Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-09-01

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times. but have never seen anything
OF 1t. He may have wrecked 1t; taken
1t down and used 1t for some other
purpose"
NO" she said; he'd hardly have
had time for that. There weren't
many more pages to write in the Jour-
nal when he made that entry"
She fell then into little abstracted
silence, which the man did not know
how to break. But presently she reused
herself and came fully back to the pres
ent, back to him.
did you succeed In accounting for
the thing you asked me abou, last
night. the mark on the map right here
where they built the hut afterward?"
II didn't find anything about 1t in
the journal, but this morning, before
breakfast, when went outside the
hut, one glance at the fact Of the cliff
accounted for 1t fully. The cliff is
split right here, from top to bottom.
by deep, narrow flssure. The flssure
Is full Of ice, which / suppose hasn't
melted for thousand years. No sum-
mer that they could have in a high lat
itude like this would ever melt 1t, GER
tainly."
The girl laughed and rose from her
place at the rude table.
Well" she asked, ARE you ready
for my discovery now?"
She took down his pocket electric
bull's-eye from the shelf behind her,
held out hand to him and, on tip
toe, led him, with burlesque exag-
geration Of mystery, out into the store
room. AS completely mystified in
reality as she playfully pretended to
want him to be, Cayley followed.
She went straight across the store
room to the rear wall Of the hut, the
wall that backed sQuarely against the
sheer surface of the cliff, flashed on
the bulls-eye for second, apparently
to make sure that she had chosen the
right point in the wall, then, letting
go his hand, she stopped and picked
up stick Of fire-wood which lay at
her feet With this she struck pretty
hard upon the planking. The sound
which the blow gave forth was as
hollow as a drum.
Cayley started. "a cave!" he ex-
claimed. "A cave here!-Oh, see.
It's cold cellar they made by cutting
a hole in the Ice that filled the fissure.
And why do you suppose they boarded
it up?"
The girl laughed delightedly. Evi-
IDENTIFY she had not, as yet, developed
the whole of her discovery. She
flashed on the light again.
"Look!" she commanded.
In the center Of little circle of
wall which the bulls-eye now illum-
mated Cayley saw the barrel of 3
rusty hinge.
You see," she went on, 'it's door.
and they only nailed it up the other
| day There's a nail-head somewhere
here that's quite bright. / caught the
CLINT OF 1t while / was rummaging be-
fore breakfast and that was what
made me look"
Cayley darted back into the living
room. returning almost instantly with
the broken-handled pick.
In less than a minute, with a pro-
testing squawk, the rude door swung
open, and they saw before them just
what Cayley had predicted. A rather
high, but narrow cavity, the sides Of
which were the naked rock Of the
cliff, but the floor and ceiling solid
ice.
Despite the fact that the girls ex-
citement over the discovery Of the
cave had, for moment, carried Cay
ley along with 1t, he was not greatly
| surprised, and not at all cast down
when, at the end of five minutes of
hasty exploration, 1t was made evil
dent to them that the ample supply of
stores which they sought was not to
be found here.
Jeanne herself would not, perhaps,
have entertained so high hope had
she learned of the reference to the
other cave which Cayley found in the
! journal before she herself had chanced
upon the mouth of this one. AS 1t
was, his theory that the stores were
| to be found in cave vaguely situated
along the glacier, made little impress
| sion upon her, she was SO sure that
they had been right here, under their
hands.
When their investigation made 1t
clear that whether he was right or
not, certainly she was wrong, she was
bitterly disappointed. Cayley was
aware Of that, even as they stood
here, side by side, with no light to see
her face by. She said nothing, or
very little. but he knew, nevertheless.
that for just this moment all the life
and courage had gone out OF her;
knew that the slight figure there, so
close beside him. was dropping, trem-
bling little.
He laid a steady hand upon her
shoulder. Almost instantly, under his
touch, she turned to him, caught with
both hands at the unbottoned edges of
the rough wooden jacket he wore, and,
sobbing little now and then, but 9TH
erwise In silence, simply clung to him.
He did not offer, with his arms. to