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what once had been a shirt, suf1ced
to put 1t into commission again.
Then, with the rife over his shoul-
der, he swaggered out of the cave.
With his first glance abroad. he
started. His devil was being kind to
him today. There could be no doubt
OF that Only. was he being too kindl
Roscoe wondered a little uneasily.
For. shambling along the ice, through
the thickening twilight. not 100 PAGES
away. was big bear. Roscoe was
tired Of walrus meat. The thought Of
. bear steak made his mouth water.
Three years disuse, however. had
made his craftsmanship somewhat
uncertain. He fred too soon, and
though he did not miss. the only ef-
feet his shot had was to mako the
bear turn about and go shambling
down the glacier toward the beach.
with ungainly haste. Roscoe hurried
after him, and fred two more shots.
Whether they hit or not. he could not
tell. Certainly they did not serve to
check the bears fight. The next mo-
ment he had rounded the corner Of
the cliff and disappeared down the
beach in the direction Of the hut.
Roscoe hesitated, but only for .
moment; then. with an oath. he set
out in pursuit. It was not SO much
the protection which the rifle afforded
him that was responsible for this new
OF 1t In his hands brought him back
in touch once more with the every
day matter Of fact world. and made
his visions and ghosts seem a little
unreal.
1t was fully dark down here in the
shadow of the cliff. The numbering yel-
low shape of the bear was indistin-
guishable against the icy beach. That
didn't matter. for he could follow
along well enough by the bloody
tracks the wounded beast had left
The last OF the twilight was still in
the sky. and half his glances were
directed thither. looking for some
thing which he told himself could not
possibly exist, except in his own
fancy, yet fully expected to see never
theless, the shadow Of Cayley's great
wings. And at last he saw 1t i'm
pending in the lower air, like . brood
ing spirit, Just above the tiny square
Of light which marked the location Of
the hut
Roscoe abandoned his pursuit of the
bear; all thought of 1t, In fact, was
gone from his mind; but he did not
as on former occasion, drop down
prone upon the ground, his face buried
in his arms; nor did he turn and fee
like one hag-ridden up the beach. He
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faltered. It is true, and his knees
uembled beneath him, and yet, SLOW
ly and with many pauses he made his
way forward.
He was horribly afraid all the time,
but curiosity was all the while over
powering fear. He was not more than
200 yards away when Cayley alighted
beside the girl.
At what he saw then, Roscoe
dropped his rife on the beach, with a
whispered oath, and rubbed his eyes.
The light which diffused itself from
the open window of the hut was not
much, but It was enough to reveal the
fact that this great manbird, this
golden winged spirit which had kept
him in terror for his own sanity all
these months, was taking OF his wings
and folding them up into a bundle, in
as mattsr-of-fact a way as If he wsrs
now, Just an ordinary human dgurs
of q man; the very man. in fact, that
he had seen before and would have
killed long ago had It not been for his
ovsr-mastering terror Of the thing
with wings.
He presented q fair mark now, and
was In easy range, but Roscoe was too
thoroughly astonished to ssi1e the op-
portunity, and In . moment It was
gone again. The two figures shrank
into the shadow Of the hut, and the
nsxt moment the light disappeared.
Tor . moment. an accession q
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That's why I sent you into the hut.
It occurred to me that he might be
following the bear, and that the light
ed windows might give him a chance
for a shot at one Of US. No matter
what superstitious fears he has. he
could hardly be too much afraid to fire
at us from safe distance, If we hap
pened to offer fair mark"
But we must have offered him that
hundred times in the last weeks,
that is, II his rifle had anything like
a modern range"
THAT bullet IL certainly a modern
piece Of ordnance" said Cayley. ITS
soft-nosed and steel-jacketed."
He laid It down on = shelf and went
into the storeroom to wash the stains
of the encounter from his hands.
After ALL" he said. Its only one
more mystery, and don't know that
one more can mako any great differ
encs. Not in our way OF life, cor
tainly"
Both tried to stick to that view Of
It and, for the present, to dismiss
conjecture upon tho new topic from
their minds. but they did not succeed
very well. Tho idea that forced itself
upon them, in spite Of their attempt to
discrsdit It, was that Roscoes acqui-
sition Of modern, long-range weapon
with ammunition to match did not
date back to the murder of Captain
Fielding, nor to the disappearance Of
the Aurora, but that he had found the
weapon. BY some strange chance. only
very recently. perhaps within q day
or two It was . disquisting thought,
at BEST
It WAS time for Oayisy to turn in
and for Jeanne to begin her evening
watch alone. but before that happened
they paid an extra amount Of attsn-
ton to the security Of their doors and
windows.
1t was . little bsfore II o'clock
when Caylsy came out Of . deep sleep
to ind her bending over him, shaking
him by the shoulder and crying out
his nAAA
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none Of Cayley's shots could have 40
counted for, he explored with prao-
tised hand
Watching him as he did SO, the
girl could sec that he had found some
thing unexpected, something which
surprised him greatly. And there
was more than surprise. There was
alarmed urgency in his voice when he
spoke to her. He offered no explana-
ton. Merely told her to go into the
hut and make fast the solid wooden
shutters over the windows. He would
come in and would tell her what II
was all about, in . moment
The girl had hardly finished tho
task he had given her. when he came
In In his blood-stained hand he was
holding out something for her inspeo-
ton.
Conquering feeling of repugnance,
she bent over tho hand. cast one
glance at the thing 1t contained and
then started up and gazed. wide-eyed.
into his face.
"A bulletl" she said. "But-but we
thought that Roscoe wasn't armed
not with fire arms, mean"
Cayley nodded. But this seems to
be pretty good evidence that he is.
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Philip had been enjoying, he was,
again, the very man who. during those
long years Of exile, had dominated
crew and captain of the Walrus and
bent them to his will.
He was returning from the ledge
along the crown of the glacier. when.
on the day of this discovery, he found
that his accustomed path was inter
rupted by a new fssure in the ice; It
had occurred since he had come that
way in the morning, and was too
broad to leap across. So he was forced
to descend by the rougher and more
difncult track which lay along the
moraine.
Before he had gone three PAGES
along this track his eye made out
something, Just of his patch and lit
tie below 1t, which caused him at first
to utter a snarl of anger, but led him
the next moment to give a wild bias
phemous yell Of Joy.
The great flssure which had opened
in the ice had done. in an instant
what the party from tho Aurora had
failed to do after hours of hard labor
III ma ylelOeO up INC OOQy OF f0rry
Hunter. which, during all these
months. it had kept imprisoned.
Strapped across the dead mans
shoulders, Just where he had carried
It in life. was rife and around his
middle a belt full Of cartridges.
The next instant Roscoe was bend.
ing over the body. Jerking savasely
at the frozen buckles which resisted
his impatient fingers. But they were
not to be denied. II they were clum
", the hands wsre strong.
It was not I'VE minutes later when
Roscoe, rife and ammunition belt in
his hands, was hurrying on toward his
cave onos more. The body lay Just
where his desecrating hands had left
it.
The ride was uninjured; that he had
sssn at . glance. though of course,
all the mechanism Of its bresch was
frossn fast But half hours hard
work with e3saning rod and rags Il
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articulated themselves into a perfect
ly clear perception of Roscoes plan.
"The other way! The other way"
he cried. motioning Jeanne back
through the storeroom. Into the
cave. He is waiting for US outside.
That's why he fired the hut. Quick
We must save all we can"
And so 1t happened that Roscoe
waited in vain. He saw the blaze he
had kindled reach its fiery climax,
and then in spite of the icy gale which
was tanning 1t, die down into an
angry. sullen. smouldering glow. But
no man appeared to furnish q mark
for his waiting rifle. and no woman
was delivered defenseless, shelterless,
into his british hands.
The failure of his plan brought
back a moment or two Of the old sup
erstitious horror. but his mind was
braced against It now and did not
readily give way. Somehow, the fail
urs must be accountable-humanly ac-
countable.
At last he solved this mystery. too,
partly solved 1t, at least, for he re-
membered the ice cave back of the
hut His frst impulse, whom he
thought of it, was to attack them
there and now, to charge in over the
red hot Goals Of the hut and settle
matters once and for all
He was sane enough to ses that the
advantage would bs all against him.
In close Quartsrs he could not q
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CHAPTER XIX.
Roscoe.

