Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-08

thing Even In this warm hrelight
sho looked a little pale ny an syi'
dent effort Of viii she was breathing
very deep and steadily She dld not
try 10 speak
cayley understood well enough what
Il meant This place that th0y had
come back 70 for the night was home
now, probably tho last home she would
ever have IN the world II one we're 70
balance the chances fairly. It's warmth
and light and comparative comfort
did more 70 enforce realization Of
their tragic plight than anything be-
fore had done The thing she Was
hghtins With was sudden wave Of
plain terror
Cayley went out into tho little yes.
tibule and closed and boltsd the outer
door He contrivsd 20 waste q minute
or two over tho tihIng task, IN order
70 give her that moment by herself
When he came back, closing the in.
per door behind him az be did so, he
found that she had taken on her cap
and the heavy our coat which had on
cumbsrod her shoulders all day. and
hung them upon a convenient wooden
peg in the wall. She was standing
near the fireplace now, warming her
cold fingers az tho blazs
Cayley started a little at sight Of
her, for now che was transformed,
too Standing there sllhouetted
against the blaze, IN her gray cRrdi'
gan Jacket and moleskins, she locked
Ike a young boy He had discovered
before this that there was not a grain
Of false modesty about her. neverths-
less, II pleased him when, with a Ger.
tain charming frank simplicity. she
called hls attention 10 hoe costume.
ITS lucky thing" she observed,
"that ! dressed for a scramble over
the Ice before coming ashore with
Uncle Jerry and Mr Scales And
lucky, too, that ] didn't change back
when we returned 10 the Aurora, /
left II tho second time with no other
idea than Of pulling about for awhile
in the dinghy. I'd have done that Just
the same II had dressed for dinner
that night as I usually dl1"
Yes" no said. "a skirt would
have been q pretty serious matter 10
people In our situation"
show me the rest Of our house"
she commanded presently This Is
the only room I've seen"
The subdivision Of the hut was nc
compllshed by an Lshaped partition
seven feet or 80 from the outer
wall, around two sides Of II, It
yielded two tiny, cubical bedrooms
Cthat was tho purpose which the
wooden bunk in each Of them
Indicated and a third room n
/ the same width lnbout seven feet,
but running tho entire length Of the
side Of the hut nearest the cliff This
room had evidently served for stores
and for 3 ktches, since part of the
reconstructed fireplace projected into
IT, II was IN this last room whore the
greater part OF what the searchers
from tho Aurora had dismissed as
rubbish" was accumulated
Cayley did as the girl commanded,
and showed her every nook and cup
board which the four walls Of the hut
contained. When they returned 10
the living room where the fire was,
she dropped down on one Of the hunks
with little sigh Of fatigue.
You've been disobeying orders" he
said, looking her over with serious
sort Of smile You've let yourself
get too tired You'll have TO make
up for 1t by being xceptIonally obedi-
ent now"
As he spoke, he shook out the sleep
ing bag on the bunk, behind whore
she WAS sitting
You're to lie down on that" he
said, until can get supper ready;
and directly after supper you're to
take this bag into whichever OF those
bedrooms you would like for yours,
and really undress and 80 to bed"
She assented to that after little
demur That he had rightly guessed
the degree OF her fatigue was attested
by tho fact that when ho re.entered
the hut after dressing the fowl that
was 70 provide their evening meal he
found her cuddled up upon tho great
Eheepskn, fast asleep,
It was not until his rudlmentary
culinary operations were about com.
pleted that glGcing over to where she
lay. he found her regarding him with
sleepy smile.
q thought Of something just as |
was dropping on to sleep" she said.
"a really beautiful idea tried 10
call out and toll you but l was too
sleepy hope haven't lost Il. II
was something about-oh, | know.
vat you suppose we might and q
slue TO where tho stor9l ar hidden In
hthers Journal or In the maps?"
lie laid down the drum.stlck no had
been about to bite into and gazed at
her partly In estonishment, partly in
a sort of amused dismay that the idea
had not occurred 20 him before. THAT
suggestion, he said, Is worth the
whole Of my days work, OF course
that's the way to begin our search