The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-19

out Of the door, You were all fight
ing and striking and running and
jumping and wanted to help but did
not know what to do. knew would
only be in the way unless I had q
weapon, SO went raging through the
house trying to remember II We had
any such things. Finally thought
Of this old sword which my uncle
he was In the Spanish-American war
you know-brought back from one OF
the sunken battleships Well, it was
hanging over the fireplace in the room
he used to have when he lived with
us, and got on chair and finally
managed to get 1t down and came
running out here. But Of course was
too late. II could only have got one
stroke at him"
Her fierceness vanished in flash
at sight of the white face of the
women who had so recently gazed into
the eyes Of the departed one from the
distance of foot, and she went sour
rying up to the place where they had
Immediately fled after the fight. Then
after a moment she came down again
as rapidly as she had ascended and
ran to her father. who was supporting
Desmond. King had returned from his
fruitless search for weapon, DR.. Ray
mond had regained his feet and no
one appeared to have been injured se-
riously. Where Is Clay?" she de-
manded.
None knew. He had been seen
to arise moment before but in the
rapid happening of events that fol-
lowed all had lost sight of him. Doris
brow clouded. Ran away! don't
believe word of 1t. He is not that
kind" she announced in reply to an
insinuation. 81 hope the poor fellow
is not seriously hurt. Suppose We
look about the place for him. for he
cannot have gone far in so short
time" She started off by the side
of March.
, do you think Clay used good judg-
ment In shooting the creature when
, he was not attempting to harm us!
: Perhaps he was merely bewildered or
trying In his way to be friendly" she
, said. March became emphatic.
Indeed do not. He was altogether
: too impulsive and raised the dickens
: by It. But of course we we're all
( highly wrought up. and the appear
' ance OF the creature was not condu-
Q Give to the quieting of ones nerves.
r Yet | am convinced that he intended
/ US no harm until he was wounded.
But It was plain enough to be seen
t that either you personally or that
, ornament you wear appealed to him
D strangely. It's resemblance to the leaf
r is wonderful and perhaps excited him
! somewhat. He appeared to wish to
, detain you and try and communicate
: with you more than to do any injury
= as well as could judge by his move
4 ments and the expression In his eyes
! Had Clay restrained himself we might
) have been able to establish some sort
Of an understanding with him which
n would eventually have led to our be-
, ing able to communicate intelligibly
with each other. For | am convinced
i, that he Is some sort of human being
= who speaks some sort Of language
r And try and imagine what leap that
: would be for human knowledge! ac.
!, tual mouth-to-ear communication with
being from another celestial body.
). Heaven only knows what might have
n come of 1t II he could tell us of his
a travels on that flying home of his.
\ But as 1t is, | am afraid we have un-
:. leashed fiend upon ourselves
creature who with his wonderful gift
: Of flight and imbued with the belief
/, that our only desire is to do him
. harm can II he so desires wreak a
4 terrible vengeance upon lis. And that
a he now considers himself an outlaw
!, with price upon his head have small
. doubt. and being afraid to again trust
!, himself amongst us and with 10 pos
!, sibility on his part Of escape from
I this world, there Is no telling what
a crime or series Of crimes he may at
!. tempt"
9 And suppose there should be more
than one Of them, dozen. hundred.
r. thousand" she exclaimed in an
awed voice. The mans face grew very
!, serious.
Then so much the worse for the
i world. For II they possess the lntelli-
!, gence and potential vindictlveness
i which am afraid they do. a score OF
!. them could well nigh drive a nation
/, frantic. They could swoop down upon
\ isolated places and equip themselves
with guns and dynamite. They could
destroy from above in the blackness
: OF night. They could retire to fast.
nesses whenever they desired ia
: rest and plan new war. Until they
|, were destroyed one by one they could
:. lay tribute upon the land for our
:. wealth, our stock, our goods, our mu
= nitions-in fact, anything we possess
= except our women and children. And
those"
= And those." she cried quickly.
: And even those they could steal
one by one as vultures steal chickens