The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-28

shout was tie, IN 4 battling silence.
His investigation Of the various
houses left him bt,wiltIarpd Deserted
each one uls lat II wa& wv II tile
owner had suddenly tied in the face OF
some impending cHia,nity The ore
room alyodeS par,} Showed i rldriy rn,
struc1el} bunk RECENTLY occ,l,ipd. Eyi-
not lackin,r fnl snryrl 70 incrp3,.
StoGdaTd'S ptrpleEity
lii oDe h,,t ti.prp were. thrrn yui;,n4s
of Victor Hugo battered and dor ear
"a II, another; xas i h1I,HSoriln hras;s
Snazin.r SGT ANA on the vaIi ,l,a fran,
cd ric.ures 81 n woman ana two rhi)
dren. some showed il<a ,,hoto.sr;, n,,s
Of ranljIy yrout,s or = set of ivory
cheSssncn anl ho3r1 \ suit II orce
handsome clothes nos, worn and
shiny ut ~ silver toilet articles
carefully lana out III q stump SOM.
tattere. neysp,pars of ancient date
ana j pearI handled revolver
There WAS nothing 10 hctray tho oc
ctlpation Of the settlers and Stoddard
was fairly uuzzIed ~ hn forored IL
what seemed the mess house and ate
Up the breakfast which had been in
course Of preparation coffeenot
had been boiling on a small oil stove
and over an open fire there was sn
zIing pan of ham He rescued it lust
in time. But whore were tic occu
pants of the eight huts, and why had
they fed?
Stoddard was inpntient of delar IA
wanted to send y MESSENGER off ot once
with bis announcement, to the world
He called Justify. but there WAS no re-
spouse Then all al once h. sov
them staring fearfullv 1T him from \
thicket of spruce-einht white faces
with scared ana furtive eyes
"IIellor" he called coming forward
Cant YOU help a fellow out2"
The white faces turned toward each
other and conferred together Ar last
one came forward and Stoddard s,w
tall lean figure c|od in rourh clothes
The face was drawn and haop,rd and
covered with \ erizz)od heard ana tha
eyes sought his with distrust in their
gray DEPTHS,
"What do Won xv,nt,'. askoa tho man
grutf1v
Stoddard pxn,oinad IL . faw words
but the other shook his heod dec;dod,v
.I'm afraid we cam holm va, on he
said s,o1vlv an, On hook .nd co,s,,+
tho othars As no w,1,~o,, ,wor c+od
dard remembered with rtt,e lam or
the pulse where he had soon tho man
before # had bean nndor varv d,9ar.
emf circumstances Then hooking a.
the others keenlv no racoon;zod tbroo
from nhotopranhs ha had soon - 40
naners and tho identity IT tho ron,o,r
der conld no aosi,v rnassad Tho frs+
was the obscondinp cashier of tho
Rlanl,ford National honk another uos
the man wanted il the Han,v mnrdar
case another wa. c,+v +ro,s,,ror who
had n,aved tha rama ona 49, 40
there was another hank man , we,sa,
faced individual who b,d onco snnhhod
Stoddard from tho n,nnac,a of h;s o,,+
caped sunarioritv
=
tho ,osh;ar ~ ~ p,on,-far,, 49,
snol,aem,, .yyo horo doa;a,a 49,
"a won,d r,thar ~ IL rn;xad - =
II, ho h,.i+o+>d w., 49,, 600
miles 70 the nearest settlement and
the telegraph station is ten miles he-
vond that Somebodv,d have RI walk
the distance.
Stoddard Wondered GLOW do Won
get vour srnnlies >" he oskad b,,,n+,v
Gates turned TO his comnonions With
questioning eyes They nodded sn,,on-
". but the weasel faced man mi forth
a delicate white hand His LIGHT nron,;.
nent ewes rolled at the stranopr
"Tell him We nrefer not m cav" ha
said in curious renressod tone
Sto1dard renaated his aynor;anco ana
his reasons for communicating with
the outside world The airht fuc;+ivos
from Justice eaporlv ahsorhad tbn
news as details fell from the aviator's
lips They questioned him concerning
political affairs, and from their CON
versation be learned that the latest