The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-02-08
CHAPTER Iv.-Continued.


the name-it was the first time she
had mentioned II to any oae-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 Cayiey-"
That was the name" she an
swered-
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?
j know you didn't knew I had never
heard 1t before when ne told me II
was his" She hesitated q moment:
then: did you eyer know a man
named Philip Cayiey. TomY"
He let the question go 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. II only II be
strange enough, will bring a touch of
supersitous fear to anybody. I never
had even a touch of It before. In all
my life; and | always had a little feel
ing of contempt for the men who
showed II. But now-weil, well,
wish poor old Hunter hadn't strayed
away last night I 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 a 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 II. at least: I
couldn't tell II all to you" He turned
to his father You. 1 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. "in Hunters class at
the Point. three classes ahead of nue,
that was. He and Hunter were chWus,
the David and Jonathan you know,
of their class. I remember what
stroke OF luck for them everybody
thought 1t was when they were as
aligned to service In the same regi-
ment. II seems to me. as think back
To our days at the Point-of course,
my memory may be playing me a
trick-but II seems to me that even
then Cayley was interestAl in the
navigation of the air. Sofsebody kept
a scrap-book OF all that che newspa-
pers and magazines reJorted on the
subject. any way: resaember seeing
IL. ! think il was Galley.
Il lost sight of tim and Hunter
when they went to enc Philippines. II
IL only justice to Hunter to say that
i never heard Word of the thing that
happened out there from him. He
never seemed TO want TO talk 10 me
about II, and. OF course. never forced |
him. Well I can make a short story
of II, any way, though II has 20 be a |
nasty one.
"A nan came into the post one day,
the head man of one OF the neighbor. !
ins villages out there. a man with |
white blood In him-Spanish blood. |
They carried him in, for ne couldn't |
walk. tie was In horrible condition. !
lie had been tortured-I won't 20 into |
the details OF that-and fiogged nearly !
% death. lie said that Cayley had |
done H. tie had demonstrated with |
Cayley, he said. because he feared |
for his daughters safety-she was a
pretty girl, whittier than her father
and it seems that the mans fears had
some justification. II appears that |
Galley had come out there, blind |
drink. with couple of troopers. who |
deserted that Same night, and man.
Banded the old man. The girl Joined in
her fathers accusation, at least she
didn't deny anything.
"Cayley was away on scout duty at
The time when the man came in-the !,
shing had happened some days prior.
jnst before Ia started out n came
like a thunderbolt out OF a clear sky.
for everybody liked Cayley and
thought him an exceptionally decent,
clean sort of chap, though ne and |
Hunter both were drinking a good deal
Just then Poor Hunter was all
broken up about Il. Everybody be
HeyQd that he really knew some In.