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ing drift of the king of them all, the
albatross.
SO he hung there in midsky, and the
world, white. frozen, immaculate
looked far away. The old, god-like
serenity, untroubled, untrammeled, I'M
afraid came back to him The soul
opened it's gates, up there, lost it's
boundaries, and all the spirit of the
sky came in, immense, cold clear as
the all-perYading ether. This was
Nirvana though the old Buddhist
adopts who had philosophical about it
had never conquered the sky, had
never bathed in it as Cayley on his
wings was bathing now.
The declining moon sank lower, till
the refracting ice crystals that filled
the air caught it's light slantwise and
danced with it so that 1t f1ickered like
will-o'-the- wisp. The sky deepened
from it's bright steel-blue to purple.
The silver light upon the snow faded,
through lavender and lilac, to a pur-
pie of it's own, only less deep than that
of the sky itself. But the stars burned
brighter and brighter, until it almost
seemed they sang:
"Harplng in loud and solemn choir
With uneXpressive notes. :.
The words projected themselves
quite unsought into his mind. He
spent a moment or two, wondering
where they came from, and then it
came to him. 1t was part of two
lines from the Hymn on the Ma
tivity."
Somehow, the thought of Christmas
gave his soul wrench that brought
it back into the world again. They
had lost their reckoning of time, and,
for anything he knew, this might be
Christmas day Perhaps those stars
were caroling their Christmas chimes.
Perhaps, down in the world of men.
the windows were hung with holly and
doorways with mistletoe.
Before his thoughts had advanced
as far as that he was flying down to-
ward the cliff-head. He could only
elapsed since he left Jeanne, on her
heap of skins, there in the mouth of
the snow tunnel 1t must have been
an hour or more, for the moon had
been shining when he started. and
now almost the last of its twilight had
died on the horizon.
A sharp sense of his own delin-
quency in having left her to her own
resources for so long. when she had
so few resources to draw upon, in
creased to a sudden alarm for her
safety. when he made out the black
mouth of the tunnel and saw that
there was no light at the farther end
of it. She couldn't have been waiting
all this time, out in the cold; and yet
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SYNOPSIS.

Philip CayIey. accused Of a crime of
which he is not guilty. resigns from the
army Arr in disgrace and his amect, frns lt fo
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude. where he
perfects a flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions. he PICKS up d
-assassin's hand Mounting again, he as
covers a yacht anchored in the bay. De-
girl on an ice foe. He learns that the
girls name is Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north to seek signs
of her father. Captain Fielding an arctic
explorer. A party from the yacht is ma
king search ashore After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped a Gu,
the Surviving crew. of his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. giant ruf-
man named Roscoe. had murdered tleldlns
and his two companions, after the ex-
piorer had revealed the location or an
enormous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command Of the party It develops
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
70, 10 capture the yacht and escape WIN ~, a
owner OF the yacht. about the visit of the
'sky-man and shows him the stick left by
Layiey. Fanshaw declares that 1t IS an
Eskimo throWing stick used t to shoot GOT
searching party with sprained ankle.
Perry Hunter Is found murdered and
CayleN is accused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent. A relief party goes
TO find the searChers. Tom processes his
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 ruff
fian returns to the hut and sees Jeanne
He is Intent on murder when the sky
man swoops down and the ruffian fees
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
TO read The yacht disappears and Ros-
GOES plans to capture 1t are revealed
Jeanne's only hope is in Cayley. The
seriousness Of their situation becomes ap-
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
ley kills a polar bear. Next he finds
clue to the hiding place of the stores.
Roscoe is about TO attack the girl when
he is sent fleeing in terror by the sight
of the sky-man swooping down. Measures
are taken to fortify the hut. Cayey kills
wounded polar bear and receives the
first intimation that Roscoe possesses
firearms. A assure in the ice yields up
Hunters body and Roscoe. finding it. re-
moves the dead mans rifle. He discovers
that Cayley Is human being and not a
spirit The rufflan is baffled in his plan
ito murder Cayley when the latter and
Jeanne take refuge in the cave where
furious storm keeps them imprisoned.
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Sortie.

