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CHAPTER vi.
Toms Confession.

At intervals during the day those enig-
| NAUTICAL words of Mr. Fanshaw's required
to the girl with the reflection that they
wanted serious thinking over. at the first
convenient opportunity. But the day
wore away and the opportunity did not
appear.
1t was hard day for everybody. The
news which Tom had brought aboard just
after breakfast. of the strange, half
crazed creature who had walked into the
camp of the Searchers and showed a wisl,
to guide them somewhere-the man whose
language consisted of two words. most
suggestive, most tantalizing in their mys-
terry, to those who clustered round him
this in itself. would have been enough
to awaken among the people on the
yacht a sense of strange. uneasy expec-
tation. and give promise of further de-
velOpmentS soon.
But the hours had worn away, and not
, another word had come back from those
who had followed this strange guide.
And then there was the horror of Dono-
vans discovery. He had started to ac-
company Tom back to the yacht, but.
finding the two sailors a sufficient escort
for him, had fingered behind to make
some explorations of his own, with that
grim result.
Last of all had come the most incred-
ible thing, suggested by the scene which
Cayley reported to Jeanne. The idea
that there were ten or a dozen exiles on
this remote. unknown land. who instead
of greeting the rescue which the yacht
brought them. had gone into hiding. at
the first sight Of it; had murdered one
stray member Of the rescuing party who
fell into their path. and meant. perhaps
to murder the rest should opportunity
afford.
Though this strange story added to the
who remained on the yacht. 1t was re-
ceived with a good deal of incredulity.
Tom Fanshaw openly avowed his disbe-
lief In every word of 1t, and his father.
ly skeptical He did not share Toms be-
lief that Cayley had deliberately lied. in
order to cover his own guilt in Hunters
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murder but he attributed the strange
scene he had reported either to some
optical delusion, or to the hallucination
Of insanity. The fellow might very well
His way of life pointed to it. Any sane
man who had learned to fly would put
his discovery to better use than Tapping
his wings around the north pole.
The captain of the yacht-his name was
Warner-was on shore in command of the
searching party. but the first officer, Mr..
Scales. remained on board. His opinion
coincided closely with that of the elder
Fanshaw. He was in possession OF all
the data. though they had not told him
the story of Philip Cayley's old relation
with the murdered man.
1T stands to reason. he said, that
the only party OF white men that could
be here would be the survivors OF ,..e
Fielding expedition: We know from the
news that young Mr. Fanshaw brought
aboard that there is one survivor here.
If there were any considerable number
Of them left, able-bodied enough to walk
across the glacier. we could be sure
they'd be here on the shore waiting for
us. We could be certain they would
have made some attempt to signal US as
soon as they sighted US.
IF they weren't white. men but In
dians-Chucotes-they'd have been quite
as glad as white men to get chance to
go back with us as far as st. Michaels.
And in the third place. if they were not
Chucotes. but some strange unknown.
murderous band of aborigines. there
wouldn't have been even one survivor OF
the Fielding expedition.
"Of course. that's not an absolute
watertight line of reasoning. but 1t seems
to me there is tremendous probability
that it's right. and that this flying man
has lost his wits"
Gradually everybody on board the
yacht. with two exceptions. came around
to Mr.. Scales's view of the affair. The
only exceptions were Jeanne and Tom
Fanshaw. Jeanne secuted the theory
that Cayley was mad. as Indignantly as
she did Toms idea that he was a mali
cious liar. 1t might be hard to account
for the presence Of a party OF white
refugees on the shore, who didn't seem to
want to be rescued, but If Cayley said
they were there, then there they were.
and a source of great. though underlined.
peril they must be to the unsuspecting
shore party And though she won no
converts to her belief. still her earnest
ness added a good deal to the uneasy
feeling which mounted steadily, aboard
the yacht. for the fate Of the party that
In this uneasiness Tom himself had
manifested a share, although. he reiter-
ated his belief that the only living person
ashore, besides the members of their own
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expecting to find a tale of prehistoric
creatures. tree-dwelling man animals,
aboriginal ancestors of the present lords
of creation. will be disappointed. Posi-
bly, pleasantly so. This is more realistic
and diverting tale than If it dealt with
the unknowable past when humanity re-
manned close to the beast. 1t is an en-
tirely modern theme and decidedly novel.
young newspaper man who has been
sent to summer resort to solve myS-
FERROUS series of thefts finds himself dur
ing thunderstorm in a cave with young
woman of whose mental powers he soon
forms the highest esteem and Of whose
personal appearance he conceives a Wis
ion most attractive. A bargain is struck
between them to keep her. identity un-
known in order to give him an oppor-
tunity to practice his powers of discovery.
