The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
CHAPTER vi.
TOMS CONFESSION,

AT intervals during the day those
enigmatical words OF Mr.. Fanshaw's re-
CURED 10 the girl with the reflection that
they wanted serious thinking over, at the
first convenient opportunity. But the day
wore away and the opportunity did not
appear.
1t was a hard day for everybody, The
news which Tom had brought aboard
just after breakfast. of the strange, half
crazcd creature who had walked into the
camp Of the searchcrs and showed Il
wish To guide them somcwhcre-the man
whose language consisted OF two words.
most suggestive, most tantalizing in
their mystery, 10 those who clustered
round him--this, In itself. would have
been enough TO awaken. among the peo-
pie on the yacht. sense OF strange. un-
easy expectation, and give promise OF
further developments soon.
But the hours had worn away and not
another word had come back from those
! who had followed this strange guide,
vans discovery. He had started to ac-
I company Tom back TO the yacht. but,
finding the two sailors sufficient escort
for him, had fingered behind TO make
| some exploration Of his own, with that
grim result.
Last OF all had come the most incrcd-
ibc thing. suggested by the scene which
Cayley reported TO Jeanne. The idea
| that there were ten or Il dozen eXiles on
| this remote. unknown land, who. instead
of greeting the rescue which the yacht
brought them. had gone into hiding at
! the first sight OF II, had murdered one
stray member OF the rcscuing party who
| fell into their path and meant. perhaps,
| to murder the rest should opportunity
| afford.
Though this strange story added to
the feeling of uncaslnuss among the peo-
pie who remained on the yacht, it was
! received with good deal of incredu-
| lily. Tom Fanshaw openly avowcd his
disbelief in every word of it. and HIS
| father. though less outspoken, was al
most equally skeptcal. He did not share
Toms belief that Cayley had deliberate
IN Hunters murder. but he attributed
| the strange scene he had reported either
TO some optical deusion or TO the hallu-
clnation of insanity. The fellow might
Jeanne, His way Of life pointed TO 1t.
| ANY sane man who had learned to fly
would put his discovery TO better use
than Mapping his wings around the North
| Pole.
The captain of the yacht-his name
was Warner-was on shore in command
of the searching party. but the FIRST Off
Ger. Mr. Scales. remained on board. His
| opinion coincided closely with that OF
! the elder Fanshaw. He was In posses
sion OF all the data, though they had not
told him the story of Philip Cayley's old
rela ton with the murdered man.
ut stands To reason he said. THAT
the only party of white men that could
be here would be the survivors Of the
news that young Mr. Fanshaw brought
aboard that there is one such survivor
| here, II there were any considerable
number Of them left, able bodied enough
| 10 walk across the glacier, We could be
sure they'd be here on the shore wait
ing for us. We could be certain they
would have made some attempt to sig
nal us as soon as they sighted us.
s'If they weren't white men. hut In
ns-Chucotes-thcy' have been quite
as glad as white men to get chance to