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-
Iiberately 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.
It's rather a queer thing for us to
have forgotten" he said, after all
these weeks when we lived in terror
of him, and after the last thing he did
to us. 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.
TT 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 a perfectly clean sweep.
There was, little silence after that.
Before she spoke again she came over
to him and kissed him. There was a
grave sort of smile on her face when
she said:
Well, is there anything we must
do?"
oh. yes" he said THAT move OF
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.
tOf course" she said, you hadnt
| the revolver"
THAT wasn't what WdHleu'
wanted my wings. Now I've got back
to them must start at once.
/ She uttered little cry of protest al
| that.
Cant you-cant you wait a little
few hours? Life has only just be
/ gun for me-for us-with what you
; told me just now.
/ He let a moment go BY in thought
full silence, before he answered.
! NO" he said, at last. its got te
/ be settled now, before another moon
rise. The light is all in his favor the
! darkness in mine. If l can find MIN
NOW. I think 1 can kill him. Now
think il over, 1t seems TO me likely
he doesn't suspect we are alive 3
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She caught her breath IN great
sob Turning little. she claspcd her
own young arms around his neck and
held him tight.
1t was a long time after that be-
fore either of them spoke Finally
Jeanne asked question.
But, why" her voice broke in an
| unsteady little laugh, but 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 | allowed you to stay"
Yes, but there's an infinity of ways
of loving. Jeanne, dear. | had 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 a rescue, the hope that when
another day came it would bring a
| ship to take you back into your own
| real world. | couldn't go back with
you, you know, l man with a 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. l 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. 81 I'M
| derstand, now"
And yet he began after awhile,
Il haven't any right, when l must give
you up some day 49,.
She laid her fingers on his lips.
Well 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
| wanted it all to end. That was the
excuse | made to myself, but it was
only an excuse. The real despai.
came when l saw you flying. saw he
| gloriously free you were up there, al.
| thought it wasn't love that kept yO
| here beside me, but only pity Wen,
a sort of love, perhaps, but not what
wanted, not what I felt for you. I'd
seen you draw away when I touched
, you"
! She heard sound in his throat
| that might have been a sob, though it
! seemed meant for 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 a move to release herself
Let me go now" she said, and 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 a 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 a 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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all The Walrus people nev6r dis
covered the ice chimney nor the pilot
house. That's perfectly clear. If they
had they would have riaed it long
ago.
when finish, I'll come back to
you. l 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. l know I have your life in my
hands as we'll as my own. Your part
is harder than mine; ! 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 I 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.
| couldn't possibly shoot him from the
air. But if | 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, resoTutely, Il won't
let you GO Not that way"
Listen, Jeanne. If I 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
of picking me off at long range with
his rife. He could do that whether
I had a revolver Or not. And if he did,
if he Killed me and had the revolver,
then-weIE. then he would come here
and fund yOu-defenseless. Don't you
see2 couldn't take the revolver. !
should be unnerved with terror from
the moment | 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 ne adjusted the straps across his
shoulders, he felt her hands again.
upon his head, felt them clasp behind
his neck.
"GoCdby," she said
He was trembling all over. as her
hands were, but it was not with fear.
81 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 Owed on
the cnff-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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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 odof'
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 i'll the sky.
But the odor which now invaded his
fastdious 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
stant but his sensation was the same
one that makes a dog suddenly throw
up it's head and snarl, bristling.
1t 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 OF
red that he was looking for.
lie threw his head back shasply and
gazed at it. He could not see the fire
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 a mass
of ice a little farther out.
He slanted away again, searching
now for a 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 a moment later came
down soundlessly, except with 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 af-
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.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER XE.-Continued.

