Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-06-08

plain terror.
Cayley went out into the little YES
thule and closed and bolted the outer
door. He contrived to waste a minute
or two over the trifling 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 off 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
nea 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, s~ilhouetted
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.
ITS 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 l didn't change back
when we returned to the Aurora, l
left. 1t the second time with no other
idea than of pulling about for awhile
in the dinghy. I'd have done that just
the same If l had dressed for dinner
that night, as l 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 II
the only room I've SEEN"
The subdivision of the hut was 40
complished by an Lshaped partition
seven feet or 80 from the outeE
wall, around two sides Of It. II
yielded two tiny, cubical bedrooms
(that was the purpose which the
wooden bunk in each Of them
Indicated; and q third room OF
the same width (about seven feet)
but running the entire length Of the
side Of the hut nearest the cliff. This
room had evidently served for stores
l and for a kitchen, since part Of the
reconstructed fireplace projected into
l 1t. 1t was In this last Dom where the
greater part Of what the searcheri
from the Aurora had dismissed a.
rubbish" was accumulated.
. Cayley did as the girl commanded
Q and showed her every nook and cup
3 board which the four walls Of the hui
r contained. When they returned tt
. the living room where the fire was
d she dropped down on n of the bunk
with a little sigh Of fatigue.
you've been disobeying orders" h,
said, looking her over with a seriou
sort Of smile. you've let yoursel
get too tired. You'll have to max
d up for 1t by being exceptionally obedt
ent now"
AS he spoke, he shook out the sleeI
ing-bag on the bunk, behind wher
a she was sitting.
10 You're to lie down on that" b
" said, until I can get supper ready
and directly after supper you're t
d take this bag into whichever Of thos
bedrooms you would like for your
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
the hut after dressing the fowl thi
W. was to provide their evening meal, h
i'd found her cuddled up upon the gres
70 ~sheepskin, fast asleep.
1t was not until his rudimentaI
I'd culinary operations were about cor
an pleted that, glacing over to where 81
h, lay, he found her regarding him vii
Mt a sleepy smile.
a 81 thought Of something just as
* was dropping off to Sleep" she sal
We "a really beautiful idea. l tried
a call out and tell you, but l was t.
GU sleepy. I hope l haven't lost it.
ne was something about-oh, l kno
Don't you suppose we might find
IN, clue to where the stores are hidden
as. fathers journal or in the maps?"
ON He laid down the drum-stick he b
lat been about to bite into, and gazed
ad. her, partly In establishment, partly
-ou a sort of amused dismay that the Id
had not occurred to him before. "Tf
CHI, suggestion" he said, "is worth t
1t whole OF my days work. OF coul
i'm that's the way to begin our search
rm the only way, and tomorrow mo
a ing"
i'm. Tomorrow morningl l thought
the worst thing you could possibly f
.wo would be after supper. l wanted
ter. let the duck go and begin the seal
ard now" She smiled at him, "Yo
ust compromise, won't you, on direc
ma after support"
;" He assented with a laugh. "If
he can keep awake, but the first tim
1t. catch you noddlng-"
her "All right" she said, "only let's
out ry with the duck" Then, a little la
rift 1T can't be possible, can 1t, that W.
the going to eat the whole Of It at
With meal? It's beginning to look t
ters way"
There was one compensation to
the rudeness of their fare and the
too, Equity of their equipment. Clear
arth up after dinner was an operation