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SYNOPSIS.

which he is not guilty. resixn. from II.
army in disgrace and his Affection tca
s.,r.d s ,sieh9 tayiey y seeks solitude. where h.
perfec,s a dying machine. While soaring
6ver the Arctic regions no picks up
sssassin's hand. Mounting again. he DIS
covers a yacht anchored In the bay. Do
scsnding near tho steamer, he meets q
siri.s name il Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north TO seek signs
Of her father, Captain Fielding. An arctic
s1plo..s D%Tty frSm ,he csyies ies depart.
11ousiy- shaped stick. Captain Pl.nck and
the surviving crew OF his wrecked whs,sr az
nan named Roscoe had murdered Field
ing and his two companions. after the ea-
plorer had revealed the location OK an
t%SGs soos eommsna aeG Of % tss party. it develops
that the ruffisn had committed tho mur-
der witnessed by csayiey; sisns Hoseoe pan. ,s
big load OF gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw,
owner OF the yacht, about the visit Of the
sky,man and shows him tho stick LEFT by
Cayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
EAkimo throwing stick, used to shoot
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
eearching party with a bprained ankle;
Cayley is nccused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent a relief party goes
TO ind the searchers. Tom processes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters an abandoned hut. and there finds
her fathers diary, which disoloses the ex-
plorer's suspicion OF Roscoe. The ruf-
han returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
He II intent on murder, when the sky
man swoops down and tho rufhan nees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
to read. The yacht disappears and Ros-
GOES plans to capture 1t are revealed.
Jsannes only hope Is In Cayley. The
ssriousness OF their situation becomes mp
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
ley kills polar bear. Next he finds a
A cellar In the hut has . chimney like
hole leading up through the Ice to an OBJ
Pervatory whore Captain Fielding had
hidden supplies.
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CHAPTER XVII.
A State Of Siege.

Cayley'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 a mild southerly breeze.
the ice pack below him. he caught his
first glimpse of the unknown land
where Captain Fielding had met his
tragic fate 80 many years before. Three
days since he had witnessed, from
aloft the murder of a 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 he had thought his
world was empty, swept clean Of hu-
man concern and human affection.
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
less, they entertained but little doubt
that he was Roscoe himself The foot
prints were immense, Cayley said, and
their distance apart bespoke the stride
of giant
II 1t were Roscoe who had been
crouching there behind the boulder,
then 1t seemed to them unlikely that
he was here alone; unlikely that he
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 ruffian. who was the chief
dwarfed his subordinates to pygmies.
Yet when they came to think over the
situation, reasonably. this uncertainty
as to the number OF their enemy
proved 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 a mile to the westward
was the promontory, and about half
mile up the beach from the hut, 10
the eastward. the glacier projected
Its Ice masses in long foe out to
seaward This glacier provided the
only practicable means OF entrance 10
the Interior valley and the ledge
where the gold was.
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long dead. She was alive; warm. He
was near enough now to make out 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 she breathed He laid the throw
ing-stick upon the ice. drew nerves
and muscles taut for his rush.
Then. Just then. he saw the thing
that made Jeanne close her eyes, the
flashing sword-cut Of that great gold
upon the other.
Roscoe dropped down, as II he had
been blasted by the sight OF sword
ed archangel. In the shelter OF his
rock. He lay there. prone. hugging
his head In his arms. He did not
rouse himself. did not succeed in fore
ing his treacherous nerves and mus
cles to obey his will until 1t was quite
dark. Then, without glance behind
him. he arose and began scrambling
madly up the broken face Of the talus,
and, reaching the top Of 1t. went on
and scaled the cliff itself. It was a
feat which even he could hardly have
accomplished except under the ex-
tremity Of terror.
For only 80 long as was necessary
to regain his breath, he lay painting
upon the clif1-head. In the dark, rush
ing along as II the precipitous trail he
followed had been well-worn thor
oughfare. he retraced his way down
the landward side OF the mountain
and across the valley. He did not
pause until he found himself safe in
the cave again beside the glacier.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
An Attack,

