The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23

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a lost sign, 81 hjm and Hunter
~hen they went to the Philippines Ii
is only Justice to Hunter 70 Say that !
never heard "a word OF the thing that
happened out yacre from hiu lie
never seemed to want 10 tau, To me
about il. ana ~ course, J never forced
him Well ! can make q short story
ct at. any wa5 though II has 30 be
nasty one,
"A msu came into she Post uHe day.
the head rnan "f ono Of the heishboriUg
Villages out there, q luau with white
blood IN hias-SpaIlsh blood, They
carried him in for he co8ldut walk
He WIS in horrible condition lie had
been fortured--I won't go into The de-
tails Of that--and logged nearly Z"
death. He said thai CayIey mad done
II He had demonstrated with CayIey,
re said. because ~ feared for his
Daughter safety was a pretty
girl, whittier ghan her father--and II
seems that the mans fears had some
Justification. 1t appears that Cayiey
had come ont there blind drunk, with
n couple of troopers. who deserted that
same night, and man handled the old
man. The girl Joined IN her fathers
accusation. at least she didn't deny
anything.
.Cayley WAS away on scout duty at
the time when the man came in--the
thing had happened some days prior,
1 Just before he started out 1t came
+ like a thunderboit cat OF n clear sky
Tor everybody liked Cayley and thought
him an exceptionally decent. clean sort
81 chap, though he and Hunter both
we're drinking good deal Just then.
Poor Hunter was all broken up about
liz Everybody believed that he really
knew some discriminating facts against
Iayles, but he never would speak.
AS for cHyiey himself, he made no
tiefense whatever He denied he did
/ II, and that was all There wasn't any
real corroboratiVe evidence against
him, so the court martial dismissed the
case as not proved But he wouldn't
Testify himself, nor have single wit
ness called IN his behalf, and he re-
iiEned from the service then and there.
hnd disappeared, 20 far as / know.
\ From The world. / heard he had II
ranch down somewhere IN New Mexico,
hear Sondoyal ! think the place was"
His father saw a quick tightening IN
The girls horror stricken eyes at the
bound of the name. which evidently.
In some way, helped corroborate the
etory TO her. but he did not question
h her about 1t.
well. that's all ] know" said Tom
In conclusion. THE thing about broke
Perry Hunters heart, and he quit the
Eervice himself shortly after 1t had
: this effect on him. though. He told
me the other night that he had never
arnnk a drop since he had left the
army.
But you can see how queer it is,
can't you? What ar odd, namoless
4 feeling Of forebodinR il gave me when
nm, fha MI Perry dis
appeared. l learned that a vision, or a
man, who called himself Philip Cay
eey. came flying down out Of the mid
night sky and talked to YOU"
The girl was looking at him in a
strange. dazed sort OF way. 81 can
add this much to your story. Tom"
she said. when he was telling me
last night, that skSman how he lived
MP here on the wing, / said what "A
contempt he must have for ali the
world, for all us wingless ones. to
whom the little mountains, seas and
rivers opposed such barriers. And he
gave a short rather bitter sort OF
laugh. and said If II were true, then
he had only conquered for the world
the feeling the world had held for
him"
There WAS n silence after that. while
the three out there ON the Auroras
deck looked blsnkiy into each others
faces
The silence was broken mt last, by
nome Of them. bat by a hail from the
shore. "Ahoy. Aurora" cried the
voice.
MIR. FanEhaw answered with a wave
OF his arm, That's Donovan" he said
10 the others: then, Yes; what is it,
G he cried
"Wni you send dinghy for me,
please -
The boat Was despatched at once,
and while they waited. MIR. Fanshaw
borrowed Jeanne's field glasses for a
look at the man who had hailed them.
+He's In hurry" said the old gem
fienan. "He looks as II he had news
Of one sort or another" They ali had
felt II In the mere timbre OF his voice
something urgent. something ominous.
II seemed an interlninebIe while be-
fore the returning boat came alongside
the foot of the accommodation ladder,
When the new conner appeared at the
head of IT. his face had plainly writ
ter ON II the story Of some tragedy.
What is II ?" Jeanne asked, not very
steadily "Oh, please don't try to
break II to me. Tell ME, just as you
do the others
Its nothing concerning you, miss.
not especially l mean: nothing 10 do
with your father" Then he turned TO
Mr.. Fanshaw, 81 FOUND Mr.. Hunter
sir"
dead ." The tona In which Doro-