, 1912-06-06

nrsr uain we can ger Tor new york. MI
Brown. viii brig you back rs soon as ne
can repair his aero
] am glad to learn tina Mrs Williams
y at his lodge. She Is a worthy woman
reduced In circumstances early in life ana
formerly housekeeper for the uphams
! wish ] could De with you for the trout
nshins that Frederick tells me about. But
this In the last. as It Is the first. foolish
ness Of this KIND / shall ever engage IN
Your very affectionate father.
WILLIAM Ora YMAN.
In reading this letter the poor CIR,
was completely deceived The re-
semblance to her sire's writing was so
perfect. the of addressing her
was SO exactly In his style. and. more
over. her mental blindness induced by
her W romantic fancies was So com
plete that she suspected no imposition
30 she looked up AT Payton after
reading the letter with beaming eye
and dushed cheeks and said with gen.
uine feeling:
81 thank you most sincerely, Com
modore Brown My father explains the
whole affair. and 1t was very. very
good Of You TO return so quickly In
your disabled aero In order to relieve
my anxiety. II Is a dreadful disap
pointmenL but but I am sure the trip
has not been without It's pleasures for
me even II its principal object has been
missed"
Payton could hardly contain his de
light over the success of his bold ruse
Then be set Out to complete his mas
terry of the situation by entertaining
Miss Grayman. c%uitivating her inter
est and confidence in himself and keep
ing her thoughts from dwelling upon
her disappointment. Mrs Williams
seized the first opportunity to tell him
about the adventure In the woods, and
less han an our after his return Miss
Grayman. In gay spirits. accompanied
by Susan. embarked with him In the
canoe for a visit to the spot where her
curiosity and doubts had beer excited
Mrs Williams has told me about
your fright" he said. and about her
own fright also The bears are dan
gerous. and have ordered Indian John
to be on the spot well armed. so II
you are still curious about the grave
Of the big e Wen go and see II and
try to satisfy your curiosity"
Accordingly he took them to the
place and showed the spot where the
digging had been. II was now ARE
fully covered up with the forest car
pet of leaves This. he explained. had
been done in order that wild animals
might not dig up the carcass Then he
gave q spirited description of the ex.
size and t~ierceness Of h
Imaginary bear that a been killed
Since we shall De forced to spend a
week OF ten days here" he said. Il
wish you to become acquainted with
all the pleasures hat the woods AFFORD.
l cannot begin to repair the aero for
at least three days yet. because, as
your father may have mentioned. l
had to leave all my men but the en-
gineer II Pettytown. n they must
reach US by the forest trails. Being
born woodsmen and hunters. they can
maxi the distance in about forty hours
OF steady tramping. not counting the
time required for rest n sleep. As
soon as they arrive ! shall be very
busy directing and aiding them, for !
have a shop here specially fitted up to
repair my aero. In the meanwhile l
can devote all ny time to trying to
make things pleasant for you"
He certainly did make things pleas
ant. Never had he beep so entertain
ing. 50 full Of interesting stories, %