Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-19

last spring would prove elective. She
no more falterod over IL than she
would have fAltsfed over her alphabet
And It last, when her numbed IN
gers hsd completed thsiI task, the
counter-weighted Lid rose slowly BY
ysaled to her swimming eyes the con-
tents Of tho interior.
Up to the moment she had not real
ICED what tha finding Of the dispatch
box meant It hsd not occurred to
her that full account Of her fathers
expedition. . narrative which would
reach. perhaps. to the morning Of the
last day Of all, was lying Asrs. right
under her eyes.
she saw beneath 4 . thick volume.
bound in red morocco, she realised
that here, under her hand, was the
very object, In search AZ which he
Aurora had set out upon her Dos11oQD
voyage.
The nrst sight of her fafhess clsaT.
erect, precise handwriting warmed
her with . sudden courage. But even
this now inspiration OF courage Aia
not mako her strong enough to turn
back and read the last entry In that
tragic Journal nrst She tried 70 Do
Il, but the will failed her. 90 she BE-.
gan at the beginning. Once she had
plunged into the lascan&8ing mara
tive, the whole At The outside world
faded awU from her. She was obllviouo
TO the fact that the DARKNESS outside
was no longer the DeEV darkness OF
the fog: oblivious 10 the rising wind
that poured it, icy stream through the
ilealy walls OF the hut and made the
candle hicksr; ootivious. even TO the
very sound which che had meant to
wait for-the sound Of Tome voice
calling out to her from he yacht, aud
the sound ot othar. more alax01AG.
iasa0r vuiees.
They all fell On deaf ears q shs
turned page eftsr page Of that pre-
otous record Of hsr fathers lite Il
vas written, IN the main. In the scie0-
tho. oossrvant unimpassioned temper
which she knew - we'll He chron-
,iolsd those days Of pss1l when their
ship, crushed In the ice. and only hsp&
from siulEing BY that veEy ios. which
had Just Destroyed be-. vas aTtet1nG
along In the pack to what seemed
eertaan destruction, - Qu1st1 and -
explicitly - he did the unsvsu&ful
voyage through Behrlng strait TIE
mars courage was % deeply eaemsot'
~ In him tAs& b. cou1d not b Sslf.
lcns,ae4eus a1scsaf IL
He to,A q tAs land, The straoCA -
cAaztsd sAog~ whose discovery o1sr.
ID them . respitD. q lsask fEum thae
dsseuuniou: told how - got his -.
maining stores aahose and built the
Au4, whsse, In sll human probability.
he and hi eoupaqious Wero 10 spsod
he rUse Il their lives.
Finally sho rsacAed the record e
DE day whsn he had consigned 70 the,
~ the bottle containing the chart q
fthe coast and tho account Of hls
plssht. together WIN ehs course which
he 4ei5ss sA1D must taae. should suoh
Q relief ship DO sent oat, to hsvs any
hope q ali a rsaolang them.
II suppose" bic narrative for this
day concluded, 'thsro 10 hardly one
chance IN ten thousand that my mes.
cage will ever b picked ~ and Co..
tainly not one IN . unillion that Il Win
be found In timo 10 bring an effective
selise. However. IL helps to hssD the
others cheerful. aal tAai = ths main
thing"
At the close Of the days entry vas
Q single limo which contracted her
heart With . shaep spasn Of pain.
sThie = JsaanSs hlrtAday," Il sald.
sac resumed her reading peooeotl1.
anl came 70 ~ poiAt wAsse the Wal
rus psopss e1kGrsd into ~ narrative:
thei. Dlight kAslr. lseeps aaA their