Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-05

would not permit him to fly away;
this last gay jest out OF the pages OF
Alice in Wonderland" about hunting
for walrus
"Godl' no whispered as he turned
hway-"My Godl"
He had his revolver, and besides the
six cartridges which the cylinder con-
tanned, there were, perhaps, 80 in his
belt For how many days, or weeks,
would they avail to keep off starva.
tion2
But his face was composed again
when he turned back TO her. There
are two things that come before break
fast" he said-"flre and water. There
is line Of driftwood down the beach
TO the westward, there at the foot Of
the talus. When we get a Are go.
ing" he stopped himself short. 81
was going TO sey that we could melt
some Ice for drinking water, but until
we have some sort Of cooking utensil
TO melt II in, II won't do much good.
There must be something Of the sort
In the hut here"
She shook her head. They're
completely abandoned" she told MIN.
Our shore party searched them first
Of all, and afterward Uncle Jerry and
searched them through again. There
is nothing there at all. but some heaps
of rubbish"
Il think III take q look myself"
said he. Rubbish Ia a relative term
What seemed no better than that yes
terday afternoon while the yacht was
In the harbor may take on q different
meaning this morning"
He disappeared through the door
way, and two minutes later she saw
him coming back with big battered.
looking biscuit tin.
Unless this leaks too fast" he said,
1T will serve our purpose admirably"
He observed, without rejecting
what the observation meant, that o
bountiful supply Of fuel was lying in
great drifts along the lower slope Of
the talus, Jeanne accompanied him
upon his quest Of It, and with small
loss Of time and no trouble at all they
collected an armful. They laid their
fire upon great fiat stone In front Of
tho hut, for the outdoor day was too
fine to abandon for the dark and damp
In the interior, and soon they had the
fire blazing cheerfully.
For while they sat, side by side,
upon his great sheepskin, warming
their fingers and watching the drip
of the melting Ice in the biscuit tin.
But presently cayley got to his feet,
"Breakfastl" he said
Is there to be anything besides q
good big drink OF water apieceY II
there isn't, I'd rather not think about
II until the yacht comes back"
UNLESS I'm mistaken, there's an
excellent breakfast waiting for us not
far from where We got the are-wood.
But III go and make sure before |
raise your expectations any higher"
He walked away a half.dozen PAGES
without waiting for any reply; then,
thinking suddenly Of something else,
he came swiftly back again
DO you know anything about fire
armsT he asked. "If you're accus.
toned to shooting, I'll leave my re-
volver with you.--No," he went on,
answering the question which she had
not spoken--"no, don't foresee any
danger to you. It's just on general
principles"
I'm pretty good shot. But II
you're going on hunting expedition
for our breakfast and there isn't any
foreseeable danger to me in being left
alone, II seems reasonable that you
should take tho gun"
He took the revolver from his belt,
however. and held II out to her. "our
breakfast doesn't have to be shot And
as concession TO my feelings no,
it's nothing more than that--rd rather