The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-12
acon,inned fror, yesterdayo

tcon,inued fror, yesterday
u ..1t.s stranee TO me- he said, that
We ever recovered possession 81 this
yacht at all. let alone that We were
y dhfe to recover Ii without II COSTING
Us the nfe Of single man. This
gAng must have had a leader and
saevcr one. The Way he maneuvcred
his men 10 keep them out OF sight
while he drew away first ono party
and then the ether from the yacht
MAS piece 81 mastery strategy. lie
worked il cut perfectly IN every de-
tail. He get possession of the yacht
Without losing q man. without even
firing a shot that might give the
alarm And even VITA the warning
) we had and with the help AZ the log
don't ste h8a We defeated a man
like that. His success must have
gone To his head and made him
mad
He was probably killed in the afst
NoEley cur people fred when they GET
aboard" said Tenn duly. He alone
!. ccnld haze accounted for half dorm
OF you. II he'd ever had a chance-a
giant like that
"A giant
= think he must have been the
leader, said Tom. "ife was the first
man to come aboard, certainly"
sEut what makes you call him a
giant
Because he literally was He struck
me down With just one blow. and as
he raised his arm 10 strike ] saw that
his shoulder cap was above the level
I Of nas eyes. and / pass for II tall
man
His father abandoned the subject
abruptly. and fer a while contriYed
n To talk of other things, Of the de
& tails of the night and how different
sncmhers of the crew had borne them.
n selves
But his mind wac filled with a new
1 terror. and as soon as he could feel
b that his son was In condition to be
left alone he left him, with "A broker,
word of excuse. He must either set
u this now terror at rest. or know the
at once. There had been no
\ one, either among the survivors or
81 the slain of the Warus party, who
d III any way resem hIed the monster
Tom had described
An hour later he went back to the
bridge To talk again with Captain
Il Warner. He thounght that they had
u uotinded the depth of despair that
Il former time when they had talk
h together there. but in this last hour
"a he had sounded new ABYSS beneath
b II all. He knew now why the Yacht
n had been so easily taken. He knew
MI the details of the devilish ulsn
which had so nearly succeeded More
Il thAn thaf, he knew the story of the
sa man Roscoe from the time wneu
Naptain Planek had taken him aboard
" tne Wairus. down to the hour las,
mi9nt when he had sprung into his
boat again and pulled shorewaru.
b plain Planek was dying, and old
n uf. nstfs.
MIN TO enjoy the luxury of FUN
4 confession
So they knew now. those two mon
VINO stood there on the bridge white.
iippcd, talking over the horror OF toe
& Ining-they knew that Jeanne Was
not alone upon that terrible frozen
y shore. The man Roscoe was there
TOO. =
a sound on the deck below attract
\ 81 MI Eanshaw's attention Tom.
y WITH the aid Of "A heavy cane Was
Amping precariously along the deck
toward the bridge ladder. and. to their
Amazemeni. when he looked up at
them. they saw that somehow his
h lace had cleared. There Was a grave
atvok " peace upon il.
We thought of something" he
said, after he had cianbered IN be-
sfde them--"Tye thought OF some
as NHiHk mat makes ii seem possible Ia
- On living, and even hoping"
The two older men EXCHANGED a
sWift glance. He Was not to know
ABOUT Roscoe. II he had found soma
tnfng to hope for. no matter how H.
iusory. he should be allowed To Keen
4 To hug IL to his breast in ptace
" tne horrible, torturing vision Of
sstne human monster which the other
u two men saw
what is II you We thought az
u "a ON hts father asked unsteadilV.
its-its cayiey He's there win
hsr, m sure he is He turned swa,
little from Captain Warner ana
spoke directly 10 his father. Il don't
KNOW how ] know. but it's as If
3 SAN them there together. He has
iaiien IN love with her | think. Tn,
quite sure she has with him. want
60 10 Nil him for that YESTERDAY Inn,
now his voice faltered there. hu,
tne look In his eyes did not change
Ine light OF a serene. untrogbled hona
Hes there with her" he went an
and with Gods help he'll keep her
alive until we can get back win the
relief '''s
Tie said no more. and he cIutchad
the rail- tight liz his gauntlet hands
ana gazed out north, across the ice