Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26

! the same mood and spirit which she
had shown before when she did not
! know
I'm about kali famished," she said
as they began their meal "at least
that duck SMELLS perfectly ire
| sistible. It's done 10 turn, | think
In way, it's rather joke that we
should begin our arctic privations
with a roast duck
There's something queer about that
! hut" he said, something that gets
oueerer the more l think about it,
| Why do you suppose the Wai~us peo-
pie abandoned it? Or, rather, do you
suppose they did abandon it? They
! couldn't have built another house
| without dismantling this one. There
are no trees on this land to furnish
| timber, and there certainly isn't any
hardware store where they could have
| those doors swung on hinges. But
! those doors swung on Ranges last
night and the bolt worked, and, more
| or less, the walls and roof kept out
the gale For this style of architecture
! it's in pretty good repair"
| The girl was only half convinced.
THAT great heap of stones in there"
she began, doesn't look like good re-
pair or recent habitation."
mo 1t doesn't" he rejoined. ITS
been made to look as little that way
as possible 1t wouldn't have got into
that condition otherwise in 100 years
Come. let's have a look. It's something
to hope for, at any rate"
ITO hope for?" she repeated Ques-
tioningly
He had already entered the hut, and
did not at once volunteer any further
explanation, but from the shine of ex-
element she could see in his eyes, it
was evident that he contemplated
something better than merely hold
ing death at arms length for
little while
To the girls eyes there was but lit
count for such a hope, even though
she saw that all of the things he had
said about it were true. The flimsy
inner doors were still hinged to their
frames, and were provided with a
miscellaneous assortment of catches.
1t was marine hardware, all of it, evil
IDENTIFY from her fathers ship, the
Phoenix The hunks and shelves which
lined the walls looked perfectly solid
and we'll built. But the general APP
pearance of the room presented look
of disrepair. 1t was absolutely I'M
furnished. The great heap of smoke
blackened stones, of various sizes and
shapes. and the hole in the roof above
them, attested that they had once
been a fireplace.
From the forlorn aspect OF the room
the girl gladly turned her eyes away
and stood looking at Cayley instead.
He had been sweeping the walls. roof
and floor in general survey. Now,
abruptly, he went over to the heap OF
stones, picked up one of them. rubbed
his thumb over it and scrutinized,
with an air of considerable interest,
the black smear it left.
That would account for the drift
wood" he said absently.
At that he might have seen in the
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patience, but his abstraction was Too
deep for him to notice it.
He walked over to one of the side
walls, pulled open what proved to
be a big solid shutter. revealing
glazed window, and, for long while,
stood there, unconscious Of the look
the girl had turned upon him, uncon-
nf hic
Yes, something to hope for, certain
ly" He turned away from the win
dow as he said 1t, and smiled at her.
"A good hope-a good fighting hope
that when the relief comes back next
summer they'll find you here alive"
IF you say so, I'll believe it," said
the girl, because you told me the
truth before. But do you mind telling
me Why"
'T should have thought of It soon
err I should have noticed 1t last
night. My guess was right, that's all.
This Is not an abandoned hut. Don't
you see, it's in almost perfect repair?
The hinges on this shutter work, al
though if you look closely you can see
IhdI SOl1lC OhO save a buG ab NASAAA 'DN
long ago in an attempt to 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 10 great degree of imag-
nation. They hadn't much time, you
see, because they couldn't have begun
until they caught their first glimpse
of the yacht. They had finished the
job before they could send party
ashore"
But why in the world should they
do such a thing?" the girl protested.
He shook his head. Il haven't
worked that out yet, not fully, at any
rate After all, it's not the question
that concerns us"
I'm still in a maze about it. What
did you mean about the drift wood?"
why, the SCOT on these stones
showed me that They haven't been
burning drift wood in this fireplace.
They've been burning coal--or oil. per
haps. | hadn't thought of that. That's
why the drift wood collected again out
there on the talus. You remember
your father speaks of having used it
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