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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-10
CHAPTER XVI.
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 1t. 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 so many years before. Three
days since he had witnessed, from
aloft. the murder of 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 hui
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
had no certain knowledge; neverthe-
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 II were Roscoe who had been
crouching there behind the boulder.
then it seemed to them unlikely that
ne was here alone; unlikely that he
had not at least two or three of his
crew with him.
That idea, when 1t first occurred to
them. brought little added terror with
IL. The person of the monstrous muir
derous rufian, 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 a 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
a mile up the beach from the hut, 10
the eastward, the glacier projected
its ice masses in a long foe out to
seward. This glacier provided the
only practicable means of entrance to
the interior valley and the ledge
where the gold was.
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to look after himself. become mem,
Der Of the band and i've as they do
This lone Yana. Mr. Davis believes.
Is the last Of group Of four or i've
Indians who for years had lived Ia
the virtually inaccessible haunts d,
canyons along the Feather river.
Several years ago party Of suryeyors
the reports adds. evidently drove than
from this seclusion. and in the AZ.
tempt to find another hiding place al
Of them persisted. save the old mar
taken few days ago. -He Is an 81.
pert" Mr.. Davis says. in Initiating
the calls OF wild animals, showing ns
has preserved the wfles Of the sayass
to allure the wild game to him.
The capture Of this man Is Of ne
utmost importance TO anthropologisls.
says Professor Kroeber of the Uniyer
sity of California. He represents
dialect that We supposed was extinct
He is more OF an aborigins than sng
OF the Indians we have been studying
for the last ten years."
Ishi Is so densely ignorant that be
does not know what money ls. Ter
money has been Of as much uts 10
him as It was to Robinson Crusoe.
ishi Is not very strong; his mesclss
are not well developed. and when hs
grips the testing machine as hard a
he can he makes low record BE
talks in high keyed musical loses.
which have something OF the plain
uveness Of q child. When be sits 10
sqnats on his ankles. he dips y
thin soup with three fingers. which
he crooks. and uses only two fingers
for thick soup.
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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
iIg-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
en- wing. as the thing it bore turned
upon the other.
Roscoe dropped down. as II he had
been blasted by the sight of a 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 treaoherous nerves and mus
cles to obey his win until it was quite
dark. Then, without a glance behind
him, he arose and began scrambling
madly up the broken face of the talus,
and, reaching the top of It, went On
and scaled the cliff itself. 1t was a
feat which even he could hardly have
accomplished except under the ex-
tremity of terror.
For only so long as was necessary
to regain his breath, he lay painting
upon the cliif-head. In the dark. rush
ing along as If the PERCEPTIONS trail he
followed had been a 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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SYNOPSIS.

Philip cayley, accused Of crime OF
which he is not guilty. resigns from tne
army In disgrace and his anecuon LOT
his friend. Lieut.. Perry Hunter turns 20
hatred. cayley seeks soht|2e, wne en -,r nc :
over the Arctic regions. he picks up
curiously shaped stick he had seen IN the
assassin's hand. Mounting again, ne as
covers a yacht anchored In the bay. De
ocepdinx near the steamer. he meets a
girl on an ice foe. He learns that the
girls name Is Jeanne Fielding ana tnat
the yacht has come north 70 seek slsns
Of her father Captain Fielding, an arctic
explorer. A party from the yacht Is ma
king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped Gu,
riously-shaped stick. Captain Pianck anu
the surviving crew Of his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. A giant rui-
fan named Roscoe. had murdered fleto
ing and his two companions. aIter the eN-
Diorer had revealed the location OF an
enormous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command OF the party. II develops
that the ruffian had committed the muir
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
60 capture the yacht and escape with a
big load of gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw.
owner OF the yacht. about the visit OF the
sky..man and shows him the stick leIt oy
Cayley. Fanshaw declares that II is an
Eskimo throwing-stick. used to shoot
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party with sprained ankle:
Perry Hunter Is found murdered and
Cayley Is accused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent A relief party goes
20 ind the searchers. Tom processes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
eaters an abandoned hut. and there finds
Der 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 ruffian fees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
10 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 APP
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. cay
ley kills a polar bear. Next he finds a
clue TO the hiding place of the stores.
A cellar in the hut has a chimney-like
servatory where Captain Fielding had
hidden supplies.
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AGED LOVERS PART AT ALTAR
Kansas Couple Quarrel Over Propsrt7
Within an Hour Of Time for
Wedding.

