The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-21
THE SKY-MAN,
CONTINUED from Yesterday
BY
HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER
Author (srith Samuel Mcr,Din) Of Calumet "K'
Copyright 1910 by The Century Company.


She nodded, picked up the journal
and crossed over with 1t to another
Of the hunks. There she seated her.
SELF tucked her feet up comfortably
under her. or-fashion. and. prop
to read The light coming from be-
hind her made. to Cayleys vision, a
misty halo of her hair. and played
softly over the cheek and the fingers
that were half embedded In II.
The sight N her made 1t hard for
him to stick to his maps. But pres
entity he looked up with a sudden
question. do you happen to find
anything" he began, and then
broke off shortly.
From her face, half-shaded as II
was. he could see that what she had
been reading just then was no mere
they had been cast away. but some
thing far more personal to the father
she had lost here.
There's something perfectly terri
flying" she said. about fathers de-
scription of this man Roscoe. over
here near the end, before the sun
came back to them. he tells of going
out for walk by himself and of dis
covering that Roscoe was stalking
him. in the hope, he thought. of dis
covering. In advance of the others.
where the gold ledge was. In the
twilight. father says. he looked. In
his white bear-skins. perfectly enor-
nous and incredible. And Philip
She closed the book, holding 1t tight
In both hands. and leaning forward a
little as she went on, and Philip. his
description sounds--oh, / suppose It's
silly, but 1t sounds like the thing |
saw to-day when ] was alone there
on the beach. before you came flying
down out of the sky. II didn't look
like bear. 1t wouldn't have been
So dreadful II IL had
IT'S possible he said gravely 1T
may have been he whom | frightened
off when | came down last night.
Certainly there VAS somebody. and
that somebody may still he here on
shore, though | supposed he had gone
out 10 join in the attack on the yacht.
But it's very strange, IL there is any
one. that we could have passed "A
whole day without encountering him -
The girl shivered: then. with a
shake OF her head as Ii Diminishing
the uncanny thought from her mind.
said. You started to ask me about
something else. and interrupted
II took him moment to collect
his thoughts. "oh. yes There s
something marked here on this map
which l took at first for the location
of the hut. but II appears now that IL
WAS marked before they built IL.
wondered IL. In the early pages Of the
Journal. there was a description 81
any natural formation about here like
q cave. Or"
She made as II to open the book.
then. suddenly. changed her intention
and held IL out To him. instead
+ haven't been PLAYING fair9 she
said. II wasn't really locking for
ANYTHING ] was Just reading stories
and dreaming over them It's his
handwriting. | think. that makes IL
SO hard TO be good. it's--Neil al
most like hearing his voice. Won't
you work the book and the maps and
give me something 10 do--~with n1y
hands. i meanf--h. ! knbw I'm tired,
hut that doesn't matter
Cas1sy's FIST Impulse was TO re-
fuse. but 1t needed only one thought
full look into her face to convince him
that the kindest. as well as the wisest
thing was to do as she asked. An
uncanny horror Of the nonstrotls
Roscoe and the appalling idea that
ne. and perhaps others of his gang.
might be sharing the solitude ~ this
frozen coast with them, was plainly
10 be read In her eyes, and her CIV n
prescription for dtspeiiIng it Was prob
ably the best that could he thought
Of.
With a nod nf assent he rose and
went into the stere-rootn returning
the next moment with an armful OF
heavy rope.
In the old days of wooden shtps 4"
he said. 'whep they wanted To dis
giDitQe a SaiIar they t,ttx - ..sal