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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-15
CHAPTER XIX.
Roscoe.

Roscoe.
Roscoe had never been able to clear
up his doubt as to Jeanne's identity,
nor to solve the mystery of Cayley's
appearance In the air. The doubt
and the mystery tormented him worse
than any final conviction could have
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, a
man and a woman, and the woman
beautiful. young, alluring-whcn he
thought of all that he would go of
into transports Of rage, which left
even his gigantic body limp and ex-
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
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-15

rage against the two who had baffled
him and enjoyed immunity from him
so long. almost led him to attempt to
break into the hut then and there, and
settle matters; but his sancr common
sense told him that the settlement
would almost inevitably be against
him should he attempt It.
He was still entertaining this no.
ton, however, when n luminous idea
occurred to him. Around on the far
side OF the hut, the west side, which
looked toward the headlands, was q
good-sized heap of fire-wood, which
Philip had not been able to find
room for inside the hut. Roscoe had
with him a flint and steel and a
quantity of tow. He never travelled
without them.
With infinite precaution against
noise he began laying a fire against
the windward wall of the hut. Squat
ting, with his rifle across his knees
ready to use in case of an emergency,
he methodically whitfield quantity of
dry splinters off few of the sticks,
ignited them and carefully nursed the
blaze, until, under the rising wind. it
grew to the beginning of fair-sized
conflagration. Then, catching up his
rifle, he slipped around the other side
of the hut, crouching down not more
than 20 PAGES away, and waited.
Already the fire was burning finely
and the silhouetted outline of the hut
was plain against the. glow of it.
His plan was good one. The peo-
pie inside the hut would have no
choice and, probably, no thought, but
Of escape. When they rushed out, as
they almost certainly would. bewild-
cred and confused, and plainly visible
to him against the glow of the fire be-
hind them, it would be easy, from the
safe shelter OF the darkness, to shoot
the man.
1t was only, indeed, by the merest
hairs breadth that Roscoe's plain
failed to work. The instinct of es-
cape by the nearest way from burn
ing building is almost irresistible, and
1t led Philip and Jeanne to the very
edge of the destruction, which Roscoe
had planned for them.
Cayley had his hand upon the bolt
of the great door, whittier he had
sprung when Jeanne's cry had awak-
ened him, before the saving second
thought stayed him and held him
frozen where he was. For perhaps
flve seconds he stood there, while the
memory OF the unexplained bullet hole
he had found in the body of the great
bear, and the belated observation that
the fire. which was destroying the hut.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-15
mucA with rilo; and he romempo,.

much with q rife; and he remembers
ed the deadly revolver shooting he
had seen upon the body OF the bear.
Also, he would have to go into tho
dark, with the freight behind him.
No. II wouldn't do. He must wait
Well. he could afford to wait-much
better than they could.
Reluctantly he rose. turned his
broad back to the gale, and began ma
king his laborious way back to the
cave.
1t was high time. His face was
frozen already. The intensity of the
cold had already rendered his rife
useless, for the whole mechanism of
the breech was frozen fast. His STRAIT
agem had failed in its ultimate inten-
ton, for nature had laid her great icy
hand upon the board and for the pres
ent declared the game draw.
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faltered, 1t is true, and his knees
trembled 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 IL was enough to reveal the
fact that this great man-bird, this
golden-winged spirit which had kept
him In terror for his own sanity all
these months. was taking off his wings
and folding them UP into bundle, in
as matter-of-fact a way as If he were
furling an umbrella. He stood there
now, just an ordinary human figure
of man; the very man. In fact, that
he had seen before and would have
killed long ago had 1t not been for his
over-mastering terror of the thing
with wings.
He presented fair mark now, and
was in easy range, but Roscoe was too
thoroughly astonished to seize the op-
portunity, and in moment II was
gone again. The two figures shrank
into the shadow of the hut. and the
next moment the light disappeared
For moment. an accession OF
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-15