He made his dive as shallow as pos
sible, and in the sheer exuberance of
delight at being once more awning, he
beat his way aloft again by main
strength, towering like a falcon. All
his old power was here un1mpalred.
yet every sensation 1t brought him
was heightened and make thrilling by
long disuse BY means of those great,
obedient wings of his he played upon
the capricious. vagrant air with the
superb insolence of mastery. Every
trick of flight was at his command,
the flashing dive of the piratical frig-
gate bird, the corkscrew spiral of the
tern. the plummet-like pounce of the
hawk, and, at last. the majestic, soar
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
Jim Dudley's Pig.

"And thereby hangs a tale" The
night after hearing that i'm had
butchered a fine hog, which he was
enabled to do by that nickel raise.
fastened onto the face of its patron
by the barber trust, the editor had .
dream. We though we visited jim.
and sure enough he proudly showed
us that hog 1--WE didn't ask him ho'.
he got it, or where he got it). W.
expatited some on his good luck, aud
the good results Of getting togethe1.
and deplored the fact that newspapcI
men, as a rule, fought each other 80
herd that country editors, if CON.
PEELED to pay cash, couldn't buy
pigs squeal. This sad story SCENE Il
to touch Jim's sympathy, and he sait. .
"Take a ham," OF course we re
fused, thinking that was too much 6
a good thing, and Jim, much relieved
at saving his ham, gave us anothci
show, by saying, "Have a shoulder. .
and bad cess to the luck we awok
before we could decide whether to
take it or not.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
l. o. o. F.

Versailles Lodge, No. 23l, I. o,
o. F., at meeting Tuesday night
Feb. 7th, installed the following Oh
ficers: J. S. Berkstresser, N. g.;
Leslie Snorgrass, v. c.; Frank Gilt
ton, R. S.; A. Pepper, F. S. The
1st degree was also conferred on Bio.
Raupp, OF Slower. On TUESDAY
night, Feb. 14th, w. l.. Stephens
was installed as Treasurer, and tie
initiatiory degree conferred on Chs
Pontius, OF Slower. No. 231 is az
parently taking on new life, and
should make 1911 the most prosper
Gus year in its history.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
Accused OF Murder.

Annie Weaver, OF Little Morgan,
was arrested and brought to town
Sunday by Constable Moreland,
charged with the murder OF her child.
Her preliminary examination is set
for Tuesday, March 7th, before
Squire Clifton. Bond was set In the
sum OF S2,5OO.0O, which was given,
with Joe Z. Weaver, her brother, ].
H. Potter and K. A. Page as secur-
tiles, and Miss Weaver returned to
her home Wednesday.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
Scattered liens.

Luther Wood and family, of Enid,
saeft last week for St.iue county, Mo-,
where Mr.. Wood has position for
che summer.
George Brown and wife are ex-
pected home from the south this
week, and as Tom is alone doing
everything. he will he greatly pleased
10 see them come home.
Web Lingle, VIII, iarmed the Shank
'iarh last year, near Enid, has moved
to Glensted and Joe Gingerich will
run the farm this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fiuke, of Cooper
county, Mo-, after pleasant visit
with Mrs. Buell., their daughter, leil
for home last week.
Tom and Bose Brown last weel
bought 60 cattle of the road and pu
them in their feed lots.
Markus Madole shipped load O
sock from Marvin to st. Louis Tues
pday.
Mrs. Vincent, OF Enid, left las
week for Chicago, where she vii
make her home with her daughter.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23

Estes Ratclif and wife went to Bar
nett Saturday to visit Mr.. RS moth
cr, who has been quite sick.
The blizzard that came Saturday
and Sunday, put stop to the oat-
sowing fever and what was sown will
likely have the chills and "yaller
janders."
Bose Brown and Joe Riddler Tues
day shipped loads of cattle and
one of hogs to St. Louis.
Mrs. Shores Hunter has received
her incubator and has it setting.
With it, her little boy and Shores she
will have her hands full this summer.
Mrs. Kaufman last week marketed
about 100 hens at one time and has
about 200 yet in her flock.
Tom and Joe Marriott, recently
from Texas, but raised in South Nor.
gan, bought Herman Crushen's farm
OF 1856 acres, one mile south of Ex'
celsior, and have been moving to it
Wheat and the young clover croE
of last year have been showing uE
fine. and with this snow and the mois
ture in the ground prospects seem t
lbe good.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
The Orphan Children.

