Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-31

the cave " INV seeNos ~ 49, S@~~
would b almast tnevitably he arse
aiding place thsy would think a
when the sigAt q the Auroea Arovo
them TO hust1o- everything out Of
sight"
:Whersabout - tn cli6 IL the OBJ
ssfvatsry. Phslipr
II was wondering about that. i've
nown across tAs clin . number Of
umea. but have 1ever sson anything
e He may have wrecked It: taken
II down and used Il for somo ether
purpose"
no" che saia: he'd hardly have
had time for that There weren't
many more pages 70 write in the Jour
nal whom hs made that entry"
Bho fen then into little abstrAeted
silence, which the man did not know
how to break. But presently she reused
herself and came fully hack to the pres
ent. back to him.
did you succssd In accounting for
tho thing you asked me asou, ,ast
night, the mark % the map right here
where they built the hut afterward!
II didn't anA anything about It In
the 3ournaa. but this morning. before
breakfast, when went outside the
hut. one glance q the fact Of the clin
accounted for e fully. The cli6 n
silt right here. from top to bottom.
hy . Asop, narrow assure. The assure
10 full Of Ice. which I suppose hasn't
melted foe Q thousand years. No sum-
NOR that they could have In high lat
itude Nhs TIT would ever melt It. Ger.
tainly."
The girl laughed and rose from her
place at the rude table.
WELL" she asked. ARE you ready
for my discovery now1"
She took down bis pocket electric
bulrs-eys from the shelf behind her.
held out . hand to him and, on tip
toe. led him, with . b.lrlesaue exag-
geratioa Of mystery. out into the store
room. As completely nystified In
reality % she playfully pretended to
want him to be, Cayley followed.
She went straight across the store
room to the rear wall Of the hut. the
Wall that backed squarely against the
sheer surface Of the cliff. flashed on
the bulrs-eye for second. apparently
to make sure that she had chosen the
right point in the wall. then. letting
70 his hand. she stopped and picked
up q stick Of hre-wood which lay At
her feet. With this she struck pretty
hard upon. the planking Tho sound
which the blow gave forth was -
hollow - drum.
Cayley started. "A cave!" he sx-
claimed. "A cave here!-oh. see.
It's q cold cellar they made BY cutting
Q hole in the leo that filled the assure.
And Why do you suppose they boarded
It up?''
The girl laughed delightsdly. Evi-
IDENTIFY she had not, - yet. developed
the whole Of her discovery. She
flashed on ehe light again.
'Iook!" she commanded.
IN the center OF little circle Of
wall which the bull's.eye now illum-
mated Caylsy saw the barrel q .
rusty hinge.
you sse," she went on. ITS door.
ssA they only nailed Il up the ether
day. There's nail.head somewhere
here that's quite bright. caught the
CLINT Of It while I was rummagins BE-.
fore breakfast, and that was what
made me look"
Cayley darted back into the living
room. returning almost instantly with
the broksn-handlel pick
In less than . minute. with . pro
testing squawk. the rude door swung
open. and they saw before them Just
what Caylsy had predicted. A rather
high. but narrow cavity. the sides Of
which were the naked rock Of the
elf, but the door. ana ceiling solid
ice. -
Despite the fact that the girls ex-
element over tho discovery Of the
cave had. for . moment, carried Cay
Icy along with II. hs vas not greatly
surprised. and not ct all cast down
when. at the end Of i've minutes Of
hasty exploration. It was made evi.
dent to them that the ample supply Of
stores which they sought vas not TO
b found here.
Jeanne herself would not, perhaps.
have entertained 80 high . hope had
she learned Of the reference to the
other cave which Cayley found In the
journal before she herself had CHANGED
upon the mouth of this one. AZ II
was. his theory that the stores wee
to be found in . cave vaguely situated
along the glacier. made little impress.
sion upon her. she vas 90 sure that
they had been right here. under their
hands.
When their investigation made It
clear that whether he was right or
not. certainly she was wrong. she was
bitterly disappointed. Cayley was
aware Of that. even as they stood
here. side BY side. with no light to ses
her face by. She said nothing. or
very little. but hs knew. neverthsless.
that for Just this moment all the life
and courage had gone out q her:
k1sw that the slight figure there. %
close beside him. was dropping. trem-
Ming Q uttlA
He laiA . steady hand upon her
shoullsr. Almost instantly. under his
touch. she turned 70 him. caught with
both haAAs q The u1bottoned edges Of
the rough weoien jAoket he wore. and,
soSbing . little new aaA then. but 9th
erwise IN silsnes, simply chung to him.
He dia not e1sr. With his arms. to
draw her any closer. to turn what was