Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
CHAPTER lV.-Continued.


She was addressing the elder man
&c she spoke, and as she mentioned
the name-it was the first time she
had mentioned it to any one-she
saw him shoot a startled, inquiring
glance at his son. Following it, she
met Tom Fanshaw's eyes staring at
her in utter amaZement.
"Cayley," he said, half under his
BREATH; Philip Cayiey-"
That was the name" she an
Eered-
And yet, I'd be willing to swear"
he said I've never mentioned that
name to you in my life"
No" she said. why should you?
know you didn't knew | had never
heard it before when he told me it
was his" She hesitated moment;
then: Did you ever know a man
named Philip Cayley, Tom?"
He let the question go by, unheeded
and, for a long time, gazed silently
out over the land. II suppose" he
said at last, that a coincidence like
this any coincidence, if only it be
strange enough, will bring touch of
gupersitous fear to anybody. | never
had even touch Of it before, in all
M life; and l always had a little feel
ms of contempt for the men who
showed it. But nOW-Well, well,
VIZ ,IJ Vs. ~.
away last night | wasn't alarmed
about him before, and I've no rational
ground for alarm about him now.
Only"
him with a question. And has the
sky-man, Philip Cayley, anything to
do with the coincidence?"
still it was little while before he
spoke, Il suppose I'd better tell you
the story-a part of it, at least;
couldn't tell it all to you" He turned
to his father. You, | think, already
know it." Then with evident reluc-
lance, he began telling the story to
Jeanne
'ANAS Nao q LLtClIl lLaLhSu h1AA
Cayley,' he said, 'in Hunters class at
the Point three classes ahead Of me,
tld. was. He and Hunter were chums,
the David and Jonathan you know,
OF their class. | remember what a
stroke of luck for them everybody
'Soaght 1t was when they were as
signed to service in the same regi-
MPht. 1t seems to me, as | think back
70 our days at the Point-of course.
my memory may be playing me a
T'ck-but it seems to me that even
then Cayley was interested in the
navigation of the air Somebody kept
a Scrap-book of all that the newspa-
pers and magazines reported on the
subject, any way; l remember seeing
IL think it was Cayley.
/ lost sight of him and Hunter
when they went to the Philippines. 1t
Is only justice to Hunter to say that
never heard a word of the thing that
happened out there from him. He
never seemed to want to talk to me
about it, and, of course, l never forced
alm Well, | can make a short story
Of 1t, any way, though 1t has to be
nasty one.
\ man came into the post one day,
inc head man of one of the neighbor-
Ing villages out there, a man with
white blood in him-Spanish blood.
Iney carried him in, for he couldn't
walk. He was in horrible condition.
he had been tortured-I won't go into
'he details Of that-and f1ogged nearly
10 death. He said that Cayley had
uone 1t. He had demonstrated with
cayIey he said, because he feared
'of MS daughters safety, ,-she was
pretty girl, whittier thax Ter father
0"u II seems that tlhr mans fears had
sumo Justification 1t appears that
C"FIey had coxe out there, blind
u'u0h, with ? couple Of troopers, who
deserted thG:< same night, and man
handled tie Old man. The girl joined In
neF fatSer's accusation, at least she
N'an { deny anything.
VSyley was away on scout duty at
sse time when the man came 1n-tne
siling had happ@aed some days prior
lust before he started out. 1t came
IKE thurderbolt out of a clear sky,
toF everybody liked Cayley and
thought him an exceptionally decent,
Tean sort Of chap, though he ana
taunter both were drinking good deal
Just then. Poor Hunter was all
~oksn up about It, Everybody pc
oeved that he really knew some In