His quest for the true cave woman leads
into many complications which eliminate
in remarkable scene in the cave Of the
initial incident, in which the author dis
plays more ingenuity than knowledge OF
the traditions and practice of modern
journalism. An exceptionally good story
loses much of its point and force through
this concluding scene.
THE GARDEN AT 10. BY Edgar Jep-
son. author of admirable Tinker
etc. illustrated by H. r. Boehm.
New York: Vessels & Bissell Com
pany. Washington: Ballantyne &
Sons.
Mr.. Jepson has departed from his earli-
err field, in which he produced such de-
lightful books as Admirable Tinker and
Lady Noggs," and has produced a real
mystery story of the creepy kind, a
story of horror and uncanny communion
with the unseen. In the garden of 10,
which means No. 10 Walden road, weird
rites are performed by a band of stu
dents of the occult under the leadership of
a strange man. The young barrister who
buys the house next door is kept interested
from the beginning Of his tenancy. He
the garden across the wall. A beautiful
girl is there. and his task soon involves
the safeguarding of her from the malevo-
lent influences which gather about the
premises. Mr.. Jepson's reading of the oc-
cult literature has been evidently ex-
tensive, for he invests his fantasy with
a considerable force of plausibflity.
THE RUNNING FIGHT. BY William
Hamilton Osborne, author Of The
Red Mouse" illustrated by Harri-
son Fisher and George Brehm. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Washing
ton: Brentanos.
This is story Of money, Of money
power, Of money malevolence. 1t de-
scribes the prosecutions OF a plutocrat,
who has been engaged in questionable
ment of trust companies. Too complicat-
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| In this edition are repeated the features
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| the recent issues. the index by geograph-
ical divisions and the chapter on educa-
tional statistics, brought up to date OF
the 1856 individuals geographically men
toned in this volume the largest number,
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| next largest number, 1853, in Massachu-
sets. One hundred and forty-four were
born in the District of Columbia, but of
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located in this District.
MONTES THE MATADOR. and Other
Stories. BY Frank Harris. New
York: Mitchell Kennerley.
Frank Harris is taking high place among
the English writer's Of today through his
masterful welding of distinctly per-
sonal style. He writes directly, going
straight to his subject. In First Love
CA Confession,'' he offers an exceptional
bit of character outline. clear cut and
significant. The tale of Monies the
Matador'' suffers somewhat from being Of
fered through the medium Of a narrator.
1t is a remarkable tale of Spanish jeal-
ousy and revenge and reveals graphically
the inner life of the bull ring. Profit
and Loss" is a somewhat expanded mar
rative of business life in this country,
singularly located at Kansas City. 1t
discloses the true history Of successful
case of arson whereby a constituencies
merchant recoups his fortune. THE
! Interpreter is properly styled "A Mere
Episode" and is rather out of place in
this volume, through it's lack of pro-
portion. Sonia" is the strongest of the
tales. a story of Russian nihilism in
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! which a woman of wonderful quality

which a woman of wonderful quality
figures.
ANNE OF TREBOUL. BY Marie Louise
Goetchius. New York: The Century
Company.
In remarkable degree Mrs. Goetchius
weaves into the texture of her story OF
Brittany the quality of the sea, the toll
taking. greedy monster that lies in wait
for the men who go forth to wrest from
it hard-earned living. This is a story
of a great self-sacrifcing love. of a
great woman, far superior to her sur
roundings, much finer and nobler than
she realizes, and worthy Of the most per-
feet devotion. That sire should have suf-
fered through her affection first for. a
man. and then for her own son, follows
naturally. Anne's struggle to keep her
boy as her own was futile, for in the
boys veins ran the blood of the fisher
man. the sea lover, and as he went forth
with his father finally to take his place
IN the working world, to the mother love
came a new strength born of pride. This
is deeply stirring story. simply. arts
tically, wildly told, with sincerity in
every paragraph.
HAPPY ISLAND; A New Uncle Will.
liam" Story. BY Jeanette Lee
New York: The Century Company.