Roscoe.
Roscoe had never been able to clear
up his doubt az to Jeanne's identity,
nor to solve the mystery of Cayley's
appearance in tho air. The doubt
and the mystery tormented him worse
than any final conviction could havs
done. When he thought. as he some
times did, that the cause Of all his
terror. the thing which kept him
penned up here in the cave and de-
MED him access to more than the fur
tive edges Of the beach, might be Just
rather defenseless human couple, q
man and a woman. and the woman
beautiful. young. allurng-when he
thought of all that he would go OF
into transports Of rage. which left
even his gigantic body limp and e1-
hausted. II that were the situation.
he might have killed the man weeks
ago and taken possession of the
woman.
The thing that kept him sane was,
in itself. species Of insanity. the pas
sion for gold which had led him to
murder Captain Fielding. Every day
he tramped up the glacier to the gold
ledge and there while the light lasted.
he worked. cutting the precious metal
out Of the rock, and with infinite labor
beating 1t pure.
As the weeks and months dragged
along, this UNMARRIED routine more than
compensated for the solitude and the
terrors his superstition thrust upon
him. and gradually restored him to his
old normal. formidable. brutal self.
On the day when he made the discovery
that was to terminate the long series
of golden days which Jeanne and
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CHAPTER xWII.-contlnued.