M SttaCk.
The fact that their enemy was
alone and that he was Roscoe himself
was responsible for the conviction
that Cayleys wings were all that
stood between them and an attack.
No terror attributable to human
causes would have held back that
solitary and altogether desperate out
cast.
The thing in the situation which
caused Cayley the most uneasiness
was the fear that some time or 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 as he
was flying along near the snow-crest-
ed edge of the cliff.
Il don't know why I never thought
of 1t before" he said to Jeanne as he
alighted beside her a moment or two
afterward: but I've got 1t now-the
way to prevent Roscoe from every
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Go to sleep7"
solving the mystery of your guardian
angel. | thought of it when l saw the
mound up on the cliff-head that Is
formed by the observatory. 1t can't
be buried so very deep in the snow
because the mound isn't SO very big.
I'm going up there now to dig it out
enough, at least, SO that l can take
wing from there"
you never can dig out enough snow
to get a running start up there" she
objected
81 sha'n't have to. I'll Just dive OH
the cliff"
Philip, you sha'nt!"
why not?"
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 like that up into high buildings
and throwing them out of Window
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 l can get my
start quite as safely that way as any
other. Oh yes. I've done It, Do you
imagine, Jeanne dear, that I'd take an
unnecessary risk so long as my life
is the only possible protection there
is for yours?"
He spent the rest OF the day tun-
nelling out from the observatory. He
did not dig in the snow; he simply
packed it, gradually enlarging the
space from a section the size of the
pilot house door to a space at the
cliffs edge wide enough for the fuD
spread of his wings.
| Jeanne WAS watching on the beach
| when he made his first fight from
this aerie and, in spite OF her con-
| fidence in his powers, she endured
horrible moment or two. For he came
hurtling down. head first, at an angle
of 60 degrees; and he had traversed
two-thirds of the distance to the beach
before his line DETECTED outward and
began curving up toward the hort
zontal.
| WI sue Sd" lhdl ne WAS bhlt,
that he had really done the thing he
had said he could, she dropped down
upon 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 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
that fading violet sky, supremely
masterful, majestcally dominant OF
the unstable element he had con-
quered.
She sat up suddenly, erect, upon
the bear skin, with the realization that
1t was nearly dark. Their hours of
daylight were getting very scanty
now. Today's allowance was gone, al
though 1t was not yet three in the aft
ernoon.
She looked aloft for Cayley. but
could not see him, Then, the next
moment, she heard the whine of the
air through his rigging, and he sailed
down on a long slant and alighted be-
| side her.
He got clear Of his planes with an
unaccountable air Of haste, and held
out both hands to help her rise.
What do we do with sentinels who
20 to sleep on duty7" he questioned
with n laugh.
81 wasn't asleep" she said contrits-
ly, but It was just about As bad.
was thinking" She paused there,
then added, about you. What's the
sentence OF the courtF
Already he had his wings folded uD
and was handing them to her.
! ero BE coNrINuED
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the weapon back to him. but she spoh,
quietly enough:
It's good to know" she said, al
most a relief"
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CHAPTER xVI.-ContInusd.

