Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-01

batteries of the Chameleon, which suf-
feed to replace all that the Crow had
exhausted up to this time.
The three men who had been left at
the scene OF the last nights adventure
had arrived at the rocks, bringing
along their wounded comrade, who
was seriously shot through the breast.
They also brought Payton's pack Of
provisions, which had been left on the
ground. This delighted me- exceeding
ly, for it vastly increased the chances
Of his capture.
I had, including myself and Peters,
ten available men. l decided to leave
Peters and four men at the rocks, with
plenty Of provisions, and one Of the
electric guns, placing Helen in their
charge until the arrival of the party
from the Osprey or until my return. l
directed Peters to keep a flag flying,
for 1 felt confident that our friends
would so6r l14eape~nd probably with
the aero, s1s my engineer had as
sured Peers that he could repair the
steering gear.
For the search, my idea was to rise
to a good height with the Grow and
start off ostentatiously southwark, In
order that Payton, If he were watch
ing, as he doubtless would be. might
conclude that we were satisfied with
the recovery of Miss Greyman and
were making for home. When, to use
an old nautical phrase, we should be
%hull down" from the rocks I meant
to put about, going round by the east
to northeast and keeping full fifty
miles beyond the point where Payton
had escaped.
Then l would drop down near the
ground and search 1t right and left
over q breadth of at least fifteen miles,
creeping gradually inward toward the
critical point. Since he was compel
led to travel on foot l did not believe
that Payton had been able to go any
thing like fifty miles owe the brush
tangled and more or less swampy
ground. But l wanted to be sure.
So off I started, after a tender part
ing from Helen, whom l encouraged
with the hope of soon seeing her fa-
Their and to whom I had related all
the particulars Of the ann In which
we had found Payton's lodge and of
our adventures up to the time of the
battle in the clouds. She in turn gave
me a vivid description of her expert
ences on the Chameleon, where she
and Susan had been kept locked In
the cabin most of the time. Once or
twice only they had witnessed the
chase.
But I did not know who my res
cuer was to be-" she said, smiling
archly.
When we had attained a point be-
tween fifty and sixty miles northeast
of the rocks we began the search In
earnest. We had long been running
low, but o 1 dropped within twenty
yards Of the ground and began to de-
scribe a series of endless ~interIocking
spirals about fifteen miles In length,
Ike so many fiat, intertwined figure
Fights lying on their sides, one over
another.
This enabled US to inspect the ground
so infinitely that q woodchuck could
hardly have escaped being seen. Even
where 1t was covered with brush we
could usually see fairly well, and
when we came upon thickets or clumps
Of stunted trees 1 ordered Ethan to
drop shells into them, an employment
that afforded him great satisfaction.
This beats coon huntin' in Con-
neeticut all holler," he said. when l
was a youngster we ulster shoot up
inter the trees whar the varmints was
hid, but if we c'u'd "a got at 'em this
way there wouldn't "a been q ringtail
left in the hull state"
But as the time wore on and we got
nearer where l expected Payton to be
l stopped the firing lest the explosion
OF the shells should give the alarm. |
now determined to resort to the device
which had twice already proved so-ef-
fective-that of looking out for a light
after night came on. The nights were
cold, and If Payton believed hat we