Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-20
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everything inside is quite undisturbed.
doubt II single member Of the Wal
russ crew ever saw it, or even sus-
pected that such a place existed. ans
I wish I'd gone with YOU" she said.
there?" f7,.,
"oh. If it were a matter OF necessity.
yes. l could make fast a line around 3
you and then I could go ahead asia.
safeguard in case OF slips But
shouldn't advise you to try 1t for fun. =
She acquiesced regretfuily: ST sup
pose not, If 1t tired you out like that.
you who are SO strong and tireless. But
It sounds inviting. somehow-the pilot4
mousse OF the Phoenix perched away up
there on the cliff, and all buried IN
snow. l was there for few minutes
once the day father sailed" Affen a
moments silence. You say evervthIr:.
was left apparently undisturbed. What.
Is there up there2y
He unbuttoned his jacket and took
from an inner pocket a scrap Of peper.
Being a methodical person. he ex-
planned, Il made an inventory. It.s,
really quite respectable list
She seated herself beside him on the
bunk as If to read the paper
i imagine you will need an inter-
prefer" he said. F'I've half Forgotten
what these tracks mean myself. NV
hands were so stiff with the cold it
wasn't very easy to write But thar
f1rst word is telescope. And then
there are the meteorological fnstru-
ments. barometers, Thermometers.
and so on, and the Phoenix,s
compass, sextant, and chronomeaer. q
microscope. parafine oven and a big
chunk OF parafflne. an oil lamp. five-
gallon can about half full Of oil and q
small stove. There was providentsaI
treasure for me in the form OF q razor.
which they used, I suppose. Tor cuts
ting microscopic sections with. I'm glad
they hadn't a micrutone to DO h prop-
eriy." =
You didn't fnd comb for me did
you?" she asked. Because. unless you
did, or until you do. you WON'T be al
lowed to use the razor" M
suppose could make you one. or
a sort Of one It would be genuine
ivory, anyway"
He had come. apparently, 10 the end
of the list
WELL she said. 'T suppose we might
find something to do with almost any
one of those things; some OF them win
be useful. certainly. And it's pleasant.
somehow, to think of our little PILOT
house. all showed in. ur there or sAs
cliff-head. and of our inside passage
leading up to it." .Ss
That's quite true" he said. II s,,t,-
pose it's all romantic nonsense, bur ~.
does give one a certain feeling of SEA
curity. However" he went an
were not reduced as yet TO anything
as intangible as that as a subject for
giving thanks You haven't seen che
whole of my list yet. I've saved tho
best till the last
He turned the paper over in his hand
as he spoke. She did not attempt to
read what he had written, but sat
there beside him, her hands clasped
about one knee. her eyes upon the,
booted foot which was poised across
the other, and waited rather tenseiy
for him to tell her.
It's not SO very much, but it Will.
mean an immense lot to US. What
people die of IN the Arctic is not So
often disease or accident, or even, di-,
rectly, cold or starvation. They die
more often of disgust and weariness
and exhaustion. Your father knew that
and he set apart from his general stores
some luxuries and delicacies. or thingsa
that would seem TO be such to men In
their plight, to be used against emerg-
ency. I'm sure that's why he took
them up there and hid them away.
Part of them are left. wish he could
have known 10 whom they were goingz
TO be of use. There's a little caslx with
brandy in it, good sized pot nearly
fun of beef extract. jar of dried eggs.
three tins of condensed milk. a big ten
pound box of Albert biscuit
His voice broke off there sharply, but
without the downward infection she
would have expected had he reacEesi
the end. So she looked quickly and,
curiously up into his face. AS quickly
her eyes sought the bit Of paper which
still lay open in his hand.
You didn't finish" she said There
was something else
Il thought too late.-Oh, it's nothing,
but it caught me-rather. and / thought
| would spare you the twinge that find
ing it had given me. / might better
have read it right out. II was q big
plum pudding. in tin. you know
Cross & Blac<wells. But there It was.
waiting, l suppose. to lend some sort
OF air of festivity 10 their next Christ
mas"
The girl rose from her seat beside
him and goiug over 10 the window
stood FOR while gazing oGt up the
beach.
When she turned back he saw that
her eyes had dinned a little. but the
tone in which she addressed him was
steady:
We'll, shall we so to look for our
other cave. where the real stores are
There won't be anything heart -rending
about that. at all events.
Cayiey did not rise when she did.
but remained. looking rather taoueft-
fuL just where he was, The girl miss
Interpreted his hesitation.
Il forgot how tired You must bs.
she said. +0f course well wait.
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