The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
THE SKY-MAN
BY -at 80 vs.
HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER
Author (csth Samuel Msvein) Of Calumet .'K''
!, Copyright 1910 by The Century Company. :.

, with him; when his plans succeeded
! beyond his hopes for them. He, had
expected To lose man or two in get
! ting possession of the yacht, yet they
+, had gone off and left 1t, apparently.
! In the cole charge of the one disabled
| member Of thet, party and. then. he
had not expected that the relief would
/ have set out SO soon: he had counted
4 on having to wait twanty-four hours
more before the field should clear IT,
self for his operations. and those
| twenty-four hours would have been
frausht with perils
Now that he war i'll possession OF
/ the yacht--aow that al, the geld, ex-
cept what three or four mere boats
could carry, was transferred safely
to the between deck space beneath
the rtle-baek--noN that the smoke
was pouring ont of the Auroras fun
nels and the steam rising in her pres
sure gauge, ne fell to wondering just
! what sort OF trap that the, devil was
Batting for him. with this unbroken
train OF successes.
When. With the arrival of another
I boat from the shore, one of the great
golden siabs It brought went over
, board as they were i,rtfng it up Oh
deck he astonished the boats crew
Never mind, boys" he said; we've
I got plenty without that. Come!
! Look alive with the rest OF it,
| For now his mind was at ease again.
/ The ''hoodeo," az he would have cali
ed ii. OF too complete success was
1 broken 10y this trifiing mischief.
1 In reality. this primitive religion.
which was ali he had. WAS satisfied.
He had performed II sacrifice, rnvoi
untary. as such sacrifices must be.
( to the envious devil which served hini
for god II occurred to him after
II happened that perhaps Miguel
would count for Il sacrifice, too. Tor
he had not come back. But. then,
not sven an entious devil of goo
could think that Miguel was worth
much.
lie watched, through the feE. the
successive arrival Of the other boags.
bringing the last OF the treasure with
them.
We've got II all Roscoe. unless you
want them barrels ef whale ell"
man In the last boa, sang out as they
came alongside.
Wen leave them te LAY for this
nickel plated ship, Roscoe answered.
Gene Look alive and get aboard
Wen be ready TO start as soon as xe
can set a little daylight"
( lie looked them over, numbered
them as II they had been so many
| sheep, noted that they were hil here
except poor Miguel Planek ana
Schwartz were down toiling at the
boilers.
Stay here Til come back. he
commanded I'M gong below to see
that everything's slowed all right.
When come back | want to talk to
YOU.
He disappeared Down the after
hatehway. switched on light anc
| INDUCED In long. satisfied look a,
the great masses OF precious metal
which were stacked according to his
. directions. in the strong-room.
+ lila purpose in coming down here
was three-fsid He meant to see that
the gold Was slowed correctly and ne
meant to lock the room UP. SO that
It's precious contents would not be
tampered with. and bring the key
away with him. He Wa, n@s afraid
that any OF his crew would try To
steal II. but he thought the moral
effect OF having IL locked away where
IL was inaccessible To them. and Of
mis- keeping the key in his own pos.
sesstn would be a help in maintaining
his prestige as commander. They
knew the sea better than he did. Just
2
rock 1t was necessary To do Some
thing to bolster up his position as
chief OF the party and keep il above
dispute. He did not want To have
to XIII any Of them yet The Aurora
wouid be short handed enough as II
Mas.
But there WIS on more reason fer
that hurried trip 10 the strong room.
He wanted to he sure that a certain
with the treasure and what few stores
they were taking away with them
That little box had occupied much
OF his leisure SINCE the day when he
had murdered the owner of il. He
had some times wished that when IL
same inte his hands that day he had
Yielded 10 his f4rs. iaipEase 80 shatter
IL. fer the thing hnd always Knocked
hifa---coqusttsd VITA him. D.
ITO ie C1ntinued.)