The evening world., 1914-02-25

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,;.,wsr CHAPTER vi.
~ s'ruTosss's C0suessj0n.
T intervals during the day
those snigmAtical words Of
~ Mr.. Fanshaw's required to
/, the girl with the reflection
that they wanted serious thinking
over at the, FIRST convenient oppor-
tunity. But the day wore away and
the opportunity did not appear.
IL was . hard day for everybody.
The news which Tom had brought
aboard Just after breakfast Of tho
strange. half erased creature who had
veaYesd into the camp OF the searchers
aAu- showed . wish to guido them
senswhsrc-the mnn whose language
spQsistsd Of two words. most sugges-
,t1vef aDost tantalizing IN their mys-
tsey: - those who clustered round
b,sGthis. Ia itself. would have been
onough to awaken. among the people
- tbs yacht. . sense Of strange, I'M
cosy expectation, and give . promise
Of 11ffther devs,opmsnts soon.
But tho hours had worn away md
AetahotAsr word had come back from
tAtts who had followed this strange
ssuidA, And then th"rs was the horror
e, Oonsvan's discovery. He had
t1agtsd to accompany Tom back to
- yacht but nnding the two sailors
.. 160c4ent escoet for him had, I'm
tod sb1hinA. to make some expIorA-
'Ossao - ~ own. With that sitm re-
last q I'll had come the most incred-
/ NE ting. suggested by the scene
sW11eh Caylsy reported 10 jeanne.
sTS1 Nsa that there were ten or o
! 1osoa URiieo ON this remote, unknown
! leo6 who, instead Of greeting the res
cta0 which the yacht brought them,
had zone into hiding at the hrst sight
Of 1tS'had murdered one stray membsr
sf the resouing party who tell INTO
tANr path end meant: psrnsp., 70
n,urdsr the rest should opportunity
TSoush this strange story added
u ,Vhs feeling Of unsc siness amonE
- n>oplS who remained on the
Soohf. IL was received With q good
), ~ OF incrAdulity. Tom Fanshaw
n Snonly avowed his disbelief In every
,vor6 of II, and his father. though
,iGs0 eutspoksn. was almost equally
W. captain Of the yacht-his
name Vas Warner-was on shore In
command OF the searching party. but
~ frst of1lcsr, Mr.. Scales. remained
ID board. Hts opinion coincided
(. cionsly with that Of tho elder Fan.
shaw. He was In possession OF a.!
TIE data, though they had not toic
=. hin the story OF Philip Cayieys o'd
Toiatiou with tho murdered man:
sIt, sands to reason" he said. "that
tSe oniy party OF white men that could
~ nero would be the survivors OF the
Fisiding expedition. We know from
f,,e ncws that young Mr.. Fanshaw
: SrcaaRht aboard that there 10 one sucn
SArvIvur here. II there were any con-
SNsrnhie number OF them left, able
, TN2IeA onouRh to walk across the GA
,siSr. ne could DO sure they'd DO here
f, bngtAe shore waiting Tor u.s. we
could DO certain they would nave
,,,sdo some attempt to signal US al
oSon ~ they sighted ~. ..,
vh0v
hucotes--they'd have been
r,,its A. Glad q white men to get
chancs 10 70 back with US o. far al
= ~ 'aSichssia. And In the third place
AZ ti1oy we're not Chucotes, nut some
strSnee. unknown, murderous hand OF
SNcTSnea. there wouldn't have beer
- M Jns' Survivor Of the Fielding e.
sos coufs. that's not an absolute I,
/, .watsr .ugHt Mne OF reasoning. nut !.
= sScsr,s 10 me there II . tremenaou,
!, nrobablIity that its rieht' and tna'
His Tying man has lost his Wis ~.
!, 4, 0sadual!y evsrybody on ooara . ,n'
!" ,SSSund 70, Mr.. 6cales's view OF TN
i,Sir. ThN only exceptions were
], ToSnaa, Aad Tom Fanshaw. Jeanne
Ssnk0A the theory that Cayley wal
.,Sa1S q, Indignantly ~ she did TOM
e2SG that ~ Was . malicious liar y
.SISf - baRd 70 account for I'M
.SsrSCcnno e Q party Of white refugees
~ 0hesA Who DIDN'T seem TO van
- sS0eusd, but n Cayley said the!
.Sero {Nsrs, then there they were: an.
!. 4, 1envos Of great. though undenneo
NJ pGll they must DO to the unsuspec.
4 ~ ssbors party. Ana tnousn ~. III
Ssr esrnestness added q good deal Il
he uneasy feeling which mounte'
.SSadiiy. aboard the yacht. for tn
q ~ Of, the party that had gon
n this uneasinsss Tom himself ha'
], 80 nN0sted Q Hhnre. although no re
;.orated Ms h~,ief that the only iivinI
l. psrsna ashore. besides the member
/, 81 their ewn party. was the half
erased stranger who had come int
.oamp jist ~ he had been leaving ".
.the day Hweeping the land. or q
much OF II - he could see, with
noUsrfll, glass. But for all he saw
or nv ono else. during the long hour
of that day, there might not hav
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