The Washington times., 1910-04-08
BY
GARRETT P. SERVISS

, rate. from that moment she was kept
q close prisoner, and al that FAY loa
said TO Mr. Grammar about her con
Jiuued CheerfulHess. and about tfeir
trout fishing, was base falseh0od, m
vented TO prey upon the oiliIonaire :
mind
And now to the story Of our search.
and the startling events that came Ous
Of e.
After leaving the little town. or
dered full speed ahead. and We traileC
away in A long line. In this order-tEe
Eagle. the Sievlark. the Osprey the
crow, and the Bobolink- It was a beau
tiful squadron. 7 can tell you. and how
proud ] felt TO be IN command or ll-
we were nearly a mile high and ~ a
snort time we passed over Lake ontario,
where suTIiS and wind wTiukled surface
Z locke ike frosted silver from thai
betEht =. va 20 the west we saw To-
routo.
Afterward we Dassed ottawa. but I
! kept a good ofinE. not caring 20 run the
risk Of being seen by spies After that,
We soon had beneath us great forests,
scattered CjearluEs, and ranges or niliS-
I rfrouu - Gown nearer tt4e earth now.
The danceI Of detection being less Al
times We Just SKINNED the tree tops and
the hills. rising and sinking with rho
sIuuOSltles OF inc land- only once did
ne attract any attention. when We ran
almost over a mining camp
We could hear the excited helloS o.
1 the men and see them running IOSetEeT,
I talking and pointing
III is fortunate, I said 20 Mr.. Gray
man and Secretary Grantham. who,
most OF the time. stood beside me on
the deck that FaytOn did not seleCt
a hiding place somewhere In the west
| eTu part o. the Dominion. for then the
B lines to New York and Buffalo might
have nearly CCincided. and q -wouId
Z have been very difficult 70 calculate
their point o. intersection"
You'd nave managed Z, my boy, %
9 & - D. %. lrr fHae
/ with a kindly pat on my shOCIde-
/ You have TOO much AZ stake TO lose
[ this game But I'm glad II proved easy
For YOU
ing that had grown up IN me toward
NJ. GranJham. he seemed 20 take 2
deeper interest IN my persona triumph
Than n Che object itself OF the eEpedi-
( tin And then his significant SfhOug1
/ eUiEmaIiCsl- remark about thS reward
! that 7 ought 20 get kept coming back
/ into my mind. de was the best friend
( I ever had. and I never knew how
/ won him
/ Nr. Grammar. meanwhile, had fallen
J into a UlcditaJiye mood lie was think
( Ing about his daughter and her peril
/ The poor girl we heard him mutter
/ The poor Eirl! Heaven protect herr.
I see Ter GTayuan. said The seer
4 [drE. tbs won't do Don't 20 20 ---Jr-
. ry1nE nos, when the thtaS p zf-aos'
/ ended The ti-Ce for Worr- Is gone
p ~
I i1S % drop upon him without -he
/ slightest warning. and we've got the
{ force needed TO overcome him Your
Z daughter danger IS past. and insi1e
: - zen hours ~ the most, she VIII be
{ u vow arms.
Z Nr. Gr~yraan tried 10 smile ana O.
/ look cheerful. bvJ HE heart vas heavy
{ We must begin 70 work out tire de
. tails OF our plan said the Eecretar.y
Z turning 10 mo Do you think thai -Ou
! could md him Al niChI2 II possible. Il
{ might be best 10 crop upon him IN rhC
0 darkness We UlEht catch him asleep
( o. We knew the exact spot"
! That's the difficulty 7 replied. -Of
/ course. my data do not cfve me -hs
{ mathematical point where he lies.
{ may be e mile or two out OF the vvzy
: on one side OF the other. But mas
much - his lodge E-ust - situated i-
] an uniuhahitec and practically UutrOI
{ dan wilderness. the least light that D.,
might show would inevitably betra5
his loc@ on from OR point OF o5serva.
{ ton
That's ftl'' exclaimed Nr. Grauthan
90 y 0u'v e hit the nail or the head ",
must look out for 4 light"
1 "Tu that case" I returned ''it viii -
necessary 10 time ourselves 10 arrivt
rot too late in the evening. beCauS,
since he evidently has a regular habIta