The Washington times., 1910-04-16

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( still. I did not conceal from myself
/ The fact that the search would be diI-
uCult and that in telling Peters tnaS
! Payton would never be able TO get
I away alive I had been speaking rather
{ as my hopes dictated than IA accord
1 ance with probability But meant tc
I keep il up a week or zen days. II nee
eSSaTy. and Tor that purpose naA0
1 taken possession of the unused batteries
I OF the Chameleon. which sufnced 70
/ replace all that the Crow had exhausted
! The three men who had been left
/ IT the scene OF the last nights adVen-
( ture had arrived at the rocks DTI4s-
! Ing along their wounded cOmTade, WHO
/ was seriously shot through The breast
/ They also brought PdyLOn'S pack or
/ provisions which had been left on the
! ground This delighted me exceedingly.
l for II vastly Increased the chances OF
{ his capture
I Ny plan now took shape in my mind
I had. including myself and Peters ten
I available men ] decided TO leave Peters
/ and four men at the rocks. with plenty
] Of provisions, AID one OF the electric
{ guns, placing Helen IN their charge until
/ the arrival OF the party from the
( Peters 10 keep q flag flying for feiJ
( confident that our friends would soon
| come, and probably with the aero, since
! my engineer mad assured EeIerS Iiis+L
I he could repair the steering gear
! For the search. my idea was to rise
! to a good height with the Crow and
]
! order that PaytOn. If he were watching,
1 as he doubtless would be, might con-
I CIuQe mat we were satisfied Win me
/ recovery Of Miss Grammar, and were
| making for home When. 20 use an old
I nautical phrase. we should be hui
: down from the rocks. I meant 70 put
/ about, going round by the east 10 north
east and keeping fun nifty miles Dey oIid
the point where PAXTON had escaped
/ Then / would drop down near the
ground ard search II right and left over
( creeping gradually inward toward the
( critical point
Since he was compelled 10 travel on
foot, I did not believe that Payton had
3 been able to go anything ike fifty miles
over the brush-tauEled and more or less
, swampy ground But ] wanted 10 be
sure.
/ So. OF started. after a tender. part
D ing from Helen, whom encouraged
with the hope Of soon seeing her father.
and TO whom I had related al the par
tICulars Of the manner IN Wlllcn we had
fOunI Payton's lodge and or our ad-
{ ventures up 20 the time OF the battle IN
The Clouds she, in turn, gave me
/ vivid description Of her experiences on
! the Chameleon. where she and Susan
3 had Deen kept locked in the cabin most
OF the time once or twice only they
{ had witnessed the chase
But I did not know VINO ny reSCuer
was to be- she said. smiling archly-
When We had attained point be
tween 6fty and sixty mikes north
II
/ in earnest We had louS been running
! low. but now I dropped within twenty
yards OF the ground, and Degan TO de
/ scribe series Of endless IDIerlOCkLnS
: spirals. about fifteen miles in length,
like so many fat. inIerUWI1ed figures
I - lying on their sides, one over an
RMS enabled US to inspect the ground
? So infinitely that a WOOdChuCk could
: hardly have escaped being seen Even
{ where o. vvas covered with brush We
"a s. -
{ IEe came upon ThieketS- o. clulHpS o.
suuted trees. 7 ordered Ethan 10 drop
; shells into them, am employment thar
& AFFORDED him great saTIs -a-IloD-
This beats coon hunun IN Connect
3 cut all nOIler.-' he said When ] was
a yOunGster we US ter shoot up inter
I Inc JTees Wna5 lne Va. llli rs! - ~,
/ but II We c.u.d a got az EN- THIS Way
! there wouldn't a been rlnSlaH ieIl
{ in the hull state"
{ but as the time wore on and we
/ got nearer where I expected Payton
r. be. I stopped the firing lest the ex-
, plosion of the shells should give tie
Z alarm 7 now determined To resort 20
the device which had twice already
proved so effecrfve-that OF looking out
Tor light after night came on The
nights were cold. and u PAXTON be-
t7ie-cd that we had gone of southwark
( h. would build freS--both for warmth
end for cooking-since the loss OF his
+ supplies would force him 10 depend
upon game for food
. Accordingly. we now made very fat
/ spirals, advancing slowly, and inspect
/ ing every square rod Of the surface Re
meath us. until darkness came Then 1
/ directed the steersman 20 rise a little
/ higher, and we began 10 watch out Tor
I q IRE
It was after midnight before our vigil
Il nee was rewarded Ethan touched me
on the arm as we stood together beside
the gun II the bow and whispered
. Thar-s the EIim. lUOteuauI-'
sure enough not two hundred rods
away a faint CLEAN showed on the trunk
F Of an unusually tall pine. surrounded
. With bushes Instantly / brought the
shall I send him a sheUg- asked
. Ethan eagerly, swinging the gun 70 an
aim
. Not yet" whispered wen creep
a little nearer 7 want 10 be sure I
F shouldn't care TO kill innocent men al
though / suppose thee is not one chance
I IN thousand Of any trappers or hunt
erS being hereabOuts-
Moving with extreme caution. lust
aooTe the tops Of the bTTIShwoOd. We
silently drew nearer Presently the fire
began TO show in CLEANS through the
mass Of rwiEs and foliage and quite
suddenly We came in line with an open
( ing through which the whole camp was
. visible as through q window
A birch log vas burning brightly and
q over d bent man busy with cooking a
+ piece of meat held on the point OF a
stick The famss lent a reddier tint
. 10 the dark COuntenauCe Of Indian Joe
A couple Of yards back Of the fire,
and so seated that his face was fully IL
Eliminated, sat Alfonso PAXTON The
glare Of the fire in his eyes would nave
prevented him from seeing Us If he had
. looked up, but from our side we could
make out his every feature
Never in my life have been 50 struck
+ by q human countenanCe- I had heard.
or read that Psyton was extraOrdiu-
/ arlly handsome. but during my recent
exciting experience with him my atten-
ton had been entirely absorbed by other
things to dwell upon his personal beau
~ Vow, however. as saw him IN re
pose. It was like a revelation
Human beauty defies both ana Iysis
and description. and I shall try neither
Only let me say that 7. who hated Al
I fonsO Payton, and had savaeeIy sought
his life. as he sought mine was 50
! foiled BY bis looks as ne sat there. that