The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07

life for me-" ''"'
caylcy had not meant that she should
hHow-not now, al least In the back
OF his mind there had been n puzzled
wondcrmcnt why she had come ashore
alonei what curious chain OF events could
poSSlDlY nave left her and that hairy
monster. Roscoe. face 10 face upon thai
vino d-swcpt beach. But the break in her
uhsteaoy voice and tho way she clung
cnomm,, =" m,S arm I'm, for support showed plainly.
enough thht the experience had been an
s%maosllng one TO her She would not
nave turned limp like this after mere
pIIi,S Ipsonientary terror such as the sight of
n"Se"e tTn, ", Would cause her, however sharp
thhl terror had been.
H., WI! you let me so inside this hut -
ne asked. and see II IL is habitabIe? If
VI u.s. you'd better go In and let me make
you as comfortable as | can. I don't
MINK you need have any fears abnut tho
Nairus people. And Worrying wouldn' I
uo any good anyway. There's nothing
we we can e., n 90 40 but wait for daylight Moth
ing can happen anywhere until then
re mad very distinctly. I'm mind what
might I,ad happen then IL the Walrus people
,h,,s Tere repn'seI from the yacht Unless
Iey We're all destroyed in the attack
sney sny would undoubtedly make trouble as
soon as morning revealed the fact thai
Ihey had two hostages In their hands
ii,n Iu' ne could light them off better from
nc nc doorway OF the hut than from any
Mncfc else And there was no need OF
; ttiIUuollhg iS the girl with that considera-
'i "Its R99 a,l '%T rIobt bhe present at least
spent don't know how many hours
tDero reading before you came, But tbe
candle has burned OUT,
coIs inc open door behind them gave ac-
cess INTO tiny shed, protrudInr from
lhe corner or tho hut and serving. cvi.
gently. as n yestlbuIc for IL, The inner
moor. InSo ia heayier and stronger affair open
inc interior OF the hut
CayIey switched on his bul's-eye and
gast brief glance about the room
lanI,r i mere were two or three rude. flmsy-
INTO small cabin-lIke bedrooms; but tho
principal part Of the hut was taken up
ny the room in which they found them
-, IL, II was a dismal looking place enough
nitcen feet square. perhaps. and not
more than half as high In one corner
Was vas a heap OF smoke -blackened stones.
violently the. ruins Of a fireplace. There
were shelves and cupboards along the
"a!ls and a number of narrow hunks.
Cayley set his little bull's-eyc on n
s9Geli where they could make the most
't n IT'S thin pencil of light. He then
Hrned his attention to the door, and
'lter little struggle succeeded in cet-
ing ing 1t shut. and. what was more. Sc
Wooden bar which dropped into an iron
,rotch. II they were attacked with the
lrst OF the daylight. this place would
lnord them security until the people
-''I'lh tphIV come TO their
,uS' iilS revolver was a Colt forty five
ma MS belt was full OF cartridges. With
nat weapon, he remembered that he had
nee been considered the best shot i'm
he army '0' ~
The girl when he turned to lool, at
ler was seated on the edge OF bunk
! ! the other side Of the hut, Her pallor. |.
ne traces Of tears he could see in her |
yes; the pathetic droop to her Inns. ali |
Emphasized the thing her voice had told /
nm = already. namely, that some emotion |
! crisis which she had been through in
nose recent hours, had left her quite |
without word. he turned to his
und!e which he had deposited in a cor
er of the room. and dshed ont from, II |
is sheepslEin sleeping bag II was not
ntil he approached her. with II across
Is arm. that his eye fell upon the rose
'hlch lay beside it,