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

CHAPTER XVI.
Fsstprinte.
Naauo AsA AotAing 70 DO With the
1eenatioa q f. - much was ci-s-
VnoagA. Il had been cut out By hand,
- evidently with infinite labor.
y1asAtng his bull's-eye over Il did
49, eoaAlo him to se> the end Of Il.
lbse = I'D reveal . series Of notchss
running straight up the two opposite
S6urfAceA The only purpose they could
servo veuld be to make possible the
ascsa1 6 the chimney.
Jeanne followed his case, and then
I1Ao I've hooked ct each other. COM
RJlsesly puGsle1.
s0s0e ooo must have made Il" she
$500: ''a1A Il must have bssn fright
(fblly hard 70 maks-a tunnel right up
ftArou6A the Ice Ike that. But what
III ~ world can they have made It
s5dr1
i've no idsa,. hs confessed, but Il
}isooo oonoWharo. and mean to and
i|ssost whore"
aDoat foley Il too far" she eau.
etieoel N would only nssd one foot
Rshp - one q those icy notchss to
a1fiag about drsadfully ugly fall."
~o1o couldn't fall far down Q tube
10 thaG diameter. unless he had com.
!plete0 lost his nerve, for there's Al
ways chance % catch ones self. And
byo1'ro 70 remember that I'm used to
tIfalling. NA ri b . safe up there -
4 wsuA % Q tnrnpike. Yes. really"
VIII that ana . nod Of reassurance.
- oeanAleA up int the mouth oe the
- eAtnnsy. He had taken his
'bulIooyo with him, 30 the girl was
M IN the dark. She dropped down
- IL heap Of bear skins to wait for
lin.
6ho hAA no means Of measuring the
time, ana II seemed perfectly in
tssmiaahle while before she heard
Cayley returning down the ice Chin
ny. Had she known how long 1t real
II We. shs would have been justified
IN feeling seriously worried about aim.
but not knowing. she attributed the
seeming duration Of his delay to tho
todium q sitting in the dark. with
nothing to do. Even at that. she was
eooscious Of . feeling Of relief when
che heard him call out to her once
mers. eheerfully. albeit somewhat
Aellowiy. from the chimney's mouth:
.JeaAnA whore are you?"
Here, t0e where you left me-"
.EIsrel All the while! You must
~ half frozen. rye been gone the
boeter part Of IN hour"
n Il didn't know how long 1t was. and
] kept thinking you'd be back any
minute. But where In the
world have you been?"
By the the she=askea that question,
they had groDed their way back into
the storeroom and thence into the iiv-
ins room Of the hut. and by now she
was looking a& him In the full light Of
day.
He dropped down. with . rather ex-
plosive sigh, upon ono OF the hunks,
ana poked tentatively at his thighs
snd shouldefs - IL they were numb
with fatigue.
Il think BY reasonable estimate"
- said, that chimney is I'VE miles
high. I kept going and going and go
an9, tai began to believe that there
wasn't any end to It: or that, By some
nasio q other. slipped down .
1Ard - often O. went up one. But
i Aid net % the end at last: and I'll
sfvo yoa Q thousand guesses ~ to
what I found there"
! Tho observatory" she hazarded.
sob! but noe really? did not mean
That Tor IN honest guess ct all. It was
t1us& the Arst thing that came into my
1sad. But how could they pull the
:,llok house q the Phoenix Up through
sehaG little hole IN the icsl''
wei. 70 tell the truth. don't be-
,1lovo hey ia" b answered with
noelans oseieaaaoss. its moro like
u tAat tAsy- took Il 70 pieces. and then
ndeesa Q boom and tackle up at the
.al1.hAaA and hauled It up outside.
:But when they got It up there they
TT + toeskAse again right across the
|AosaEo, aaA then tun1olled down, Or
iuD. Ne whole depth Of the clint. II
,1nGt have taken them weeks to do It,
!all when Il was done they had IN In
isSdo connection between It and the
mt % that they were quite indepen-
1Asnt q The weather. And It must
.Aavo $3.50 . great place 70 make OBJ
,SsrtA&3eas hon"
Have beeai" she echoed question
1na1y. sloat 4 nowr
Ma bocauso re- Ill showed and
!lsuopa n. It's buried. doa't know
~ many fsst dssp b. this time. ana
Iark q course. q . pocket. But
s0vesyt1ing taside % quite undistufbsd.
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