Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-16

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everything inside 10 quite undisturbed.
doubt II . single member Of the wal
rus crew ever saw II, or even sus-
pected that such . place existed"
He unbuttoned his Jacket and took
from an inner pocket u scrap Of pa
per.
Being . methodicai person." he az
planned. 81 made an inventory. It's
really quite q respectable list"
She seated herself beside him on
tho bunk a. II to read tho paper.
Il imagine you will need an inter
prefer" he said. I've half forgotten
what these tracks mean myself My
hands were so sufY with tho cold II
wasn't very easy to write. But that
first word IL telescope. And then
there are the meteorological instru-
ments, barometers. Thermometers, ana
30 on, and the Phoenix's compass. sex
tsnt and chronometer. . microscope.
a paranine oven and . big chunk OF
parafine, an oil lamp. . dvsgallon can
about half full Of oil. and . small
stove. There was . providential treas
ure for mo In the form Of . razor.
which they used. l suppose. for cutting
microscopic sections with. I'm glad
they hadn't . microtons to do It prop
eriy."
you didn't md . comb for me. did
you,' she asked. because. unless
you did, or until you do. you won't
be allowed to use the razor"
IT suppose ! could make you ons.
or a sort Of one. II would b genuine
ivory. anyway"
He had come. apparently. to the end
Of the list.
Well" she said. Il suppose We
might md something to do with al
most any one Of those things: some
of them will DO useful. certainly. And
it's pleasant, somehow. to think OF our
little pilot house. all showed in. up
there on the eliffhead. and Of our In
side passage leading up to II.
That's quite true" he said. sup
pose it's all romantic nonsense. but II
does give one a certain feeling Of Sc
security. However,. he went
on, we're not reduced n yet to any
thing as Intangible rs that A. . sub
ject for giving thanks. You haven't
seen the whole Of my list yet. I've
saved the best TIL the last"
He turned the paper over In MS
hand a. hs spoke. She did not attempt
to read what he had written. but sat
there beside him. her hands cIasped
about one knee. her eyes upon the
booted foot which was poised across
A. -attAA rather fAnAaIv
for him to tell her.
ITS not so very much. but II VIII
mean an immense lot to US. What
people die OF in the arctic II not so
often disease or accident. or even. d.
rectIy, cold or starvation. They die
more often Of disgust and WEAKNESS
and exhaustion. Your father knew
that, and he set apart from his gen
eraI stores some luIuries and delica-
cies, or things that would seem TO be
such to men in their plight, to be used
against emergency. I'm sure that's
why he took them up there and bid
them away. Part OF them are left. l
wish he could have known to whom
they were going to be OF use. There's
a little cask with brandy In II. q good
sized pot nearly full Of beef extract.
jar Of dried eggs. three tins Of con.
densed milk. a big ten pound boz OF
Albert biscuit"
His voice broke on there sharply.
but without the downward Infection
she would have expected had he
reached the end. So she looked quick
Iy and curiously up into his face. As
quickly, her eyes sought the bit OF pa
per which still lay open In his hand.
You didn't finish." she said. There
WAS something else"
81 thought too late. Oh! It's moth
ing. but It caught me-rather. and
thought would spare you the twinge
that finding It had given me. ! might
better have read II right out 1t was
a big plum pudding. in a tin. you
4 Blackvslls. But there