Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-16

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From the forlorn aspect Of the room
the girl gladly turned her eyes away
and stood looking at Cayley instead
He had been sweeping the walls, ROOF
and floor in a general survey. Now
abruptly, he went over b heap OF
stones, picked up one Of them, rubbed
his thumb over 1t n scrutinized. witt
an air Of considerable interest, III
black smear 1t left.
That would account for the drift
wood" he said absently.
at that he might have seen in ths
girls face a look of half-amused i'm
patience, but his abstraction was TOT
deep for him to notice it.
He walked over to n OF the sidt
walls, pulled open what proved to be
big solid shutter, revealing a glazed
window, and, for a long while, stooo
there, unconscious of the look the CIR
had turned upon him, unconscious q
his present surroundings.
Eyes. something to hope for, certain
ly." He turned away from the window
as he said it, and smiled at her. "A
good hope-a good lighting hope thai
when the relief ome back next sum
mer they'll md you here alive"
"If you say so, Til believe it." said
the girl" because you told me tht
truth before, but DO you mind telling
me why?"
st should have thought Of 1t sooner
I should have noticed it last night. NJ
guess was right, that's all. This is moi
an abandoned hut. Don't you see, it:
in almost perfect repair? The hinges
on this shutter work; although II you
look closely you can see that someone
gave a tug at them not long ago II
an attempt to pull them out. And that
patch on the wall was put on within G
month. The men who wrecked thi'
place worked hastily and showed M
great degree Of imagination They
hadn't much time, you see, becaus'
they couldn't have begun until they
caught their first glimpse OF the yacht
They had finished the job before the
could send a party ashore"
But why in the world should they dt
such a thing?' the girl protested.
He shook his head. Il haven't worked
that out yet, not fully, at n rate
After all, it's not the question tha-
concerns us"
I'm still in a maze about it. Wha!
did you mean about the drift woodF
why the SCOT on these stones
showed me that. They haven't beer
burning drift wood in this fireplace
| They've been burning coal-or oil. per
.haps. 1 hadn't thought Of that. That's
whv the drift wood collected again on
there on the talus. You remember you
father speaks Of having used it all
There have been a dozen men livins
here ever since, and they didn't need II
| So they must have had some other sor
of fuel"
you mean they've got a supply some
where-hiddenT"
He nodded. mot only q supply 0
fuel. but of food, too. You remembe'
your father also speaks of having hi
larder completely stocked for the win
ter at this time2 Well. these fellow
weren't expecting any relief, The
must have stocked their larder. too
OF course" he went on a moment later
Il realized vaguely all along that Their
must be stores somewhere here on tn
land because men were living here, bu
on the theory that they had abandone'
/ the beach and were living in some un
discovered HdAL u NhR -
I chance of finding those stores was al
most nothing at all. Finding then
would be like trying to find Point Bar
row in a fog. But you see, if they KEEP
them here in these huts, and then hi
them when they caught sight of tn
Yacht. while they may be well hidden
thev can't be far away. There wouldn'
have been time to move them far; Ger
tainly not over the glacier and into tn
interior there. II must all be hidoel
somewhere. here on the coast. Whel
we find that hiding place, We shal
probably md all the stores we nee
for the winter"
Then, l suppose, the next thing 70
us TO do is.to go out and find it,"
Not quite the next thing Unless "
have exceptional luck WE can hardl'
hope to find it for several days; It ma,