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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17
CHAPTER XVII


Cayiey's discovery of the tracks fur
nished the last element of the drama
which was to play itself out that win
ter upon this stage which had been
so strangely set for IT. 1t was just
three days since, flying slowly north
ward before q mild southeriy breeze.
the ice pack below him, he caught his
first glimpse OF the unknown land
where Captain Fielding had met his
tragic fate so many years before Three
days since he had Witnessed, from
aloft, the murder of q man he might
have saved. the man TO whom. had
he saved him, he might have turned
for exoneration from a stain upon his
name which was now ineradicable-
Three days ago be had thought his
world was empty. swept clean Of hui
Three days ago he had not known that
Jeanne Fielding existed
AS for the identity OF the monster
who had left the proof of his existence
in those tracks which Philip had dis
covered in the snow, they of course
had no certain knowledge; neverthe-
less, they entertained but little doubt
that he was Roscoe himself The foot
prints were immense, Cayiey said, and
their distance apart bespoke the stride
of q giant
II 1t were Roscoe who had been
crouchirg there behind the boulder,
then it seemed to them unlikely that
he was here alone; unlikely that ne
had not at least two or three OF his
crew with him
That idea, when It first occurred to
them, brought little added terror with
it The person OF the monstrous muir
derous rufian. who was the chief,
dw1rfed his subordinates to pygmies-
Yet when they came TO think over the
situation. reasonably, this uncertainty
as to the number Of their enemy
proved a vital element In it 1t put
an unequivocal veto upon Cayley's
first plan, which was to start out at
once and take the aggressive against
their enemy. before he should have
time TO move against them
This bit OF beach where the hut
stood was practically fortified The
cliff behind 1t was absolutely sheer,
and was capped with deep, perpetual
snow. Half mile TO the westward
was the promortory. and about half
a mile up the beach from the hut 10
the eastward, the glacier projected
its Ice masses in a long foe out to
seaward This glacier provided the
only practicable means OF entrance to
the interior valley and the ledge
where the gold was.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17

long dead She was alive warm IA
was near enough now to make rat the
soft curve OF her throat. the retreat
ing and returning color which bathed
cheeks and forehead. He could see
the faint rise and fall Of her breast
when che breathed. He laid the throw
ing-stick upon the ice. drew nerves
and muscles taut for his rusn,
Then, Just then, he saw the thing
that made Jeanne close her eyes, the
flashing sword-cut OF that great gold
en- wing, as the thing 1t bore turned
upon the other.
Roscoe dropped down, as II he had
been blasted By the sight OF sword
ed archangel. in the shelter Of his
his head In his arms. He did not
rouse himself, did not succeed in fore
ing his treacherous nerves and mus
cIes to obey his viii until it was quite
dark Then, without glance behind
him. he arose and began scrambiiDg
madly up the broken face Of the talus,
and. reaching the top Of It. went on
and scaled the chn Itself. It was
feat which even he could hardly have
accomplished except under the ex-
uemity Of terror.
For only SO long as was necessary
to regain his breath. he lay painting
upon the cIin-head- In the dark. rush
ing along az II the precipitous trail he
followed had been well-worn thor
oughfare, be retraced his way down
the Iandward side Of the mountain
and across the valley. He did not
pause until be found himself safe In
the cave again beside the glacier.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17
SYNOPSIS.