The sentence is that you shall be
frightened with bear story. There's
. big one coming down the beach aft
sr you this very moment. and you're
10 surrender the revolver to me and
stay under arrest in the hut until aft
er I have killed him"
She did not need to be told that he
vas In earnest, in spite Of the smile
that went with his words. She turned
about quickly and looked up the
beach, sighting along Cayley's arm as
he pointed. Even in the deep twilight
she could already make out the sham
bling figure that was coming along to-
ward them on all fours.
why does he move in that queer
sort Of way7" she whispered.
They had shrunk back into the
ahadow Of the hut, the girl actually
tnaide of the vestibule and Cayley on
ths doorstep.
He's been wounded When I was
overhead I could make out the blood
Stains on his side, and he was leaving
. track on the ice
Wounded in a fight with another
Aoar?"
mo, that's not likely"
she asked no further explanation,
Sut slipped into the hut The next
moment she was back with the field
glasses.
While you're attending to the
bsar," she said in = whisper, I'll Just
keep watch up the beach for-for any
enc else
Tho past weeks had made one DIFF.
tsrence in her attitude toward Cayley
which she was now aware of. as she
contracted her sensations on seeing
Philip step forward. out of the shelter
ak the hut, to confront the bear, with
those she had experienced when he
bad set out on q SIMILAR errand once
bs6ore She knew him now, and she
I'D no fear for him. The feeling
tAat thrilled her now was nearer akin
70 pride than anything else.
Cayley fully justified her confidence.
Ths course the bear was taking would
have brought him within 40 yards Of
their doorstep. When he nrst caught
sight Of Cayley he stopped. in two
minds. apparently. whether to be
hunted or to do tho hunting himself.
Then, as Caylsy advanced upon him
rather slowly. he decided. hissed at
him venomously and reared up.
He was already badly enough
wounded to have taken all the fight
half alive as he was, he cost Cayley
four cartridges. Three Of those shots
Cayley was reasonably sure must have
entered a vital spot. The first ono
took the bear between the eyes as he
was rising. The second was fred into
hts open mouth. The third was prob
ably detected by the massive fore
paw which he was holding across his
body, in the attitude Of q boxer. The
fourth shot, however, penetrated his
throat and probably smashed one Of
The two f1rst vertebras. for 1t seemed
20 bring the monster down all in .
heap, where he finally lay stu. Cay.
IN could have reached him with his
foot
Good shooting" said the girl quiet
II from the little vesdbule.
He reloaded the revolver, letting
ths empty shells drop UNDECIDED on
shs ioe at his feet He gave the wsap-
q back to the girl. and bent over the
Ssa1.
I'm less interested in what did
70 him." he said, than In what he got
from the enemy who first attached
htm."
Tho light was almost gone. 10 that
An he could 80 were two or three
APegulaf dark stains upon the white
q. 4 vounA IN the hank. which
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~ost up quicklyi" she said when she
saw that he was awaks. Philip. the
hut's ON nrei"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

had the money taken from the bank.
Later both prisoners escaped. Reed
was recaptured in Maryville. Kan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
Kansas Woman Helpless.

