problem it did not take long i sprang my feet now i have it cried i ought to make the tackle the p nt of balance and what we learn of this will serve us with everything else we have to aboard once again i all my work by lowering the mast e water but i the point of balance vi hi a the ot the mast came of the butt looked despair but i laughed and said it would do just as well her how to hold the turn and be ready to slack away at command i laid hold of the mast with my hands and tried to balance it across the rail when i thought i had it i cried to her to slack away but the despite my efforts and dropped back toward the water again i heaved it up to its old position for i had now another idea i remembered the � a small double and single block affair � and fetched it while was it between the top of the ind the opposite rail wolf came on the scene exchanged nothing more than good mornings and though he could not sec he sat on the rail out of the way and allowed by the sound all that i did af ain to away at the when i gave the word i proceeded to heave on the w slowly the mast swung in until it balanced at right angles across the rail and then i discovered to my the sea wolf ment that there was no need for to slack away in fact the very opposite was necessary making the fast i on the and brought in the mast inch by inch till its top down to the deck and finally its whole length lay on the deck i looked at my watch it was twelve o clock my back was aching sorely and i felt extremely tired and and there on the deck was a single stick of timber to show for a whole morning s work for the first time i thoroughly realized the extent of the task before us was i was learning the afternoon would show far more accomplished and it did for we returned at one o clock rested and strengthened by a hearty dinner in less than an hour i had the main on deck and was the the two together and making allowance for their unequal length at the point of i attached the double block of the main throat this with the single block and the throat themselves gave me a tackle to prevent the of the from slipping on the deck i nailed down thick thing in readiness i made a line fast to the of the and carried it directly to the i was growing to have faith in that for it gave me power beyond all c as usual held the turn while i heaved the rose in the air then i discovered i had forgotten ropes this my climbing the which i did twice before i finished it fore and aft and to side twilight had set in by the time this was accomplished wolf i who had sat about and listened all afternoon and never ned his had taken himself off to the and started his supper i felt quite stiff across the the small of the back so much so that i straightened up with an effort and with proudly at my work it was to show was wild with desire like a child with a new toy to with my wish it t so late i said i d like to see how it works don t be a mc remember to morrow i� coming and you re so tired now that you can hardly stand and you i with sudden solicitude you must be very tired you have worked hard and i am proud of you not half so proud as i am of you nor with half the reason she answered looking me straight in the eyes or a nt with an ti in her own i tremulous light which i had not seen before and which gave mc a pang of quick delight � i know not why for i did not understand it then she dropped her eyes to lift them again laughing if our friends could see us now she said look at us have you ever paused for a moment to consider our appearance yes i have considered yours frequently i answered over what i had seen in her eyes and puzzled by her sudden change of subject mercy she cried and what do i look like pray a i m afraid i replied just at your skirts for instance look at those tears and such a waist t it would not require a to that you have been cooking over a camp tire to say nothing of trying out seal and to cap it all that and all that is the woman who wrote a kiss endured the sea wolf she made me an elaborate and stately courtesy and said as for you sir � and yet through the five minutes of which followed there was a serious something underneath the fun which i could not but relate to the strange and fleeting expression i had caught in her eyes what was it could it be that our eyes were speaking beyond the will of our speech my eyes had spoken i knew until i had found the out and silenced them this had occurred several times but had she seen the in them and understood and had her eyes so spoken to me what else could that expression have meant � that dancing tremulous light and a something more which words could not describe and yet it could not be it was impossible besides i was not skilled in the speech of eyes i was only van a who loved and 