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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-07-07
SYNOPSIS.

Philip Cayley, accused of a crime OF
|hich he is not guilty. resigns from the
Fmy in disgrace and his affection TOR
Is friend, Lieut.. Perry Hunter, turns 70
erfects a flying machine. While soaring
Ter the Arctic regions, he picks up
nriously shaped stick he had seen In the
Bsassn's hand. Mounting again. he us
evers yacht anchored In the bay. De
lending near the steamer. he meets
|rl on an ice foe. He learns that the
|rFs name is Jeanne Fielding and that
.e, yacht has come north to seek signs
kplorer. A party from the yacht Is ma
Pc search ashore. After Cayley departs
Ranne finds that he had dropped a GU
2usly-shaped stick. Captain Planck ana
E surviving crew Of his wrecked whaler
|Rn named Roscoe. had murdered Fieldins
q d his two companions. after the. ex-
prer had revealed the location Of an
aormous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
pr command of the party. It develops
'at the ruffian had committed the muir
r witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
capture the yacht and escape with
8 load Of gold. Jeanne tells FanshaW.
Rner Of the yacht. about the visit Of the
lyman and shows him the stick left By
tyiey. Fanshaw declares that 1t Is an
Fklmo throwing stick. used to shoot
pits Tom Fanshaw returns from the
|a arc, 73;, party with sprained ankle;
| ,yviey is accused of the crime but Jeanne
fheVes him innocent. A relief party goes
ma the searchers. Tom processes his
Re for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
PIERS an abandoned hut, and there finds
er fathers diary. which discloses the eX-
|orers suspicion of Roscoe. The ruff
n returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
is intent on murder. when the sky
P0 sWoops down and the ruffian fees.
Hanne, gives Cayley her fathers diary
read The yacht disappears and Ros-
les plans to capture it are revealed.
eanne's only hope Is in Cayley. The
|rlousness of their situation becomes ap-
rent TO Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
\ kills polar bear. Next he finds a
Pc to the hiding place of the stores.
Pscoe is about to attack the girl when
is sent fleeing in terror by the sight
the skyman swooping down Measures
|e taken to fortify the hut. Cayley kills
wounded polar bear and receives the
|St lntimation that Roscoe possesses
fearms. A assure In the Ice yields up
Nnter's body and Roscoe. finding it, re-
pyes the dead mans rifle. He discovers
lat Cayley Is a human being and not
1lr1t The ruffian Is baffled in his plan
murder Cayley when the latter and
eanne take refuge in the cave where a
Flous storm keeps them imprisoned.
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Sortie.

