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

BREAKFAST she heard MIN oOrr1n8s
ana ioohsd area1l
"oh. I'm sorry" she said. II didn't
mean 70 bang that pan down that way.
meant YOU 10 g IN sleeping for
hours aAA houea"
Looking fairlx . HIN - he sat
there - IL buAk sAs sav his hands
clutch tightly ever Tie edge Of It:
cav ~ eolos - ssAIag cut q his
face a1A then oo0o susVtng back
bssers.
"why-what's he matter. PhIlip1"
che asked.
ITS Just the wonder Of you." he
sail siovly: "of waking up to and you
here. busy about this hoos Of esr-
% n-as u Il wsro Ill True. I've been
vsry lsep aslssD."
You'd bsttsr sst ready for break
fast" che said, In . tone whose mat
ter-oC-fact Infection was . little sxag-
gera&sd. "It's nearly ready"
When they had finished. and while
they still eat faos to face across the
board plank which had served them
for . table. cayisy leaned forward .
little and. smiling. asked . question.
What's the secret, Jeanns7 Your
eyes have been shining with mystery
ever since We sat down here"
She laughed. "Ysu'rs much too pen-
strating. didl't mean yeu even 70
dream there was . mystery to pone-
trats. But-well. its time to tell you
now, my way"
QA> go 1>..>A So->.s = V&><,> >aA
shock her head ut hin with tanta-
Using ar q triumph.
''You didn't ind the thing you were
looking for last night in fathers jour
nal-ths place whore they hid the
stores. mean"
"Oh, but I did!" hs cried Il only
waited to give you time to eat . nee
sssary and sensible breakfast before
I spoke Of II. had It On the tip Of
my tongue to suggest that We get
about anding 1t in good earnest, when
mystery Of your own"
It was evident from the look in
those eyes now that she was both sur.
prissd ard puzzled.
'rYou found 1t last night!" she ex-
claimed. Found It In the Journal.
and then never went to look at it,"
"Why, found IN unnistakable ref.
erenoe to It, and though the exact 10
cation wasn't given. it was plain that
light would enable W to ind It. But
even II l hadn't minded leaving you
asleep here. unprotected. In the hut.
doubt very much II I could have found
It at night But what's the mystery
you were about to reveal to me!"
NO." she said: tell me more about
your discovery first What was the
reference in the journal7"
He rose and took down from the
shelf the big lsather-bound volume
which was proving itself. with every
hour, their greatest treasure.
ITS over here, toward the end" he
said, "in that last winter when the
Walrus came-oh, here ws are"
He seated himself On the bunk -
side her. and begSn to read.
March 1oth.-We have Just spent
IN arduous and fearful week upon
the task Of unloading the wreck Of the
whaler. The Yea her has been severe
bitterly cold Go degrees Fahren-
heit being tho mildest) ald three
quarters Of Q gale blowing most Of the
time. The men are inclined to be 70
bellious over my driving them out to
work In such weather, but dared not
wait for 1t to moderate.
when the ice opens round the
NHs,WA
met: and II that event should hare
happened before We unloaded her Of
her stores. our plight would have been
utterly desperate. OF stores in the
ordinarily accepted sense. she had put
scanty supply. and those Of mis-
erably inferior description; but she
contained half . cargo Of whale oil In
barrels. which now that they are
landed will settle the problem Of fuel
for us 40 long as the last survivor OF
our company can hope to remain alive.
And fuel 10. after all. the only neces-
sity which this land itself does NOT
supply Us with. OF course wo shau
have to forego the delights Of bear
steak when our ammunition gives out,
but Walruses we can kill with haF.
poems. And with these ana scurvy-
grass. which We gather in the valley
every summer. there 10 no danger Of
actual starvation.
I'VE hoistsd the barrels Of blubber
out Of the whalers hold with . hand
tackle. sledged them ashore along the
Zoe and the crown Of the glacier to
Mosslsy's cave. which seemed % b
the most convenient place to store
them temporarily"
Cayley laid down the book and
turned to the girl.
That's the place. I'm perfectly
sure" he said. TT evidently faces
the glacier. but It must be very near
the beach, for they wouldn't have
hauled those barrels any further thaA
necessary"
rs that all he says about IT,
Its al e says directly. but there's
Q reference Just . nttls further alo0g
which made ne ill the surse I was
right. Let's sse."
He opened the book again ~ ran
his eye down the page. a. hunlrod.
weight or % Of spsrmaesti ana two
barrels Of sperm oil We took directly
to the hut'-here. this % what I vas
looking for.