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Tim OMATIA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 23, 1910. Monument to Pathfinders Who Blazed Old Oregon Trail -,- . .. Mi'im muMminwi ' sum iiimhw m ..,.. I f tavwiiiWiiMWMo mMi'-nmwiiiii- irnni imnnuniiic 'mmmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmmmmmmmmamemmmmimmmmimmmi'n ft-' .: ;f ,'. - 1 . - ftr? . '' ' . - ' 1!i?a V , -i C11 - ,.,.. 4 . ' - - B-j-. . r. . . l . . ... V . -r l ' : ) ; J- . t -. ? & .. . . i f, f'- -w The wide plln nnrt Itie munntnlni to tnm. And niHny a kibv ilawn n their cumo rire In the rain. IIAM1K was tlmir tnlntrew, fcl cha:ice u their Counelur; yet '.lie firm pioneers who opened the trallx through the couni'v now liappily crown Into the procperoiiB Btute of Ne- biaxka inimt sui-ely have b.u vIhIohh, how ever dim, of the beauteous picture of civi lization that would s row out of the wanie they passed through. In all Its pride of accomplishment Ouiahu, and Its vigorous sifter cUles, must pause now and again to pay the reverent word of gratitude to the camp-makers who flret soronrt aHheit on Its soil In the cause of patriotism. And It doen do tills, willingly and Kracloimly, In Hpeoch and practice alike. The "landmarks of history" In this region have recently been added to by the erection in Rlvervlew park of a permanent monument to mark the entrance of the Old Oregon Trail Into Nebraska. U Is In the form of a sundial time marker that, It Is hoped, will survive in lis sunny location for many a decade. . I'seftil In Hielf, this monument, erected by the Omaha chapter of the lauhters of the American Revolution, will also rerve to bring to mind h rAflArtInn that In ihA knntnt Hftf brft.V plrlts were afoot to open new haths to . . , , - . l , the other fortunate thousands who were to folic Mouldered Into dust beside the winding of the old trail, the bodies of many and many a stout-hearted man and woman have enriched the soli and their memories tiave Inspired later comer to Strive and conquer. In groups and singly, numerous of the first travelers on this famous trail (oil "victims to the blood lust of fierce In-' dlans. Others suocumbed to the hardships that befell them when they had passed the frontiers of civilisation; and many beside laid down Uflder the weight of grief and dlsappolntment that shadowed their hopes (Copyright, 1910. by Bobb-Merrlll Co.) ciiAi-rwt xiv (uDtinitd. "In a horn." remarked the sold'er. "Olvs us another ' them coffin nails!" Mr. Craighead began humming "It's Twenty Mile to Vassar," evidently a West Point ditty, paced the guard house, turn Ing corners with military precision, or tood accurately with certain finger on oortuin seams of his trouser a precise as a tin soldier. Th atmosphere had per meated hi system; and when a corporal's guard called for them, his stride might have been offered a a model. Acress to Major Flathers' desk was opened for them by orderll.a described by m w. . , . , Mr. Waddy a state's prison looking tel- lows, armed to the teeth. The malor was thin, solemn, bilious looking, as it he had a bad liver from service In the tropics; haughty, as If the liver had overflowed his tamper. Their hearts sank as they looked Into his eyes of yellow sh brown with whites ot smoky yellow and noted the funereal droop of his long black mut tache. cut down the middle by a greater droop of the nose enormously high, sur- passingly noonea. increuiniy snarp ana thin; he look.d so unapproachable and Jaundlnd, and like an immense exalted potentate contemplating candidates for th aaylujn for the Irretrievably worthless who had been found below grade. H a voice was the deepest of bassos, rumbling softly out as It protesting that, really. It had no room to turn itaelf. Craighead started at the sound; snd began a close scrutiny of Major Klalhers. making notes in- a book. "Who are ynu?" said Major Flathers. He looked at Mr. Waddy. his tone of well modulated distant thunder seemlmt to say that they w.re really nobody. "Who are weT" cried Mr. Waddy. "Who the we? American cltiaena. sir! (Citizen and taxpayers before you was ever born, sir! Wire John H. Gunn. at Washington, that Cyrus Waddy'. shut up In Jail, an" you'll find out! You'll" "It would seem an economy of time. Mr. Wsddy." said th. major, after quelling hltn with a yellow glower, "not to trouble Mr. Gunn nor the pre dent, who might find It Inconvenient to attend for purposes of Identification. It Would U quit as easy for th s young gentleman