Lawrence, Kan.-Mr. j. F. Stone
of this city, says. My wife suffered
for ten years from womanly troubles
during two years of which she was
totally helpless. She was examined
by many physicians, some of whom
gave her up to die. Finally she be-
gan to take Cardui and since then
has greatly improved in health. The
tonic, Strengthening and restorative
effects of Cardui, the woman's tonic,
on the womanly constitution are the
most valuable qualities of this pop
ular medicine. Cardui acts specific
ally on the womanly constitution.
Half century OF success proves that
Cardui will do all that is claimed for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
Ben Hur" Play Pirates Stopped

Prison bars face the play picture
pirates at last May 5 United States
Judge Killetts, sitting at Toledo, Ohio,
had before him Charles E. White, man
ager Of the Lyceum Bio-Scemograph
company OF Chicago. White was
charged with violating an Injunction
issued to Klaw & Erlanger by United
States Judge Lacombe, and suose-
quently affirmed by the United States
circuit court of appeals, restraining
the Kalem company from producing
Ben Hur'. or pictures Of the same or
any colorado imitation of the book
or play He was found guilty and sen
fenced TO jail Imprisonment for a
term of so days.
This is the opening gun in cam
paign instituted by Klaw & Erlanger
against the motion picture pirates. AS
fast as violations OF this sweeping in
junction are reported, instant arrest
and prosecution will follow. Judge
Killetts' action clearly indicates that
il is the intention of the court to deal
out terms Of imprisonment TO ali
found guilty of violating the injunc-
ton
The case of Klaw & Erlanger
against the Kalem company was bit
terly fought and the injunction was
issued only after series of exhaus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
DE soUsA QUITS FORCE.

Chicago, May 12.-Sergeant John
De Sousa, the only Chicago police
man of Portuguese descent. has hand
ed in his resignation to Chief Nc
Weeny, TO take effect on June 10. He
is going to quit Chicago and live
with his daughter May De Sousa
Haines, comic opera star, at her cot
tage on the Thames, near London.
81 am going to retire." said De
Sousa as he sat at his desk in the
Chicago avenue station, because l
have earned a rest. Chicago is the
worst city in the world for a police
man to work in. When a boy l risk
ed my life many times as a jockey
but a crook knocked my teeth out.
MAY is now Mrs. Haines and is
starring in the Girl in the Train
in London. I'm going to accept her
invitation to visit her at her cottage
there. My son Marvin, who will be
graduated from college this June,
may 60 TO Europe to study music and
we will all be together"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

purpose of forming an organization to
further such progressive republican
principles as we have endeavored to
promote throughout the present ses-
sion, and We invite all who indorse
these principles TO unite with us, In be-
half of the republican party. and the
welfare of the state. (Signed) Logan
Hay. Henry NJ. Dunlap, c. F. Hurburgh,
Ed Beall, Carl Lundberg, r. ]. Barr,
H. S. Magill, Jr.. Frank H. Funk, D. W.
Helm, John Daley, John H. Gray, H.
W. Johnson. J. NJ. Chamberlain, Jr., F.
A Landee, Henry Andrus. A. j. Olson.
J. C. Mckenzie, Niels JUL, Francis P.
Brady, Samuel A. Ettelson. William H.
Mac Lean, Erastus D. Telford, NJ. B..
Bailey, w NJ. Brown, Edward c. Cur
tbs. L. B. Stewart, W. H. Cornwell, w.
Clyde Jones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

similation Of the Merriam forces in Chi
cago. Last night they signed call
for a mass meeting soon after adjourn
ment. 10 which they invite all republi-
cans who indorse progressive princi-
pies.
The Deneen administration is closely
connected with the movement Con-
lectures that it may eventually absorb
the Merriam progressives and unity the
non-reactionary factions are floating,
based on the fact that Senator Walter
Clyde Jones signed up. He has been
mentioned prominently as the probable
candidate of the Progressive Republi-
can league for governor. and he was
the last to attach his signature.
PRINCIPLES DECLARED.
The announcement issued by the IS
follows:
We, the undersigned republican mem
bers OF the Illinois state senate, agree
to associate ourselves together for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

Aubrey Stock company takes posses
sion Monday evening with Alaska"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
WHALE MELTED FORTUNE.

