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One day, late in the afternoon, Billy lay on his favorite spot on the

southern reef, dreayrated,

revolved and spun It seeh She looked like a silver feather But as he looked, she went

higher and higher, so high that she disappeared vertically

A strange sense of loneliness fell on Billy This was the first tiularly to the island that she had cut

their tryst short He waited She did not appear A minute went by

Another and another and another His sense of loneliness deepened to

uneasiness Still there was no sign of Julia Uneasiness became alarm

Ah, there she was at last - a speck, a dot, a spot, a splotch How she

was flying! How -

Like a bullet the conviction struck hi!

Meed into his ht to his!" Terror

paralyzed him; horror bound him He stood still-nus kept straight above her head,

moveless, still He could see her breast and shoulders heave and twist,

and contort in a fury of effort Underneath her were the trees He had a

sudden, lightning-swift vision of a falling aviator that he had once

seen The horror of as co turned his blood to ice But he

could not move; nor could he close his eyes

"Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!" he groaned And, finally, "Oh, thank God!"

Julia's wings wereBut apparently she still had little control

of them They flapped frantically a half-minute; but they had arrested