Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-01

SuCCeeOeu III SURPRISING Cayley Dy Blu
ting down to breakfast with him in
the same mood and spirit which she
had shown before when she did not
know.
I'm about half famished." she said
as they began their meal. "at least
that duck smells perfectly IRE
sistible. It's done to a turn, I think.
In a way, it's rather g Joke that we
should begin u arctic priyations
with a roast duck"
there's something queer about that
hut" he said, something that gets
queerer the more l think about it.
| Why do you suppose the Walrus peo
pie abandoned It? Or, rather, do you
suppose they did abandon 1t! 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 IN hinges. But
those doors swung on hanges 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 h~abitation."
mo 1t doesn't" he rejoined. TITS
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 a
little while.
To the girls eyes there was but lit
tie about the interior of the hut to &C.
count for such a hope, even though
she saw that all Of the things he had
said about 1t were true. The limsy
inner doors were still hinged to their
frames, and were provided with q
miscellaneous assortment of catches.
1t was marine hardware, all Of 1t, evil
IDENTIFY from her fathers ship, the
Phoenix. The hunks and shelves which
I;noI fbo 1loI1o 1co1yad nnrfnotIu epIi6
and we'll built. But the general ap'
p%earance of the presented a look
Of disrepair. 1t was absolutely I'm
furnished. The great heap of smoke
blackened stones, of various sizes ant
l shapes, and the hole in the roof above
them, attested that they had onc'
been a fireplace.
4 From the forlorn aspect Of the roon
l the girl gladly turned her yes ava!
! and stood looking at Cayley instead
| He had been sweeping the walls, roo
; and floor in a general survey. Now
abruptly, he went over to the heap o.
stones, picked up one of them, rubbed
his thsmb over 1t and scrutinized
with IN air Of considerable interest
the black smear 1t left.
THAT would account for the drift
wood" he said absently.
> At that he might have seen in the
girls face a look Of half-amused i'm
patience, but his abstraction was tot
deep for him to notice 1t.
He walked owe to n of the sid
walls, pulled open what proved t.
be a big solid shutter. revealing
glazed window, and, for a long while
stood there, unconscious Of the lool
the girl had turned upon him, uncor
scious of his present surroundings.
\ Eyes, something to hope for, certain
~" He turned away from the wiz
. dow as he said 1t, and smiled at hel
!, "A good hope-a good fighting hop
= that when the relief comes back mex
:. summer they'll find you here alive"
! 'If you say so, I'll believe It," sal
:. the girl, because you told me tn
truth before. But do you mind tellin
me why%
II should have thought of 1t soor
err. I should have noticed It las
night. My guess was right, that's al
This is not an abandoned hut. Don
you see, it's in almost perfect repair
The hinges on this shutter work, a
Q though if you look closely you a se
e that some one gave a tug at them no
long ago in an attempt to pull Their
t out. And that patch on the wall wa
t put on within a month. The me
. who wrecked this placed worked hast
ly and showed no great degree Of imat
ination. They hadn't much time, 20
d see, because they couldn't have begu
until they caught their first glimps
of the yacht. They had finished tn
Q job before they could send q part
+ ashore"
s But why in the world should the
do such a thing?" the girl protested.
He shook his head. II haven
b worked that out yet, not fully, at an
rate. After all, it's not the questio
that oncerns u.s..
e I'm still In a maze about II. Wha
. did you mea about the drift wood?
a why, the SCOT on these stone
e showed me that, They haven't bee
h burning drift wood in this fireplace
t They've been burning coal--or oil, pc,
haps. l hadn't thought Of that. That
why the drift wood collected again OIL
o there on the talus. You remembe
Q your father speaks Of having used
all? There have been a dozen me
living here ever since. and they didn
need 1t. So they must have had som
Q other sort of feel"
3 together unfit to compose fresh re
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