The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

Continued froF yesterday
September 1sth.-f4eld-tee came
into the bay last night Just as 1t has
come al ahaat tbs season IN the Two
preceding years. dense log ana -
n hole rale blowing from the cast. To
M as coming Is 4 relief X is, in
way. the official beginning OF winter
The tantaIizine hep. q! q rescue IS
now put away All tie shelf to Wait Or
another summer After ali. to men
in our condition a temporary hope
lessnexs IS much more eonl'ortapis
Than nope itst Il Tn long winter
night gives an opportunity 10 revive
our belief that With another season u
open water. res ue will come
4 have been cry bury latels stock
ing car lnTdef Tor the next SIX
4uonths Fortunately have succeed
90 in killing bears aud %airuses
enough to Keep rs supplied WISH
/ could iesi 81 Easy atteut ctr fuel
We have swept the beach clear 81
eirift-waod, bat shall have barely
enough r. Kct through the winter
With FOR myself. who have no real
hope at aa. it doesn't greatly matter,
j greet the dawn OF each 81 these in
ternina6fe Arctlc days vim intense
weariness: Ard / never bid farewell TO
the SIN for another winter Without
an involuntary In manas Tuas.
Caytey read the entry through
SLOWLY. I'm glad II happened This
way. he said when he finished. glad
IL vas your father VINO told you. All
this past hour Ike been wondering
how ] could tell yeu. how / could make
Snn understand
The a!ri had been half-reclning
upon the great shaepskiu. her weight
Y.sd IN q "a ~
ley read. this support failed her, and
she sank down rather sla*lt, untll
her head WIS buried in the arms
which we're stretched cat AS II in blind
smppiieation She Was shuddering all
over.
As caylex spoke. ne covered those
.slasped, ontgtretched hands with one
OF his own Ths touch and the sound
of his voice steadied her little.
You've known, then from the
FIRST p" The words came brokei1ly,
half voiced. nuffied
He bent down Deer her To hear
them. Yes, | knew from the first. /"
He said no more than that Just rnen.
but reamined AZ he was. his hand
covering her two. hofding them tight,
his body bending over hers protecting
~.
After little while she ceased shud-
dering and answered the pressure Of
his hand with "a sudden clasp OF her
two; then drew them away again and
sat erect.
Her eyes. when they ro@e to his face
were still wide With fear.a deeper
seated tear. really than her .lrst
mornentary panic But now she had
enough.
There Is ms chance at all, do you
think -
For the Aurora To come back ?" No.
not this season. at. least no possible
chance
"And--how much ammunition have
ycu. Mr. Gayiey %
Thrty-o cartridges, besides the
ones in the revolver
He would have rafd something
more. but with rttle gesture she
pres ented him y euee been think
tag IL out, she said. lyon know
what IL means now. and IL feel that
] don't ! can't QUITE realize it yet
You mTlsf give me little time IL
think. too
He had To assent Ia that though
he knew. III advance, the direction her
thoughts must take, and foresaw the
breadth; conclusion 81 the m. Aud the
answer he had To make 10 that CON
ciusion? Well. he had il ready.
How cong that silence lasted. Meth
Of them knew He SAT there beside
her, and yet even mis- eyes allowed her
perfect solitude He tneYssed the fire
and attended To his cooking as quickly
az before, when tins girl was reading
Finally little move III hers prep
at@ry tn speseh gave him leave 10
however. long they were. her face
look at hex. in those silent minutes
had changed. 1t eas grave now, in
tenseiy thoughtful. bat the color had
come back into Il. II WAS alive again.
When | asked you a while ago IL
there were any hanee, you asked me
II / meant Il cnatiee FOR the return
81 the Aurora and said there was
none, That vas what meant then,
t'ut It net What ! meant now.
there any chance At all. haven /
been able Il see any myself, and I've
been over II aIf pretty carefully DO
you see ans You-Nou must tell me
the truth. piease
II haven't been trying n Assess the
chances. ! spent ny hour thinking
about something else. and can't an
swer your question really with a yes
or Il no.
Not with "A yes, bat cant you an
swer it With no. Aren't you per-
fectiv sure. ia Your heart that there &
no chance al ALL
Not yet he answered. There may
he u chance. and If there is, we can
meet II half way Then he stretched
out his hand THAT red bound book
there Is cur bible now Do YOU re-
member what your father said We
can i've like Christians. and we can
always hope He thought. when he
nat tina. bottle which contained his
message into the sea. that there was
hardly one chance In u million OF its
resulting In an effectual relief Yet
he went on living as a brave mar
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