Those who know. Uncle William as
a result Of reading Mrs. Lees previous
volume will eagerly welcome this new
story of the island. To some extent II
is necessary, for the fullest enjoyment OF
the tale, to have read the initial book,
for there are references to the romance
which was set forth in that narrative
which the author, does not make fully
clear in this. But not even the lack OF
prior acquaintance can lessen the charm
of this sequel. in which lovable Uncle
William stands forth even more distinct
~ than before, with his wiles and strata
gems of match making, his kindly philos-
ophy, his unshakable optimism and his
the slow building of "Benjy's" new house
on the island, his tribulations with an
Imported contractor and the solution OF
his problem by a native product. Uncle
William is made happy by an opportuni-
ty to practice his matrimonial enterprise.
AS a. dig .'ession chapter ~ sets fOr.h
the manner in which this dear old law
dodger received the fish warden after
having partaken of lobster out of season.
After reading this story one feels q GER
tain measure of sympathy for the sum-
mer resort tourists who were prevented
from finding a lodging place upon this
truly happy island in consequence OF the
foresight Of seclusion-loving Uncle Will
liam and his dear friends.
THE CAVE-WOMAN. A Novel of To-
day. BY Viola Burhans. New York:
Henry Holt & Co.
The reader who takes up this volume
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merrily trilled Mrs. Robinson No 1.
Then it's not for my husband I'm sure.
McSwoopstown. did you say? Gracious
sakes alive. l wonder if that lovely place
is on the map?'
I'D be thankful IL you'd be good
enough refrain from paving over my
husbands MAIL" said Mrs. Robinson No
.. after the postman had handed the
letter-tO her. And as for your vulgar
Just at this point there was fierce in
terruption to the colloquy on the first
floor landing. Mrs. Robinson No. l had
left her fiat door open and so had Mrs.
Robinson No. .. The fox terrier came
shopping down the second-fioor stairs
just at that moment when the Boston bull
terrier emerged from the open door of
the firSt-foor fiat. AS soon as the bull
terrier saw the fox terrier he made two
jumps for 1t, landed on the fox terrier S
neck, and proceeded to lunch off him in a
manner that was sin and shame. The
two Mrs. RObinsons screamed. Mrs. Rob
inson No. /, the owner of the fox terrier.
shrilled so that the jantor was aroused
from his lair, while Mrs. Robinson No. ,,
the owner of the Boston bull. appeared to
be quite complainant, when she saw how
much the better of the argument her dog
was getting. The disguised janitor sepa-
rated the dogs and handed them over at
arms length to their respective owners.
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of fun and free play of humor, the
whole creates particular brand or pleas
ure comparable to that produced by but
one other woman writer of the modern
essay. Miss Bisand's Interpretation OF
Walt Whitman and her appreciation OIL
Edgar Allan Poe are especially valuable
and interesting in their bearing upon the
divided body of opinions concerning these
two American poets.
HALF IN EARNEST: The Story of a
Mans Love. BY Muriel Hine. New
York: John Lane Company.
While some men are cads and some
women fools, it is good, and fair as we'll,
to count each class as small and incon-
siderable. SO it seems rather pity to
use good time in spreading out on paper
the vagaries of this particular pair. The
story does, however, furnish another IL
lustratio of the truism that. so far as
the world goes, women pay all the moral
bill. compounded in usury at that. In
undertone it shows, too, that in character
growth or decadence the equities are bet
ter. more of a share and share alike.
London and Capri are the terminals OF
this tale the one for social and po-
litical uses, the other for amatory pur-
poses alone. The elderly student and
writer made a big mistake when he left
his Young and beautiful wife. good, too
Capri, while he went away to write I'M
important books about Spain. There was
a young Englishman also in Capri. The
subsequent proceedings were merely a
natural sequence, built upon the familiar
foundation of good intentions. The story
follows the dangerous course of this pair
up to the limit of total catastrophe for
one and easy absolution for the other
Barring a thin spot here and there in
the plot and an occasional lapse in the
use of the mother tongue it is a we'll
built, we'll written tale A certain oh
viousness of treatment moves the story
entirely out from subtle and conjectural
areas.
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA: A Bio
graphical Dictionary of Notable
Living Men and Women of the
United States. Vol. VI, 1910-1911.
Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis
Founded 1899 Revised and reissued
biennially. Chicago: A. N. Marquis
a. Co.
This, the sixth issue of who's Who in
America marks the'tenth anniversary of
the founding of the publication which has
been an unquestionable success from it's
inception. The growth of this work is an
evidence of the fact that it has adequate
~ met the American need. Starting in
1899 with 1,S7O pages, the work has grown
until it now contains 2,41S pages, COM
prising 1856 biographical sketches, an
increase of 1,151 since the publication of
volume five. This work comprises auto
matcally the following classes of citi-
zens: "All members of Congress: all gov
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party, was the half-crazed stranger who
had come into camp just as he had been
leaving it.
