Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

plain terror.
Ceyley went out into the little yes
tfbule AID closed and bolted the QUITE
door. He contrived to waste a minut
or two over the trining task, In orde
to give her that moment by herself.
When he came back. closing the In
mol door behind him as he did 80, h
found that she had taken of her ca
and the heavy cur coat which had en-
numbered her shoulders all day. AM
hung them upon a convenient woodel
peg in the wall. She was standing
near the fireplace now, warming he
cold fingers at the blaze.
Cayley started a little at sight o
her, for now she was transformed
too. Standing there, s~ilhouettet
gan jacket and moleskins, she looked
like a young boy. He had discovered
before this that there was not a grail
Of false modesty about her; neverthe
less, it pleased him when, with a Ger
tain charming frank simplicity, shs
called his attention to her costume.
TITS a lucky thing" she observed
that I dressed for a scramble ovel
the ice before coming ashore will
Uncle Jerry and Mr.. Scales. Ane
lucky, too. that I didn't change bacl
when we returned to the Aurora.
left it the second time with no Other
idea than Of pulling about for awhile
in the dinghy. I'd have done that Just
the same If I had dressed for dinner
that night, as l usually did"
YES" he said. "A skirt would
have been a pretty serious matter tc
people in our situation"
SHOW me the rest of cur house.
she commanded presently. This is
the only room I've seen"
The subdivision of the hut was ac-
complished by an Lshaped partition
seven feet or so from the outer
wall, around two sides Of it. It
yielded two tiny, cubical bedrooms
(that was the purpose which the
wooden bunk in each Of them
and a third room Of
the same width (about sever 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
1t. It was in this last room where the
part Of what the searchers
the Aurora had dismissed as
was accumulated.
Cayley did as the girl commanded,
and showed her every nook and cup
board which the four walls Of the hut
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 over with . serious
tort Of smile. you've let yourself
get too tired. You'll have to make
Up for It by being exceptionally obedi-
,nt now"
As he spoke, he shook out the sleep
on the bunk, behind where
The was sitting.
You're to lie down on that" he
aid, until I a get supper ready;
md directly after supper you're to
AXE this bag into whichever Of those
bedrooms vol would like for yours,
md really undress and go to bed"
She assented to that after a little
That he had rightly guessed
he degree Of her fatigue was attested
" the fact that when he re-entered
he hut after dressing the fowl that
vas to provide their evening meal, he
ound her cuddled up upon the great
fast asleep.
It was not until his r~udimentary
culinary operations were about COM
,leted that, glacing over to where she
ay, he found her regarding him with
! sleepy smile.
IT thought Of something just as l
vas dropping of to Sleep" she said.
a really beautiful idea. l tried to
,all out and tell you, but I was too
I hope I haven't lost it. 1t
was something about-oh, know.
Don't you suppose we might find a
clue to where the stores r hidden in
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
3 sort of amused dismay that the idea
had not occurred to him before. THAT
he said, us worth the
OF my days work. OF course
that's the way to begin our search
the only way, and tomorrow morn
ing"
Tomorrow morningl 1 thought the
worst thing you could possibly say
be after supper. / wanted to
let the duck go and begin the search
She smiled at him. You'll
compromise, won't you, on directly
supper"
He assented with q laugh. IF you
can keep awake, but the first time /
catch you nodding-"
"All right" she said. "only let's hur-
ry with the duck" Then, a little later,
can't be possible, can it, that we're
going to eat the whole of 1t at one
meal? It's beginning to look that
way"
There vas one compensation to the
of their fare and the ex-
of their equipment. Clearing
up after dinner was an operation Of
extreme simplicity.
When 1t was completed, Philip
heAped more wood on the fire, and in
the glow Of the cracking flames they
spread out the maps and began their
search.
II believe" said Cayley, that the
will be worth more than the
maps in this search Of ours tonight.
Anyway. while o work one I can
work the other"
"a -HEH. E{Ga. a d.
She nodded, picked up the journal