to be the crown prince of Germany, and the othr th fust lord of the admiralty as for you IsAIR and blasted their brave arulclpations. O. tlio foundation they begun safer, easiw, modern tialls have been laid; and It seema entirely fitting that those who enjoy thBro should pay grateful tribute to the sturdy pathfinders of the earlier time. Adventurers, gold-seekers, settlers, hoina makers aiid history makers, huve all pasned this wav. AS early as l."40 Coron arto and Ills venturesome band of explor ers lunetratcd to the Tlatte , Valley. I'n- dcr Instructions from President Thorn Jel'fercon. Lewis and (.'lark traversed the land In Its virgin utatc, then altogether unpromising of lis Inter triumphs and richness. These' pioneer captains made crimp not fnr from the present Bite ot Omaha, probably about where Calhoun now dots the map. from whenwc limy pressed on over lowlund and highland, through woods and across rivers, until they reached the Pacific ocean. Half a year .of Htrenuous travel wan devoted to covering the distance now made In lm urioua comfort in a week. It was In 1MM1 the Lewln and Clark ex pedition liacsed this way, and kIx years later the Astorlan band of fur traders and trade, boosters followed practically the sauie route of the- government expe dition. William Price Hunt, the leader, 1 credited with having made many an original detour aa he wended his - way ovp' "' Bcctlon ot he American desert, wiiicn in iai laier ueveiouuieiii nun , i 1. 1 . I """ " expeaiuon It was mac esiaDiisnea Astoria, on the Paclflo coast Guiding a party of scientific Investlffat- or. Major Stephen It. Iang, of the United States army, set out from Ht. tJk3um 111 1110 eyiiug 01 inxv, ami ijiauo iu winter camp somewhere between Calhoun an lhe 8lte now oooupled by Omaha. The next spring the ' party traversed " the length of . Nebraska along the north bank of the Platte. Ihen followed other bands, unknown to history, made up of advtn- turous spirits, until Captain Uonnevllle came along with . a commercial wagon A New Airship Serial by rlerbert Quick Author of "DOUBLE TROUBLE GINIA the LANES to be Mr. Waddy-lllustrlous though he may be, and no doubt I. You must prove yourselves good dtlxenl by authorities nearer than Washington. What can you say, sir?" This query was directed at Craighead, who had ceased to tak notes and was looking at the Imposing major In the man ner of one who knows his man. "Most high and Illustrious one." said he, "the world I wide, it population some sixteen hunded millions. Of this consider able force, we are but three. You ask us, O Serenity, to set ourselves apart from the others by brands and marks. w,uu v"'"- ' scheduled our strawberry marks, or the midwife recorded the notches In our earsT Then how can the thing be provtnT It Is a hard saying. And yet. didst ever seo that serated nose? Olve me a pen. and let me murk It Kxhlblt A The major rose with pronounced absence t hast., adjusted a pair of rlmles glae to his precipitous beak by a clasp of 8e- cial construction; examined Craighead nos critically and Impersonally, as If looking at a specimen In a case, slowly - - "moved the glass., and d.llberately re- a1'1 ti.ms.lf. "I have observed such a nose In but on case," said he; "but Its introduction In evl- dence does not establish Its Identity with the only snout of similar asymmetry rec- orded. 'Exhibit A" will be considered for what It fs worth s evidence. Proceed" "Th memory," went on Craighead. 'Is more Intimately personal and Individual than la the organ of olfaction. I will now render a song, which I beg this honorable body to receive as 'Exhibit B.' " distinct Though this declaration made sensation among the officer snd orderlies; and though the sergeant, who was short- hand reporter, broke threo pencils In his agitation, Major Platners never let down by .v.n one degree the eatunne dlcnlty of his presence. Craighead sang with a fin Independence of tune, but wlih an ail1 and style of tone emission which reminded all hearers of a basso prof undo lahorlng In th trough of the heaviest vocal sot. That it reminded th friends ot .he major him- self wore shown by smiles hidden behind hands, by significant glances, and a final t tier an Crolichead finished with a sub- cellar cadetiu so low lhat it could not be sung, but only Jndicatwl by the drawing ' of " V"l X i !l rU;---;-:.: i , n " r.V:: train. accompanied by trappers. They 9- m . V. K , , . in uutl iieauuariern nuiirewimio - wenc on 10 me x'aomc. intm