The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-19
1continued From Our Last issue)

g1Trnwti,sa at the foot Of his tree, a
was presenting 1tseh
Cayley had to make more
4hsn one Journey that night! he
fenta come back to find them 10
tire boat; one OF them, indeed. 10 10
Sethe water. -.
ne considered these things, anu
guddenly,a as If materal1zed from no
where Cayley, was stano1ne Wy
heIhoat. In his hand was a small
brown bag. - ~.
safom9 Sc ne boat, stepped In, and
Sssnsinr an oar as punt-pole, push
Sed NsioWly off. Then, very silently
ss,harowed5 toward the middle of the
he re had stopped. The oars rest
ads on the water. He picked up
the bag from between his seet'
the nose Of the boat.
sand rested It lightly on the water
~ @nssmoment. Then he let go. Il
slowly. He waited there,
watching; afraid, perhaps that IL
might rise again.
Antony began to count
sssAndEnow Cayiey was back at ms
h gfarting-place. He tied up ths
4 boat looked carefully round TO see
that he had left no traces pehmd
d him. and then turned to the wafer
again. For a long time, as II SEEN
Fed to- theSwatchers, ne stooo .ne,s'
.sssvary btg.Syery silent, in the moon
8sIiebt III last he semed- satisfied;
nWhateyerF his secret was, ne mad
hid den 1t: and SO with a gentle
Aasieh. a. :unmis takabe to Antony as
S5ifShe had heard it. Cayley turned
suavs and vanished again as qulet
gElys az he had come.
81 Antony gave him three minutes
sS:and stepped out from the trees.
SHa1waited there for Bill to JOIN
ssssssssi:xs.,, whispered Bill.
sAutony.&nodd
GOOD, 4, smiled Antony. Mine
was the Meighteenth-a httle way
mast Better hang your coat oveL
heSsixthepost. and then we shan
@see It more easily. III put mine W ~
Sthe eighteenth Are you goans ~
here or in the boat az
lssss5-.Some here, and some In the
quite sure that you
s&n,I1dnt like to do the diving your.
Sself
500 quite, :. thanks. .ho
SssssS,rhey had walked round TO the
Side Of the pond. COMING I'M;
4 toSSst7,e sixth post Of the fence, BIN
stooIrsoffE his coat and put 1T in posi-
ion and then finished his unoress-
IN gssrhile Antony went off to marx
the eighteenth post When tney
stWeraS ready, they got into the ooa-
taking the oars. :.
ss@.Now, BILL tell me as soon 90 :,
4 N in line with your two n1arks:
slowly toward tne iiii ~
Ole ofsthe pond .id
I; sss7E5sss.ssYou're about there now
Bill at last. 80 look.
fesAntony stopped rowing ana iooA'
red about him l., y
~ tnrned the. boats nose round
Al twas pointing to the pine
Straa md err which Bill had IAN
AVA see nv tree and the other
said Bill.
1sSs..Risht Now then. I'm going to
Srnw gently along this line untli
we're dead In between the two.
Get IL as exact as you Cantor
your own sake
= Steady!n, said Bill warnlnsiy.
&SBacka little "a lltle NOR
V little more forward again Hrl
Right
Antonysleft the oars on the wafer E 7
and looked round. AS far as ne ae
could tell, they were IN an eAasl
1 $sssi.snTow then. Bill, in you go"
Rilr5pulled off his shirt ana
u trousers. and stood up.
.ssssse.You mustn't dive from the boat
soId boy said Antony hastily.
SssVa,,.Ii shift its position Slide
81 BIfiINsiid in from the stern and
; Z ;ssWam slowly round to Antony.
4 s355ssWhat,s it like?" said Antony.
stCpld. well, here's luck to 1T.
sssS FHaagaye a. sudden kick, flashed
I IN moment in the water, and
was gone. Antony steadied the boat
ssand took another look at his lano'
Blu came up behind him with a
slond explosion
pretty muddy" ne protest
5sssss::.Weeds ~
SSssS.ssyvelI, try again"
ss;s8 BiiI gave another kick and dis.
aappeared. Again Antony coaxed
She boat back into position. and
again Bill popped up, this time In
front Of him.
feel that If I threw you sar.
fdine., said Antony, with smile.
ss&you,d catch it in your mouth
Sssquite PRETTY
ssNstIt,s awfully easy to be funny
from where you are How much
siionger havegI got to go on doing
5this %, ~
looked at his watch.
.sAbout three hours. But bs
black before daylight. But be
If you can. because it's
sfatherg cold for me sitting here"
I'M BIZ f1ickered a. handful OF water
sat him and disappeared again. He
was under for almost minute this
time. and there was a grin on his
33sface when It was visible again.
gotait, but it's devilish hard
..sfoages Tn not sure that It Isn't