The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-20

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Il hit I'll have To confess that l Was
q fon weren't trying TO get away from
q him. or yeu wouldn't have run In tina,
4 direction But IL looked rather dread
lful. lust the same WIZ did you DO
M
ssass II sstEe were too far down the beach
\ tpck near the waters edge before. II
wax roo late to skin him and cut him
y M tonight. and / vas afraid If a
Storm were to come up before morn
! 1ne, really big storm. We might lose
him. II VAS lot easier 10 get him
no the beach before | fred those last
twr shots than II would have been
Axxer. 1 thought az first Of running
v seward the INIT II occurred to me.
Uais suss in time. that there was no
nes In making aa shattotr os your
! 4rort yard
stYou though, N aA that AT such
= time
-Thas-s the SORT ef time when one
! does thank 81 things. ssat IL It's
wAxs people cali the spice ef danger
NcAasx likes a r1sk for Its own sake.
il daGst nj least. EHs to have your
naind work fast and clearly, rs 1t
T0EN4A al EEER sMHEfs ttIdA
y &Aile fssar there wasn't any particu-
u 1Ar danger in this case, once sau were
4 6a1aay .ut cs the way
what IL seu had fasien - she sug-
exsxsd
There VISA q chance Of that II
sgI hAa% he'd probably have gone over
So and i could have found my feet
snxA4n ~ qusckly as he
IH<y hAd reached the hut and as
n ~ nnsshed speaking they entered 1t.
ESon Philip caugh, his breath rather
Il mG1e03y with that first glance about
~ 4TahAforsned interior. The drift
epd FIRE. which glowed upon the
u om<xh. Allied the whole room with
kKEAk AID bxthes the walls and raftere
I5fh warm colorR-
I3efe WAS their fortress-Axainst the
&64G and the dark. a fortress, too,
tnst despair That rude hearth
a1ch ne had built to-day was TO be
1r altar Of hope.
~ girl stood looking at II q mo-
0nf h Silence her lips pressed tight
Eether. one oufstretched hand crop
t3 Tor the door jRmb behind her. as
"A the wanted the support of some
MING. Even In this warm freight
& ~ locked little pale BY an evil
enf enOrt Of viii she was breath
- very deep and steadily. She did
- Try to speak.
Cayfey understood well enough
s11&f II meant. This place that they
- come hack to for. the night was
Aosse now. probably the last home she
&epui0 ever have In the world, If one
seNre TO balance the chances fairly
NJ warmth and light and compare
11Se comfort did more To enforce q
9n1t<Ation of their tragic plight thar
&MNytoinG before had done. The thtnl
Ae was fighting with WAS a sudder
Btaye cf plain terror
Eay1ey went out into the fttlo yes
41hule and closed ana bottled the outel
& lo0r. He contrived to waste a min
@Nfo or two over the trifling task, II
s eder to give her that moment b,
"a aerseif.
$S When he came back. closing tn.
4ner door behind him as he did SO
M ~ found that she had taken or hel
XIII md and the heavy fur coat which hat
numbered her shoulders all day. and
A0nG them upon a convenient wooder
& 1NG In the wall. She was standing
the fireplace now, warming heI
1Qt6 fingers at the blaze
CAyley started a little at sight o.
y1AF. Tor now she was transformed
4eo Standing there. Silhouette
GMtnst the blaze, In her grey cardi
S Eon Jacket and moleskins she looked
~ 39ko = young boy He had discovered
M4Sk0fe this that there Was not grair
falao modeSty about her; never
hqlees. Il pleased him when. with {
@yMoxtAin charming frank simplicity. sh.
Ga1lad his attention TO her costume
It's q lucky thing" she observed
that I had dressed for scrambl,
NNaf the ice before coming ashore
nth Uncle Jerry and Mr.. Scales. AND
4 3ucky. too. that didn't change bach
hen NE returned to the Aurora
E# 3eft A the second time with no othel
~ than Of pulling about for a while
S1M the dinghy. I'd have done thai
HEA4ef the same II | had dressed fol
inner that night. as usually did"
ks 1ea. he said. a skirt would
L aAxe been a pretty serious matter Il
Il Ne0pie Ia OUR situation"
8haw me the rest of our house.
~ commanded presently. This I,
~ only room I've seen
The subdivision OF the hut was &C.
accomplished by an L-shaped partition
Aeven feet or 80 from the outer wall
Mt0und two sides OF II. II yielded
4M0 tiny. cubical bedrooms ithat was
&Ss4 he purpose which the wooden bunk
ss4 N each OF them indicated); and q
&4h1fd room Of the same width (about
N1Ven feetl, but running the entire
" angth ri the side OF the hut nearest
z4nA cliff. This room had evidently
see*ed for stores and for kitchen,
IA Tree part OF the reconstructed Are
E1ace projected into 1t. 1t was In this
E$Ia6t room where the greater part OF
8hst the searchers from the Aurora