The Yale expositor., 1913-12-11


stab him, blow him to flinders, choke
him. drown him. but poison him to
painless death-horrors! They wept
copously at the idea. Better by far
let him continue his career of murder
and child stealing. And in their cabl-
nets and offices statesmen, military
men. scientists and inventors gathered
together and held long discussions
upon means whereby he might be
rendered harmless as various intricate
schemes were proposed. all eventually
to be discarded as impracticable. The
more they schemed and talked, the
more evident it became that the gun
| and the aeroplane were the only weap-
ons which promised any effectiveness
against him.
In the common belief that the pest
| had at last deserted them for good
the people of the city of his first APP
pearance once more gradually resumed
their normal lives. One could not go
about forever with his eyes up In the
air without falling into the holes that
Law beneath his feet. In fact, the or
binary dangers OF life that beset one
on every side were manifold, whereas
there was but one Flying Man, and
after some score OF sky gazers had
fallen into coal holes people began
to pay more attention to the ground
once more. OF course the air prowler
might now and then swoop down and
destroy someone, but so did the light
nings for that matter, yet no one
thought It worth while to go about
carrying lightning rod. In other
words, the people were growing used
to him and many commenced to use
his name as a pet bugaboo-thought
less mothers to brighten their children
into good behavior, and silly youths
/ to scare their gial companions into
scurrying amidst screams for shelter
or course should he ever begin work
of general destruction by explosives
or the firebrand 1t would become
very different matter and then they
would arise up in their might, but un
til he showed a disposition so to dc
| there was no necessity of becoming
! so unduly alarmed So argued the
: more philosophic people of the place
Q and they even sometimes smiled lit
: tie after the supercilious manner o
e the experienced when they read thu
8 historical reports from other places
n that imagined because somebody hat
{ mysteriously lost a chicken that tn
s Flying Man was lowering over them
s But 1t will be borne in mind that tn
s pest was supposed to be far away from
| Al. It linn
J. Doris, who had been virtually pri'
V oner in her home since the night @
=. the first appearance of the visitor fror
e space began to resent the confinement
II and fret almost constantly. An Ell
d thusiastic out of doors girl. an arden
e golf player and splendid horsewoBaI
n she had prior to the night OF the pas
e ing of the unknown body almost dali
lie taken her exercise upon the links or !
n long rides throughout the surroundin
e district. Often upon these latter jou
news she had gone alone. but usual
| upon Sundays when they were FIRE
| from the duties of their Offices eithe
! Clay or Alan, and not infrequentl
! both OF them, had ridden with he
| Now she was consumed by desire
! ride again, and after resisting for
Il day or two she decided to do so. TT
! FLYING Man had not been heard OF II
| a week, he was undoubtedly hundred
OF miles away, and besides she wou
Z take an escort with her who wou
be well armed against anything whit
might attempt to modest them. Clf
had called her up the day before
she had written him her answer
she had promised-and informed HI
that he expected to leave the city
any moment, and as she had not heal
7 from him since she assumed that
had gone. Alan she had not heard fro
for several days, so she now decide
"A to call up his number. He answer
n the ring in person. This was Satr
II day.
"a ITO mn CONTINUED