ABOUT, and-Jeanne, II 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
the tracks in the snow. They weren't
more than ten PAGES away from you
when came down out of the sky"
Was It the bear?" she asked. That
was what you thought 1t might have
been. at the time" But he could see
in her eyes that this WAS not the an
swer she expected.
He shook his head; that told her
enough.
As Roscoe ned 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
Of the man he had murdered and
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
gone with It, he dropped down upon
beach. crawled up into the lee OF q
great rock and had spent the night
there. his mind completely torpid with
nsar.
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
cseded 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
. boat ashore for him.
OF the strange figure he had seer
here in the hut, so like and yet sc
terribly unlike the victim OF his mur
derous lust four years ago-of that
and OF the more terrible apparition hi
had seen coming down out OF the sky
he thought, or tried to think nothing
At all. II was only q nightmare only
= deluslon, natural enough when ont
considered all the circumstances.
When the fog lifted with the ap
Philip and Jeanne did not becom,
aware OF until several hours later. tina
the Aurora had drifted out TO sea II
the gale. The clean line OF the hori
ron was broken by nothing but tn
plunRing masses OF the ice. There wa
Just one chance, he thought. that sh
might still be comparatively near Il
hand. Southwark and eastward IN
horizon was unbroken, but the jutun
mass OF the promontory to the ives
cut on his view in that direction.
was possible that the gale which ha
destroyed the noe that formed tn
harbor. had also broken up the pac
ice at the other side of the peninsull
the side from which Cayley, on tn
wing. had hrst approached this VI
known land The yacht might b
there, riding safely in practically ope
water.
He got up from the snow nest h
had made for himself In the Ice OF tn
rock, and cautiously heSed his sitter
Cd muscles, with the idea OF settin
out at once down the beach an
around the hendland TO learn whethe
this last hope OF his was groundies,
Really. In his heart, he had no hop
at all, but that fact made It easy .
postpone for a little longer the putin
OF this delusion OF q hope ne haa :
ths test OF reality.
The excuse he made to himself wa,
that he was ravenously hungry. an
that his most sensible course would b
10 70 up the glacier to the cave an
eooh himself = breakfast before he di
Aaythins alsA
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TO feel better when | had taken only
one bottle Of Compound but kept on
as was afraid to stop too Soon Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 212o y. B. ST., FL
wood, Ind.
Why viii women take chances with
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Vegetable Compound ?
For thirty years it has been the
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has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such all
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liberation. fibroid tumors. irregulari-
ties. periodic pains. backache, indiges-
tion, and nervous prostration-
II yoW have the slightest Doubt
that Lydia r. I'ipkhasn's Vegc-
table Compound will help YOU,
write to Mrs. pirkham at LYNN,
Mass, for advice. HOWr hitter
will ~ absolutely confiAeAtiAk
and the adv Tree.
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CAanksvloin- V1eA
(Coatinued from First PsGeD

shone down upon the happy pair
plighting their youthful vows ''for
better or for worse till death do us
part"
The marriage ceremony was fol
lowed by a solemn nuptial High
mass with Father Kipp celebrant,
Father Gallagher of Salida deacon
and Father Drummer of Telluride
subdeacon. Leonard's mass in L
flat was beautifully rendered by the
choir with Mrs. Ernest Miller at the
organ.
The bride, who is an attractive
brunette of a tall aud slender figure
was handsomely gowned in ivory
white meteor crepe trimmed with
rose point lace, with tulle veil and
orange blossoms She carried an
ivory bound prayerbook and rosary
and looked the embodiment of girl
ish grace and simple elegance. The
maid-of-honors gown was of rich
imported embroidery, and she wore
a pearl tiara with roses and carried
sheaf of white roses The flower
girl in a little French creation Of
Partisan lawn with dainty cap looked
as if she had Just stepped out of
Fairy-land She carried shower
boquet of valley lilies with basket
filed with the same flowers and
maiden-hair fern tied with white
tulle The two rings reposed with
in the heart of a pure white Easter
lily and the youthful ring bearer al
in white was as gallant as a knight
of-old in his chivalry toward the fair
young bride
Immediately after the services at
the church, a bountiful wedding
breakfast was served at the rectory
to the bridal party, visiting clergy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Boner Of
Parsons, Kansas, aunt and uncle of
the bride.
The rooms were beautifully deco.
rated throughout, California poppies
and white dahlias being banked in
every nook and corner. In the bay
window Of the library floral arch
with an immense white floral bell
had been arranged. Under this, the
bridal party stood and received the
cor gratulations Of their friends from
/ | 10 3 ia the afternoon, while light
refreshments were dispersed in the
dining room by Mrs. P. H. Boner as
sisted by Mrs. c. r. Sills.
Mr.. and Mrs Chamberlin left on
the APO train taking with them the
romantic secret of their destination,
but they will be at home to their
friends after Nov. ! at Belleville,
Kan, where the groom is well known
in the world Of affairs as a young
man of sterling qualities which have
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NEED DOrn ROADS

