Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-04

. yuCltB surgeon ana couple OF NOlun'
teer assistants from among the crew.
Altogether, II was two or three hours
aftor the Auroras people had regained
undiBputod possession Of tho yacht bo.
fore Il was possible to form any def.
Rite i6ea OF what had happened In
the excitement and the necessity OF
everybody doing two or three things
al once, Tom Fanshaw and his serious
plight were not discovered, until he
himself having partly regained con.
solouBnesa, uttered a low moan for
holp, which was heard by a chance
paBserby,
The gale, which had been raging all
this while, had gone screaming by
unheodod, and It was not until dawn
that the horrlned ConQuerors OF the
yacht discovered that there WAS no
land IN sight
II was several hours after that, not,
indeed. until the captain had worked
out their reckoning from an etserva.
tlon, before they realized that they
were 100 miles away from their
anchorage Of the previous evening,
aud that their return was hopeless.
Old Mr. FHnshRw gave his arm TO
his son, helped him down from the
bridge and thence to the now deserted
smoking room. forward Tom sub.
miJted to be led bllndly along and did
not demur when his father halted be-
side big leather sofa and told him
TO lie down upon IT, Since that mo-
montary outburst Of his upon tho
bridge, the young man had been un.
naturally calm His muscles, as no
lay there now upon the sofa, seemed
relaxed, his eyes were fixed, almost
dull
Through long silence his father
sat there watching him. but there was
no dawn OF corresponding calmness
in his face II had aged whole years
over night
IT'S strange to me he said, that
We ever recovered possession OF this
yacht at ALL let alone that We were
able 10 recover It without # costing
us the lie Of single man. This gang
must have had a leader, and a clever
one They way he maneuyered his
men 10 keep them out Of sight while
he drew away hrst one party and then
the other from the yacht was a piece
OF mastery strategy He worked II
ON, perfectly In every detail lie got
possession OF the yacht without losing
a man, without even firing shot that
might give the alarm Aud even with
the warning We had and with tho
help OF the fog ! don't see how we
defeated q man like that His success
must have gone 20 his head and made F.
him mad
"lle wos probably killed IN the first
yolqy our people fred when they got /
aboard" said -om duly He alono .
could have accounted for half a dozen |
OF you # he'd ever had a chauce-a .
giant llkc that"
"a giant"
81 think he must have been the
leader" said Tom Tie was the first
man 20 come aboard certainly
'But what makes You call him q
s.ant2"
because ho literally waa Ho .
struck me down with just one blow,
aud as he raised his arm to strike .
saw that hls shoudercap was above
the level OF my eyes, and pass for
tall man"
His father abandoned the subject .
abruptly, and for a whlle contriyod 10
talk OF other things; of the details OF
the fight and how different members
OF tho crew had borne themselves.
But his mind was filed with new .
terror, and as soon as he could feel
that his son was IN condition TO be
left alone, he left him, with broken
word OF excuse. He must either set
this new terror at rost, or know the
worst st once. There had been no
one, either among the survivors or the
slain OF the Walrus party, who in any
way resombled tho monster Tom had
described
An hour later he went back to the
bridge to talk again with Captain
Warner lie thought that they had
sounded the depth OF despair that
former time when they had talked to-
gether there. but in this last hour no
had sounded new abyss beneath Il
all lie knew now why the yacht had
been 40 easily taken lie knew all the
details OF the deyllish plan which had
so nearly succeeded More than that
he knew the story OF thu man Roscoe
from the time when Captain Planck
had taken him aboard tho Walrus,
down to the hour last night when no
had sprung into his boat again and
pulled shoreward Captain Planck
was dying, aud old Mr Fanshaws
quesuous had enabled him 20 enjoy
the luxury OF a full confession.
So hey knew now, those Two men
who stood there on the bridge. White
Tipped. talking over the horror Of the
thing they knew that Jeanne was not
alone upon that terrible frozen shore,
The man Roscoe was there, too.
A sound ON the deck below attracted
Mr. FNnshaws attention Tom, with
the aid ot a heavy cane, was llmping