Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-08

Cayley went out into the little YES
thule and closed and boIted the outer
door. He contrived to waste a minute
or two over the trihing task, in order
to give her that moment by herself.
When he came back, closing the in
ner door behind him as he did so, he
found that she had taken of her cap
and the heavy cur coat which had en-
numbered her shoulders all day, and
hung them upon a convenient wooden
peg in the wall. She was standing
near the fireplace now, warming her
cold fingers at the blaze.
Cayley started a little at sight Of
her, for now she was transformed,
too. Standing there, silhouetted
against the blaze. in her gray cardi-
gan Jacket and moleskins, she looked
like a young boy. He had discovered
before this that there was not a grain
of false modesty about her; neverthe-
less, 1t pleased him when, with a GER
tain charming frank simplicity, she
called his attention to her costume.
TITS a lucky thing" she observed,
that I dressed for a scramble over
the Ice before coming ashore with
Uncle Jerry and Mr.. Scales. And
lucky, too, that I didn't change back
when we returned to the Aurora. l
left Il the second time with no other
idea than of pulling about for awhile
in the dinghy. I'd have done that Just
the same IL l had dressed for dinner
that night, as / usually did"
EYES," he said. "a skirt would
have been a pretty serious matter to
people in our situation"
"Show me the rest of our house,"
she commanded presently. "This is
the only room I've SEEN"
The subdivision of the hut was &C
complished by an Lrshaped partition
seven feet or so from the outer
wall, around two sides of it. 1t
. yielded two tiny, cubical bedrooms
} (that was the purpose which the
| wooden bunk in each Of them
~indicated); and a third room of
/ the same width {about seven --eet),
but running the entire length of the
side of the hut. nearest the cliff. This
room had evidently served for stores
and for a kitchen, since part of the
, reconstructed fireplace projected into
1t. It was in this last room where the
greater part Of what the searchers
1 from the Aurora had dismissed as
t rubbish" was accumulated.
Cayley did as the girl commanded,
and showed her every nook and cup
9 board which the four walls of the hut
r contained. When they returned tc
Q the living room where the fire was
d she dropped down on M of the hunks
with a little sigh of fatigue.
you've been disobeying orders" he
said, looking her over with a serious
sort of smile. you've let yourself
d get too tired. You'll have to make
d up for it by being exceptionally obedi
ent now"
AS he spoke, he shook out the sleep
ing-bag on the bunk, behind wher'
a she was sitting.
70 You're to lie down on that" h
If said, until I a get supper ready
and directly after supper you're t
ID take this bag into whichever Of thos
bedrooms you would like for yours
ID and really undress and go to bed"
g, She assented to that after a littl
demur. That he had rightly guesse
e. the degree of her fatigue was atteste
h by the fact that when he ~re-entere
n the hut after dressing the fowl tn;
W. was to provide their evening meal, /
i'd found her cuddled up upon the gres
vo ~sheepskin, fast asleep.
It was not until his rudimentar
ID culinary operations were about con
IN pleted that, glacing owe to where sh
h, lay, he found her regarding him wit
Mt a sleepy smile.
a II thought Of something just as
k was dropping off to Sleep" she sal
We "a really beautiful idea. I tried I
a call out and tell you, but I was tc
on sleepy. I hope I haven" lost 1t.
ne was something about-oh, l knoN
Don't you suppose we might find
N, clue to where the stores are hidden
as. fathers journal or in the maps?"
I'M He laid down the drum-stick he b;
lat been about to bite into, and gazed
ID her, partly in establishment, partly
a sort of amused dismay that the i'd
had not occurred to him before. 9TH
ch, suggestion" he said, lis worth t
It whole o. ny days work. OF cour
i'm that's the way to begin our search
rm the only way, and tomorrow MOI
a ing"
i'm. Tomorrow morning! thought t
The worst thing you could possibly s
wo would be after supper. | wanted
.er. let the duck go and begin the scar
ard now" She smiled at him. "Yor
ust compromise, won't you, On direc
after SUPPER"
. He assented with a laugh. "If y
he can keep awake, but the first time
it. catch you nodding-
her "All right" she said, "only let's h
out ry with the duck" Then, a little lat
lift ut cant be possible. can it, that we
the going to eat the whole of 1t at c
nth meal? It's beginning to look tt
ers way"
There was one compensation to
the rudeness of their fare and the
too, Equity Of their equipment. Clear
nth up after dinner vas an operation
be extreme simplicity.
When 1t was completed, Phi.
mo- heaped more wood on the fire, and
ght the glow of the cracking flames Il
rop- spread out the maps and began th
as search.
me- II believe" said Cayley, that
ight journal will be worth more than
evil maps in this search Of ours tonif
ling Anyway, while you work one !