According TO the Press, Montrose
people are fearful that the Black
mesa road if completed will cut out
the Blue mesa, and shove the main
Rainbow Route through the North
Fork instead of the UBcompahere
valley. We do not so understand it,
Both roads have advantages, the
Blue being considerably shorter and
the Black more of a scenic route.
Both reach a different section Of
country, where many thousand neo-
pie live, and where increasing thou
sands will settle. Gunnison wants
to see both roads, and it is rather
up TO the two counties OF Montruse
and Delta as to which will secure
the better thoroughfare and attract
the most travellers In any case we
are likely to have both roads. for
both can be made into first class
auto roads at comparatively low cost
and kept in condition, owing to the
natural road foundation of gravel
subsoil. 1t will be one of the ad-
vantages Of the Rainbow Route that
1t presents this alternative route, one
Tor eastern visitors to take going
down into the great Gunnison valley
and the other on returning. The
same applies to the alternative route
from Gunnlson to Salida, via either
Monarch pass or Coehetopa pass.
Here we have Monarch road, a won
derlul scenic route and straight as a
DIE Tor the east. The Cochetopa
road, while longer, is the lowest pass
IN Colorado, and will he onen three
months longer than any other pos
sible road over the Rockies in Colo
rado.
Our friends at Montrose NAV he
sure that Gunnison stands ready IN
help either or both mesa road pron.
osltions 10 the limit Of financial
ability
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nARAE

saturday. September IN.
Postmaster Williams has received
instructions To open a post al savings
bank here bctOber 49,
Three persons were on the hospit Al
list in Marble last week aud part of
this from the same cause-stepI,ing
On nails
The Marble City band gave con
cert at the bandstand last SUNDAY
afternoon. from 3 To o'clock which
was listened to by "a large crowd aud
greatly appreciated
Its n matter of dispute in the ex-
change department of The Boost pr
which was the more interesting in
the last issue Of the GunnisOn Eepub-
lican-the Harvest Seen in Gunni-
son County" or the ably written ar
ticle ON "Recipicity."
According to- George Swigart, Who
was mp from Carbondale several davs
the latter part of last week. j. c. Us
good has made an offer To build a
boulevard from Carbondale To Mar
BILE. at his own expense. ii the
national highway is built down the
Roaring Fork valley by way of Car
bondale.
Mrs. Mary Thompson. who lives
adjacent tn the Mission house. was
walking ON state street Thursday
evening about 1:;o O'Clock when she
stepped into a hole recently ex-
cavated for an electric light pole. In
the iali her right leg was twisted be-
meath her and both bones We're
broken bet ween the ankle and knee.
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as1sansoa D. ksla n.any fElsatis
The tslie - the ouis a.ashs.zr Il
tss haze Ar and Mr.. Aiax.aSs.r
wsrtk - f.rsosss. k@s.sa-. sac - :
very p4psslsr .sa e-aln..t,ie vounr
ssay and fAa the pa-s -evea year-
has E,ssa.a N Cssaas-an a sise hs,a.s
81 aer sI.cis. Father klps. Fat tis
FaSs t~o ycsr~ she bas baea ths
orcanIsi a. N fetors chnrca and
pre-ssieui - she Noung L.aalas -
a&hty She y q saised nseasts.sr ~
sse tssBnssan M8asssH : eis.b and
nossi= tiss pesstisa IT Dssparsnseuf
aide IA the y e. G. sac p,.--e--s-
beside persoBsi chsrnss. artl-sse aaa
Hassessl talcui. and nambars har
ir'ends BY the hundreds thrsust.asf
ths state who WISH herself and na--
band a hearty hpa voyage throarh
the journey begun under such prua.-
issng conditions.
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CEMENT CeEEk noAo naox
09E nAAlloIC re oeC,s
tCostinued srso FIRST psGe,

