The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-29
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ESassMfe both slept late that morning,
I'M Cnyley. '*The yacht was gone
4ken We came out ef the hui and
k locked seward. ] expected al
ttuae 10 find part Of the Wairus
11Ftr rAmped near ht ! opened tae
door cautiously on that recount
8 my reason tor assuming Ahat
a or them was left mere. was the
that they'd have been here on
ii ireaeh near the hat, II they q been
4whcrs. Well. VIZ know now that
6fkk assumption was wrong. There
~ someone here amy WAY. Its prob
I'M that with tine very FIRST return
The light ne discovered the fact
IxiSt the Aurora had been blown out
E<2& 1ea, hours before VIC did.
Yet no enc came near the hut all
= and | take thar TO mean that
HEY, ar he, avoided It. IL ~ouid
SSnse been ALI obvious place to come.
hard 40 see why they avoided IL.
k26nlexs because they knew that We
kk8ere here. IL they knew, they Ger
s9alniy had plenty ef opportunities
M attack lis. because VIE We're often
Enrpafated tina day. ! was In the hut
Ss1n O were out on the beach gath
S&t1ng hre-wood,
ESs Surely said Jeanne. che couldn't
have hoped for "a better opportunity
M attack me than he had when
NEaA alone there in the twilight, be
kf459r YOU came iiving down out OF the
ES1fr. and you said he was quite near.
Ing do you suppos ne didn't? Why
NJ you suppose he waited
lam even after / came down, said
&4fley, u was helpless for a minute
4r6tfe 4 was getting clear OF my
MINES. Yes, that was his chance.
&116 yet he waited. After We had
me, ne apparently scaled the cliff,
<lkkh3s tracks led right UP to 1t. and
fQA disappeared. Its not quite so
&4kApffously steep there as IL is here,
would hardly have dreamed
! human being could climb 1t.
kMHess afraid" said Jeanne after a
thoughtful silence, simply
MAd. But II he's the man we think
L II wouldn't hc a human fear
S1mSast be superstiifous in some way.
WnuIdn't be wonderful II he felt
after the two glimpses he had Of
remember how l felt at first
- you alighted on the foe beside
He's seen you twice. remember.
6rSt time at night In the fog. the
mi time In broad day, with the
y0ur wings. No. il isn't strange
*%4 thinks af you, not as n MAJ at
but as a sort OF terrible nigel
6R111g guard over me. When / ga
long without seeing you. or when
S& you In flight, / get To thinking
s@SEou in that way myself"
2e#H that's the way he thinks af
kss = GayleY. wen try not to dis
1Gs him. A belief Ike that is an
on cur side Of the ledg,1. Ger
t&n3T. And We haven't amy such
in onr favor tina we can af-
To- throw an advantage away,
y small one"
lilly the balance If advantage be-
Non them and their enemy was
mNtngiy even They had the hut.
NlsAnefay h stores. They had Cap
f1eidfnKss journal, their enemy
experience and practical knesl-
1T the country. They were
with but 4 single weapon be-
&en them. Their enemy. for augft
III knew. might be ore ar a half "A
ens n o armed, they did not
fortunately. no prophetic vision
yb1ed them to anticipate. on that
etening, h length of time that
3STrecarteus life and death balance
Mho maintain itself. rhey mad
$3.50. Philip and Jeanne. that the
thing to do vas To wait and 10
n4ntn IN u~nwinklng vigilance. But
them thought of the duration
&n&1 wait In terms Of hours. or, at
days. Had they foreseen that
6N&1d stretch itself out into weeks
mouths they might well have de-
<tF1d.
8qre were two things that kept
from snccarnhiag to despair.
d3KHt was that they never really
1tt4ed themselves 10 hope. To in
tn ans thoughts nf "A summers
ESwhen their horizon should he cut
ss4aH epars aud tunnels Of a ship
x4nE relief. They were Simply
70 live one day al a time. For
day that they could match out
40 hand Of death. they would give
II was the only attitude pos
D people In their condition.
h thing that helped them To
G&ntn II WAS tne abundance of
m1ry routine occupation. They
80 their day into watches, CAY
#Hop from Our o'clock In the al
MHn until midnight and then kept
alone. ms the girl had done.
eight. During that period they
Htned inside the hut. The day.
al9ht until four. they spent out
p0rs. when the condition Of the
- made this possible, either At
n merely tramping up and
fDr exercise.
Mt9t there vas a good deal os
@kO do. Tearing down the sheds
clustered about the hut. and
MME their frames and ~pianking
was an arduous task.
worked Mt II until ii vas csne,
sanding sentinel all the time.
&~0 II was done. they were rae
Neeeure against surprise. for
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