Philip Cayley. accused Of crime OF
which he Is not guilty, resigns from the
army Ia disgrace and his affection Tor
bis friend. Lieut. Perry HunteT, turns TO
hatred Cay!ey seeks solitude. where ne
peffects flying machine While soaring
over the Arctic regions. he. picks up
curfousiy shaped stick he had seen In the
assassin's hand Mounting again, ne dis
covers a yacht anchored in the bay. De-
scending near tho steamer ne meeu
girls name IL Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north TO seek signs
of her father. Captain Fielding, an arctic
king search ashore. After CayIey departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped Gu.
riously shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew OF his wrecked wnsler
are In hiding on the coast A giant ruff
1an named Roscoe. had murdered Field
ing and his two companions, after the ex-
plorer had revealed the location OF an
enormous ledge of pure gold Roscoe then
took command of the party 1t develops
that the rufflen had committed the muir
der witnessed by Cayiey. Roscoe plans
TO capture the yacht and escape with a
big load Of gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw.
owner OF the yacht. about the visit OF the
sky-man and shows him the stick LETT by
csyley Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
Eskimo throwing stick. used 70 shoot
darts Tom Fanshaw returns from the
Perry Hunter is found murdered and
Cayiey is accused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent A relief party goes
70 ma tEe ScdrCIcIS- PiOtcoSt9 us
love for Jeanne She rows ashore and
enters an abandoned hut, and there finds
her fathers diary. which discloses the ex-
plorer's suspicion OF Roscoe The ruf-
fan returns to the hut and sees Jeanne
He is intent on murder, when the sky
man swoops down and the rufhan fees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
to read. The yacht disappears and Ros-
GOES plans TO capture il are revealed
Jeanne's only hope 10 in Cayley. The
seriousness OF their situation becomes ap-
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
ley kills & polar bear. Next he finds
clue to the hiding place of the stores
A cellar In the hut has a chimney-like
hole leading up through the ice to an OBJ
servdtory where Captain Fielding had
hidden supplies
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17
CHAPTER XVII.



The fact that their enemy was
alone and that he was Roscoe himselt
was responsible for the conviction
that CsTley's wings were all thai
stood between them and an attack
No terror attributable to human
causes would have held back thai
solitary and altogether desperate out
casr
TIE thing in the situation which
caused Cayley the most unezsiness
was the fear that some time OF other
Roscoe would solve the mystery.
would see him IN the very act OF
taking TO the air. This fear suggested
an expedient TO him one day "a Re
was flying along near the s1ov-crest
ed edge OF the cita
4 don't know why ! never Thoughts
OF IL before" he said TO Jeanne az he
alfghfed beside her a monent OF Eve
afterward; but I've got IL now-ths
way 10 prevent Roscoe from every
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17

solving the mystery OF your guardian
angel I thought Of It when saw the
mound Up on the cIi1-head that Is
formed by the observatory II can't
De buried SO very deep in the snow
because the mound isn't so very big
I'm going up there now to dig II out
enough. al least. so that I can take
wing from there
You never can dig out enough snow
to get running start NJ there" she
objected
I sha'n't have to- III Just dive OF
the cliff
Philip. ron sha'n'tl-
Why not7"
You know what you told me your
self That none OF the big birds can
take to the air without a running
start; and about taking pelicans and
birds ike that up into high buildings
and throwing them out OF windows.
and how they were always killed
That's because they've only got
instinct instead OF intelligence None
of their family had ever been thrown
out Of windows before, and they didn't
know what TO do. But I can get ny
start quite as safely that way as any
other. Oh. yes, I've done II Do you
imagine, Jeanne dear. that I'd take an
unnecessary risk so long as ny lie
is the only possible protection thers
is for yours
He spent the rest Of the day tEn-
nelling out from the observatory. He
did not dig in the snow; he simply
packed it. gradually enlarging the
space from q section the size Of the
pilot house door TO space at the
cliffs edge wide enough for the full
spread OF his wings
Jeanne was watching on the beach
when he made his first flight from
this aerie, and. In spite Of her cosr
fdsnce II his powers. she endured
horrible moment or two For be came
hurting down. head nrst- AT an anglia
OF SO degrees: and he had traversed
two-thirds Of the distance 10 the beach
before his lire detected outward and
began curving up toward the hort
xontaI
When she saw that he was safe.
that he had really done the thing he
had said he could. she dropped down
upon a bear-skin. which was spread
before the hut. and shut her eyes. for
what she had seen had turned her a
bit giddy-
That feeling passed in a moment
She opened her eyes and lay, stretch
ed AT full length. upon the bear-skin-
watching him as he wheeled and
dipped. then lowered aloft again in
hat fading violet sky. supremel7
msjesticaily dominant OF
the unstable element be had con-
luered
She sat Up suddenly. erect. upon
he bear skin. with the realization that
t was nearly dark Their hours Of
daylight we're getting very scanty
low. Today's allowance was gone. al
hough it was not yet three In the aft
.rnoon.
She looked aloft for Cayley. bus
.ould not see him Then, the next
moment. she heard the whine OF the
III through his rigging. and he sazIed
own on loEg slant snd aiighted b.
ide her
He got clear OF his planes with an
naccouutable air OF haste. and held
ut both hands TO help her rise.
What do we do with sentiRels who
o to sleep on duty be qaestioned
nth laugh
I wasn't asleep she said contrite-
:. but it was just about as bad
ras thinking She paused there
her added. about you WHAT'S the
entence OF the court,
Already he had his wings folded ~
nd was handing them to her
fTo BE CONTINUED
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17

the weapon hack 70 him. but she SPOKE
quietly enough:
~It's good to know" she said. al
most z relief"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17
CHAPTER xV.-contlnued.