It Yielded Oil and Something Else
Ambergris Worth $4,000.
In a vault at the headquarters Of a
wholesale drug firm in Boston are about
100 pounds of ambergris. 1t is valued
at 100000, according to experts.
Trade quotations give the present
market value Of ambergris at from SO
to SIS an ounce. The 100 pound pack
age is by far the largest amount of am
bergris received in Boston or New Eng
land in many years and is said to be
Of uncommonIy high quality. 1t was
picked up by the crews of the bark
Bertha. Captain Ben Vera, and tbs
brig Viola, Captain John A. Cook. who
found 1t while whaling off the coast
Of Africa in December.
The crews of the Bertha and Viola
were pursuing sperm whales when
the lookouts sighted several spouting
in the sunlight One fellow about thir-
ty feet long Jagged behind the others.
He was sluggish. and it happened that
the harpoons which simultaneously
pierced his sides came from small
boats from both ships. That's why
the crews are dividing the spoils
The laggard yielded only fifteen bar
reis of oil. but the grumbing Of the
whalers was dispelled by the huge
black lump of ambergris taken from
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

tive hearings and arguments. II re-
suited in a victory for klaw & Er-
LANCER. and most OF the Ben Hur
films we're withdrawn from the mo-
ton picture houses. There were, how
ever. several fugitive films and these
have been exhibited from time to
time.
The Aladdin Amusement company
of Springfield, No. consisting OF H. y.
Thomas, L. W. Seamon and Laura
Seamon. has also been exhibiting
Ben Hur'' pictures recently. Sum-
mary action was begun by Klaw &
Erlanger through their attorneys, and
the case is now pending. The court
will be urged to infiict even a longer
sentence in this case than in the case
of White referred TO above. There
will be no letup in the campaign.
Klaw & Erlanger have determined to
stop this form OF fraudulent amuse-
ment and it is quite evident the Unit
ed States courts have placed an ugly
weapon in their hands.
Their agents everywhere have been
ordered to institute criminal proceed
ings instantly upon the discovery of
any violation of the injunction and to
urge upon the United States courts to
infict prison sentences in all convic-
tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

They now propose a benevolent as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
The Theatre
FINAL BILL AT MAJESTIC.

The final vaudeville bill for the sea
son at the Majestic was opened yester-
day afternoon and will close Sunday
evening. Manager Quinn's last show
of the season is an interesting and
funny one, presenting two high class
acts, one other very good one, and one
meiodcre stunt. The feature of the
bill is The Candy Kid" a musical
comedy tabloid ably presented by Ray
Raymond, Ned Burton and Flossie
Balm, all of whom are capable fun
makers and singers Dashington's dogs
present some things that are new in
dog tricks. Billy Mann has a mono
logue which might be better, but is &C
ceptable enough Swain and Otsman,
known as the Bump Phiends." have
a remarkably clever comedy acrobatic
act The pictures end a show which
furnished good entertainment. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
Do Ghosts Haunt swamps7

No, never. Its foolish TO fear a fan.
cied evil, when there are real and
deadly perils to guard against in
swamps and marshes, bayous, and
lOwlands. These are the malaria
germs that cause ague, chill and few
eff, weakness, aches in the bones and
muscles and may induce deadly ty-
phoi6- But Electric Bitters destroys
and casts out these vicious germs
from the blood. Three bottles drove
all the malaria from my system
wrote William Fretwell. of Lucama,
y. c., land I've had fine health ever
since. Use this safe. sure remedy on
ly. SO cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12
CLAIM THEY ARE
1T" IN ILLINOIS
Twenty-eight Republican Sen
ators Join to Save @. o.
P. in the State.
FEAR PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE
Landee Among Number United to
ForestalI Invasion by New
Movement.

Springfield, May 12.-Republican pol
ftics broke into sudden eruption yes
terday. Twenty-eight senators, compos-
ing the progressive element that won
control of the upper branch two years
ago banded together and launched a
movement for the rehabilitation" of
the republican party in Illinois.
They represent nearly every faction
in state politics; they viii serve as the
nucleus of an organization to cover
every county and city in the state IN
the avowed endeayor 10 make the state
party of Illinois as militantly progress
sive as that of any other common
wealth ii the west.
FEAR INVASION.
In launching the movement at this
particular moment, the idea of the lead
ers was TO forestaII any active invasion
of Illinois by the National Republican
Progressive league. BY letting it slide
from the ways almost on the eve OF
the $50 plate banquet Of the progress
sives at the Auditorium in Chicago
Saturday night, the intention was 10
prevent the banqueters from getting
a copyright on the title 'progressives.
The IS senators who signed up have
a long list of legislative deeds 10 which
they point with pride They openly
avow that on it's record of the last two
years the senate organization is enti-
tied to recognition as a progressive
element in politics. They point out that
there is hardly an item in the program
OF the National Progressive league for
which they have not already voted.
CALL MASS MEETING.
They now propose a benevolent as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-12

a man named Carroll were arrested /
the day after the robbery. Carroll /