Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
By Henry Kitohell websser

out and tell you. kut I was too sleer,v.
mop ! haven't losf II. II Was some
thing about-oh. / know. Doust Won
suppose we might md q clue 70 vhera
the stores are hidden In faxhar&x
journal or the mapsY'
He Laid down the drum-st1rk b. hnd
been about to bite into, and Rnuod At
her, partly In astoniahment. partly IN
q sort OF amused dssmay that the idea
had not occurred to him before. sarha4
suggestion" he said, is uurth t1,e
whole OF my days work. OF ccur.e
tnars a way to begin our seaych-
the only way. and tnrnorrow rnurn-
ing
Tomorrow mornfngi I thonehf ths
worst thing you could possibly saw
would be after supper. / wanted 10 Lat
the duck go and begin the search uow-
She smiled at him. 'sYou,u cornoro
mise. won't you, on directly after sun
peri"
He assented with a laugh. sTf vcu
can keep awake. but the frst Tina I
catch you nodding-"
All right" she said, only lers hur-
~ with the duck" Than, a utfle
later. TT can't be possible, can Il tina
we're going to eat the whole Of Il at
n meal? It's beginning to look that
way"
There was one compensation 30 ths
~rudeness OF their fare and the extguitv
OF their equipment. Clearing up after
dinner was an operation OF extreme
simplicity.
When 1t was completed, Philip heaped
more wood on the fire. and in the gIow
OF the cracking flames they spread out
the maps and began their search.
DO you know how I came to think
OF this? :" she asked, as she seated her
self close beside him and bent her
head over the maps. II was thinking
OF this morning and of the way you
told mech, how long ago that seems.
And l remembered your saying that
fathers journal would be our bible. II
came to me, suddenly. that there was
more to be learned in it than merely
faith and courage. II occurred to me
tina hose long pages of scientific OBJ
servations might tell us Just the thlng-
that we would need to know to save
our lives
4 believe" said Cayley, that the
journal will be worth more than the
maps in this search of ours tonight.
Anyway, while you work one I can
work the other :
She nodded, picked up the journal and
crossed owe with it to another of the
hunks. There she seated herself, tucked
her feet up comfortably under her,
tailor fashion, and. propping her chin
upon n palm. began to read. The
light coming from behind her made, to
Cayley's vision, a misty halo Of her
hair, and played softly over the cheek
and hi fingers that were half EMBEDDED
in it.
The sight OF her made it hard for him
TO stick to his maps. But presently he
looked up with a sudden question. do
you happen to find anything he be-
gan, and then broke off shortly.
From her face. half-shaded as 1t was.
he could see that what she had been
reading just then was nc mere descrip-
ton of this and upon which they had
been cast away, blu something far
more personal TO the father she had
lost here.
There's something perfectly terrify-
ing" she said, about fathers descrip-
ton of this man Roscoe. Over here
near the end, before the sun came
for a walk by himself and discovering
that Roscoe wa stalking him. in the
hope. he thought. of discovering In adj
vance of the others where the gold
ledge a In the twilight. father says.
he looked in his white bearslins per-
fectly enormous and incredible. And
Philip"
She closed the book, holding it tight
in both hands. and leaning forward
a little as she went on. "and Philip. his
description sounds-oh. / suppose IT'S.
silly. but it sounds like the thing I
thought / saw today when / wac alone
there on the beach. before you came
flying owl out Of the sky II didn't
like a bear. 1t wouldn't have been
50 dreadful II it had.