about, and-Jeanne, it was no base
less terror. no product of the twilight
and the fact that you were far from
home. There was something there.
slipping along from the shelter OF one
boulder 10 that of another. l found
the tracks in the snow. They weren't
more than ten PAGES away from you
when l came down out of the sky"
WAS it the bear?" she asked. That
was what you thought it might have
been, at the time" But he could see
IN her eyes that this was not the an
ever she expected.
He shook his head; that told her
enough.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17


been, at the time" But he could see
IN her eyes that this was not the an
ever she expected
He shook his head; that told her
enough.
AS Roscoe fed along the beach on
the night Cayley descended upon him
through the fog, there was no doubt
IN his mind that he had seen the ghost
the shadow of black avenging spirit
lowering over his head.
When he found that his boat had
gone adrift and that his only means
Of getting back to the Aurora had
como with it, he dropped down upon
beach. crawled up into the lee of a
great rock and had spent the night
there, his mind completely torpid with
fear.
When the numbness of this terror
passed away, as gradually it did. he
bent all this thoughts upon the Aurora
and upon the possibility, not quite in
conceivable, that his crew had sue
eeeded in overpowering her people
and were now in possession OF the
yacht He tried to persuade himself
that this was SO and that with the
coming of the dawn they would send
a boat ashore for him
OF the strange figure he had seen
there In the hut, 20 like and yet SO
terribly unlike the victim of his muir
derous lust four years ago-of that,
and OF the more terrible apparition he
had seen coming down out OF the sky,
he thought, or tried to think nothing
at all 1t was only nightmare, only
a delusion. natural enough when one
considered all the circumstances.
When tho fog Afted with the APP
proach of dawn, he discovered what
Philip and Jeanne did not become
aware of until several hours later, that
the Aurora had drifted out to sea in
the gale. The clean line OF the hori-
zon was broken by nothing but the
plunEing masses of the ice. There was
Just one chance, he thought. thar she
might still be comparatively near at
hand. Southwark and eastward the
horizon was unbrokeD, but the jutting
mass OF the promontory to the west
cut OF his view in that direction. 1t
was possible that the gale which had
destroyed the noe that formed the
harbor. had also broken up the pack
ice at the other side of the peninsula.
the side from which Cayley, on the
wing. had first approached this un-
known land The yacht might be
there, riding safely in practically open
water.
He got up from the snow nest he
had made for himself in the lee OF the
rock. and cautiously hexed his stiffen-
ed muscles, with the idea of setting
out at once down the beach and |
around the headiand to learn whether |
this last hope OF his was groundless-
Really, In his heart, he had no hope
at all. but that fact made 1t easy to I
postposa for little longer the putting |
OF this deiusicn OF . hope ne hao to /
the test OF reality
The excuse he made to himself was,
that he was rsvenously hungry, and |
that his most sensibie course would be T
10 20 up the glacier to the care and !
.ook himself breakfast before b. did !
nytf.oS else.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-17

= CoPYRroHT 1910 On THf CENTURY co
co0rH'cHT 1910 ey JHr soccrss CO
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
TURN MANY MILLIONS lOOSE
Harvester Company Will Distribute
$4,000 To 1000 Employees
Other Companies Give
Bonuses.

