Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-07

G-inout dlsmantling this one Tner'
ore no trees on this land 70 furnish
timber, Gnd th6Fs certainly isn't ans
hard ware store whore they could have
those do0,s swung On hinge Bot
those doors swung On hanges lss'
night and the bol, worked and more
Or les. ths walls and root kept oui
mo gale For THE style o. architecture
ira in pretty good repair
Tho girl was only hall convinced.
'That great heap Of stones 70 there, /"
fNe began. doesn't look Ike good 10
pair ~ recent hab.uuU"
F9 {, doesn't" Do rsioinsd. IT'S
been made 10 look as little that way
90 possible II wouldn't have got into
that condition Otherwise 10 800 years.
Cone lets have lo0k rs something
to hope i0r AZ any rate
eae followed bin G little rsrDls1od.
'T5 hope for" sAo repeated ques
col.rz.y
Ea fEt already entered tte hgt srd
dt ur' o. once volunteer any further
exploration bgt from tho shine 1f ~.
element she could gss 40 h,a eyes. Il
vas s7'ten, nat DO Contemplated
rlns,h'ag better than merely hold.
lrz death A. arms length for
u..s WHILE
TO 'hs g,rrs eyes there was but ~
20 about the Interior o, he hu, 20 40.
crrr' ,gr sg-h q hope. even though
shs sav that al Of the things he had
fa't about Il we're true Tho almHy
ia1sr to0rs we're st'll hinged 10 their
iramss. and were provided with @
u'ecellarso1s assortment Of catches
7, vas marine hardware ell o' Il. eyi
dar,ly from her fathers ship. the
Phoenix The hunks and shelves which
lined the walls looked perfectly solid
and well built But the general ap.
psarauCe % the room presented a look
o. d.uepa!r II was absolutely Va.
furnished The great heap oi smoke
blankensd stones, Of various sizes and
r".aDes, and tho hole IN the root above
them, sttosted that th6y had once
been q fireplace.
From tho fOrlorn aspect Of the room
tho girl gladly turned her eyes away
and stood looking at Caylsy instead.
lie had boen sweeplng tho walls. root
and Aoor IN general survey Now,
abruptly be went over 10 the heap of
stoues, picked up ono Of them, rubbed
his thumb over II and scrutInized,
with an air Of considerable interest
the black smear II left
That would account for the drift
wood, he said absenuy
At that he might have seen In tho
girls face a look OF haltamused I'm.
patience but his abstraction was too
deep for him 70 notice It
Ho walked over 10 one oi tho side
walls, pulled open what proved to
be big solid shutter, revealing
glazed window, and, for long while,
stood there, unconscious Of the look
the girl had turned upon him, unoon-
scious Of his present surroundings
"Yes, something 10 hope for, certain.
ly" lie turned away from the win.
dow an no said It, and smiled At her
"A good hope--a good fighting hopo
that when the relief comes back next
summer they'll nnd you here alive"
II you say 40. rl believe II" said
,he girl, because you told me tho
truth before BlS DO you mind telling
me why7'
4 should have thought u II soon.
err 7 should have noticed It last
night My guoss was right. that's all
This IL not an abandoned hut Don't
you soe its In almost perfect repair'
The hinges on this shutter work, al.
though II you look closely YOU can see
that Bome one gave a tug al them not
long ago ID an attempt 10 pull them
out And that patch on the wall was
put on within a month The men
who wrecked this placed worked hasti.
ly and showed no great degree Of imag.
inauon They hadn't much time. you
see, because they couldn't have begun
until they caught their hrat glimpse
or the Yaoht They had finished tho
Job before they could send party
ashore"
But why In the world should they
DO such a thing'" tho girl protested
Hs shook hia head. II haven't
worked that out vet, not fully. at any
rate After all. It's not tho question
that concerns Us
I'm still IN a maze about H. What
aid you mean about the DRIFT woodg"
Why. the SCOT On these stones
showed me that They haven't been
burning drift wood In this nrc.plaoe
They've been burning ,oal--or OIL per.
haps hadn't thought u that That's
why tho drift wood collected again out
there % the talus You remember
your father speaks u having usod Il
Oll' There have been dozen men
living here ever since and they didn't
need A. So thoy must have had somo
other sort oi fuel
You mean they've cot a supply
somewhere =hlddeu2'