, 1911-05-04

cat-nap on n Of the bunks, ana wrA
difhculty rubbed his eyes open. The
SAVIOUR of something good to eat was
already in his nostrils.
Jeanne. with her back to him. was
bending over the Are, busy with the
breakfast She heard him stirring,
and looked around.
oh. I'm sorry," she said. II didn't
mean to bang that pan down that way.
! meant you to go on sleeping NJ
hours and houTa"
Looking fairly at him as he sat
there on the bunk she saw his hands
clutch tightly over the edge Of It:
saw the color 60 sbbi.g out Of his
lace and then come surging back
again. She had seen him do that ono>
before.
"Why-what's the matter, Philipr-
she asked.
It's just the wonder Of you," b
said slowly; "of waking up to find o
here. busy about this home Of our
as if-as If 1t % all true. I've been
very deep asleep
You'd better sex ysady for break.
fast" h said, In q tone whose mat
ter.of-fact infection was . little sIa
gerated. It's nearly ready"
When they had finished. and while
they still sat face to face across the
board plank which had served them
for q table, Oaylsy leaned forward =
little and. smiling. asked q question
What's the secret. Jeanne? Your
eyes have been shining with mystery
ever since we sat down here"
She laughed. YOU'RE much too pen
etrating. 1 didn't mean you sven to
dream there was . mystery to pene
trate. But-well, RS time to tell you
now. n way"
ale, too. leaned forward . little and
shook her head at him with a tantA-
LIKING air OF triumph.
You didn't End the thing you wsrs
looking for last night In fathers Jour
nal-the place where they hid the
stores. / mean"
"Oh. but did," he cried. Il only
waited to give o time to sat q nso-
essary and sensible breakfast before
] spoke of it l had 1t on the tip Of
my tongue to suggest that we set
about finding 1t in good earnest, when
] saw. in you eyes, that you had 9
mystery OF you own
1t was evident from the look 10
those eyes now that she was both sur
prised and puzzled.
You found it last night" she g
claimed. Found 1t In the journal.
and then never went to look at it,"
Why. | found an u~nmistakable ref
erence to it. and though the exact 10
cation wasn't given. it was plain thst
three or four hours exploring by day
light would enable US to find 1t. BIZ
even if | hadn't minded leaving you
asleep here. unprotected, in the hut, !
doubt very much II l could have found
It at night. But what's the mystery
you were about to reveal to me?"
NO" she said; tell me more about
FOUR discovery first. What was the
reference in the journalf"
He rose and took down from the
shelf the big leather-bound volume
which was proving itself. with every
hour. their greatest treasure.
It's over here. toward the end" he
said, "in that last winter when the
Walrus came-oh. here we r
He seated himself on the bunk BE-
side her, and began to read.
March 10th.-We have just spent
an arduous and fearful week upon
the ash of unloading the wreck Of the
whaler. The wea her has been severe
bitterly cold 30 degrees Fahren-
heit being the mildest) and three
quarters of a gale blowing most of the
time. The men are inclined to be re-
bellious over my driving them out to
work in such weather, but l dared not
wait for 1t to moderate.
When he Ice opens round the
a err. she Will go down like q plan
met; and II that event should have
happened before we unloaded her OF
her stores, our plight would have been
utterly desperate. OF torres in the
ordinarily accepted sense, she had nut
a scanty supply, and those OF a mis-
erably inferior description; but h
contained half a cargo Of whale oil In
barrels, which now that they are
landed will settle the problem Of fuel
for us as long as the last survivor OF
our company IA hope to remain alive.
And fuel is. after all. the only neces-
sity which this land itself does not
supply us with. OF course we shall
have to forego the delights Of bear
steak when our ammunition gives out.
but walruses we can kill with har
poems. And with these and scurvy-
grass. which we gather in the valley
every summer, there Is no danger of
actual starvation.
I'VE hoisted the barrels Of blubbsr
out of the whaler's hold with n hand
tackle, sledged them ashore along the
noe and the crown Of the glacier to
Moseley's cave, which seemed to be
the most convenient place to store