The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-01
THE SKY-MAN
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HENRY MITCHELL WEBSTER
Author tsriA Samuel Merrnnl Of Calumet K
Copyright 1910 by The Century Company.

entered vital spot The first one took
I the bear between the eyes as he was
rising. The second WAS fired into ms
open mouth, The third MAS probably
detected by the massive fore pa"
which he was holding across his body,
in the attitude Of q boxer, The fourth
shet. however. penetrated his throat
and probably smashed one of tho TWO
first Vertebrae. for IL seemed to bring
tie monster down all In heap, where
he finally Jay still. cayiey could have
reaehed MIN with his foot.
Good shooting" said the siil quiet
~ ffom the little Yestihule.
lie reloaded the revolver, letting the
eynrts shells drop UNDECIDED on the
Tee at his feet lie gave the weapon
haak ~ the sari. and bent over th'
bear
~ less Interested in what ! dtd
IL him" he said than IN what he
aot from the enemy who first attached
MIN
THE light aas almost gone, So that
All he could SEE We're two or three II
regular dark stains upon The white
fun a wound In the flank. which none
OF Fayteys shots could have account
.a far, he explored with pra tlSsa
aand
Watching aim as IN. sid So lac g'rl
,as4d see that he had found -oinc
tntng unexpected sonethiHA N9t&h
snrfrised him greatly. And thers WIS
more than surprise. There was aisfta-
ed urgency IN his voice when he SPOKE
to her He offered 40 explanation.
Merely tod her to go into III. Mt
and make fast the solitt wooden SHAT
ters over the windows. lie would come
about in "a moment
The girl had hardly finished the
task he had given her when he 'smc
In In his blood stained hand l." vas
holding out something for her inspeS~
tiun
.senquerine a feeling az iepuxtanee.
sht bent over the hand cast nie
glance at the thing II contained AMI
then started ps and gazed, ~tde~cyea.
into his face
a bullet" Che said hut but
sc thought that Roscoe wasn't arm
,sd--not with firearms. / mean.
t'syley nodded But this seems IL
he. pretty good evidence that he h.
That's why / sent you into the hut
1t occurred to me that he might he
falle wing the bear. and that the light
ed windows might give him chance
Ter a shot at one of us. No matter
what superstitioas fears he has. he
fire AT us from a safe distance. 1t We
happened to ofYcr fair mark.
"Hnt We must have offered him
that hundred times in the last
weeks that is, II his rife had any
thing like a modern range"
That bullet is certainly a modern
piece OF ordnance. stid Ca&leY It's
soft -uoscd and steel jacketed.
lie laid IT down on shelf and
Sc. ..at, fJs.
stains Of the encounter from his
hands
After ali" hs said, its only one
mere mystery. and I don't know that
one nure ran make any great differ +
eIee. Not in our way of life. Ger /
tainly.'
Both tried 10 stick to that view Of
il and. for tn. present. to dismiss con-
lecture upon the new topic from their
minds, but they did not succeed very T
We'll The idea that forced itself /
upon them. in spite of their attempts i
to discredit it. was that Roscoe's ac-
QUESTION OF a modern, long range
weapon with ammunition tn match
did not date back to the murder OF
Captain Fielding. nor to the disap-
pearance of the Aurora, but that he
had found the weapon, by some
strange chance. only very recently.
ptfilhps "ItfiIi u uaS or Two. II was !
disquiettng thought at best.
1t was time for Cayley To turn IN
and for Jeanne To begin her evening
watch alone. bat before that hap
pened they paid an extra amount Of
attention To the security OF their doors
and windows
During the iirst week or two after
the adjustment of this rout inc the
girl had found this period OF lonely
watching difficult and almost intol-
era BILE. She. had started i'll terror at
noises. some OF them imaginary and
others insignificant. The timber of
the hut creaked In the frosty afr like
an old wooden ship. The great ice
MASSES of Hoe and glacier were al
ways splitting off with reports that
varied in intensity from the sound
OF pistol shot up IL that OF the ex-
plosion OF heavy ordnance,
During the tirst ten DAYS she had
repeatedly reused Casley on one false |
alarm after another. but her lately
acquired knowledge and experience. I
with a better tuned set Of '
nerves, had conquered these fears
SO completely that she had almost for
gotten them.
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