SOFIie.
But that did not happen, and a
sudden instinct that something must
have gone wrong reached her, with al
most the force of a spoken word.
What is it? What's happened.
Philip" she asked, as she turned.
He did not answer at once. He was
bending over the hole formed by the
top of the ice chimney and rather de-
liberately replacing the wooden cover
upon it, When he did straighten up
at last, and she saw his face, she
knew her instinct had not lied to her.
Its rather a queer thing for us to
have forgotten" he said, after all
of him, and after the last thing he did
to u.s. But we had forgotten him
Roscoe, you know-and now he has
stolen a march on us.
She looked at him in a sort of won
der.
ut is true she said. I'VE had for
gotten Those days when we lived
in the hut seemed almost as far away
from us UP here as the rest of the
world seemed then. :" She made
a little pause there, then reused her
self What is it that he has done.
Philip"
"He has found our stores down be-
low here. He has taken everything
made perfectly clean sweep"
There was little silence after that.
Before she spoke again she came over
to him and kissed him. There was
grave sort of smile on her face when
she said:
well, is there anything we must
do?"
his doesn't end the game. 1t only be-
gins a new one. Really, l think, the
odds are more in our favor this time
than they were before, only this time
we shall have to move quickly. /
would have followed him up at once,
without coming back here, only /
didn't have" He stopped rather
short
"Of course she said, you hadn't
the revolver"
That wasn't what | wanted; |
wanted my wings. Now I've got back
to them I must start at once
She uttered little cry of protest at
that
Cant you-can't you wait little
a few hours? Life has only just be-
gun for me-for us-with what you
told me just now"
He let moment go by in thought
full silence, before he answered.
No. he said, at last, its got to
be settled now, before another moon
rise. The light is all in his favor. the
darkness in mine. If can find him
now, think / can kill him. Now /
think it over. It seems to me likely
he doesn't suspect we are alive at
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She caught her breath IN a great
sob. Turning a little. she clasped her
own young arms around his neck and
held him tight
1t was long time after that be-
fore either of them spoke. Finally.
Jeanne asked question
But, why" her voice broke in an
unsteady little laugh, 'bCt why do you
ask to be forgiven? You told me the
very first day, the day we found the
yacht had gone, that you-loved me.
That's why l allowed you to stay"
YES, but there's an infinity of ways
of loving, Jeanne, dear. / had a right
to love the soul of you. for that was
what had given me my own soul back
and my power of loving. But we set
out to live through this winter In the
hope OF rescue, the hope that when
another day came it would bring
ship to take you back into your own
real world. l couldn't go back with
you, you know, / a man with stain
upon him. Since that was so. hadn't
any right to love you this-other way.
wonder If you understand, even now.
love all Of you; from the crown of
glory you wear, down to the print
your boot has left in the snow. love
your lashes, your wistful lips. The
touch of anything that is warm with
your hands can thrill me. And as for
the hands themselves-oh, can't
make you understand"
Yes she said very softly, Il un-
derstand. now"
"And yet he began after awhile,
II haven't any right, when | must give
you up some day =
She laid her fingers on his lips.
We'll not talk of rights" she said.
Not now, not tonight. But there's
something more to say Philip, it
wasn't the sight of the ship there
against the moon that made me think
l wanted 1t all to end. That was the
excuse l made to myself, but it was
only an excuse The real despair
came when l saw you flying, saw hoE
gloriously free you were up there, an'
thought i wasn't love that kept yot
here beside me, but only pity Well,
a sort Of love, perhaps, but not what
wanted. aot what l felt for you. I'd
seen you draw away when I touched
you"
She heard G sound in his throat
that might have been sob, though it
seemed meant for a laugh, and she
felt his arms tighten about her with
a sudden passion that almost hurt. So
she said no more, just kissed him and
lay still.
1t was a good while after that that
she made move to release herself.
Let me go now" she said, land I'll
get you some supper, or breakfast, or
whatever we decide to call it-only
you'll have to go down into the ice
cave to get some more supplies We've
nothing much left up here"
She dropped down on heap OF
bear-sKins before the open door, and
sat gazing out at the black velvety
patch of sky which capped the snow
tunnel Even when she heard Cayley
coming back UP the ice chimney she
did not Immediately turn to look at
him. 1t was, in way, a sort Of lux
ury not to- to think that If she waited
she would presently hear his step
come nearer and feel his hands upon
her shoulders.
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above the crest He hardly expected
a glimpse of Roscoe so soon, having
no reason to think he would be here,
but he began scanning the earth's sur
lace closely with the idea of accustom-
ing his eyes to the light and the dis
lance. Yet it was not his eyes, but
his sensitive nostrils which gave him
his first hint of the probable where
about of the man he was looking for.
The frozen air which he had been
drawing deep into his lungs was odor-
less. save for the family acrid sugges-
ton of ozone about it-a thing, by the
way, which he was puzzled to account
for unless it presaged some titanic
electrical display in the sky.
But the odor which now invaded his
fastidious nostrils automatically
checked his flight. He tilted back his
planes and his momentum sent him
towering almost vertically aloft He
did not analyze it-not that first in
slant but his sensation was the same
one that makes a dog suddenly throw
up it's head and snarl, bristling.
It a moment he knew that it was
smoke, the smoke Of no clean, spar
king wood fire, but Of smouldering
bones and the flesh of some animal.
Slowly he began to descend in the
sweeping circles of great spiral, con-
stantly searching with an eagerness.
which amounted almost to an agony
for the point Of angry red which would
tell him where his enemy was to be
found. He had no doubt at all that
his enemy was there. The man who
had laid that fire was likely to be
sleeping beside it,
He was within 20 feet Of the Level
of the ice before his little mirror OF
concave silver caught the CLEAN or
red that he was looking for
He threw his head back shaSply and
gazed at it. He could not see the ire
itself-that must be hidden behind the
great rock which almost blocked the
entrance to what must be the cave.
The CLEAN he had caught in his
mirror had been reflected in turn
from the cleaning surface of mass
of ice little farther out.
He slanted away again. searching
now FOR level place to alight, found
it within 100 yards of the cave-mouth,
circled once completely round, to
make sure that he could not be sur
prised in the act of getting clear OF
his wings, and moment later came
down soundlessly, except with a faint
slither of his planes, upon the Ice.
He bounded almost instantly to his
feet. slipped his knife out of his belt
and held the heft of it between his
teeth while he furled his planes. That
done, he deposited the bundle in the
angle of projecting rock, and stealth
lily made his way toward the cave
mouth.
At the very edge of the shelter az
forded by the rock he paused for an
instant; then, with every nerve tuned
to the highest pitch-with every mus
Gle in a state of supple relaxation, yet
instantly ready for any demand that
might be made upon it-he stepped
round the corner and into the mouth
of the cave.
(ro BE coNTINUEDo
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ALL The Walrus people nevec dis
covered the ice chimney nor the riot
house. That's perfectly clear. If they
had they would have rif1ed it long
ago.
when finish, I'll come back to
you ] don't think l shall be gone
very long. You aren't to be afraid for
me, and you can trust me to be care
full I know have your life in my
hands as we'll as my own. Your part
is harder than mine; l quite under
stand that You must be keeping
watch every second. If he eludes me
and comes here, you must shoot him,
without word or warning. Shoot to
kill"
But sha'n't have the revolver
There was an electric moment of
silence between them, while she gazed
into his face, Mortified at the meaning
she read there.
You didn't mean that. Philip,
Philip-you can't mean that. And
leave you to face that monster un-
armed"
Il shall have the only weapon that
will be of any service to me, my knife.
It's got to be done at close quarters.
l couldn't possibly shoot him from the
air. But If l can alight near him and
come up within striking distance he
will have no chance with me, not with
all his strength"
NO" she said, resolutely, Il won't
let you go. Not that way
Listen, Jeanne. If l can find him,
/ can kill him. Do you know what the
movements of ordinary men, even I'M
usually quick men, look like to me?
Like the motions of marionettes. The
only chance Roscoe has against me is
his rife He could do that whether
| had a revolver Or not. And if he did,
if he killed me and had the revolver,
then-well, then he would come here
and find you-defenseless. Don't you
see? I couldn't take the revolver.
should be unnerved with terror from
the moment l left you"
With a sob she clasped her arms
about his neck and held him tight.
Then, in tragic submission, they
dropped away.
Without saying anything more, Cay
ley blew out the candle, opened the
door into the tunnel and took up his
furled wings. With trembling hands
she helped him spread them and draw
them taut.
AS he adjusted the straps across his
shoulders, he felt her hands again,
upon his head, felt them clasp behind
his neck.
"Goodby," she said.
He was trembling all over, as her
hands were, but it was not with fear.
II shall come back safe," he said.
Nothing can harm me tonight"
He pulled her up close in his en-
folding arms and kissed her mouth.
In an instant he turned and dived of
the cliff-head into the night.
He headed up into the wind, and
hung for a moment soaring upon a
fairly steady current of air that
poured along parallel to the cliff.
When he reached the glacier he
checked his speed a little and
slanted down to an altitude of not
more than two or three hundred feet
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CHAPTER xX.-Continued.