Philip had been enjoying, he was,
again, the very man who, during those
long years of exile, had dominated
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 fissure 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
difficult track which lay along the
moraine.
Before he had gone three PAGES
along this track his eye made out
something, just off his patch and lit.
tie below it, which caused him at first
to utter snarl of anger, but led him
the next moment to give wild bias.
phemous yell of Joy.
The great assure which had opened
in ths Ace had done, in an instant,
what the party from the Aurora had
failed to do after hours of hard labor
--tt had yielded up the body of Perry
Hunter. which, during all these
months, 1t had kept imprisoned.
Strapped across the dead mans
shoulders, just where he had carried
1t in life, was rifle and around his
middle belt full of cartridges.
The next instant Roscoe was bend
fng over the body, Jerking savagely
at the frozen buckles which resisted
his impatient fingers. But they were
not to be denied. If they we're clum-
sy, the hands were strong.
It was not five minutes later when
Roscoe, rife and ammunition belt in
his hands, was hurrying on toward his
cave once more. The body lay Just
where his desecrating hands had left
It,
The rife was uninjured; that he had
seen at glance. though OF course
all the mechanism of It's breech was
frozen fast. But half hours hard
work with cleaning rod and rags Of
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none of Cayley's shots could have ac-
counted for. he explored with prao-
tised hand.
Watching him as he did so, the
girl could see 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 1t
was all about. in a moment
The girl had hardly finished the
task he had given her, when he came
in. In his blood-stained hand he was
holding out something for her inspec-
ton.
Conquerlng feeling of repugnance,
she bent over the 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.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-15
SYNOPSIS.

Philip cayley, accused OF erimo Of
army IN disgrace and his afSection for
hatred. Cayiey seeks solitude. where he
perfects q flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions, he, picks up a
assassn's hand. Mounting again. he dis
covers yacht anchored In the bay. De-
scending near the steamer he meets a
girls name is Jeanne Jean Tie{dins and thai
tho yacht has come. north to seek signs
Of her father, Captain Fielding, an arctic
king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped a Gu; Gu;
are In hiding on the coast A giant ruff
man named Roscoe, had murdered Fielding
and his two companions after the. ex-
took took cor GSOmmasnd Of the party: i develops
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
70 capture the yacht and escape with
big load Of gold, Jeanne tells ,Fanshaw.
sly-man and shows him the stick left by
Gayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
lal,h Eskimo throwing; g;stlck. used to shoot GOT
searching party with a sprained ankle;
Ferry Ferry Hunter is found murdered and
Sayey SesSy Is b Of the crime but oss
10 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
nan returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
He is intent on murder. when the sky
man swoops down and the rufhan 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-
ley kills q polar bear. Next he finds a
clue to the hiding place of the stores
Roscoe Is about to attack tho girl when
he is sent fleeing in terror by the sight
OF the sky-man swooplng down. Measures
are taken to fortify the hut.
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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, If his rife had anything like
modern range"
THAT bullet is certainly modern
piece of ordnance" said Cayley. Its
soft-nosed and steel-jacketed."
He laid 1t 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 l don't know that
one more can make any great differ
ence. Not in our way of life, GER
tainly"
Both tried to stick to that view Of
1t and, for the present. to dismiss
conjecture upon the new topic from
their minds, but they did not succeed
very we'll. The idea that forced itself
upon them, In spite of their attempt to
discredit 1t, was that Roscoe's 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 day
or two. It was disquieting thought,
at best.
1t was time for Cayley to turn in
and for Jeanne to begin her evening
watch alone, but before that happened
they paid an extra amount of atten-
ton to the security of their doors and
windows.
II was a little before IL o'clock
when Cayley came out of a deep sleep
to find her bending over him. shaking
him by the shoulder and crying out
his name.
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articulated themselves into perfect
ly clear perception of Roscoe's 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 10y gale which
was tanning 1t. die down into an
angry, sullen, smouldering glow. But
no man appeared to furnish a mark
for his waiting rifle, and no woman
was delivered defenseless, shelterless,
into his british hands.
The failure of his plan brought
back moment or two of the old sup
erstitious horror. but his mind was
braced against 1t now and did not
| readily give way. Somehow, the fail
ure must be countable-humanly &C.
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 first impulse. when 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 see that tho
advantage would be all against him.
| In close quarters he could not do
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CHAPTER XvIIl.-continued.

