Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-25

must stay down here upon the earth
with me"
Her mention of his wings gave him
his first faint perception Of the line
the struggle would take. His mind
flashed for an instant into the posi-
ton which her own would take when
she should know the truth. To her 1t
it would not seem that they were
castaways together. He was not ma
rooned here on this shore. His ship
was waiting to take him anywhere in
the world. He was as free as the
wind itself
Il believe living in the sky is what
makes you do that" he heard her say
makes you drift off into frances
that way, perfectly oblivious to the
fact that people are asking you ques-
tons"
He met her smiling eyes, and a
smile came, unbidden, into his own.
you've forgiven me already, I see,"
he said. What was the question
about?"
at was about breakfast, Have you
anything to eat In that bundle Of
yours?"
He shook his head, and she drew
down her lips in mock dismay.
SIS there anything to eat anywhere?"
she questioned, sweeping her arm
round in a half circle, landward'
Mustn't we go hunting for a walrus
or a shark or something's"
Cayley had to turn away from her
as she said that. The remorseless
irony of the situation was getting be-
yond human endurance. The splendor
of the day; the girls holiday humor;
her laughing declaration that she
would not permit him to fly away;
this last gay Jest out Of the pages OF
alice in Wonderland" about hunting
for a walrus.
"God!" he whispered as he turned
away-"My God!"
He had his revolver, and besides the
six cartridges which the cylinder con
tanned, there were, perhaps, 30 in hi!
belt. For how many days, or weeks
would they avail to keep OF starva
ton?
But his, face was composed agail
when he turned back to her. "Ther'
are two things that come before break
fast" he said-"ire and water. Their
Ia a line of driftwood down the beacl
to the westward, there at the foot 0
the talus. When we get a fire &c
ing" he stopped himself short. ="
was going to say that we could mel
some ice for drinking water. but unit
we have some sort of cooking utensi
to melt it in, 1t won't do much good
There must be something Of the sor
In the hut here"
She shook her head. "They'r
completely abandoned" she told him
Our shore party searched them frs
of all. and afterward Uncle Jerry an
l searched them through again. Their
Is nothing there at all, but some heap
of rubbish"
81 think I'll take a look myself,
said he. Rubbish is a relative tern
What seemed no better than that ye'
r terday afternoon while the yacht, wa
In the harbor may take on a differer
!. meaning this morning"
, He disappeared through the doc
way, and two minutes later she sa'
him coming back with a big battere'
3 looking biscuit tin.
y unless this leaks too fast" he sal
ut will serve our purpose admirably
q He observed, without refectin
what the observation meant, that
bountiful supply Of fuel was lying
y great drifts along the lower slope
the talus. Jeanne accompanied hi
upon his quest of 1t. and with sma
d loss of time and no trouble at all the
collected an armful. They laid the
9 fire upon a great fiat stone in front
Q the hut, for the outdoor day was t
u fine to abandon for the dark and dan
}. in the interior, and soon they had q
u fire blazing cheerfully.