pan i credited with being the first that got through without suffering great loss at in nana 01 tne Indians. Missionaries now took the field, and as i" ,iicwr.ipi 17 mt? nueim nun nv lonely places soon information came back, for a strong advance of settlers and a wide spread ot business. It Is today matter for wonder that up to 1842 less than 200 people were known to be In the vast stretch of country west of the Missouri river and north ot California Oregon through which the mighty rivers flowed down of the chin with a hoarse whisper on the word "morning." Oh, It's twenty miles to Vassar, and the Hudson for to cross; There's regulations to be broke at both ends of the route; Put Kellnda's eyes are like the sky, Be linda hair Is floss; -And Jim is black and plagued with love, and doesn't care a hoot! Oh, It's twnty mile to Vassarl But It's fifty smiles at Vassarl And it's other lovey-dovey things In host beyond compare 1 Oh, the love of dear Bellnder burn hi heart Into a cinder And Jim will be at Vassar ere the morning, A slight redness crept up under the tan of Major Flathers' cheek, a si ght quiver of the thin nostril betrayed the fact that Craighead's song h9d touched some spot that thrilled but whether to laughter or anger no on could tell. Mr. Craighead naked If It would be necessary to adduce more proof ot his identity. "Will the proof consist In further vo- calliallon?" asked the malor judicially.' "Oh, wise and upr ght Judge," replied Craighead, "it will consist it ten other stanzas once sacred to a select circle at West Point. It an accompanist" "In view ot this," said the major, with unabated dignity, "I shall hear th case In private." The major rose, and passed out without a glance at the Intruder. The squad took them to his quarters, where he rece'ved them In frozen stiffness; and stood aside to let them ' Into a library rather well furnished with book. Th major sat like a graven Image until the receding footsteps were lost, to th ear. Then he rushed at Craighead, shook him until his teeth chattered, lauchlng, lapping him on the back, shak ng his hands and othnrwlu ihnwlnr Biieh a wm vensa, of (orm rrom offlcla, .taldne., that Mr Waddy and Carson cam. Independently Q th( COIK.luslon lhat he haJ ,uddenly gone mad. ..Crallt! Crala!" said he. "You con founded old scrapegrace! I've an Infernal good nlln(J to throw yJU , for Un year.. And that Belinda song you mad up about me! Blast you. the regulations won't p,rmlt adeiua pun ,nment And Bober, too, Te m. a,, al)out yourieift confound you, and Introduce your friends!" "With Mr. Waddy' name." said Cralg- head, "you are familiar. He Is the bll- Uonalre owner of Speaker Guna." -Confoundlv .orrv" ..m th. m.w ..Uu, ,f tW reorobat... Cra g- ne.d, "had hinted that h was our West Point disgrace-I should have Issued passes, and " -ih .11 ,ik. ..m xr tt'.iu. "Don't say no more about It. major." "And this." said Craighead. "Is the In- .vtntor and builder of our airship. General Theodore Carson, M. A." "Glad to meet you, general." said the major. "Not In our army?" "Not In any." said Carson. "It's a pleas- antry of Mr. Cralnlnad's." "Quite o!" replied the malor, shaking hands again. "But It was confoundly Ir- regular to run the guard, you know!" "W didn't Intend" "Not a word!" said the major. You must dine with me Mrs. Flathers w,U waive ceremony, ho Isn't Bellnder, Craig you disreputable old dog disguised as a sober man! Could be hanged as a spy! Twenty MUe to Vaaar.' In headu.uartersi down to the sea. But conditions bettered I , W . h Mnlf (if V, XT t.h" i""j " "o" a w ' caravans punnra inrousu uitj turuiuaina country 'with long trains of wagons and animals, accompanied by regiments of peo- pie who would not recognise dirnoumes that the way tl open and the time ripe ur stop snort 01 mo soai mey suuniv iar away In the west. These happening all typify the Amerl- can spirit of the pioneer days and, are themselves typified by the sun dial monu- ment In Rlvervlew. The passing emigrant from the older sections had on their way through beaten a trail which General Fre- mont ha writteen was well defined la the Nobody but Craig let' write a letter to Bill Alexander in Guam!" The major was a complacent now a he had been unyielding. He and Craighead talked over the Belinda episode, the ex pulsion of Craighead, the slowness of pro motions, the aeronef company, and then the aeronef Itself aa it lay on the parade ground on which occasion Major Flathers was particularly fierce in