As advertised Rev. Swan, of Clin-
ton, Mo-, state agent for the Chill
dren's Aid Society Of New York, with
Misses Hill and Jewett of New
York, and fourteen orphan children,
arrived here Friday, Feby.
17th. There were nine boys and
FIVE girls. ranging in age from four
years to fifteen. and all but two, at
the present time, were placed in good
Morgan County homes, as follows:
Samuel Picket with J. w. kauf'
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
Clark Epigrams.

Unless all signs fail, Champ Clark's
term as Speaker Of the House OF Re-
presentatives will bring forth the finest
lot Of epigrams which have gone
across the speakers desk in many
moon, says the Washington Post. As
the presiding officer OF the House the
Missourian will be compelled to cross
swords with some mighty clever states
men, who will attempt to tie him into
parliamentary knot. When Champ
is hard pressed in the heat Of debate
he is almost certain to deliver himself
OF language which, although always
expressive and 10 the point, is not
considered elegant. Serene +. Payne
of New York, one OF the men who will
be in a bolhersoms minority mex,
year, never tails to drag an epigram
out OF Clark. During the considera-
ton of the tariff commission bill MIR.
Payne poked fun at Clark's inability
to deliver a solid democratic vote.
"A little more o that kind Of CAB and
III beat your bill, was the choice
morsel of parliamentary talk Clar'
flung across the aisle. 1t was Mr.
Payne also who was responsible for
remark by Clark which may be II
common usage in Missouri, but which
was never heard before on the foo
OF the House. Mr.. Payne was en-
gagged in his usual occupation o
taunting Democrats. "Don't Civ
me any more of that slsck-jaw,'
shouted Clark.
II some of those jays from the efet
East should visit Missouri what fun
would be stringin' 'em.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
Masonic.

Versailles Lodge, No. 1T, A. +.
& A. NJ, had very interesting meet
ing and good attendance Friday
night, Feb. 17th. X. +. Bradford
was raised to the Sublime Degree OF
a Master Mason in due and ancient
form. The next regular communi-
cation will be Friday night, March
Ord.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
knights OF Pythias.

Versailles Lodge, No. 1872, X. OF
P. at cow .ntion of Thursday night.
Feby. 18th, conferred the rank OF
Page on two candidates. One can
didate for the rank of Page, and two
for the rank Of Esquire tonight, SO
you should be there and help make
crowd. This puts 1872 up to the 100
mark, now for $50.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
Annual Entertainment.

Miss Annie Lewis Sims announces e s
her annual entertainment to be given
in a three act comedy entitled
Brother JOSIAH" at Krauss Opera
House, Friday night, March the 3rd,
and cordially invites you to Ike pres.
ent.
Morgan County republican., 1911-02-23
No. 4 N eWS.


Quite blizzard prevailed Saturday
and Sunday.
A few persons have planted potatoes
and some garden.
No. S school. taught by Miss Elliott,
and Salmons school, taught by Miss
Myrtle Ivy, closed last week.
Sherman Fredericks, of the Monarch
mines, visited his family Saturday and
Sunday.
No. I school will close this week.
Frank Napier made business trip to
Syracuse last week.
Mrs. Geo. Stultz is visiting her moth.
er, Mrs. John Huffman. who is very sick.
Born, to Rob Spurlock and wife, Sun
day. fine boy.
Rev. Ossmau will preach at Antioch
Sunday.