The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-26
!viaio1 = M By Henry Kitchell Webster
! The Romance of Girl and an Aviator

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Il was elvsrai hours aftsr that. moi
indeed uytti the captain had worked
ton, before they realised that they
were one hundred miles away from
their anchorage Of the prsvtous eve.
ming. and that their return was hope
lees.
Old Mr.. Fanshaw gave his arm "a
HE son. helped him down from the
bridge and thence to the now deserted
smoking room. forward. Tom sub
mitted to be led blindly aleng, and did
not demur when his father halted be-
side . big leather sofa ana told him
to lie down upon Il.
'Its strange to me-" he said, that
We ever recovered poosession Of this
yacht at ell. let alone that We were
able TO recover Il without Il costing
us the life Of a single man. This
gang must have had . leader. and Q
clever one. The way he manoeuvred
his men TO keep them out Of sight
whllc he drew away hrst one party
and then the other from the yacht,
was . piece Of mastery strategy. He
worked II out perfectly In every do
tail. He got possession Of the yacht
without losing . man. without even
airing . shot that might give the
alarm"
"He was probably killed In the frst
volley our people nred whom they rot
aboard" said Tom. DULY. He alone
could have accounted for half . dozen
Of you u he'd ever had . chancs-a
But what makes you calf him .
giant7"
Because he literally was. He
struck me down with Just one blow,
and a. he raised his arm to strike
saw that his shoulder cap was abovs
the level Of my eyes: and ! pass for
q tall nah"
His father abandoned the subject
abruptly. And for a while contrivsd
to talk OF other things: Of the details
OF the night, and how different mem-
bers Of the crew had horne themselves.
But his mind was nllsd with now
terror. and a. soon a. he could fe6l
that his son was In condition TO Ia
left alone he left him. with q broken
word OF excuse. He must either sat
tbs new terror At rest or know the
worst At once. There Rad bean no one,
either among the survivors or the
slain Of the wairus party, who in
any way rcsembied the monster T,m
had dcscribeJ.
An hour later he went back to the
bridge 10 talk again with Capt. War.
mr.. He thought that they had
sounded the depth Of despair that for
mer time whom they had talked to.
gether there. but In this last hour ne
had sounded a new abyss beneath n
all. He knew now why the yacht had
been no easily taken. He knew MI
the details OF tho devilish plan which
had 20 nearly succeeded. More than
that. no know the story Of the man
Roscoe from tho time when Capt
Planck had taken him aboard the
Walruc down to the hour last night
when he had sprung into his boat
again and pulled shoreward. Capt
Planck was dying. ana old Mr.. Fan
enjoy the luxury Of full confession.
SO they knew now. those two men
who stood there on the bridge, white
Tipped. talking over the horror of thu
thipg--they knew that Jeanne VA
not alone upon that terrible frozen
shore. The man Roscoe was there
too.
A sound on the deck below attract.
% Mr.. FanshAw's attention. Tom.
with the aid Of Q heavy cane. wal
limpinG precariously along the deck
toward the bridge ladder. and. TO their
amusement. whom he looked up nj
them. they saw that somehow his face
had cleared. There was q crave look
OF peace upon II.
'I've thought Of something" hs
said. after he had clambered up beside
them-''Ive thought Of something that
makes II seem possible to 70 on living,
and oven hoping"
The two older men exchanged q
swift glance.
what 10 II you've tbouRht OF.
Tom?" his father asked unsteadiiy.
"1ts-it's Cayley., He's there With
her: I'm sure ha IT," He turned away
Q little from Capt. Warner and spoke
directly to his father II don't know
how know. but It's a. n saw them
there together. He has fallen in love
with her. I think. I'm quite sure che
has with him. I wanted to kill him
for that yesterday. but now"--his
voice faltsred there. but the look in
his eyes did not change. tho light OF
a serene. untroubled hope--"he's there
with her." he went on. "and with
Gods help he'll keep her alive until
We can Get back with the relief"
He said no more. and he clutchsd
the rail tight In his gauntleted hands
ana saxed out north across the ice.