Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-11-24

"a A show the position Of the Chameleon,
hrst when We saw her enter the cloud
and. second. after her escape. The long
closed line. curving around and through
the clouds. indicates the path that she
followed B show the positions Of the
Osprey at the beginning and the end Of
this strange battus. and the dotted line
indicates the course that she pursued
Short dotted lines, leading to each Of
the smaller clouds. show our shell IRE.
and It II evident that We narrowly
missed the Chameleon. which must have
bsen close to tho point where the second
shell sxplodedl
In order 70 make clear the situation
- It had now developed I must ask
the readers attention to the diagram
above
By the dime that We had got out into
the open beyond the two small clouds
Payton had completed his turn and
fe-entered the large cloud. Keeping
to the left a. soon a. he was within
1t. he ran nearly its whole length and
finally emerged. only to dodge behind
the other small cloud.
he was evidently . master Of
strategy.
Here he ran the only serious risk Of
discovery during the entire maneuver:
for II We had returned more promptly
we might have been just in time to
catch sight Of him q be passed the
opening between the clouds
AT We were too late. and while the
Osprey was dashing headlong on her
return through the large cloud the
Chameleon rounded the small one and
was or at full speed In exactly the
opposite direction. No sooner was the
air clear OF vapor than we looked
about With all eyes and were met by
the same Disappointment The Cha.
rneieOn was not there!
Perhaps one Of your shells found
him suggested Mr. Grantham. land
broke him up SO that be has dropped
TO the ground unperceived-"
II YVES a startling possibility, and
i:av. uF'inrS To drop down within 100
- 90. ground Running back. we
h,.gan To use the utmost circumspec-
ton In examining the surface beneath
us 1t was mostly level and covered
with irregular growths Of trees and
brush. with interspaces Of grassy land.
We may have spent bali an hour In
this search when the penetrating eyes
q Ethan Haight discovered new sur
y-lSs FOR Us.
'Lootenant lootenant" be called
cut. There he is again!"
glanced hastily Mt Ethan. He was
pointing south-southwest his hand
raised above the level of his eyes. I
i.oked. and we all looked. but could
see nothing. Still Ethan insisted:
Jest ag'in tibet cloud with a head on
It It's him as sure as preachin'."
IL few moments I had the object
iocated- moving speck against the
cloud. and set out instantly In pursuit
could recall well enough the rela-
tive situation and dimensions Of the
clouds to see that he had timed his
movements to mine. which be must
have foreseen with Napoleonic pene-
tration, SO that bis moments OF enter
ing and leaving the clouds and of
crossing the interspaces would so fall
as to keep him always concealed from
us behind curtain Of vapor. He must
have forecast with absolute assurance
our final dart backward. which simply
superadded our speed to his in widen
ing the distance between us.
1t was a bitter dose for me. but !
swallowed It and fixed my mind with
redoubled resolution upon the rescue
OF Helen Grayman.
Mr. Grantham noticed my chagrin
and kindly said:
mo matter. Allan. He's yours yet
I caused you to waste half an hour by
my useless suggestion. Now 60 ahead.
and promise to b guilty Of no more
stupid interference"
ITS not your fault at all, Mr.. Gran
thamr ! replied warmly. Il should