bounds
Yet all at once ne saw that the htti
sentence had meaning far beyon