commanding a search for down looking photographic me chanism, and for .xploslve. Th examina tion, the dinner, the view of the Flatber baby, and Mrs. Flathers' confidential con versation with Carson, who was always strong in hi appeal to th ladles, delayed their departure untlt the sun was sinking beyond Fort Gaines, and Mr. Waddy wa startled Into trembling fit by the sunset gun as they crossed the rifle range, taking It for an artillery attack on the Virgin a. The darkness crept under them across the peninsula a they flew; and It wa star light when they alighted, each filled with his own anticipations Mr. Waddy, ot sup per; Mr. Craighead, of the company of Mr.. Gray bill; and Carson, to whom the terrible experience ot the day before had made her doubly dear, of admission to the presence ot Virginia. Mr. Grayblll mat them, with a letter In her hand tor Mr. Carson, and a troubled look on her face. Carson turned white a be tore It open. "I am going away," It ran, "with my aunt, who has kindly found m and told m ot your deception In allowing me to llv with you, thinking you my uncle. Th.re are many things I might say, many I should like to say; but 1 might use ex pressions tor which I should be sorry. A for the compromising ot myself, of which aunt ha. spoken, I car nothing, other thing, count for so much more. I want 'our parting to be without bitterness; so, with the assurance that I shall watch over you and pray for your success, and with thanks for the many, many good and kind things you have don. for me, I bid you good by forever. W can never forget each other the thing, we have known together forbid that; but w can never meet again. Virginia Suare.." Craigh.ad caught Thtodor at he . tag ger d. "When did they go?" said he. "About noon," replied Mr.. Grayblll. Carson groaned, thinking bitterly of the hours wasted at Fort Morgan: and asked for Mrs. Btott. Ehe had gone home on th Roc. "They went north, then." said Carson. "So must we," rejoined Cra'ghesd. "Yes," said Mr. Waddy, who seemed to consider th Virginia Incident closed, "I'll go home an' push the work In th west; j ou boy to New York, to start th injunc tions an' thing." "Very well," Mid Carson. "Craighead, we'll start for New York In th. Virginia In the morning!" That night Carson wandered 'to th spot on the beach where he had drawn Vir ginia down out of the sky In the runaway helicopter. The heavens were overcast, th. east winds moaned through the plres, great gray waves broke thunderously on the beach, and from the marshes came the croak of night herons. He sat pondering on his misery, on the temptation to which be had succumbed, on the bopejessn.ss of bis love. They he and she had ap proached each other like two iun, and early 'iO. 1 nn.nl.. mav wtnt hav. hMH nmk- ..4,119 . ." " w . - - vrnrai irwi, wnn uio ruon ui iua isuiu seekers It came to be a regular station on the way. Historians of the beginnings 01 tne American lur trade nave written that the old Oregon trail, despite Its uarufers, was it wuiiubuui iiitiiiwuy, 111 Its broadest sense a national road." They testify, too, that It was the route traversed by a national movement, the broad path to opportunity heretofore neglected, "as a highway of travel the most remarkable known to history." Indian tribes gave way, sullonly but cer- talnly, to brigades of useful people. Cultl- flown off Into .pace, never to meet, In predestined orbits. And afUr all they had enjoyed and lived and suffered together! The hand on his shoulder felt for the moment like hers, but It was Mrs. Gray blll who had come through the soft sand, silent as a ghost, to his sido. "M. Carson," .aid shs, "this Isn't th last. Don't give up. I couldn't speak to her; I wa only a stranger. But I kept th fragment of th letter, she tore up. Put them together. They will cheer you up. What a woman want, to .ay, and doesn't dare, mean, much, much more than what ah sayt. Mr. 