Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-03
sy Henry Kitchen webster

She had believed Cayley's story. ST
was the only person on the yacht VIII
had believed 1t fullzas5Set Ffezbelie.
did not translate itself int any Bar Il
her actions. 521oS
Profound as was the immersion Cay
ley had made upon her, she had net.
as yet, articuIated him at all into he
real world. lie was very vivid. Ne4s
thrilling; he set her Imagination en- IL
when h saw him and heard hE8lroiee
but when he o wing again, ne ie@t
q strange feeling Of unrealHy benin I
him. That sense of unrealitSA was
the stronger cow that almost the rem
est thing in her INTERESTINGLY, her
relation with Tom Fanshaw-was a.
sorbing the full power both Of her Mill
and of her emotions.
It was half a mile, perhaps, from tie
yacht to the particular bit Of shelyi X
beach toward which she unconsciously
propelled the boat. She rowed steadf ?
without so much as a gnnce over he
shoulder. until she felt the CRATE of tIs
shingle beneath the bow. 70 1Lfz
She became aware, not only that SIC
had unconsciously come ashore, II
also that the yacht was nowhere to he
seen. A bank Of fog had come rolling >
from the eastward, SC heavy as II
render an object one hundred pace-
away totally invisible. The clu -
of empty buildings here on the beaee
could hardly be half that distance, .
she remembered. yet. looking ror7a
from her seat in the rowboat, h cors
make out no more han their blurre
masses against the white ice and sand
which surrounded them.
She shivered at first with an instin
i've, half-formed fear. This was silt
tude indeed. But she braced hersel
and dismissed her fear. Solitude va
what she had left the yacht for; AL
then, 1t was a condition she couid t-r-
INMATE at will. Through the still ar
and across that quiet water her vc-ce
would carry easily to Toms ears. sac
had only to hail and she would hear AIS
voice in answer.
For a she thought she wor
do It Then she decided he other was
If Tom should miss her he would &c
tainly call aloud. and she could answer
and use his voice to guide her back {
the yacht. 1t was, of course, imprac-
ticable to attempt to row back with )u
some such assistance. She had only 9
vague idea In what quarter the yaea.
ld1s All lh6 C11dlICG VI IlAcolAlk J. <st4 =
getting really lost indeed was too great
to be taken.
She scrambled out of the boat ara
pulled 1t high up on the beach TIE
fog made the air seem cold. though for
the arctic it was a mild night. Two
of the abandoned buildings on tbs
beach behind her were mere she is,
windowless, absolutely bare. never h2y-
fAr Cowxro1 axrfdanflv onu a4har aus.
pose than that of storage. But tn
third. and largest. as she remembered
it, offered a shelter that was becoming
attractive. There were some RID
hunks in 1t where she could rest com
fortably; and. unless she was mistaken
Scales had left in the hut a half-burne
candle which they had used In *
ploring it's dark interior. She had q
box of wax vestas in her pocket. Sc
could go in there and make herself at
home. and at the same time keep q
alert ear for a hail from the yacht.
She found the candle in the place
where she remembered Scales had I'LL
it down, struck a light and wedged The
candle into a knot-hole. She turned
toward one of the hunks with the id
of stretching out there. and by relaxing
her muscles persuade. perhaps. her
overstrung nerves to relax. too.
She had taken a step toward IL. N
deed, before she saw. through the mur
and candle smoke, the thing that lev
right before her eyes-a rather larg
brass-bound rosewood box or chest. L
had not been here in the afternoo
when they had entered the place. fl
they had searched its bare interio
thoroughly in the hope that Their
might be something which previous IN
v~estigators had overlooked. This boz
six inches high and a foot long o.
more could not have been here ther,
1t was standing now In the most con
spicuous place in the room-in the very
middle OF the bunk.
fTe BE Continued Tsmorrsw.1