The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-06-22

session.
Her eyes danced with excitement
He told her what he had seen, with
reservations, and she ran on before
him to witness these marvels.
"Why did you make a new path to
the well?" she inquired after rapid
survey.
"a new pathv' The pertinent ques-
ton staggered him.
eyes, the people who lived here must
have had some sort of free passage
He lied easily. IT have only cleared
away recent growth" he said.
"And why did they dig cave? It
surely would be much more simple to
build a house from all these trees
'There you puzzle me-" he said
frankly.
They had entered the cavern but a
little way and now came out.
'"These empty cartridges are funny.
They suggest a FORT battle" Wo-
| manlike, her words were carelessly
chosen, but they were crammed with
inductive force
Embarked on the toboggan slope Of
untruth, the sailor slid smoothly down
ward.
"Events have colored your imagina-
ton, Miss Deane. Even in England
men often preserve such things for fu-
ture use. They can be reloaded
eyes, I have seen keepers do that.
This is different. There is an air off,
'"There is a lot to be DONE" broke
in jerks emphatically. eve must
climb the hill and get back here in
time to light another fire before the
sun goes down. I want to prop a can
vas sheet in front Of the cave and try
to devise a lamp
"AIust sleep inside?" demanded Iris.
eyes. Where else?"
| There was q pause, a mere Whit of
awkwardness.
II will mount guard outside" went
on jerks. He was trying to improve
the edge of the ak by grinding it on a
soft stone.
The girl went into the cave again.
She was inquistive, uneasy.
'That arrangement she began, but
ended in q sharp cry Of terror. The
dispossessed birds had returned during
| the sailors absence.
81 will kill themv' he shouted in an
ger.
'Please don't. There has been enough
Of death in this place already"
The words Jared on his ears Then
he felt that she could only allude to the
victims of the wreck
II was going to say" she explained,
'that we must devise a partition.
There is no help for it until you con-
struct sort of house. Candidly, do
not like this hole in the rock It is a
vault, tomb"
"You told me that I was in COM
mand, yet you dispute my ORDERS" He
strove hard to appear brusquely good
| humored, Indifferent, though for one
| Of his mold he was absurdly irritable.
The cause was overstrain, but that ex-
| PLANTATION escaped him.
"Quite true. But if sleeping in the
| cold. in dew or rain, is bad for me, it
must be equally bad for you, and with
out you I am helpless, you know"
| He laughed sardonically, and the
harsh note clashed with her frank
candor. Here at least she was utterly
| deceived. His changeful moods were
incomprehensible.
81 will serve you to the best of my
ability, Miss Deane," he exclaimed.
| I'VE must hope for speedy rescue,
and am Injured to exposure. It is
otherwise with you. Are you ready for
| the climb?"
The crest of the hill was tree covered,
and they could see nothing beyond
| their Immediate locality until the sailor
found a point higher than the rest,
where a rugged collection Of hard ba-
salt and the uprooting of some poon
| trees provided an open space elevated
above the ridge.
For a short distance the foothold was
precarious. jerks helped the girl in
| this part Of the climb. His strong,
| gentle grasp gave her confidence. She
was flushed with exertion when they
stood together on the summit Of this
elevated perch. They could look to
every point of the compass except a
small section on the southwest Here
the trees rose behind them until the
| brow Of the precipice was reached.
The emergence into a sunlit piano.
rama of land and sea, though expected,
was profoundly enthralling. They ap-
peared to stand almost exactly in the
center of the island, which was cres-
cent shaped. It was no larger than the
sailor had estimated The new slopes
now revealed were covered with YER
| dure down to the very edge Of the wa
| ter, which for nearly a mile seaward
| broke over Jagged reefs. The sea look
ed strangely calm from this height.
| Irregular blue patches on the horizon
to south and east caught the mans
| first glance. He unslung the binocu-
| lars he still carried and focused them
| eagerly.
Islands, he cried, land big ones
| toov'
"How odd!' whispered Iris, more
concerned in the scrutiny of her imme-