For all that. he spent a good part of
the day sweeping the land. or as much
of it as he could see, with a powerful
glass. But for all he saw, or any one
else. during the long hours of that day.
there might not have been a human be-
ing, except those on the yacht. nearer
than Point Barrow There was neither
CLINT of Cayieys bright wings high up
in the cloudless arctic sky.
So utterly deserted did the land ap-
pear, SO impossible was it to believe that
their unsuccessful attempt to recover the
body of Hunter. old Mr. Fanshaw and
Scales, the first officer. took Jeanne
ashore in one of the boats for an ex-
ploration Of the beach and Of the cluster
of empty, half-buried huts that stood
the yacht about an hour
BY 4 o'clock, however, they had decided.
that. whether or not the sky-man's story
might be true, 1t was high time to send
relief party ashore to find the lost
ones. There was a good deal of neces-
sary consultation about who should go.
Clearly 1t would be folly to send a party
Of three or four on such q mission. They
must carry. in the first place. rations suf-
ficient not only for themselves. but for
be strong enough. in the second place.
to overcome this mysterious. unknown
band of refugees, supposing such a band
to exist. To form such q party would
take practically every able-bodied man
remaining on the yacht. and there was,
naturally, some demur to this
But Tom settled the matter. Il can't
go ashore on account of this COMPOUNDED
ankle, and jeanne of course, will stay
here, too. But everybody else can GO
Jeanne and 1 are enough to defend the
yacht Even supposing there was a
party Of twelve murderous ruffians ashore
there. armed with darts and throwing
sticks. they can't get aboard the yacht
without putting off in boats. She's as
good a shot as ! am. Well keep a brisk
lookout and If we see any piratical ex
petition setting out to capture us. we
will be able to account for the whole lot
of them before they can hope to reach
the Aurora's side"
That's all right while the light holds
out" his father assented, somewhat dubi-
ously but suppose we don't get back
until after dark-it's likely enough We
We'll, we've searchlight. haven't
WEI" said Tom. Besides. nobody but
Jeanne has the slightest idea that there's
any one within five hundred miles of us
who wishes US harm. There are only
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you touch a man like that? Can you be-
leye the lies" but there, with a per-
emptory gesture. his father silenced him.
But even he exclaimed at the girls
next action. for she stopped, picked up
the blood-stained dart which lay at
Philip Cayley's feet, and handed it to
him. Throw it away, please" she said,
overheard and as far as you can"
Even before the other men cried out at
bis doing the thing she had asked him to-
he hesitated and looked at her in some
surprise.
DO it. please she commanded; 81
ask it seriously"
Tom Fanshaw started out of his chair;
then. as an intolerable twinge from his
ankle stopped him, he dropped back
again. His father moved quickly for.
ward, too. but checked himself, the sur
prise in his face giving way to curiosity
AS general thing Jeanne Fielding knew
! what she was about.
Philip Cayley took the dart and threw
it far out into the water.
There was one more surprise in store
for the two Fanshaws When Cayley
without a glance toward either of them
walked out on the upper landing of the
accommodation ladder, the girl accom-.
panied him, and, side by side with him
descended the little stairway, at whose
foot the dinghy waited.
You are still determined on that reso-
luton Of yours. are you, to abandon us
all for the second time-all humankind.
mean? This latter accusation against
you was so easily disproved.''
"Disproved?" he questioned THAT
beautiful faith of yours can't be called
proof
II mean just what l said-disproved
They shall admit 1t when I go back on
deck. Won't you-won't you give us q
chance to disbelieve the old story, too?''
II can never explain that now" he
said: "can never lay that phantom, never
in the world"
Il am sorry" she said, holding out her
hand to him. II wish you'd give us q
chance. Goodbye"
This time he took the hand. bowed over
it and pressed it lightly to his lips Then
without any other farewell than that, he
dropped down to the dinghy and was
rowed back to the flOe-back to his wings
When she returned to the deck she
found that Mr.. Fanshaw had gone around
to the other side Of it to see the sky-man
take to the air.
But Tom sat rigid where he was For
the first time that she could remember
he was regarding her with open anger. Il
knew he said, that you never liked
Hunter, though l never could see why
you should dislike him: and it didn't
take two minutes to see that this man
Cayley. with his wings and his romance,
had fascinated you. But in spite Of that,