, 1911-05-04

les, hS bdIu "A Sh1TI WOulQ
have been a pretty serious matter to
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 &C.
complished by an ~L-shaped partition
seven feet or 30 from the outer
yielded two tiny, cubical bedrooms
THAT was the purpose which the
wooden bunk In each of them
indicated); and a third room of
the same width (about seven feet).
but running the entire length of the
side OF the hut nearest the cliff. This
room had evidently served for stores
and for a kitchen, since part of the
reconstructed fireplace projected into
It. It was in this last room where tho
greater part Of what the searchers
from the 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 to
the living room where the fire was,
she dropped down on one of the hunks
with a little sigh of fatigue.
You've been disobeying orders" he
said, looking her owe with a serious
sort of smile. You've let yourself
get too tired. You'll have TO make
up for 1t by being exceptionally obedi-
emit now"
As he spoke. he shook out the sleep
ing-bag on the bunk, behind where
she was sitting.
You're to lie down on that" he
said, until l a 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 go to bed"
She assented to that after a little
demur. That he had rightly guessed
the degree Of her fatigue was attested
by the fact that when he re-entered
the hut after dressing the owl that
was to provide their evening meal, he
found her cuddled up upon the great
%sheepskin, fast asleep.
1t was not until his rudimentary
culinary operations were about COM
pleted that, glacing over to where she
lay. he found her regarding him with
a sleepy smile.
Il thought of something just as I
"a really beautiful idea. l tried to
call out and tell you, but I was too
sleepy. hope I haven't lost 1t. 1t
was something about-oh. l know.
Don't you suppose we
clue to where the stores are l.s-.n L
fathers journal or in the maps
He laid down the drum-stick he had
been about to bite into, and gazed at
her. partly in establishment, partly in
a sort Of amused dismay that the idea
had not occurred to him before. That
whole Of my days work OF course
that's the way to begin our search
the only way. and tomorrow norm
ing
Tomorrow morning! l thought the
worst thing you could possibly say
would be after supper. I wanted to
let the duck go and begin the search
now" She smiled at him. You'll
compromise. won't you, on directly
after support"
He assented with q laugh. IF you
can keep awake. but the first time l
catch you nodding-"
All right" she said, only let's hur-
ry with the duck" Then, a little later,
1T can't be possible, can 1t, that we're
going to eat the whole Of 1t at one
meal7 It's beginning to look that
way"
There was one compensation to the
rudeness OF their fsre and the eI-
iguity Of their equipment. Clearing
extreme simplicity.
When 1t was completed, Philip
heaped more wood on the fire. and In
the glow of the cracking Names they
spread out the maps and began their
search.
Il believe" said Cayley, that the
Journal will be worth more than the
maps in this search Of ours tonight.
Anyway. while you work one l can
work the other"
She nodded, picked up the journal
anu crossed owe WIN IL 10 ahotnoi
Of the hunks. There h seated her
self, tucked her feet up comfortably
under her. tailosfashion. and, prop
ping her chin upon n palm, began to
read. The light coming from behind
her made. to Cayley's vision, a misty
halo of her hair, and played softly
over the cheek and the fingers thai
were half embedded In IL.
The sight of her made 1t hard for
MIN to stick to his maps. But present
" he looked up with a sudden CUES
ton DO you happen to find any.
thing@ he began. and then broke on
shortly.
From her face, half-shadsd as II
was, he could see that what h had
been reading Just then was no mere