, 1912-06-27

tnot Hayton sara 10 MI. 9rdymdn
about her continued cheerfulness and
about their trout nshfng was a base
f~alsehood. invented to prey upon the
bilionaire's mind.
And now to the story Of our, search
and the startling events that came
ont Of It.
After leaving the little town OF.
dered full speed ahead and we trailed
away in a long line In this order-the
Eagle. the skylark. the Osprey. the
Grow and the Bobolink. It was .
beautiful squadron.aI an tell you. and
how proud ] felt to be In command Of
1t! We q nearly a mile high, and
In a short time We passed over Lake
Ontario. where sunlit and wind wrfut
killed. surface looked like frosted ST.
yer from that height Away to the
west we saw Toronto.
Afterward we passed Ottawa. but !
kept a good offing, not caring to run
the risk OF being seen by spies. After
that w SOC had beneath us great
forests. scattered clearings and ranges
of bills. l dropped down near the
earth now. the danger of detection be-
ing less.
at is fortunate" l said to Mr.. Gray
man and Secretary Grantham. who
most OF the time stood beside me on
the deck. that Payton did not select
a hiding place somewhere in the west
erp part Of the Dominion. for then the
lines to New York and Buffalo might
have nearly conceded, and it would
have been very difficult to calculate
their point of intersection"
You'd have managed IT. my boy
said Mr.. G%rantham, putting bis hand
with a kindly pat on my shoulder
"You have too much at stake to lose
this game. But I'm glad It proved
easy for you"
Mr.. Grayman meanwhile had fallen
into a meditative mood he was think
ing about his daughter and her peril.
'The poor girl" we heard him NUT
ter. 1.-THE poor girl! Heaven protect
her"
"See here. Grayman," said the sec
Rotary. this won't do. Don't go to
worrying now when the thing is al
most ended The time for worry Is
gone. We've got the rascal located
We're going to drop upon him without
the slightest warning, and we've got
the force needed to overcome him
Your daughters danger is past. and In
side of ten hours at the most she will
be In your arms"
Mr., Grayman tried to smile and to
look cheerful. but his heart was heavy.
"We must begin to FORK out the de-
tails of our plan" said the secretary
turning to me. do you think that you
could find him at night? II possible,
It might be best to drop upon him in
the darkness. We might catch him
asleep II we knew the exact spot Sup
pose you go over your calculations and
see how near you can determine the
exact number of miles hat we must
still run. Then we can regulate our
speed accordingly"
did as Mr. Grantham requested.
and. after consulting the excellent
charts that we carried. ! announced
that from Ottawa to the apparent In
tersection of the lines the distance was
very close to 500 miles. We had pass
ed Ottawa an hour before, going. at a
clip Of 100 miles. Mr.. Grantham took
out his watch.
three o'clock" he said. 1.-The days
are long and longer the farther we 60
north. There il an all night twilight
In central Labrador. but II we arrive
at 10 O'clock It will probably be dark
enough for our purpose. l don't be-
ieve hts lights will be put earlier than
th6t."
THAT means a trtHe less than dfty.
nine miles an hour" I remarked.
"Yes; that. then. should be our
speed"
Immediately l signaled the aeros
astern to reduce their speed to accord
with ours and ordered my engineer to
drop to ifty-nine miles. Then we en-
tered my cabin to complete our plan
Of operations and to pass away the
time, which seemed very long viewed
in prospect
l had already ordered Ethan Halght
to get his bow gun In shape for quick
work. for in an emergency I counted
more on him than or the other gun
ner. Besides. I had no thought of
showing my heels The mail arms