The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-20
THE SKY-MAN
BY
HENRY KITCHEI.L WEBSTER
Asfher tuaih Samuel Meruinl Of Calumet . r.
Copyright 1910 by The Century Company.

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Cayley did as the girl commanded
and showed her every nook and cup
board which the four walls Of the nut
contained. When they returned to-
the living room where the Are Mas,
she dropped Down on one Of the hunks
with a little sigh Of fatigue.
You've been disobeying orders he
said. looking her over with serious
sort cf smile, You've let yourself
get too tired You'll have to make
up for !, by being exceptionally obedi-
ept now"
As he spoke. he shook out the
slseping-hag on the bnnd. behind
where she was sitting
You're to lie down on that" he
said. until ! can get supper ready;
and directly after supper you're to
take this bag into whichever of those
bedrooms you would like for yours
and really undress and go to bed"
She heard him through without in
corruption. but at the end he found
her look at him with a smile of such
knocking defiance, that he added.
Well. what's the matter with that
plan"
I'm to do all the resting, then.
while you do all, the work. There IL
a partnership for you. No. my friend.
I'll stop when you do. only to-night
its your turn TO have the sleeping
bag Seriously speaking. as a man
with scientific mind do you believe
that i am any tireder at this moment
than you are
Yes" he said, Il believe you are.
At any rate, you can make yourself
Isl ~. H.
a one-msn Job"
She assented to that after little
demur. That he had rightly guessed
the degree Of her fatigue was attested
by the fact that when he re-enterea
the hut after dressing the fowl that
was TO provide their evening meal. he
found her c,Iddied up upon the great
shsapskin. fast asleep.
It Was not until his rudimentary
| culinary operations were about com
| pleted that, glancing over 10 whore
| she lay he found her regarding him
with sleepy smile.
There's no luxury In the world Hike
/ being AZ tired as that" she said, sit
/ ting up on the bunk and rubbing her
! drowsy eyes. i've been down, down,
| down. hundred fathems deep, |
| feel as II | had slept year"
| Come and have some supper" be
said, Its ready now, think When
/ you've finished. youIl be ready to do
| It all over again
! A loose plank from one of the other
| hunks provided them with table,
! while his sheath knife and flask com
prissd, AZ before. the whole OF their
table furniture,
thought OF something just as
was dropping off to sleep" she said.
"a really beautiful idea. | tried TO
! call out and tell yol. but was too
sleepy. l hope l haven't lost Il II
was something about--oh. | know.
Don't You suppose We might find a
| clue TO where the stores are hidden,
In fathers journal Or in the maps?"
He laid down the drum-stick he
had been about to bite into. and gazed
at her. partly In astonishment. partly
in sort OF amused dismay that the
! idea had not occurred to him before.
! That suggestion he said, lis worth
| the whole of my days work. OF
| course. that's the way to begin our
| search---ths only way. and tomorrow
morning"
! 'To-morrow .morning' | thought
the worst thing you could possibly say
! would be after supper. wanted u
let the duck go and begin the search
now She smiled at him. "You'n
compromise. won't you. on directly
| after supper ?"
He assented with laugh If YOU
can Keep awake. hut the first time |
catch you nodding"
All right SHE said "only let's
| hurry With the duck" Then. a little
later. ut can't be possible. can 1t, that
we're going TO eat the whole Of 4,
at one meal? It's beginning To look
that way"
There was one compensation to the
rndeness of their fare and the exiguity
| of their equipment Clearing up after
dinner was an operation OF extreme
| simplicity.
When II was completed, Philip
heaped more wood on the FIRE and in
the glow of the cracking flames they
spread out the maps and began their
search
! Do you know how I came To think
| Of this?' she asked, az she seated her
self close beside him and bent her
mead over the maps II was think
Ing OF this morning and of the way
you told me. oh, how long ago that
seem And ! remembered your say
ing that fathers journal would he our
Bible. II came to me. suddenly. that
there was more to be learned In II
than merely faith and courage 1t
occurred to me that those long pages
OF scientific observations might tell us
! Just the things that we would need to
| know TO. save our lives"
| II believe" said Cayley, that the
! journal will be worth more than the
maps in this search OF ours tonight.
Anyway, while you work one / can
work the ether"
Ito be ContinuedD