New IorK.-Stockhol and bond
holders Of the United States win have
a great deal to be happy over in the
first month of the new year, which will
start off with disbursements by the
corporations to holders of their stock
and bonds, exclusive of mining cor
porations, of $207, 100000. This would
be at the rate of more than 50 to every
man, woman and child in the United
States.
This disbursement, with the Christ
mas bonus, will make money easy dur
ing the first few months of the year
and will probably do much toward
causing revival in trade in all
branches. Not only are banks and
trust companies and corporations MAX
ing large distributions, but private
firms are doing the same.
The International Harvester Com
pany has made an appropriation Of
100000 to be distributed among
1900 employees Of the company.
Officials of the corporation declare
that the gift lis to no sense Christ
mas present" but merely sharing OF
the years profits Of the organization
among worthy workers, embracing all
departments. from the men working in
the shops to the managers. The sum
to be presented is fixed percentage
of the net earnings of the company
and is about the same as the amount
given to employees year ago.
In the matter of disbursements,
dividends will total more than $685.
100000 and interest charges will be
considerably in excess of $140,000,-
600.
OF the dividends, the greatest
amount win come from the industrials,
with $32,887,259. The railways will
contribute $21,5O6.769, street or cleo
trio railways $4,36s,O14 and New York
city banks and trust companies ST.
$4,000. The total capitalization upon
which the dividends are based
amounts to s3,446.264. 1913 and the dis
bursements are equivalent to more
than IN per cent. on this amount.
Dividends for the month which will
exceed 100000 are Canadian Pa
cific, $4.5OO,000; Southern Pacific, $4.-'
090,359; New York Central, 81, 791,z15;
Chicago and Northwestern common,
$2,276,92S; Swift & Co., 1892, 500;
American Tobacco preferred, $1,1SO,-
1886; United Gas Improvement, 81, 109,-
538. and International Harvester COM
mon, s1,000,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
UNCLE SAMFOR PEACE IN CHINA
Conferences OF WI Ting-Fang, Rep
resentins the Revolutionists, and
Tons-shao,YI, For the Inn
periaI Government, Begun.
tCorvright. 1917

Shanghai, China. Promise of peace
In China became more definite Tues
day with the announcement that all
six of the great powers Japan, Great
Britain, the United States. Russia,
France and Germany-are united in a
cooperative effort to assist DR.. WI
Ting-Fang and Tang-Shao-Yi in their
negotiations. There was rejoicing
when it was learned that the repre-.
sentatives of the six powers were pre-
pairing to offer formally their assist
anca for the speedy conclusion of an
understanding. 1t is clearly under
stood that this action by the powers
is taken in most friendly manner.
The pourparlers between WI Ting.
Fang and Tang-Shao-Yi opened with
surprising smoothness and there was
a complete absence of any sense OF
strain which might have seriously i'm
peded the diplomatic progress of the
conference. It is Enthusiastically evi-
dent, however, that the continuation
of Manchu rule, even as concerns the
imperial throne at Picking. is consider
ed unlikely by either side. In this
connection much significance is at
tached to the statement of Tang-Shao-
VI that he does not represent the
throne, but rather the premier.
Coupled with WI Ting-fang's earlysin-
sistence upon the establishment Of a
republic this is taken to mean that
Yuan-Shi Kai is prepared to concede
the ending of the dynasty.
Even though the present dynasty is
ousted, the premier evidently hopes to
retain the imperial form of govern
ment, possibly with the present EN-
peror designated as the first ruler OF
new Chinese dynasty and with Yuan
Shi-Kai as regent.
The personality of Yuan-Shi-Kai
dominates the convention. The great
fight among the delegates will be as
to whether the form of government is
to be Imperial or RepubMkan. If an
empire, Yuan will be regent. If a
republic Yuan will be the first presi-
dent. The revolutionary delegates be-
lieve that they. will be victorious in
their demands for a republic. Even
the staunchest of the imperialist dele.
gates admit that Manchu rule is
doomed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29

10 RUSSIA
b All the Demands Made
BY the Gar.
SINISTER HAS BEEN BOUNCED
Russia Objected To Him Holding That
Important office--Perslan Officials
Notify Local Authorities TO
Cease HostIIities.

Il ~
st. Petersburg. The Persian charge
d'affaires called officially at the
foreign once Friday and announced
that Persia had yielded to Russia's de-
mand He had an audience with M
Sazonoff. the foreign secretary, and in
the name of the Persian government
informally declared that Persia would
concede all the points mentioned in
the Russian ultimatum.
A telegram received from Teheran
says that w. Morgan Shuster, the
treasurer general of Persia, has been
notified Of his dismissal and that the
Persian government has instructed
the local authorities to cease hostili-
ties and enter into negotiations with
the Russian consuls to restore normal
conditions.
The lighting between the Russians
and the Persians which was reported
from Tabriz. lasted in the streets OF
the city throughout the day. The
old citadel was bombarded.
The Russian consul general sent to
headquarters request for reinforce
inents in view OF the danger to Rus
sian subjects and Russian property in
the city
The Russian Cossacks at Resht
drove the Persians out OF their posi-
ton after considerable fighting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
santa Claus Burned.

