Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

were obviously genuine.
Then lie rose and went over 10 the
buhet returning to the table with the
oddly-shsped, rudely,whittled stick
"oo you mean TO say" he demanded,
looking UP at the girl with a puzzled
frown--"do you mean to say that he,
the man you dreamed about made
you present OF this stiek7"
She laughed. III that seoRs rea-
sonable way OF putting IT, yes at
least It slipped out OF his belt and
found II where he had been sitting.
But can you imagine what no used II
for1"
"Ob, know what II Ia, but that
only makes the puzzle all the deeper.
It's an Eskimo throwing stick They
use II to shoot darts with. II lies
in the palm Of tho hand, 50. and the
Dart is put IN that groove, though the
butt OF this one seoIha curiously fnls-
shapen; can't make II ht my hand.
But can't figure out how the thing
got aboard the yacht; It wasn't here
yesterday"
"of course not" abe said; my sky.
man brought H."
lie ran his fingers through bis
busAy gray hair perpiexedly Then he
LAID tho thing down and seated him.
self at the table, AT any rate" he
said, we needn't let even a mystery
spoil our breakfast, Come my dear.
you've eaten almost nothing, That
Omelet deserves better treatment"
obSdiently she took up her fork.
but almost Immediately laid It down
again, and he saw her eyes brighten
with tears, "of course, II thered been
any news, II there'd been anything to
hnd we'd have heard"
Silently he reached across the table
and patted the hand that lay there on
the whito cloth.
"oh, know ougAtn't to cry" she
said, Fend I won't; tie your goodness
and kindness TO me as much 40 any.
thing else. Ever since no went away
you've been like father to me, and
Tom, dear old Tom, like a brother.
And then building this ship and com.
Ing UP here yourself, facing the dan.
gers yourself and letting Tom face
them, all for such an impossible, hope
less hope ~ that message the sea
brought 10 u.s."
Her voice felteyed there, and sho
bent down abruptly and Kissed the
hand that was still caressipg her own
MY chtld," he said, your father
and I were like brethers---nearer to
each other than most brothers. He
went away, knowing that II his ven
ture failed. II It ended fatally for him,
a. II probably did. I sheuld regard you
es nay daushter--as just as much a
child Of mine IA Tom 10. II you
hadn't been in the case at all we'd
have Niilt this ship and come up here
to find Tom Fielding Just the same.
There. don't cry Put on that big fur
coat OF yours and come out with me
on deck"
The moment Mr.. Fanshaw and
Jeanne emerged upon the deck they
heard the sound Of oars beneath them,
and looking over the rail saw one of
the boats in which the shore party
had set out, pu.ing UP alongside tho
accommodation ladder. Three men
we're in II. two OF the crew and Tom
Fanshaw.
What news, Tom2" his father
called out anxiously enough to beRis
his former tranquil manner. Have
you found anythingi hope there's
nothing wrong"
The younger man looked up. He
saw his father, but not the girl,
Nothing wrong" he growled, except
this Internal ankle OF niue. I've
sprained II again. and ! did II Just
when" He broke tho sentence of
short there, his eye falling at that
moment upon Jeanne
She paled little, for abe had been
quick TO perceive that something he
had been about 10 tell would net he
told now, or must bo told differently,
But she waited until his father, to
sether with tho two sailors, had got
the disabled man up onto the deck
and safely installed In an easy chair
Then Grayely, but steadily, Just aa
what, Tomf What clue had they found
Just az you had TO coma awayT
1T was very wonderful" he said
"quits inexplIcable, Just AZ we were
about breaking camp this morning we
saw a man coming toward us across
the ice We thought At 1rst that It
was Hunter, and ws were mighty
glad TO sSo him. because he had stray
cd of somewhere and hadn't campod
with US. But We soon saw II wasn't
he, wasn't a man anything like him
He was a queer, slouohing, shufiing
creature, dressed In skins, and he
came up In a hesitatins way, as II he
was afraid OF us. lie couldn't talk
English, nor understand Il, apparent
ly. Ho looked 10 me like Portu-
guess. and | tried him in SPANISH
good Filipino spanIsh--on the chance
thought II startled him q little, and
he pricked up his ears at H. but he
couldn't understand that either. He
Just kept beckoning and repeating two
words"