The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
Copyrighted 1910 by the Century Company
Copyrighted by the Success Company

ne huODlSn Is "A re!atlNe term. Nnat
seemed no better than that yesterday AFT
ernoon while the yacht was IN the harbor
may take on different meaning thl:
morning.
he disappeared through the doorway
and two minutes later she saw him com
lnG back with a big battered looking
biscu!: tin.
Unless this leaks too fast" he said
1T will serve our purpose admirably"
He observed. without rejecting what
the observation meant, that a bountiful
supply OF fuel was lying in great drifts
along the lower slope OF the taus. Jeanne
accompanied him upon his quest OF II.
and with small loss Of time and no trou-
BILE at all they collected an armful. They
laid their fire upon a great fiat stone in
front of the hut, for the outdoor day, was
too fine to abandon for the dark and damp
in the interior. and soon they had the
fire blazing cheerfully.
For a while they sat, side by side.
fingers and watching the drip OF the
melting ice In the biscuit tin.
But presently Cayley, got TO HIS feet.
"BreakfastI' he said.
"Is there TO be anything besides a good
big drink OF water apiece? II there isn't.
I'd rather not think about 1t until the
yacht comes back
Unless I'm mistaken. there's an ex-
cellent breakfast waiting for us not far
from where we got the frewood. But
I'll go and make sure before l raise your
expectations any higher
He walked away a half dozen PAGES
without waiting for any reply; then:
thinking suddenly OF something else. hc
came swiftly back again.
DO you know anything about fire.
arms?" he asked, ''lt you're accustomed
10 shooting, I'll leave mS revolver with
you. No he went on, answering the
question which she had not spoken, no: l
don't foresee any danger you. It's
just on general principles"
II m a pretty good shot. But II YOU re
going on a hunting expedition for our
breakfast and there isn't any foreseeable
danger TO me In being left alone. II
seems reasonable that you should take
the gun"
however, and held 1t ont TO her. Our
breakfast doesn't have to be shot. And
as n concession 10 my feellngs-no. It's
nothing more than that-rd rather you
took it"
She did as he asked without further
demur. and he went away. When she
was left alone, the girl added fresh sticks
to the fire: and then. In default of any
more active occupation, took up the red
bound book which lay beside her and
began once more to peruse Its pages, she
had by no means exhausted them, In
her reading of the night before she mad
skipped the pages OF scientific descrp-
ton for those parts OF the journal which
were most purely personal. Even now
the whole pages OF carefully tabulnted
data concerning the winds. currents.
temperature and magnetic variations got
scant attention, In her present mood
the homeliest little adventure, the idlest
aversion OF u "lulcG udy IIcdhl IlpiS
to her than all her fathers discoveries
put together. When she saw Cayley COM
Ing back toward her across the ice. She
put the down half reluctantly,
Evidently his quest for breakfast mad
not been In vain; he had big black and
white bird in his hand; DO you sup
pose It's 1T TO eat2" she called out TO
him. And how in the world did you
manage to XIII II without the revol-
Ver2'
"Fil to cat It's a duck. What's
more, it's an cider, which means that her
coat is worth saving"
But how did you contrive to XIII
herr"
going down the gale, and in the fog she
went smack into the side OF the elm
| and broke her neck. That was very
destructive storm for the birds. There
another. lying dead there along the top
Of the talus. at the foot OF the cliff
And that's what might have happened.
been bee ~ realizing that. And | shant for
get" Her eyes had frightened and she
pressed her hands TO them for just one
moment; then she Strengthened up brisk
ly, ANYWAY. I'll not make scene about
| IL now" she said. "Ill show a little
practical sense and help you with the
breakfast"
such occasions the men always do the
| cooking. Go back to your poox while
skin this fowl and dress it" Then as
she stll hesitated. he went on The
where, was on a Chucotte Indian slri
1t was made of nothing but the breasts
OF these elders. But the process isn't
pretty. I'd much rather you went back
Seeing that he meant 1t, she did as
he asked. a single half page OF wha,
was written upon those closely ruled
pages was enough to absorb her agalr
completely The power 1t had over hel
seemed to grow rather than to lessen
When Cayley came UP with the Dig birc
which was to serve for their oreaktaSt
mpaled upon a sharp stick ready 10 be
roasted over the fire, she had no more
than looked up at him. with smile very
friendly, but half -apoloseuc. and thei
went on with her reading. He crouchet
down near by her, built little frame
work of sticks above the fire and be
gan his cooking.
II was, perhaps. ten minutes aite
that when he saw the book drop suddenl,
from her hands When he glanced up q
her. she was looking seaward-out owe
= those miles of plunging: heaving Ice. AM
under his eyes. her face turned whit
as marble. Her bloodless lips were part
ed. They did not move at all and the.
looked as II they were frozen. II
2 Her eyes were turned away from hin
, and he was glad OF that. For an
= other moment more, at least he need no
read the look in them. For now, ut last
{ | he WAS SURE sic uuGtlSlopl' ilS MN
( self nXed his eyes upon the Hre am
n waited.
=. Since his own look seaward this morn
2 ing he had had the hour he prayed fol
[ He had not spent IT. in thinking; In de
I vising phrases Of consolation or futll
- illusions OF hope Anything like con
sccutive thought had been impossible I
Il him: and not only impossible. unneces
| sary He had spent the hour 10 bette
Y purpose. although he could have pre-
!. sented no tangible evidence that this va
!. so. But now at the end Of II he fe
G himself ready. All through II he had bee
silently mastering his forces. II
n power OF will. his courage: his intuition
o his intcligence-they were all thcr'
. keyed 10 their highest tension; ready
y do their part.
= Without looking at the girl he va
! aware that she had turned and was gas
% ing intently into his face. He supporte
" her look without meeting it. She wou
;, ind nothing there now he would NJ
n wish her TO see. He even stretched ol
~ a hand q steady hand over the fire ar
twirlod the spit with Il.
= There's something here" she whi
II percd here In this book of fathers tn
II that want YOU 10 read"
Eor he ,pn4bor IN hnp,a m n