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

simplicity. she called his attention 10
her costume.
TITS a lucky thing" she observed,
that I dressed for q scramble over the
ice before coming ashore with Uncle
Jerry and Mr.. Scales. and lucky, too,
that l didn't change back when we re-
turned to the Aurora. I left 1t the
second time with no other idea than OF
pulling about for awhile In the dinghy
I'd have done that just the same IL ]
had dressed for dinner that night, as ]
usually did"
YES" he said. "a skirt would have
been a pretty serious matter to people
in situation"
"Show me the rest OF our house"
she commanded presently. This Is
the only room I've seem
The subdivision Of the hut was ac-
ccmplished by an L-shaped partition
feet or so from the outer wall.
around two sides of 1t. It yielded two
tiny. cubical bedrooms chat was the
purpose which the wooden bunk in each
of them indicated), and a third room
OF the same width (about seven feet),
but running the entire length OF the
side Of the hut nearest the
cliff. This room had evidently served
for stores and for a kitchen. since
part Of the reconstructed fire.
place projected into It. It was in this
last room where the greater part of
what the searchers from the Aurora
had dismissed as rubbish was ac-
cumulated.
Cayley did as the girl commanded,
and showed her every nook and cup
board which the four walls of the hut
contained. When they returned to the
l~iving-room. where the fire was. she
dropped down on one of the hunks,
with a little sigh OF fatigue.
You have been di~sobeying orders
he said. looking her over with a seri-
GUS sort of smile. You've let yourself
get too tired. You'll nave to make up
for it by being exceptionally obedient
now
ing-bag on the bunk, behind where she
was sitting.
You're to lie down on that, ne
said, until I al get supper ready;
and directly after supper you're TO take
this bag into whichever of those bed
rooms you would like for yours, and
really undress and go to bed
She heard him through without in
terruption, but at the end he found her
looking at him with a smile of such
hooking defiance hat he added, We'll,
what's the matter with that plnn?"
I'm to do all the resting. then, while
you do all the work. There is a part
nership for you. No, my friend, I'll
stop when you do, only tonight it's
your turn to have the sleeping-bag.
Seriously speaking, as a man with a
scientific mind, do you believe that I
am any tireder at this moment than
you are?"
Yes" he said, 81 believe you are.
At any rate, you a make yourself
comfortable while I get supper. That's
a one-man job"
She assented TO thai after a little
demur. That he had rightly guessed
the degree OF her fatigue was attested
by the fact that when he reentered the
hut, after dressing the fowl that was
to provide their evening meal. he found
her cuddled UP upon the great sheep
skin. fast asleep.
1t was not until his rudimentary
culinary operations were about com
pleted that. glancing over to where
she lay, he found her regarding him
with a sleepy smile.
There's no luxury in the world like
being as tired as that" she said. sit
ting up on the bunk and rubbing her
drowsy eyes. "I've been down, down.
down, a hundred fathoms deep. I feel
as II 1 had slept a year"
Come and nav some supper" he
said. TITS ready now. I think. When
you've finished you'll be ready to do
it all over again"
A loose plank from one of the other
hunks provided them with a table.
while his sh~eath-knife and flash COM
prised. as before. the whole Of their
table furniture.
II thought Of something Just as I
was dropping of to sleep abe said Il
really beautiful idea / tried to call