Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27

Evidently his quest for breakfast
had not been in vain: he had . big
black ana white bird in his hand. do
yeu suppose its At to eat? she
called out to him. How in the world
"a you manage to kill It without the
Iovelver3"
sy1t to eat! It's Q duck. What's
nsss. it's q elder. which means that
Ass coat 10 worth saving"
But how did you contrive to kill
AsRr"
4 dsdnrt. She killed herself. She
vas flying too low last night. I sup
DeDs-Going down the gale. and In the
leg che went smack into the side Of
~ cli@ and broke her neck. That was
Q vesy destructive storm fer tho birds.
There must b 80 Of them, Of one kind
and another, lying dead there along
the top e the talus, at the feot Of the
.cliR."
rAaA tAaks what might have hap
jDsasd. Oh. 90 easily. 70 you. Yes. It
might Two been realising that. And
Il 4Aa'at forget Her eyes had bright.
;oned and she pressed her hands to
them for Just moment; then she
ssfraightened up briskly. ANYWAY. I'll
nee make Q scene about 1t now" she
i03d. TIL show . little practical
issnss and help you with the break
fast"
mo. ws'rs camping out today. and
on such occasions the men always do
the cooking. Go back to your book
while I skin this fowl and dress Il"
Then - she still hesitated, no went
ion: the most beautiful garment I
ever saw. anywhsrs. was on Q Chu-
scotte Indian girl. It was made Of moth
ing but the breasts Of these elders.
But the process isn't pretty. I'd much
irathsr you went back to your book"
Seeing that he meant it. she did
10 ho asked. A single half page Of
what vas written upon those closely
ruled pages was enough to absorb her
oompfstely. The power IL had
lover her seemed to grow rather than
to lessen. When Csyley came up with
itho big bird which was to serve for
their breakfast. impaled upon q sharp
stick ready to be roasted over the
!Aro, she no more than looked up ct
him, with . smile very friendly, but
!haH-apologetic, and then went on With
her reading. He crouched down near
~ her, buff Q little framework Of
abovo the IRE and began his
lcoot1ng.
Il vas. perhaps. ten minutes after
that when he ~ the book drop sud.
denly from her hands. When 40
glanced mp at her. she was looking
sAaward-out over those miles Of
plunging. heeving Ice. And, under his
eye, hsr face turned white Is marble.
Her blsodlsss lips were parted. They
Ill not move 1t Ill and they looked -
II they Were frozen. He could not
sse that che was breathing. Her eyes
were turned away from him and he
was glad Of that. For another moment
more, ct least, he need not read tho
look In them. For now. at last. he
VS. sure she understood. He himself
Axed his eyes upon tho fire and
waited.
there's something here" she whis-
pered. here In this book of fathers.
that-that I want you to read"
Il was still open at the page she had
been reading whom she had dropped
II With his nrst glance at what was
written there he saw how she had
come, 20 suddenly to understand.
September 1sth.-Field.ice came
into the bay last night. Just az It has
come at about this season In the two
preceding years-a dense fog and q
whole gale blowing from the east. To
mo it, coming 10 . relief. It 10. In .
way, the of1cial beginning Of winter.
The tantalixing hope Of a rescue IL
now put away On the shelf to wait for
another summer. After all. to men In
our condition . temporary hopeless.
mess u much moro comfortable than
hope itself. The long winter night
gives IN opportunity to revive "a be-
lief that with another season Of open
water. rescue will come.
Il have been very busy lately stock
iug our larder for the next six months.