Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
CHAPTER Iv-contInued.

She was addressing the elder man
a she spoke. and as she mentioned
the name-it was the first time she
had mentioned II to any one-she
saw him shoot a startled, inquirins
glance at his son. Following II, she
met Tom Fanshaw's eyes staring al
her In utter amazement
"Cayley." he said, half under his
breath; Philip Cayley-"
THAT was the NAME" she an
svered-
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 1t before when he told me II
was his" She hesitated a 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
cut over the land. Il suppose" he
said at last, that a coincidence like
this. any coincidence. II only 1t be
strange enough. win bring q touch OF
supersitous fear to anybody. / never
had even touch OF 1t before, in all
my life; and ! always had little feel.
Ing Of contempt for the men who
showed 1t. But now-weil, well,
wish poor old Hunter hadn't strayed
away last night. / wasn't alarmed
about him before. and I've no rational
ground for alarm about him now.
Only"
He did not go on until she prompted
him with question. And has the
sky-man. Philip Cayley, anything to
Do with the coincidence?"
still It was a little while before he
spoke. Il suppose I'd better tell you
The story-a part Of It, at least;
couldn't tell 1t all to you" He turned
70 his father. You, l think, already
know IT," Then with evident reluc.
lance. he began telling the story to
Jeanne.
There was a man named Philip
csyley." he said, ''in Hunters class at
The Point, three classes ahead of me,
that was. He and Hunter were chums,
the David and Jonathan you know.
Of their class. / remember what q
stroke Of luck for them everybody
thought It was when they were as
signed to service In the same regi-
nent. 1t seems to me. as think back
% our days at tie Point-of course.
ny memory may be playing me a
tick-but It seems to me that even
then Cayley was interested in the
navigation Of the air. Somebody kept
G scrap-book of all that the newspa-
pers and magazines reported on the
subject any way; remember seeing
u ] think II was .Cayley.
Z lost sight of him and Hunter
when they went to the Philippines. 1t
d only justice to Hunter to say that
lnever heard word Of the thing that
happened out there from him. He
pever seemed to want to talk to me
about it, and, Of course, never forced
him. Well. / can make a short story
Of Il. any way. though 1t has to be a
nasty one.
"A man came into the post one day,
ne head man Of one of the neighbor-
ING villages out there, a man with
White blood in him-Spanish blood.
They carried him in, for he couldn't
wax. He was in horrible condition.
ne had been tortured-I won't go into
ne details Of that-and logged nesrly
y death. He said that Cayley had
zone II. He had demonstrated with
oayiey, he said, because he feared
ior his daughters safety-she was
Hetu girl. whittier than her father
@no II seems that the mans fears had
ne justification. 1t appears that
ssyiey had come out there, blind
Trunk. with couple of troopers, who
deserted that same night, and man.
handled tie old man. The girl joined in
YET fathers accusation, at least she
uent deny anything.
Vayley was away on scout duty at
ee ume when the man came in--the
ING mad happened some days prior.
s'' before he started out 1t came
se thunderbolt out of a clear sky,
everybody liked Cayley and
ousft him an exceptionally decent.
el sort Of chap. though he and
un1er both we're drinking a good deal
t1t than POOR Huptar uaa all
s'oken up about 1t. Everybody be-