"The sentence is that you shall be
frightened with bear story. There's
big one coming down the beach aft
er you this very moment, and you're
to 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
was 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 way?" she whispered.
They had shrunk back into the
shadow of the hut, the girl actually
inside of the vestibule and Cayley on
the doorstep.
Hes been wounded When / was
overhead / could make out the blood
stains on his side, and he was leaving
a track on the ice.
Wounded in a fight with another
bear?"
mo, that's not likely"
She asked no further explanation,
but slipped into the hut. The next
moment she was back with the field
glasses.
While you're attending to the
bear" she said In whisper, "Pll Just
keep watch up the beach for-for any
one else"
The past weeks had made one diff
ference in her attitude. toward Cayley
which she was now aware of, as she
contrasted her sensations on seeing
Philip step forward, out of the shelter
OF the hut, to confront the bear, with
those she had experienced when he
had set out on similar errand once
before. She knew him now. and she
had no fear for him. The feeling.
that thrilled her now was nearer akin
to pride than anything else.
Cayley fully justified her confidence.
The course the bear was taking would
have brought him within 20 yards of
their doorstep. When he first caught
sight of Cayley he stopped, in two
minds, apparently, whether to be
hunted or to do the hunting himself.
Then, as Cayley advanced upon him
rather slowly, he decided, Kissed at
him venomously and reared up.
He was already badly enough
wounded to have taken all the fight
out of any other sort of animal, but
half alive as he was, he cost Cayley
four cartridges. Three of those shots
Cayley was reasonably sure must have
entered vital spot. The first one
took the bear between the eyes as he
was rising The second was fred into
his open mouth. The third was prob
ably DETECTED by the massive fore
paw which he was holding across his
body in the attitude of boxer The
fourth shot, however, penetrated his
throat and probably smashed one of
the two first vertebrae, for 1t seemed
TO bring the monster down all In a
heap, where he finally lay still Cay
ley could have reached him with his
foot.
Good shooting" said the girl quiet
ly from the little vestibule.
He reloaded the revolver, letting
the empty shells drop unheeded on
the Ice at his feet. He gave the weap.
on back to the girl, and bent over the
bear.
I'm less interested In what did
to him." he said. than In what he got
from the enemy who first attacked
him"
The light was almost gone, so that
all he could see were two or three
irregular dark stains upon the white
fur. a wound In tha flank, which
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-15

"Get up duickly!- she said when she
saw that he was awake. Philip, the
hut's on fret"
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09

Governor William ! Mills came
down from santa 10 last nigh, TO At.
tend the opening of the fair today, AZ
which be- officially presided.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09

Rebbrr Co. Opticians phone to9.
Dr. NJ Motsn nj Defining Is fair
visitor To the city from Deming.
Charles A. Crate and A j. Dciz Of
Dexter. y NJ are IN the city today
Il. A. McNally ana Frank y Brown
are in the city today 10 visit the fair.
A. J. Frisbie Of santa Re is here for
the fair.
Jacobo Yrisarri left on buslaess
trip to the Capital City This morning.
q. $. Moore Of Roswell is In Albu'
quetque on account OF the fair.
c. c. lleacock aud wife OF Carlsbad
are visitors IN the city for ialr week.
n. G.. stevens and G A. Rising of
Santa Pc are here Tor the fair
Col W. 5. fIopewell left this morn
ing ior Osceola. and later III Paso.
Dr. ana Mrs. C. c. Etiling of Las
Vegas are visitors In the city.
Dr. and Mrs r. NJ Albeter OF Clay
ION are here for q few DAYS.
"a G. Pendleton railroad man
iIom clovis. rs here viewing the iaif
| G. T.. Easley of Santa Pc arrived
here yesterday for a brief stay.
j. q Moir of Dcming IL spending a
Il duy oI Two In the city.
4 %. Nathan Byrd OF Las Cruces was
II here sesterday.
h Or. Thomas A Mccarthy Of santa
/ ra arrived IN the Ell, yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Railston OF Mag
dalena are visitors In the city To view
| The fair.
G. NJ Bcruland Of las Vegas Is nm
Albuquerque visitor Today, as Is d. G
Winion OF ihc same city.
=. A Walter OF Chama and Howell
Earnest oi clay ION are Albuquerque
visitors TODAY
=. g. Hakcr OF the McGancy com
lpany returned 10 the city this morn
Ing l'.u, Il short trip west on busIners
JAMES u. Davidson. OF the Fnnegar
browne co. of this city. lcii this morn
Ing for San Antonio, y A.
Edward Iembkc plaster and brlcl
contractor OF this city. left THIS morn
ing for Belcu. ON business.
Noill b. Field and Summers Ulrt
hart attorneys OF this city, lel tUi,
morning for Santa Fc
} q. = Higginson tranmasicr of the
, Santa ~ at NinsloN. .y spending q
, few DAYS hero looking over tho lair
A. v Chran, well known news
paper man Of Fort sumner, is IN tbs
city for O few dnys.
|, Emil Dibo OF CubeIo aud c n. Me
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09

