Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-01
Copyright. 1909. 1910.
~ the Success Company

without the downward infection she
would have expected had he reached the
end. So she looked quickly and curiously
up into his face. AS quickly. her ewes
sought the bit of paper which still lay
open in his hand.
You didn't finish" she said. There
was something else"
II thought toe late Oh. it's nothing.
but ii caught me-rather. and | fought I
would spare you the twinge that finding
1t had given me. i might better have
read II right out. II was a big plum
pudding. in a tin. you know-Cross d
Blackwells. But there II was, waiting I
suppose. to lend some sort OF an air Of
festivity to their next Christmas
The girl rose from her seat beside him
and going over TO the window stood for
while gazing out up the beach.
When she turned back. he saw that her
eyes had dimmed little but the tone In
which she addressed him was steady:
We'll. shall we go to look for our other
cave. where the real stores are? There
won't be anything heartrending about
that. at all events
Cayley did not rise when she did, but
remained, looking rather thoughtful, just
where he was The girl misinterpreted
his hesitation.
II forgot how tired you must be- she
said. ''Of course We'll watt
mo, that's not ii. I was only thinking.
believe we could live through the winter
on what we've got right here-the bear.
the birds and what stores we found in the
observatory. They wouldn't more than
last till the winter was over. but I think
with little good economy they would do
that
You don't mean not to try to find the
other cave?"
mo. 1t was simply a question of max
ing what We have got safe and shipshape
first-spending as much of this fine day
as Is necessary getting in more wood the
rest of those birds and skinning and
butchering that bear We killed last night
before we go out on an exploring expedi-
ton that may prove wild goose chase -
Il see.' she assented thoughtfully.
you mean what Tom would call playing
1t safe
That's a fine day out there" Cayley
went on. but what weather wisdom
have gained up in this part Of the world
makes me suspicious that we're about to
have a change.
The girl sighed somewhat ruefuly.
You are horribly reasonable" she said.
The thought of going back to yester-
days drudgery her muscles were still
stiff from. instead of setting out along
that sparkling beach with Cayley, In
search for their Aladdin's cave, was one
that took some courage to face. Never
theless, her hesitation was only momen-
tary.
AYE. aye, captain" she said. holding
out her hand to him. What do you want
me to do?'
He left her provided with jackknife
he mad in his pocket and the task OF
skinning and dressing the rest Of tho
birds they had brought in from the talus
the day before Those he had already
prepared were to be hung up with these
In their cold storage cellar back of the
hut.
He himself, with his sheath knife and
the AK head he had discovered, fitted into
the broken handle of the pick. for II
cleaver. set out down the beach to fense
the great bear which he had killed the
night before. The bear was colossal
specimen, and this fact. together with
Cayley's inexperience and lack Of proper
tools, made the job a long and arduous
one. But it was accomplished finally and
the four quarters of the huge carcass
hung up in the storage cellar. while the
immense white pelt, which had been
scrubbed with sand and wet wood ashes
from their fireplace, was stretched behind
1t to dry.
Jeanne had been working steadily all
day at the task Cayley had assigned her.
and by constant repetition had already
grown expert at it. The amount she had
accomplished surprised him greatly: but
she declined to allow him to make q
merit either of her application or her
skill, and did not take kindly to Cayley's
suggestion that she had done what would
pass for a days work.
when you stop, l WILL she told him.
So they effected a compromise. Cayley
was to go out and bring in a load or two
of frewood. while she cooked supper.
(To be continued tomorrow