Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-03

70 A1l0W06 20 00o the 4o90e.
II suppose I seuld make you one,
OF Q sort Of one. Il would b genuine
ivory. anyway"
He had oooe. apparently, to the end
'oe The list.
WELL" she said. Il suppose We
might ind something to do With Il.
most any ono Of those things; some
az them will be uee'~l ca-t-',lv AND
it's pleasant, somehow. 70 think OF eur
LILLE pilot house. all showed in. up
there on the cliff head. and Of our In
aide passage leading up to It."
That's quite true" he said. II sup.
pose it's all romantic nonsense, but Il
does give one certain feeling Of o.
security. However" he went
on. we're not reduced 40 yet % any.
thing % Intangible % that - . sub
ject for giving thanks. You haven't
seen the whole Of my list yet. rye
saved the best till the last
He turned the paper over in his
hand 40 he spoke. She did not attempt
to read what no had written. but sat
there beside him. her hands clasped
about one knee. her eyes uron the
booted foot which was poised across
the other. and waited rather tensely
for him to tell her.
TITS not % very much. but Il win
mean IN immense lot 70 10. What
people die Of In the arctic 10 not 90
often disease or accident. or even. d.
rectly. cold or starvation. They die
more often Of disgust and weariness
and exhaustion. Your father knew
that, and he set apart from his gen.
eral stores some Injuries and delica-
cies. or things that would seem to be
such to men In their plight, to DO used
against emergency. I'm sure that's
why he took them up there and hid
them away. Part Of them are left
wish he could have known 70 whom
they were going to be Of use. There's
. little cask with brandy in 1t. a good
sized pot nearly full Of beef extract, .
Jar of dried eggs. three tins Of con.
densed milk, a big ten round tcx Of
Albert biscuit"
His voice broke OF there sherriy.
but without the downward inf ection
she would have expected had he
reached the end. So she looked quick.
~ and curiously up into his face. AZ
quickly. her eyes sought the bit Of pa
Ger which still lay oien in his hand.
You didn't nnish." she said There
was something e,se."
II thought too late. Oh! It's moth.
ing. but 1t caught me-rather. and I
thought would srare you the twinge
that dndirg it had given ME. I might
better have read it right out. 1t vas
. big plum pudding. in a tin. you
know-Cross & Blackwel's But the
1t was. waiting, SUI !. ose. to lend
some sort of An air of fcstivity to
their next Christmas"
The girl rose fro.u Ter scat bes dc
him and going over to the window.
stood for q while gazing up the
beach.
It was Just about the same time in
the afternoon that 1t had been yester.
day when he set out. awning, to find
her. and had come flying down ont Of
the sky to drive away the sudden
nameless terror which had beset her.
That thought led him. now to visua-
lie some sticks Of wood, rather too
large to carry. which had been lying
on the beach near where he had found
her. Thinking tat 1t would be .
good time to get them and drag them
in. he got harpoon line. ard 1t vas
the girls question what he meant to
do with the rope. which caused him to
tell her what part Of the beach he In
tended to visit. He asked her then II
she cared to come with him, but, after
. moments hesitation, she declined.
1T win be high time for supper be-
fore you can get back" she said, and
I'd bexer stay hero and get it ready,
that is. unless I can help you"
30 he set Oh alone.
For awhile the occupation Of setting
their dlsordered living room to rights
and getting the supper started were
sufficient to take the whole OF the
girls attention. But later, whom 1t was
. question merely Of waiting for the
PCT 70 boil. ana q not watching 1t 20
that It would boil sooner, she moved
restlsssly to the door and stood there.
before the hut. casing down the beach
IN the direction Caylsy bad taken. He
was already out Of sight around the
headland.
She wished she had gone with
Philip. and she gazed with strainins
eyes toward the narrow BIT Of slant.
ing beach around the base Of the head
land which was the place where he
must appear. He was not 10 b e.
pected yet. not for long time. prob
ably, for his progress. dragging those