The Arvada enterprise., 1911-06-08

the same mood and spirit which she
had shown before when she did not
know.
I'm about half famished," she said
as they began their meal. at least
that duck smells perfectly irre-
sisdble. It's done to turn. ! think.
In way. It's rather Joke that we
should begin our arctic privauons
with q roast duck"
There's something queer about that
hut" he said. "something that gets
queerer the more think about It..
Why do you suppose tho Walrus peo-
pie abandoned It! Or, rather, do you
suppose they did abandon III They
couldn't have built another house
without dsmantlinG this one, Thore
are no trees on this land to furnish
timber. and there certainly isn't any
hardware store where they could have
those doors swung on hinges. But
those doors swung on hanges last
night and the bolt worked, and, more
or less, the walls and roof kept out
the gale For this style OF architecture
it's in pretty good repair"
The girl was only half convinced.
/ THAT great heap of stones In there"
| she began. doesn't look like good re-
pair or recent habitation."
mo 1t doesn't" he rejoinod. It's
been made to look AS little that way
as possible. 1t wouldn't have got into
that condition otherwise in 100 years
| Come, let's have look It's something
| to hope for at any rate"
ITO hope for?" she repeated Ques.
tioningly.
He had already entered the hut. and
did not at once volunteer any further
explanation, but from the shine OF ex.
citement she could see in his eyes, 1t
was evident that he contemplated
something better than merely hold,
Ing death at arms length for n
little while.
| To the girls eyes there WAS but lit.
tie about the interior OF the hut to ac
count for such a hope, even though
she saw that all of tho things .he had
said about 1t were true. The fiimsy
inner doors we're still hinged to theil
frames and were provided with &
miscellaneous assortment OF catches
1t was marine hardware. all OF It, svi
IDENTITY from her fathers ship, the
Phoenix. The hunks and shelves wh icl
lined the walls looked perfectly SOLE
and we'll built But tho general ap
pearance Of the room presented lool
of disrepair. II was absolutely I'm
furnished. The great heap OF smoke
blackened stones. of various sizes An,
shapes and the hole in the roof abov,
them, attested that they had onc
been a fre place.
From the forlorn aspect of tho room
the girl gladly turned her eyes ava!
and stood looking at Cayley instead
He had been sweeping the walls. roo
and floor In general survey. Now
abruptly. he went over to the heap o
stones. picked up one Of them, rubbet
his thumb over It and scrutinized
with an air OF considerable interest
the black smear It left
THAT would account for the drift
wood" he said absently.
AT that he might have seen in thu
girls face look OF half.amused i'm
patience, but his abstraction was to,
deep for him to notice II.
He walked over to one Of the sid,
walls, pulled open what proved L
be big solid shutter, revealing I
glazed window. and. for a long while
stood there. unconscious OF the lool
the girl had turned upon him. uncon
scious OF his present surroundings.
Yes. something to hope for, certain
ly." He turned away from the win
dow as he said IT, and smiled at her
"A good hope-a good fighting hope
that when the relief comes back mex
summer they'll find you here alive"
III you say so. I'll believe IT," salt
the girl. because you told me tn
truth before. But do you mind tellini
me why"
II should have thought OF It soon
er. should have noticed It las
night My guess was right, that's ali
This II not an abandoned hut. DON
you see, It's In almost perfect repair
The hinges on this shutter work al
though II you look closely you can se
that some one gave tug at them no
long ago In an attempt to pull then
out. And that patch on the wall wa
put on within month. The mel
who wrecked this placed worked hasti
ly and showed no great degree Of imag
inatIon. They hadn't much time. yot
see, because they couldn't have bcgur
until they caught their rrnt glimpse
OF the yacht They had finished the
Job before they could send n party
ashore"
But why in tho world should they
do such n thing" the girl protested
He shook his head, II haven't
worked that out yet, not fully. Mt any
rate. After all. It's not the question
that concerns us"
I'm still In maze about II. What
did you mean about tho drift wood?'
why, the SCOT on these stones
showed mo that They haven't been
burning drift wood in this fireplace.
They've been burning coal-or oil, per.
haps. hadn't thought OF that, That's
why the drift wood collected again out
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