'Carson, don't despair!" ( And ah ran away .a. silently a. .he bad coma. CHIPTER XV. A RETREAT FROM BABYLON. Th date when the Virginia left the dune, of the Alabama coast for her first long voyage is now historic It placed man, a. a flying animal, on an equality with th bird, and bats and Insects. It relegated th makeshifts with which the world had attempted th9 conquest of the air, with the flail, the coracle, the galley, th galleon, th distaff and the sling, to th limbo of abandoned things. The gas bag of th aerostat, and th aeronefs of th first decade of the oentury, went the way of the tentative and imperfect with the .team engine of II.ro, and the war gin. of Archimedes, Calllmachu. and De metrius. The new era Is one of great fly ing engine, beside which th Virginia wa a a humming bird to a hawk; but which ar. every on., built on the Virginia' principle the direct thrust of the blades, and the balancing by the automatic dis tribution of power by means of light gyro scope. Th new hero Wat the miserable young man who looked Ilk on. with hi death wound ,nd manoeuvered the ma ch.ne like a veteran Theodore Carson. Every schoolboy knows these things. But every one does not know of her difficulty In getting off. She cleared from her nest and struck out like a homing pigeon, and suddenly, as If by an elnstlo return ball "cord, .he returned to the launch of Mr. Waddy and Mr.. Grayblll on Fresh water lake. "What', wrong?" Inquired Mr. Waddy anxiously. "My mental cargo shifted, " replied Craighead, from above. "Th. Virginia was leaky and unaeawortbyl Had to put back!" "Shifting cargo" symbolized the fact that Mr. Craighead had something to say-in which he pasoed from a forced business conversation to an exchange of farewells with Mrs. Grayblll, cut short by Carson's resumption ot flight. Th wharves and veranda, ot th. hotel, and villa, were filled now with observers ot the new Inhabitant of the sky. They saw her take her second flight north ward; but again, with a sweep that filed them with admiration, she fled back once more to a position a few yard above the launch. "The crew mutinied," raid Craighead. "Salt horse wormy) And we ought to work out this Broom Idea a little more, Mr. Waddy." "There ain't no use in your comln' back for that," said Mr. Waddy. "I know my bus'ness as well as the next one. I'm bandlln' the west. You let me alone." "Assuredly, Michael," assented Craig GROUP SXZRJtOXZZTZXWG &OZ9ZIZAZ, vators, producers, more and more each year, greeted the passing traveler whose predecessors had met only lurking savage and far-spreading desolation. Life, do- velopment, took the place of stagnation and danger; husbandry replaced hunting, scnooi nouses broke the nonion line wnere tepees had been set, and the whole land was quickened, gladdened and made to bring forth riches in abundance. The trail makers have passed on over the eternal divide, the generation of first settlers is passing fast, but their descend- ants have an Inheritance, In Nebraska and other states of the west, the like of which Is not surpassed on the earth's surface. Impressed by the thoughts that flow head. "Goodby, Mrs. Grayblll. The hard part of going to sea Is goodby." Again they flew northward; and again, within five minutes of losing the launch, Craighead demanded that Carson put back. "I would have converse with Sir Cyru. Waddy," said he. "Thl. time I must. My statistical bureau ha dug up the real Item that I wanted to show him. Return, Vlr Thedo' Cahson, lord mayor of everywhart Return to the launch!" "No!" said Theodore, "we have vacil lated enough; too much. I .hall not re turn." "But, I .ay, old chap," urged Craig head, "thl. is the lasht, you know. Se riously now. Mr. Waddy doesn't know' the first thing about my scheme for controlling .middle west .pace through title to high way. I've got to talk with him. Cone now. Go back, or I'll Jolly well hop into th bay and swim. 1 will go back. I'll scuttle the shin, I .hall not sleep a wink. I'll be worthies, unless I'm taken back. Back, villain, unhand me! I'll buy a star ling in the first poultry market, and teach the Infernal fowl to hollo 1n thin ear. 'Hack! Take in back!" I'm In earnest. The farther we go, the more things I think, of to go back for. Take me" "For the last tlm.r Carson stipulated. "Do you promise?" "Yes, good, my lord, thl. I. the amen trlpl I .wear It!" The Virginia, darting Ilk a meteor up the bay, swerved so sharply over the Mid dle bay light that Craighead Well nigh went overboard, and steered once more Into the beaut. ful blue semicircle of Bon Secour bay, Craighead peering forward under the pintle, of the bow rudder for the launch, as a globe circling sailor might can the shore for his waiting wife. They went hurt! ng back over the Palmetto Peach hotels at a height of 500 feet; and thence to the easterly end of the T.lttle lagoon. The fallerles were alive w th po pie, scanning the tremendously powerful flier with glasses. What was this thing harrowing the sky In thl seemingly aim less fashion, .0 alive, so vigorous, so forceful In her swift .woop? Cra'ghead, with the binocular., saw In the black circle of Freswater lake no launch. "They're not on the lake, Carson," he cried In a panic. "What can have hap pened? I It possible they've sunk?" "Don't faint!" said Carson. "They're In the narrow., h'dden by th cane. We'll find them." "I cal'late you've guessed It. Cap'n," re plied Craighead, with a sigh of relief. "There they are now." The Virginia followed th. tortuous chan nel as a kestrel In qi'est of finches might trace the windings of a rail fence. In the sheltered pond, which Carson called Vir ginia's lily bed, Mrs. Grayblll was gath ering waxen blossoms, and piling them In th. pilot's olsklns. When the low flyln aeronef came up astern, she grew crim son, and laughed. "Well," said Mr. Waddy; "III be darned!" "We returned to say" began Mr. Craig head. "It was Craighead's desire." broke In Carson. "Exactly," assented Craighead. "I de sired a word with yuu, sir, on th western blghway " from such a history n.jd mich a vlotory", the daughters of the men of the revolution have taken a lively and a patriotic joy In promoting the movement to mark the old trail-way In a manner substantial and en- during. Their sun dial will be the monit ment lor tne aaring men ana women wno gave their strong day to pioneering and laid down their lives along the old Oregon trail. And a grateful state, with the back- Ing of a great metropolis, will Bee to It that th monument Is preserved. Its lessons cannot be too deeply Impressed on tho young and It silent Influence will ever be for the advancement of the good, aa . encouragement In the struggle for th (deal. "No use o' that," cut In Mr. Waddy. "You give FlUey the idea." "I communicated the conception," .aid Craighead. "Yes." "An" I paid him f'r an opinion on It?" "You became obligated for It," said Craighead. "Equivalent to payment. In your case, but, legally, quit distinguish able." "If. th. .am thing." cried Mr. Waddy. "An the feller, we hire know more than a quarter section of folk, that don't know their own mind.. Don't you com back again; It bother, m like muskeeter. Go on!" "Presently, most puissant sir. Tbers'a a matter we haven't mentioned. How .hall w yawp forth the grand hailing sign of distress, when I am tar away?" "They'r still runnln' the mall, and tele graphs, ain't they?" Queried Mr. Waddy, testily. "Would you," queried Craighead, "placa a world In pawn on the- talth of a mail clerk; or the fidelity of a telegraph sys tem, controlled by our loatheaome enemies? As triumvir to triumvir, answer, in the namo of our patron saints, Sir Henry Morgan and Jesse James!" "We agreed on a cipher," snapped Mr. Waddy. "Go on an' use It." "Cipher!" scoffed Craighead, who had devised it himself. "Not with the hound of Shayne on Carson's traces. Why, any cipher can be deciphered. Go back to th time of Bacor-" "Well, If yeh stay much longer," cried Mr. Waddy irritably, "we may as well go back to the time of Ham as Bacon! What are you drlvin' at, anyhow?" "Your pungent play on words," said Craighead, "gives me Joy. It prove, tho power to corrupt. Ist springtide you'd have been Incapable of It. I'm driving at the necessity of a trusty messenger who will die rathpr than d selose, will swallow blue prints to keep them from tho enemy, will explode a magazine before admitting a traitor even unto lis tabid ot content.. I know one such." "Who?" asked the puzzled Waddy. "Your beauteous daughter! Give her a running schedule per ten-hour train be tween Ch'cago and New York, bringing your messages and returning with our until victory Is won. Kh?" Mrs. Grayblll leaned back and laughed until she was crimson of face and tear of y. "It won't do," she said. "I never could eat blue prints. Any one can deceive me "Then I've some hope," said Craighead. "That's worth coming back for?" "I'se the malls, you absurd fellow!" she went on. "Goodby. Take htm away, Mr. Carson; and return with your shield, or on It. Mr. Craighead. Oh, you ha, ha, ha, ha-a-a!" "This rippling ha-ha. fair one." said Craighead severely, "would be unseemly from a less seemly pharynx. But I swear" The oath was cut In two hv an upward and forward flight, at the last speed, ll.t pulled the speech In twain and left the launch alone In the great marsh, with Mrs. Grayblll, hi-r. color h'gh. her mouth occas anally curving Into a .mil') some time, culminating audibly practicing Japinese flower arrangements, while her father combed his beard wtih hi. finger and said nothing. 1 (To Urn Continued.)