Coshocton, O.-While playing the
part of Santa Claus in a school enter
tainment at Chestnut Hill, Melville
Shyrock. aged 16. was probably fatally
burned and Jessie Turner, aged Is.
who was assisting him, was seriously
burned when lighted candle fell,
setting fire to a Christmas tree. The
school building was crowded with per-
sons who had come to witness the en-
tertainment and in the panic that fol-
lowed the spread OF the flames sew
eral of the teachers and number of
other persons also were more or less
seriously injured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
FeIIcltates Gar pay.

Washington.-Pre Taft fel:ci-
tated the Gar of Russia onsthe ami
versary Of his nameday. This mes
sage Of goodwill was sent on the same
day the. President signed the joint
resolution abrogating the treaty with
Russia. In his message the President
said: Il beg to offer to Your Majesty
my cordial fluctuations upon this an
niversary and the assurances of my
high regard and good wishes for your
self and for the nation over which
Your Majesty reigns.s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
Gets $4,000 playhouse.

st. Louis. Thornton Howard, II
years old, son of Clarence H. Howard,
president of the Commonwealth Steel
Company, was presented $4,000
playhouse for his Christmas present.
The building. lnree-story brick
structure. which is just being COM
pieted on the Howard grounds at 55O1
Chamberlain avenue. contains nata-
torium. sun parlor. bowling alley,
a billiard room and many other fea-
lures to delight the heart OF boy.
The second floor is the gymnasium,
with a floor space Of 65 by 80 feet
and worx-room
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29

Sydney. Australia. The prosecu-
tons against the coal combine on
whom writs were served on August 26.
1910, for breaches Of the Australasian
antitrust law resulted in each mem
Der OF the trust being fined $500 by
the Federal court. The prosecution
was Instituted by the Federal govern.
ment in consequence Of the action OF
the members Of the combine in keep.
Ing up the price Of coal The court
granted an injunction against the com.
hine Continuing Their monopoly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
CONTRACT WITH sHUsTER.
Question OF Who is Responsible For
! His Salary.

Washington Much interest was
manifested by State Department Off
Gals in the report that Persia had
finally decided to agree to the Rus
sian uItimatum.
An interesting question has been
raised here as to who is responsible
for the salary of Mr.. Shuster for the
remaining three years of his contract.
1t is believed that Mr.. Shuster's con-
tract with the Persian government
contained a provision that in the event
Of his dismissal or the breaking of the
contract for any reason whatever the
American was to receive stipulated
sum named in the contract.
If the act of the Persian govern
ment in acceding TO the Russian de-
mands should in effect destroy the
autonomy and independence of Persia,
the latter country might be in posi-
ton to refuse to pay the money and
say Russia was responsible for the
existing condition, thereby throwing
the claim upon Russia. In that event
the extent the United States would be
able to go in obtaining for one of her
citizens a compliance with his contract
with foreign government is a
problem.
AS to whether the latest move will
have any effect on the sovereignty of
Persia officials here would not COM
NIT themselves in the absence of Off
cial information However, the feel
ing is prevalent among those familiar
with the conditions in Persia that that
country has been sovereign in name
only since the agreement in 1907 be-
tween Great Britain and Russia. With
this before them, officials were I'M
+ ! epared to discuss the probable effect
of the Persian compliance with the
Russian ultimatum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
a HaIf Million 10 Gold.

chicago.-A half million dollars
was the Christmas gift of the Crane
Company this year to its employees.
This is the thirteenth year the com
pany has given its workers the advan.
tage of the profit-sharing plan A gift
was made to each employee in Chicago
and Al branch houses OF 10 per cent.
Of their annual salary. "This distribu-
ton viii bring the total amount given
to employees to 5000" said an ON
cial. Last year and this year the
profits did not warrant the gift"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-12-29
Peary Honored By French.

New York; communication re
ceiyed here from the Acadamy OF
Sports of France states that gold
medal has been awarded to Admiral
Peary for the admirable lesson OF
physical energy and moral courage
that you have given to the entire
world in pursuing, in the midst OF
fatigues. sufferings and difficulties. the
conquest of the North Pole" The
resolution was moved by Or. Charcot
the French antarctic explorer.