He made his dive as shallow as pos
pie, and in the sheer exuberance of
Plight at being once more awning, he
PAT his way aloft again by main
krength, towering like a falcon. All
Is old power was here unYmpalred,
F. every sensation it brought him
Pas heightened and make thrilling by
Rng disuse. By means Of those great,
Pedient wings of his he played upon
Re capricious, vagrant air with the
Rpero insolence Of mastery. Every
@ck of flight was at his command,
se flashing dive of the piratical frig-
Rte bird, the corkscrew spiral of the
arn, the plummet-like pounce of the
%"K, and, at last, the majestic, soar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
OUTING OF GOLDEN CROSS
Standard Commandery Plans Trip ia
Laurel Next Month.

Standard Commandery. United Order OF
the Golden Cross. held a meeting last
night at $50 Kentucky avenue southeast,
1t being In the nature Of a reunion. as
the entire membership was invited to be
present.
All the grand officers and the deputy
grand commanders from ten command
cries were present After the business
meeting social hour was spent in
terspersed with music. Refreshments
were served.
Grand Commander Fowler has appoint
ed committee to select prizes for the
commandery whose officers render the
rituaistic work best at competition
next fall Prizes also will be awarded
for best attendance and largest increa Sc
in membership trolley ride and sup
per will be given Saturday evening, July
IL. Special cars will leave 10Th and G
streets northwest at $50 pm, and pro-
coed to Laurel. where supper will be
served. After supper there will be a
dance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
PLAN CELEBRATION JULY 4.
Colored Churches to Observe Signing
of Declaration of Independence.