Lawrence. Kan.-Instead OF weddins
bells for James W. Faxon. sixy'nine
and Mrs. l.. J. speary. sixty-iive year
old, there Is to be a suit for breach o
promise. An hour before they were
to be married the preacher was non
fed he was not wanted.
The couple fell out over q prenup
tial contract Each Is well-to-do ana
their comfortable homes are on oppo
site sides Of the street Mrs. spear
went east when the wedding was az
clared on and her attorney has ju1
fled suit for her and has asked =
injunction restraining Faxon from az
posing Of bis property. Mrs. spea9
estimates the damages to her heart =
$4,000.
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SIGNBOARDs ON THE SHOPS

every business street was an endless
succession OF golden balls. Of blue
gloves. of crowns and scepters. dogs
and Fainbows. elephants and horse
shoes. They served sometimes as ad-
vertisements Of the business. some
times merely as designations of the
shops which were indicated popularity
and in the newspapers by their signs
The custom still fingers among the
glovemakers. bootmakers. opticians.
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furriers and BARRIERS. But we are ac-
customed now to regard the sign as
bearing direct relation to the char
acter Of the business It advertises
We should never seek for eyeglasses
In shop. over whose entrance hangs
a gilt boot. nor inquire for gloves in
a shop before whose door stands an
Indian In war paint and feathers. One
hundred years ago no such relation
was understood to exist and it was
not thought remarkable that Phillip
Freeman should keep his famous book
store at the famous Blue Glove on
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position. Little round nails are the
sign Of person who is seldom pleas
ed. readily inclined to anger. spiteful.
.revengeful Anyone with feshy nails
is said to be calm and ease-loving.
iond Of eating and sleeping. and who
would prefer a small income without
industry to much wealth to be &C
Quired by activity and diligence. Pile
10 lead-coiored nails belong TO the
a.elanch.y person but who would d.
well in Al brA mes of science or
nhi'c icng well-shaped IL
fesned and arts
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It is claimed. must pay the Wrighh
royalty.
The Wright and other flyers meet
changed conditions. caused By gusts
of wind on one side or the other. by
warpine the main planes OF lnierue
date planes. II they didn't Their me
chimes would skid sideways into ne
first air pocket and be wrecked. ~
Gary's machine presents side riding
at the bottom Of the hoop IN which
his three planes are enclosed, brings
the center OF gravity Of .sias machirs
so low that It can't tip over. L .
new awaiting the building Of heavy
motor TO have its final trial.
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4 PECULIAR new AERopLAAE
Its Unusual Shape ls Expected 70 o.
vIate Present olffioulties---luycn.
tor Claims Stability.

Paterson. N. wv. A. Gary. Of pat
erson. has built an aeroplane which
looks as though It might easily -maLs
a noise like hoop and roll awny
But II really can't. Moreover. NJ.
Gary thinks it has solved the probIsn
OF stability. and that is the chief prob
lem before the flying machine today.
Mr.. Gary thinks his aeroplane has
met the Wright patents and avoided
any infringement Of them while AZ
the other successful flying machines
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solving the mystery of your guardian
angel | thought of 1t when saw the
mound up on the cliff-head that Is
formed by the observatory. II 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 1t out.
enough. at least, so that | can take
wing from there"
You never can dig out enough snow
to get running start up there she
objected
Il sha'n't have to. I'll just dive on
the cliff"
Philip. you sha'n't,"
''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 windows,
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 can get my
start quite as safely that way as any
other. oh. yes. I've done ii. 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 II, gradually enlarging the
space from section the size of the
pilot house door to space at the
cliffs edge wide enough for the full
spread Of his wings.
Jeanne was watching on the beach
when he made his first flight from
this aerie. and. In spite of her con
fidence In his powers. she endured a
horrible moment or two For he came
hurting down. head first. at an angie
of so degrees: and he had traversed
two-thirds of the distance to the beach
before his line detected outward and
began curving up toward the hori-
zontal.
When she saw that he was safe,
that he had really done the thing he
had said he could, she dropped down
upon a 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 a 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, supremacy
masterful, majestically dominant OF
the unstable element he had con-
quered.
She sat up suddenly, erect, upon
the bear skin. with the realization that
il was nearly dark. Their hours Of
daylight were getting very scanty
now. Today's allowance was gone, al
though it was not yet three In the aft,
ernoon.
She looked aloft for Cayley, but
COuiu hui see him- iucu, tue next
moment. she heard the whine of the
air through his rigging. and he sailed
down on 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
go to sleep on duty?" he questioned
with a laugh.
Il wasn't asleep" she said contrite
ly. but it was just about as bad I
was thinking" She paused there.
then added, about you. What's the
sentence Of the court7"
Already he had his wings folded up
and was handing them to her.
(TO BE coNTINUED)
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OLD INDIAN is ALL ALONE
IshI. the Wild Man Recently cspsur..
Has Voice Tricks to snare
Animals

