The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31

go back with us as far as ST. Michaels.
| And in the third place, IL they were not
Chucotes. but some strange, unknown.
murderous band OF aborigines. there
wouldn't have been even one survivor OF
| the Fielding expedition.
"Of course that's not an absolute wa
| ter tight line Of reasoning, bu1 II seems
to me there Is tremendous probability
| that. it's right. and that this flying man
has lost his wits.
Gradually everybody on board the
yacht. with two exceptions, came around
to Mr.. Scales view of the affair: The
only exceptions were Jeanne and Tom
Fanshaw. Jeanne secuted the theory
that Cayley was mad, as Indignantly as
she did Toms idea that he was ma
licIous liar. 1t might be hard to ac-
count for the presence of party OF
white refugees on the shore, who didn't
| seem to want TO be rescued. but II cay
| lay said they were there. then there they
were, and a source OF great, though un-
defined. peril they must he to the un-
suspecting shore party. And though she
won no converts to her belief. still her
uneasy feeling which mounted steadliy'
aboard the yacht, for the fate OF the
party that had gone ashore.
In this uneasincss Tom himself had
manifested share, although he reiter-
ated his belief that the only living per-
son ashore. besides the members OF their
own party, was the half-crazed stranger
who had come into camp just as he hao
been leaving It,
For all that. he spent a good part Of
the day sweeping the land or as much
Of it as he could see. with a powerful
glass. But for all he saw, or any one
else, during the long hours OF that day,
there might not have been human
being. except those on the yacht, nearer
than Point Barrow. There was neither
sight nor sound; there was not even
CLINT OF Cayley's bright wings high up
the cloudlesS Arctic sky.
So utterly desevecd did the land ap-
pear, so impossible was IL to believe
that any danger could lurk there, that
after their unsuccessful attempt to re-
cover the body OF Hunter. old Mr.. Fan
shaw and Scales, the first officer, TOOK
Jeanne ashore in one Of the boats for
an exploration OF the beach @ ana No, OF hae sne
stood just back Of IT. They were gone
from the yacht about an hour:
BY o'clock, however, they had decideo
that whether or not the sky mans story
might be true. il was high time 10 send
a relief party ashore To find the lost
ones. There was good deal OF neces-
sary consultation about who should so.
Clearly it would be folly to send party
OF three or four on such mission Ihey
must carry In the frst place, ratipns
sufficient not only for themselves out
for those they expected TO md. Ihey
must be strong enough, In the second
place, to overcome this mysterious, un-
known band Of refugees, supposlng sucn
a band to exist. To form such a party
would take practically every able-bodied
man remaining on the yacht. and there
was, naturally, some demur to this,
But Tom settled the matter can !
go ashore on account OF this confounded
ankle, and Jeanne, of course, Will stay
here. too, But everybody else can so,
Jeanne and l are good enough TO detend
the yacht. Even supposing there was
party of twelve murderous runianS
ashore there, armed with darts and
throwing sticks, they can't get aboard
She's as good shot as | am. Wen
keep A brisk lookout, and II we see any
piratical expedition setting out TO cap
ture us, we will be able to account for
the whole lot OF them before they can
hope TO reach the Aurora's side.
That's all right while the light holds
out" his father assented somewhat du-
biously, but suppose we don't get back
until after dark-its likely enough we
won't?" >.
'Wel. we've a searehlight,, haven't
we?" said Tom Besides, nobody but
Jeanne has the slightest idea that there s
any one within 500 miles OF us who
wishes us harm. There are only ten 10
. go II we two stay here, and considering
the amount of rations you VIII have To
carry 10 be of any service as a reliet
party. it will be an absurdlty to go out
with less than ten. Trust us Wen
deliver the yacht, intact, when you gel
back with them"
AT O'Clock. accordingly. the relief ex-
petition went ashore, and Tom Fanshaw
and the girl were left alone on the
Two hours later. perhaps, after they
had eaten the supper which Jeanne had
concocted in the galley, they sat SIDE
by side in their comfortable deck chairs
gazing out across the ice-noe. The even
Ing was unusually mild. the thermometer
showing only a degree or two below
freezing (and here in the lee OF the deck
house they hardly needed their furs.
They had sat there in silence a long
while Toms promise that they would
keep a brisk lookout against a possible
attack on the yacht. had passed utter
| hei mir II
: SO dead stlll, the world about then
was so utterly empty as to make any
t thought OF such an attack seem prepos-
, ferrous.
!, Finally the girl seemed to rouse herseli
from the train of thought that had pre-
occupied her mind. Strengthened up
companions face. But this little move
ment Of her body failed TO rouse him
, His eyes did not turn to meet hers. but
i remained fixed on the G iai ,aEdd horlIon; o,,,
hand and explored for his beneath the
j., , great white bear skin that covered him
,, found IT and interlocked her fingers WIZ
, his. At that. he pulled himself up. viii
a start. and abruptly withdrew his owr
from the contact
She colsfed little and an1I her ~ srOT; os
. bear you are, Tom she sad Whats
the matter today? It's not ii nit like
you TO su!k just because we disagree
: time, but you've never been like this tc
me before
II always told you I was sullcr
. brute when things went wrong with me
/, although you never would believe IT,
he said. I'm sorry"
II don't want you to be sorry" she
told him. II just want sou to be few
! sin: Ces more cheerful
! He seemed not to he able TO give hel
{, what she wished, however. Tor he lapseo
! again into his moody abstraction. But
. . after few minutes moro OF silence, ht
turned uOon her with q question thai
|, astonished her. What did you do tina,
= for just now?"
!: At first she was in doubt as to what
} act of hers he referred TO. do yor
mean my hand?' she asked, after looking
at him In puzzled curiosity for n mo-
. mcnt,
He nodded
= 'Why-because I was feeling a little
: lonesome ! suppose. and sort of tender
. hearted, and we'd been about half quar-
reling all day. and l didn't feel quar-
relsome any more. and | thought my pls
, brothers hand would well-gratelu
! and comforting. you know