he grade Is So good. thai i've o.
siX tons, can he taken on slelehs
There ~ slight rise ont ui Italian
1asiB and below the Stewart cabins
" hfle tins Is a snowy country, the
road has been carefully laid with
respect 10 slides, aud eight double
teams can Keep most any road opea
Here rs a new mining district
apened, the trade af which has been
eagerly sought for bv Aspen mer-
chants for years. Now, Crested
Butte and Gunnison will receive the
benefit, and a large market will be
opened for hay, grain and vegetables
iar rsnehmen Of the vicinity. Uncle
John Marshall drove the first team
luto the camp from Gunnison.
The ore Of the Star is a sand car.
Donate, such as made I.eadville
famous Ii is mixed with salena
and is an ideal fiuxing ore. The
Bull Domingo, lying next the Star
Is also being worked under lease by
Aspen parties and promises To rival
the Star Senator 5. /. Hallett who
hrst developed the Bul-Domineo,
never drove his workings below the
100 foot level.
Howard Marshall, manager of the
Aspen lease on the Hawkeye, which
Iolns the Star properties on the north
s preparing for winter campaign.
Bert Friend of Aspen, who has had
charge of one of the road campo, also
will develop his holdings ON the hill
this season.
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NoTTCt ro >oN-RF>yBFNT oy PRO.
ram OF WfIT

state-o1 Colorado,
COUNTY Of Gunnison,
In the County Court, in Probate
The People OF the state of Color.do -
Minor, and Miss Jennie Dodd. his puard
ian, GREETING: S'"'u
pear TO the County Court df '9Gs %snoi 10 i,l az,
County, IN he State Of Colorado. thar -,
the said Clarence r. Cowell and Frank Il
i,odd are legatees and heirs al law ri
Rachel = Niikison, Deceased. and ina
y.u reside out Of the State of Colorado
NpW, IHEkEfoRL, in accordance
WIN the prov lstons 81 the statute in such
case made and provided and hy order 81
Souft duly made and entered. you sra
nsreby notitied that an instrument of
testament ofthe said Rachel T. Wilkison.
aettased was presented 10 said Court
ieef II HI, br"9ate On the 18th day Of August, A.
-. III, by Charles A. Nelson and Emma.
= Nelson residing AT Gunnison In tbf
state oi 'oiQrado; that the said decedsnt
Nas. At tht time oi her decease, a reside NJ
ui 1unnison, in the state % Coi0rad0.
that the said deCedent, accord ING 10 + -,
SAID alleged will devised and beq1eathed
,cii,it,. si1 tf,.psft1 ~, in The words and figures
fLirst-,l give and begueath TO nay
nephew, tlarence Y. COweQ. vi Newart
New Jersey. Rive Hundred Dollars; al -
0econd, ! give and begueath to my
nice En'rr,a N; Benard, of Denver, Colo
rado, fiNe Hundred Dollars
THIRD, give and bequeath TO my pepb-
~, ~ ttrank t,.i,N bodd. oi Newark, y. j..
u lNf IfJilArS-
fourth. ] give and heqaeatb 10 ms,
niece, Lois NJ Nelson of Cfgpnisan ,,li.s
jeMelry, etc. '''' ''iifs'
fHth--l give and bequeath to r,v si..-
teif hfnfna y. Nelson Of tTunnison. colo
- fsoo, TO- All ne rest, residue and remaindesr
OF my estate consisting uf Tn0ussv apl ~, =
number = ~ a 10 a II A f5 =, Ili,i iets
number ifs West Gunnis0n. t,uapis'.,s>
County, Colorado tii>oh
nol AXE HEREBY NOTIFIED In he
anu aHstsf h..fore said Court nj H.
eounty court Room in the Court u H,,,s
IN .,unnison. IN the County of Gupn,sa,
IN the state OF Colorado. on tbe ,s, 4 an,
OF october. A. ID. 1911. then and ,h, "sS
attt nd the hearing on the prnhsts -, -, ~
sad ssed last will and tsSta,,i, - " ".
the sald Rachel + Nilkison. derea,s.s.gs' "a. a
,l. 'ul \ IT. 20 o2 ana perform what shall
adiudged. 'fuhed and
II WITNESS WHEREOF \ ba,.s -
unto sci my hand and affixed ~. .n'I
sala ala Sourf AZ my Office in tsunniso, ~ ~
satd county. this 18th day of Sspts,,t,,.ii.nI n, n
spar 6Eo n HETHERINGTDS
Judge and Acting fSl.rl
Pub Sept. 1s-oct. g. 1911.