Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-08

Journal VIII be worth more than the
maps IN this search OF ours tonight
Anyway, while you work ono can
work the other"
She nodded, picked up the Journal
and crossed over with It 10 another
Of the hunks. There she seated her
self tucked her feet up comfortably
under her, tAilor.isshion, and prop
ping Der chin upon one palm, began 20
read. The light coming from behind
her made, 10 Cayley's vision & misty
halo OF her hair, and played softly
over the cheek and the fingers that
were half embedded IN II.
The sight Of her made II hard ior
him 70 stick 10 bis maps But present
" he looked up with sudden Ques
ton. DO you happen 10 end any
thing he began, and then broke o1
shortly.
From her face, halfshaded az Il
was, he could see that what she had
been reading Just then was no mere
description OF this land upon which
they had been cast away, but some
thing far more personal 10 the father
she had lost here
There's something perfectly terri
tying" she said, about fathers do
scription Of this man Roscoe. over
here near the end, before the sun
came back 20 them, he tells OF going
out for a walk by himself and OF dis.
cover az that Roscoe vas stalking
him, In the hope, he thought, OF dis
covering, In advance OF tho others,
where the gold ledge was. In the twb
light, father says he looked, In hla
white bear-skins, perfectly enormous
and Incredible, And Philip"
She closed the book, holding II tight
IN both hands, and leaning forward q
little as she went on, and Philip hls
description sGunds-oh, suppose it's
silly but II gounds like the thing !
thought saw today when | was alone
there on the beach, before you came
flying down out Of the sky II didn't
look like a bear It wouldn't have
been so dreadful II II had"
It's possible" he said gravely, IT
may have been he whom frightened
on when came down last night Ger,
tainly there was somebody, and that
somebody may still be hero on shore,
though I supposed he had gone out 10
. ilfp In Nha. afsuaL fha vurt,k
rs very strange, II there Is any one,
that we could have passed a whole
day without e1countering him"
The girl shlvered; then, with a
shake Of her head as II dismlssing the
uncanny thought from her mind said
you started to ask me about some
thing else, and I interrupted"
It took him d moment to collect his
thoughts, "Oh, yes. There's some
thing marked here on this map which
I took at frst FOR the location Of the
hut, but 1t appears now that it was
marked before they built t. I wonder
u, IN the early pages Of The journal.
there was a description OF any natural
formation about here Ike cave.
Or"
She made as Il TO open the book,
then suddenly, changed her intention
and held II out TO him, instead
q haven't been playing fair" she
said Il wasn't really looking for any.
thing was Just reading stories and
dreaming over them lt's his hand.
writing. think, shat makes II so hard
to be good It's-well, almost like
hearing his voice, Won't you work
the book and tho maps and give me
something to do-with my hands,
mean 2-oh, know I'm tired but that
doesn't matter"
Cayley's first impulse was 70 refuse,
but It needed only one thoughtful look
into her face 10 convince him that the
kndest, ns well as tho wisest, thing
was to do as she asked An unoanny
horror OF the rhonstrous Roscoe and
the appalling idea that he and per-
hsps others Of his gang, might be
sharing che solitude OF this frozen
coast with them was plainly 70 bs
read in her eyes, and her own pre-
Scriptlon for dlspelling II was prob
ably the best that could be thought OF.
With nod OF assent, he rose and
went into the storeYoom. returning tho
next moment with On armful OF heavy
rope
In the old days Of wooden ships"
he said, when they wanted 10 dlscl.
pllne sailor, they set him to picking
oakum Next to pounding rust of the
anchor, it's the dullest Job in the
world But wo need some for calkIng
up the cracks in our walls. Do you
mindH
Mind" she echoed did you think
| wanted to do embroidery
He showed her how the work was TO
be done, and In five minutes she was
s-Jsily engaged at II. She had moved
to another bunk, little further from
the Are and no, With innocent artihoo,
had contriyed that tho big soft sleep
ing bag should be spread out under
her
Meanwhile he plunged into sys.
temauo search, through Journal and
maps, for the thing that was TO spell
either life or death for them