Plans We're outlined at meeting last
evening AT the Cosmopolitan Temple
Baptist Church, y street between 9th
and 10th streets northwest. for the cele-
hration II the 135th anniversary of the
signing uf the Declaration OF Jndepend-
enoe July ! next, ny the colored churches
uf Washington.
u Is planned 10 have the celebrat ton
commence with a street parade by the
colored sunday schools and 1st Separate
Battalion, =. &. y. c.. at II O'Clock
from the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist
Church. All of the churches Sunday
schools. clubs and societies will be in
Nlted to take part in the celebration.
The Frederick Brass Band and the Ma
tional Brass Band will be asked to lead
the parade.
~ Z pm. mass meeting will be held
Tor the purpose Of completing the list
or siSnets ~ the petitions asking Presi-
den. TAFT to commute the sentence OF
Matte T.. LomaX 10 life imprisonment
Representative caleb Powers of Ken
tdcky Will be- the principal speaker
AZ nm. a mass meeting will be held
~ which the principal speakers will be
Senator Moses +. Clapp OF Minnesota and
Senator William L. Borah Of Idaho.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
TO WARN MERCHANTS
System to Notify Them of Nearby
Fires to Be Worked Out.

system that will give timely warning
AZ night by telephone to merchants of
ths outbreak of fire in the vicinity of their
stores is being worked out. according to
report made to the Retail Merchants
Association by Secretary George Gall at
ne regular monthly meeting of that or
ganization at the Chamber of Commerce
asst night.
\ list OF charities considered worthy
and approved by the Associated Charities
and board of governors of the Retail
Merchants Association will be sent out
- the members Of the association at once,
II was announced. Donations may be
made 10 any of these charities without
violating the sections of the bylaws gov
CrunG contributions.
The association adopted resolution
recommending that merchants close their
stores all day July and that the usual
hour of closing he observed on the night
before that date.
X was decided 10 suspend the regular
monthly meetings OF the association dur
NJ July and August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
GOVERNOR AT EVANSVILLE.
1nspects Roads and Is Luncheon
Guest of Robert w. Wells.
pecial Correspondence of The Star

Spec1ai Correspondence or The Star.
HYATTsvILLE. June %. 1911.
Gov. Crothers of Maryland. accompanied
by Chairman Tucker Of the state road
commission. came here yesterday and, as
the guest Of Robert w Wells, made an
inspection OF the highways in various
sections OF Prince Georges county
AS the prime mover in the establishment
of department Of good roads In the
state and the securing of an appropria-
ton Of 5000. 600 to construct permanent
highways. Gov. Crothers has recently
made a tour of the southern Maryland
counties, Prince Georges being about the
last in his itinerary.
He examined the grade crossing at
Maryland and Johnson avenues here, over
which It Is proposed to construct the
Washingt Baltimore boulevard.
The Baltimore and Ohio. Chesapeake
Beach and City and Suburban (electric)
railways cross at this point. and the gov
ernor expressed the opinion that the cross
ing was about as dangerous as any he
had seen In the state. He also went over
the state road between Washington and
Beitsville. and found portions Of the road
in very bad shape.
Mr. Wells entertained the governor and
a party Of friends at luncheon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
PRESENT RIP VAN WINKLE. ;
Cast of 385 Pupils of St. Dominic s
School.

~ the closing exercises OF ST Dominic
School last evening every ore Of the
50 pupils took part in the production Of
an adaptation OF RIP Van Wrinkle" The
principal parts were taken by William
Buckley. Francis WEIGH. Charles Brown
William Wright. Elizabeth Berens. Joseph
Purks, Joseph Fitzgerald, Nellie Brod-
crick, Joseph Marsden. Andrew Schatz,
Agnes Regain. Daphne Hopkins and John
Dyer.
Miss Louise Repetti was the pianist;
Miss lillian Milovich. violinist, and Miss
Gertrude Eichhorn, celist.
Following the entertainment. Rev. j. r.
Niea gher, rector Of 81. Dominica Church,
made Il brief address and presented
Al diplomas To the eleven graduates: Miss
Elizabeth Berens, Miss Nellie Broderick.
Miss Mary Brown. Miss Daphne Hopkins,
Miss Agnes Regain. Miss Abbie Riordan.
Miss Elite O'Connor. Eugene Lston.
William Wright, Allen Murdoch and
Clarence Schatz-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
ARTHUR c. MOSES HEADS
DISTRICT BOY SCOUTS
E. S. Martin, New Head Of
Fairgrounds, Made Secre-
tary-Other Officers.

