Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-05
C1pyrlght 1910. by The Cuntury W.
Copyright 1910, BY The hueceas 20.
SYNOPSIS,


CHAPTER Phillip Cayloy accused oi
crime Of which he is not guilty resigns
from lho army IN disgrace, his affection for
his intimate friend Lieut.. Perry Hunter
turned to hatred. Cayley seeks solitude
whore he porBcts q flying machut consist
Ing Of pair VI great wiugl whose motive
force is the muscular power Of his own body
While soaring over the Arctic regions, he
picks up q curi0usly bhaped stick he had
seen In the assassn's hand. Mounting again
be discovers yacht anchored In the bay
Descending near the steamer, he meets o girl
on an ice foe,
CHAPTER II-He learns that the girl q
name Is Jeanne Fielding and that the yacht
has come north to seek signs Of her father
Captain Fielding an arctic explorer party
from the yacht Is making a search ashore
He volunteers to make search Of the land
After he departs Jeanne finds that Caylcy
had dropped curiously shaped stick.
CHAPTER III-Unknown 20 those on the
yacht, Captain Planck and the surviving
crew Of his wrecked whaler are In hiding On
the coast. A giant rufian named Roscoe a
member Of the crew, had murdered Fielding
and his two companions, after the explorer
had revealed the location Of an enormous
ledge Of pure gold. Roscoe then took com
mand Of the party and at the approach Of
the steamer and removed all signs Of habi-
tstion II develops that the rulian had com
mitted the murder witnessed by Cayley
Roscoe plans TO capture the yacht and es.
cape with big load OF gold,
CHAPTER " Jeanne tells her guard
ian, Mr. Fanshaw, owner Of the yacht
about the visit Of the skyman and shows
him the stick left by Cayey as proof that
u was not dream. FGnshaw declares that
II is an Eskimo throwing stick, used TO
shoot darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party with a sprained ankle. Tom
tells eHnne Of Cayley's disgrace. Perry
Hunter is found murdered
CHAPTER Y.-Cayley the sky man, visits
The yntch lie Is accused of the murder Of
Hunter. and the throwing stick is produced
as evidence against him. lie denies the
charge and tells Of seeing group Of men
with Hunter when he was slain. Jeanne
. assures Cayley Of her faith in him, having
discovered that the throwing was made
for a lefthanded man, while the skym"o
CHAPTER VIA relief party is sent
ashore to find the searchers Tom pro-
fessos his love for eanne, aiter quarrel
with her over the sky.man. Jeanne Is
shocked at the revelation, as she had al.
ways regardd Tom as a brother Later Tom
searches for Jeanne, and finds her missing
from the yatch, Roscoe and his gang board
the yatch and Tom Is knocked scnsolew.
CHAPTER NIL-JeGnne rows ashore IN
n small boat She onters an abandoned hut
and there finds evidence Of us previous oc'
cupancy by her father In rosewood box
Jeanne finds her fathers diary. In the last
entry the. explorer says that he fears Bos'
eOo intendg 20 XIII him.
CHAPTER VtII.-Roscoe and his men
stow the slabs Of gold away in the y0tch,
Th mffian Is enragcd because supersu
tious sailors refuse 10 return for the rose
wood box, and Roscoe goes himself uy
secs Jeanne poring over her fathers dairy,
and thinks he sees ghost Jeanne leaves
the hut and Roscoe starts for her, intcO'
on murder when the sky.man swoops down
aud the ruffian fees In terror. He hears
shots from the Aurora.
CHAPTER IX,-Caylcy and Jeanne ais,
= hear the shots Jeanne's boat IS missing
They return 10 the hut to pass the night
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary tC
read.
CHAPTER X.-Next morning they hnt
that the yacht has disappeared,
CHAPTER XI.-Captain Warner Of the
Aurora declares to Fanshaw and his sor
that It Is impossible TO return for Jeanne
that the vessel would be crushed by the
ice foes. Dying, Captain Planck tells o
Roscoe's plans TO capture the yacht. IN,
ruffian's presence ON the shore adds tC
Fanshaw's anxiety about Jeanne Tho only
ray Of hope is that Cayley is with her.