"Now," said Peck, panting and turning his back to the wind; "the rest ofyou gentlemen wait out here. You two quite newspaper men, you come with me."

He opened the gate and went in, the "Journal" reporter and Ifollowing--all three of us wiping our half-blinded eyes. When we reachedthe shelter of the front porch, I took the key from my pocket and openedthe door.