Officers for tie Boy Scouts of the Dis
trct were chosen at a meeting a the
New Willard last evening. Arthur G.
Moses heading the list as president. Com
missioner Cuno II. Rudolph was made
first vice president. Henry T. Blair second
vice president Colin H. Livingstone, third
and Paul Dulaney treasurer. Mr.. Martin
is the new supervisor of Fairgrounds of
the District of Columbia. He will be
paid a salary of s1,NN year as secretary
of the Boy Scouts organization. The
executive committee is made up Of Mil
ton E. Allies. Stephen E. Kramer, A. NJ
Chesley, Henry l.. West, Rabbi Louis
Stern, Judge w. II. De Lacy and James
e. West.
According to the plans outlined. it is
expected that $500 will be raised by
subscription from the business men of the
District. the subscription list being started
at the opening meeting and $50 being
raised Messrs. Moses and Livingstone
headed the list with subscriptions of 800
ach. Others were Henry p. Blair. so.
James f. West, 81: ii. \. South $40.
Judge De Lacy $40: Fred G. Coldren.
$40; Eugene Stevens, $40: w S. Small,
$; J. J. Butler, s.; NJ. J. Jones. 50; DR..
Waring, -; c. F. Bowerman, 50, Rabbi
Louis Stern, s.. and S. +. Kramer, s..
Select Committees.
Two committees were named-on con-
stitution. to be made up of II. =. Blair,
A. NJ. Chesley and Judge De Lacy, and on
finance. composed of II. L. West, James
T.. West. Paul Dulaney, S. +. Kramer and
Rabbi Stern.
1t Is pointed out that there are 80
Boy Scouts in the District organized, di-
vided into seventeen camps. The move
! ment has received support in many quar-
tiers. and it is expected that shortly the
number will be largely increased.
In few days it is expected that an
organization of 100 prominent men of the
District, to have entire charge of the
movement here, will be effected.
President Taft is honorary president of
the National Boy Scouts, Col Theodore
Roosevelt. honorary vice president; c. II
Livingstone, president. and James E.
West executive secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
SUNDAY SALE OF LIQUOR.
Mrs. Carroll Says Druggists Violate
Excise Law.

That the excise laws are being violated
Is druggists in different parts of the city
~ the sale Of liquor Sunday was the
charge made by Mrs, Mary L. Carroll. a
trained nurse. before the meeting of the
= oman Christian Temperance Union
yesterday. at 80 eth street northwest
and as a result an investigation is to be
rlade by tic organization, with the as
sistance Of committees representing the
Good Tcmplars and the Rechabites.
Mrs, Carroll bases her charges on what
she calls indiSputable evidence acquired
b. personal observation in her profess
sional capacity. The practice is made
the more dangerous. according to Mrs
txTroll, because il paveS the way for the
sale of drugs prohibited by law Should
Investigation SiIbSt anSiate the cha rges
active steps will he taken 10 suppress
the evil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
WILL NOT PROBE ACCIDENT.
No One Injured in Fall of Elevator
at Bureau of Fisheries.

There will be no official investigation
into the cause of the fall of a freight
elevator at the bureau of fisheries yes
tei day afternoon. according to an an
nouncement made al the bureau today.
u was stated the accident was due to
the elevator having been overloaded. re-
silting in the safety catches giving way.
only slight damage was done TO the
platform 81 the elevator.
That the accident did not result seri-
uusly was due 10 the fact that the two
lahorerS who were placing mail bags CT,
the elevator were not on the platform
when the catches broke. The elevator
fell from the third floor TO the basement,
producing such a crash that employees IN
the building ran into the corridors TO
learn the cause of the trouble. There
were fifteen mail bags on the ele-
Nator weighing approximately eighty-fve
rounds each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
Virginia Tourists Here.

\ personally conducted excursion train
from Lynchburg, Va, which arrived In
the city yesterday afternoon brought
about 800 people from that place and in
termediate points. Among the patrons OF
the excursion were members of the Cen
tenary Sunday School of Lynchburg
The train returns at ; O'Clock this after
noon. The Virginians have been hustlfng
around Washington since their ARRIVAL
visiting points of interest.