Gilpin observer., 1911-06-15

sight. f.AH' ft'rYi II ' s<'fs.. fi
"Whereabout on the clifl is the OBJ
servatory. Philip" N
Il was wondering about that. I've
flown across the cliff a number OF
times. but have never seen anything
Of It, He may have wrecked 1t; taken
It 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\ tho 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 about last
night, the mark on the map right here
where they built the hut afterwardT
II didn't md anything about 1t in
the Journal. but this morning, before
breakfast, when l went outside the
hut, one glance at the fact of the cliff
accounted for 1t fully. Tho cliff 10
split right here, from top to bottom.
by q deep, narrow flssure. The fssure
IL full of Ice, which l suppose hasn't
melted for a thousand years. No sum-
mer that they could have in 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 discoyery now?"
She took down his pocket electric
bull's-eye from the shelf behind her.
held out a hand to him and. on tip
toe, led him. with a burlesQue exag-
geration of mystery, out into the store
room. As completely mystined 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
sheer surface Of the cliff. flashed on
the bulrs-eye for a second. apparently
to make sure that she had chosen the
right point In the wall, then, letting
60 his hand, she stopped and picked
up a stick Of nre-wood which lay at
her feet With this she struck pretty
hard upon tho plankng Tho sound
which the blow gave forth was a.
hollow az q drum.
Cayley started. "A cave!" he e1-
claimed. "A cave here!-Oh. l see.
It's cold cellar they made by cutting
hole in the ice that filled the assure.
And why do you suppose they boarded
1t 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 a little circle Of
wall which the bull's-eye now illum-
mated Cayley saw the barrel of q
rusty hinge
You see." she went on, its q 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 it 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 q minute. with q 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 door 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 It. he was not greatly
surprised. and not at all cast down
when. at the end of Ave minutes Of
hasty exploration, II 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 a 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 impres.
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 ngure there, SO
close beside him. was dropping. trem-
bling little.
He laid steady hand upon her
shoulder. Almost instantly, under his
touch, she turned to him. caught with
both hands at the unbottoned edges of