The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-08-25
CHAPTER lV.-Continued.


as she spoke, and as she mentioned
the name--it was the first time she
had mentioned 1t to any one-she
saw him shoot a startled, inquiring
glance at his son. Following it, she
met Tom Fanshaw's eyes staring at
her in utter amazement.
"Cayley." he said. half under his
breath; Philip Cayley-"
That was the name," she an.
And yet I'd be willing to swear
he said, I've never mentioned that
name to you in my life."
mo" she said. why should you?
! know you didn't. ] knew I had never
heard 1t before when he told me it
was his" She hesitated a moment;
then: Did you ever know a man
named Philip Cayley. Tom?"
He let the question 90 by, unheeded
and. for a long time, gazed silently
out over the land. 81 suppose" he
said at last, that a coincidence like
this. any coincidence, If only it be
strange enough, will bring touch Of
supersitous fear to anybody. l never
had even touch of it before, in all
my life; and l always had a little feel.
Ing OF contempt for the men who
showed 1t. But now-well, we'll,
wish poor old Hunter hadn't strayed
away last night l wasn't alarmed
about him before. and I've no rational
ground for alarm about him now.
Only"
He did not 90 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. II suppose I'd better tell you
the story--a part of 1t, at least; I
couldn't tell it all to you" He turned
to 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
Cayley," he said, I'm 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
ment. 1t seems to me, as think back
to our days at the Point-of course
my memory may be playing me 8
trick-but it seems to me that even
then Cayley was interested in the
navigation Of the air. Somebody kept
q scrap-book of all that the newspa
rers and magazines reported on the
subject, any way; remember seeing
It. ! think it was Cayley.
II lost sight of him and Hunter
when they went to the Philippines. Il
is only justice to Hunter to say thai
never heard word of the thing thai
happened out there from him. HI
never seemed to want to talk to me
about 1t, and. of course, ! never forced
him. Well, / can make a short story
of It. any way, though 1t has to be {
nasty one.
"a man came into the post one day
the head man of one of the neighbor
ing villages out there, man with
white blood in him-Spanish blood
They carried him in, for he couldn
walk. He was in horrible condition
He had been tortured-I won't 90 into
the details of that-and fogged nearly
to death. He said that Cayley hat
done It. He had demonstrated will
Cayley, he said, because he feared
for his daughters safety--she was
pretty girl, whittier than her father
and II seems that the mans fears hat
some justification. 1t appears tina
Cayley had come out there, BLIND
drunk. with couple of troopers, WHIT
deserted that same night, and man
handled the old man. The girl Joined IL
her fathers accusation, at least shf
didn't deny anything.
"Cayley was away on scout duty a
the time when the man came in-ths
thing had happened some days prior
iust before he started out. 1t came
like a thunderbolt out Of a clear sky
for everybody liked Cayley ant
thought him an exceptionally decent
clean sort Of chap, though ne ant
Hunter both were drinking a good dea
lust then. Poor Hunter was al
broken up about 1t. Everybody De
lieyed that he really knew some IN