Washington. d. C.-OficiaIs Of tn
Indian bureau here are wonder1nr
what they shall do with the lone am.
vivor OF the yana tribe Of Indian.
popularity known as the Nogis. VIA
was captured near Oroville, Cal y.
Gently. A report was received non
Charles L. Davis. one of the AGENT
Of the bureau. In which he recon.
mened that the lone Yana be cared
for By some member OF an allied
tribe. This. IT was said. probably
would be the course adopted.
After a year or two" said M
Davis. he doubtless would be Aba
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Union street-From McMaster's His
tory Of the American People.
Character Of the FInoer Nails.

II is said that there is as much char
acter to be obser ed from e persons
finger nails as from the owners face
The following indications are stated
as being fairly correct:
Those possessing long nails are
good-natured and self-confdent. but
placing very little confidence In 9th
ers. Broad nails are supposed TO be
long to those of a gentle. bashful &
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Rich Display Of Painted and sculptur
ed Emblems Relieved Mean Appear
ance Of Old Boston's Streets

The mean appearance of the houses
Of old Boston t17s4) was. to some ex
tent. relieved by the rich display of
painted and sculptured signs which
ado Re front OF the tayerns and
stc he numbering Of shops and
D. not coule into fashion. and
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tic nature. fondness for society and a
great love Of the beautiful


The most important points in pre-
pairing cereals for small children are
that they are properly cooked and not
used to excess
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the weapon back to him. but she spoke
quietly enough:
It's good to know" she said. al
most a relief"
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UnkInd susgestIon.

The critic said my painting was
good. but It lacked warmth Can you
suggest anything?" Yes; use q
match
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CHAPTER xW.-continued.

about, and-Jeanne. it 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
boulder to that of another. found
the tracks in the snow. They weren't
more than ten PAGES away from you
when came down out of the sky"
WAS II the bear?" she asked. THAT
was what you thought It 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.
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AS Roscoe fed along the beach on
the night Cayley descended upon him
through the fog, there was no doubt
In his mind that he hac 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 IL, he dropped down upon
beach. crawled up into the lee of a
great rock and had spent the night
there. his mind completely torpid with
fear.
When the numbness OF this terror
passed away, as gradually 1t did. he
bent all this thoughts upon the Aurora
and upon the possibility, not quite in.
conceivable, that his crew had sue.
.ceeded 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
- DDitl dolBfC lOTs uiihl.
OF the strange figure he had seer
there In the hut, so like and yet sc
terribly unlike the victim of his muir
derous lust four years ago-of that
and Of the more terrible apparition hi
had seen coming down out of the sky
ne thought, or tried to think nothing
at all. 1t was only a nightmare, onl,
a delusion. natural enough when on,
considered all the circumstances.
When the fog lifted with the az
preach of dawn. he discovered wha
Philip and Jeanne did not becom
aware of until several hours later. tina
the Aurora had drifted out to sea Il
the gale. The clean line of the hort
zon was broken by nothing but tn
plunging masses Of the Ice. There wa
Just one chance. he thought, that sh
might still be comparatively near a
hand. Southwark and eastward tn
horizon was unbroken, but the juttin
mass of the promontory to the ives
cut on his view In that direction. |
was possible that the gale which ha'
destroyed the foe that formed tn
harbor. had also broken up the pacl
Ice at the other side OF the peninsula
the side from which Cayley. on tn
wing, had first approached this VI
known land. The yacht might b
there. riding safely in practically opel
water.
He got UP from the snow nest h
had made for himself in the lee of tn
rock, and cautiously fiexed his stiffer
ed muscles, with the idea of settin
cut at once down the beach an
around the headland to learn whethe
this last hope of his was groundless
Really. In his heart, he had no hop
at all, but that fact made 1t easy t
postpone for little longer the puttinI
of this delusion OF hope ne hac t
the test of reality.
The excuse he made to himself was
that he was ravenously hungry, ant
that his most sensible course would b.
to go up the glacier to the cave an,
cook himself breakfast before he di,
anything else.
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Perpetual Campaigns.

The fact is. presidential cam paigrs never end. As soon as an cleo ton settles the fate Of one party ticket, the work for the next cleo ton begins. Both the republicans and the democrats have been pre- pairing for their 1912 fight since the Taft administration began.
 The real issue developed durins the first extra session Of congress. known as the tariff session. in the PayneAldrich tariff bill. It was the issue which determined the result