The evening world., 1914-02-24

? = SS' By Henry Kitchell Webster

found that dart. You're only sur
prised that II was ever found at
sll.-it and the body OF the man II
Everything you say is perfectly
true" said Cayicy. very quietly. II
am surprised that the body of that
man was ever recovered. I'm q little
surprised. also, that you should think.
because this stick foil from my bolt
last night. and this dart, which you
Tom F'anshaw interrupted him.
Ills eyes were blazing with excite
ment. TT was not from us that you
learned that that dart translated tho
nun Tered mans throati" no cried.
II know II, nevertheless" said Cay
Icy In that quiet voice. not looking
toward the man he answered, but
still keeping his eyos on old Mr.. Fan
shaw. And also n little surprised"
he went on, a. II he had not been In
terruptod. shat you should think. be-
cause this stick and this dart ht to-
.ether: that am. necessarily muir
you have admitted II now. at nll
events" Mr.. Fanshaw replied. His
voice grow Quieter. too. a. the inten.
city OF his purpose steadicd II. Il
suppose that 10 because. upon this
No-Man's-LAnd,' you are outside the
Jurisdiction OF any court tell you
this: I think No would Be justified
In giving you q trial and hanging you
from that yard there. wo Win not
DO II, wc will not even tako you
back 70 tho States TO prison. You
may live outlaw hero and enjoy. I'M
disturbed, your freedom. such a. II
n, and your thoughts and your con-
science, such a. they must be. Hut
n over you try to return TO the world
Of mem
Cayisy interrupted the threat BE-.
foro u was spoken: have no wisn
60 return to the world OF men," ne
said. Il Wish tho world were empty
OF men. a. this part OF y v. or ~
thought II waa. abandoned man
Kind once before, but yesterday when
1 saw men hero I felt a stirring OF
the blood--tho call Of what was In
my veins. Last night whom took To
the air again, after tho hour ] had
spent on that leo 400 yonder. Thought
I wanted to como back to my own
kind: wanted. In spite OF tho past. q
DO ono Of them again. Perhaps II II
well that I should DO nd OF that de.
fusion NO quickly. I am rid OF II. and
I am rid Of you-S'oody. soddsn' stu
"Yet. with all my horror Of you. my
disdnin Of you. ] should not expect
ono Of you to do murder without
eone sort Of motive. some pa1try hop>
of gain. upon tho body OF . stranger
II II Of that that you accuse me-
"A strangeri" Tom Fanshaw ech'
oed. why. when you confess to 9
much. do you try to lie at the END,
tho man you murdered was once youi
friend---or thought he Wa, God he'll
him! Why try TO make u bclievt
that Perry Hunter Wa . stranger u
your
Tho girls wide eyes had never lef
Cayiey's taco since the moment o.
nor return to tho deck With tn,
throwing stick. Through II an
through Fanshaw's hot accusation
and his own reply--through thos'
last words Of Toms. II had neveI
changed. There had been contemp
and anger In II. subduod BY An iror
self-control: no other emotions thar
those two. until tho worry end. Until
tho monitor VI that name-"Psrr,
Hunter"
But at the sound Of that name
Just then tho girl saw his face X
bloodless. not all at once, slowly, m,
ther. And then after little while b,
uttered n great sob: not 6f grief. bu'
such sob rs both tho Fanshaws had
heard before when. In battle or Skin.
mish. u soft-nosoA bullet smashos IL
way through somo great knottet
nerve centre. His hands went out ir
q convulsivo gesture, both tho sucl
and tho dart which he held fallinl
from them. the stick ct the girl'l
feet. the dart at his own. Then lean.
ming back against the rail for sup
port no covered his face with hi
hands. At last while they waited nj,
lentiy he drew himself up and lookst
daxediy into her face.
suddenly. to the amusement Of Ii,
othor two mon. she crossed the decl
TO where he atood. "I'm perfect,
sure: for my part. that you didn't d.
~: that you are not the murderer O,
Mr.. Hunter. Won't you shake
lie made no move TO take her,
and though his eyes were turnet
upon her. hs seemed to be lookinS
through rather than at her. 20 In
tense was his preoccupation.
Seeing that this was %, she lait
her hand upon his forearm. "Yol
didn't do H." she repeated, "but yol
know something about Il, don't you
You saw II done. from . long va,
on-Saw tho murder, without know,
Ing who its victim was"
II might have saved him." be muir
INJURED brokenly. III I had not hum
aloft there too long. Just out OF
curiosity; II they had been men 4
mo instead OF puppets. But when
guessed what their intent was
guessed that II was something Sin
lister. II was done before I could in
terfere. ! saw him going backwar,
over the brink Of fissure In the Ice
tugging At dart that was In hi,
throat. And when they had gone
his murderers''---
"rhey7" she cried. WAS thor,
more than one?"
Yes" no said, there was q party
There must have been ton or twelve a
least. When they had gone I fiev
down and picked up that stick, which
ono OF them had dropped. And I,
think l might have saved himl"
Her hand still rested ON his arm
I'm glad you told mo-" she said. sh,
felt the arm stiffen suddenly at th,
sound OF Tom Fanshaw's voice.
Jeanne taks your hand away! Ca,