Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
CHAPTER XII-COntinued.

CHAPTER XII-COntinued.
'~The failure Of Carson" replied Craig
head. THAT would put me down and out
down and outl'
The jailer and the jailed walked together,
motored, and played tennis, in growing
familiarity and friendliness. The captive
approached the edge of love-making, looked
hungry and yearnful, secreted gloves and
handkerchiefs, and interfered seriously
with Caroline's household duties; all borne
by her with an equanimity that spoke vol
umes for her loyalty to the commands
under which she had taken this strange
gentleman into custody. She was very
dutiful daughter.
But the relations OF Craighead to Mr..
Waddy became more and more strained.
Theodore Carson, long overdue, had not ap-
peared. No great bird came into view by
day; no mechanical dragon-fly settled in the
yard by night. Mr.. Waddy was irascible.
The Nitrates company had already spread
its nets over many states, through conf
dental relations of it's agents with the
National Federation of Farmers. spinning
aerial monopoly as a spider spins it's web;
but the more promising this grew, the more
CALLED and embittered grew Mr., Waddy at
Theodores delinquency; for the aeronef,
after all, was the thing which had APP
RSeANu " AhhdblhtNloh anu SAiiloNSu MS
desires.
"Oh, never fear" Mr.. Craighead protested
He'll be here in time. Delays delays, Mr.
Waddy. Thing of the spark plugs, the
diffeTentials, and mufflers and things. Why
just imagine"
Huh" snorted Mr. Waddy. Il dom
b'neve you know thing about it."
Sir" said Craighead. this amounts tC
an imputation upon my pledge that th'
aeronef Is a perfected and certain success
an imputation unworthy of you, sir. unit
have had a chance 20 put the thing L
proof, or you have shown its immateriahty
This is unjust. sir!'
IAN right" said the old gentleman
Wen go an find the dumbed thing. Star
tomorrow morning"
Certainly" said Craighesd, in no ap
parent embarrassmenL with all TN
world, II you like"
Very we'll" said Mrs. Graybin. "tha
includes me-"
All, no." rejoined Craighead, you in
Clude it,"
Mrs Graybill's glance said that he surel
didn't mean IT, that It was ridiculous non
sense, that all such things were absurd
from the degenerate, II interesting, Craig
head to the relict OF the Reverend Nj
Graybill; that she could never look upo
Craighead in any such light, but that II h
would feel SO, she couldn't help It; but he
lips said merely that she had much to d
To be ready in the morning.
This IL was that the three were at Pa
metto Beach when Captain Harrod with n
launch passed through StrUng's Bayo
with Virginia and Mrs. Stou on the Wa
TO the cabin where the first Carson aeron'
was preparing Tor its daylight flight mort
People may draw their own conclusion
as to the significance OF Mr.. CrAghead
questioning Of oracles, daisy petal-fashio
by the buttons on Mrs, Gray bills incurve
back, and Of this punishment by that sigl
bog on the ear, but, however he stood vii
Mrs Graybnl, his relations with Mr.. Wadd
had worsened. Tickets had been bought
Palmetto Beach on Craighead's statemel
that Carson was here; and the party hs
disembarked, in glum silence on NJ
Waddys part, nervous loquacity on Grail
heads, and anxious endeayor on Mrs. Ora,
bilFs to smooth things over.
All" said CTaighead How natural
: all looksl 1 seem never to have left the
balmy. II somewhat sandy shades. De
Did Yupon Hedge Innv'
Mr. Craighead was halted by livert
attendant