FOR the hes, saddle horses "a ,hs
city call phone No. 8. w. l.. Trimble.
tis North Second ST.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09

Chcsncy 81 santa Fc are here for q
few days looking al the iair
- , s,t...,., ,...t,.,...... &c.. ,l,..
~ y" ,, ".''',' a. ~" ~,
~ W." 81.
+ v olht' dhi col u T.. Nl'ehel'
81 Las vegas arrived IaH' hlshl Tor
snort stay
Max palies 81 Bcier. connected with
no John Bccker COMPANY Is IN the
city for ahou wish
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09
OUT
TO CHANGE NAME
OF CONGRESS
Southern Railroads and Com
mercial Bodies of Southern
Cities Think Reclamation
Better Than Irrigation

According To a statement made by
Secretary " - Henng of the Bureau
of Immigration. movement IL well
under way among the southern rail.
roads ana commercial bodies OF the
southern cities to change ne name of
The National Irrigation congress to tho
National Reclamation congress. or the
National Irrigation and Drainage CON.
gics- Nh H'ning snid that the south.
crncts who would benefit most bt the
drainage of certain sNumpy lands .u
the south claimed me work Of Inc ~.
rigntion congress had noT been acc.
complishc1 and wanted To get i's OBJ
lrct cbaugo 10 the drainage PROPOSE.
tiou
q hehooyes every western man.
every man who is interested IN irrlga-
lion 10 attend the National Irrigation
congress this winter in Chicago. and
work for The retention OF the old name
The work Of the congress. which /. tho
largest OF the national congresses. rs
not done. as the southern people claim
/ % Is only well started Tho congress
ought not 90 be- nampcted In the fan
thelance nj This work IN any manner
! The irrigationisis are perfectly Willing
30 help the drainag" people even so
the extent o. securing appropriations 90
necessary bat We do not want the
congress diverted from its object
There IL still much work 10 he done In
irrigation. In fact, Il may ,e said that
the congress has but commenced Ms
work
Mr.. llcning stated thar large dele
cation from New Mexico was expected
70 attend the meetings OF the congress
IN Chicago this fall. and that two pri.
waite ears. possibly tnree. would he
provided Tor the delegates
lie also stated that New Orleans was
in the field ior the next place Of meet.
ine ana thar practically los Angeles
WAS he only city Offering any opposi'
, ton.
IL will be- quieter In December" he
said. and likely all the men interested
In irrigation In the territory viii be
able &c so then better than al the
present time. believe that the New
Mexico irrigationists ars opposed To-
any change In the name or object Of
the congress-. or to the amalgamatlon
OF Il with any OF the other national
bodies. as this would In a large meas
are divert lis energies from the recia'
nation OF the arid lands Of the west
.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

TIM MEATiIt;R.
Iair: werner tonight. Tuesday
fair.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09
SOME SWELL DRINKS

J u. Galuslia. special officer for the
Santa Re. came In last night with the
Nat Rclss Carnival conpany's train,
and lcii this morning 10 cover tho
New Mexico division with the demons.
lption train.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-09

who Is whoe Phone sol or SOC We
deliver messagses. parcels aud has
geEe. Bryanrs
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-15

Grand Forks will visit its new city
hall this evening. and city officials,
members of the reception committee
and members of the dedication com
mittee: will be there to receive them.
All during the evening opportunity
will be afforded all visitors to make Il
thorough examination OF every depart
ment OF the structure, and no corner
of it will be closed.
1t will be an open house in every
n of he word. Mayor Murphy, in
his brief statement to the public, ca
tends Il cordial invitation to everyone
to be present.
Dcdicatory Program.
The program will begin at S o'clock
in the main council chamber and is as
follows:
Music-Grand Forks Military band.
lnvocation-F1cv. +. NJ. Mccoy.
Solo-Miss Ida I.anlson. Grand
Forks School Of Music.
For the Commercial Club-E. j..
Lander.
Observation-Disclosures C;lcc Club.
For the City Schools-Prof. j.. Ncl-
son Kelly.
"Reminiscences by cX-mayors of
Grand l'urks-M. J.. Mccormick. n.
NJ. Holmes. II. l.. Withheld, Geo. L.
Duis. Dr. j. y. Taylor.
Violin solo-Chas. AZ Lambert,
Wesley Conservatory. Louis l.. Row.
land. acconpanist.
The City cuuncil--lion. Is. G. Hun
ter.