Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-06-01

the same mOod and spirit WHICH Blu
had shown before when she did not
know. :
I'm about half famished," she said
as they began their meal, lat least
that duck smells perfectly ire
sistible. It's done to a turn, / think.
In a way, it's rather a joke that we
should begin our arctic priVations
with a roast duck"
There's something queer about that
hut" he said, something that gets
queerer the more l think about It,
Why do you suppose the Walrus PEG
pie abandoned 1t? Or, rather, do you
suppose they did abandon 1t? They
couldn't have built another house
without dismantling this n There
are no trees on this land to furnish
timber, and there certainly isn't any
hardware store where they could have
those doors swung On hinges. But
those doors swung OF hanges last
night and the bolt worked, and, more
or less, the walls and roof kept out
the gale. For this style of architecture
it's In pretty good repair"
The girl was only half convinced. !
THAT great heap Of stones in there"
she began, doesn't look like good re-
pair or recent habitation."
mo 1t doesn't" he rejoined. IT'S
been made to look as little that way
as possible. 1t wouldn't have got into
that condition otherwise in 100 years
Come, let's have a look. It's something
to hope for, at any rate"
"To hope for?" she repeated ques-
tioningly.
He had already entered the hut, and
did not at once volunteer any further
explanation, but from the shine Of ex-
element she could see in his eyes, 1t
was evident that he contemplated
something better than merely hold
ing death at arms length for a
little while.
: To the girls eyes there was but lit
tie about the interior Of the hut to &C
. count for such a hope, even though
1 she saw that all Of the things he had
= said about 1t were true. The flimsy
9 inner doors we're still hinged to their
! frames, and were provided with a
miscellaneous assortment Of catches.
e It was marine hardware, all of it, evi-
r IDENTIFY from her fathers ship, the
Phoenix. The hunks and shelves which
lined the walls looked perfectly solid
e and we'll built. But the general ap-
pearance Of the room presented a look
Vt Of disrepair. 1t was absolutely IN
t furnished. The great heap Of smoke
blackened stones, of various sizes and
III shapes, and the hole in the roof above
them, attested that they had onc'
'r been a fireplace.
III From the forlorn aspect Of the room
III the girl gladly turned her eyes ava!
~ and stood looking at Cayley instead
l He had been sweeping the walls, roo
10 and floor in a general survey. Now
Is abruptly, he went we to the heap o
10 stones, picked up one Of them, rubbe'
ou his thumb over it and scrutinizec
ou with an air Of considerable interes,
Ill., the black smear 1t left.
re THAT would account for the drift
III wood" he said absently.
a. At that he might have seen in tn
girls face a look Of half-amused in
nu patience, but his abstraction was to
deep for him to notice 1t.
7l He walked over to one of the sid
NJ walls, pulled open what proved I
"a be a big solid shutter. revealing
H' glazed window, and, for a long Will
stood there, unconscious of the loo
- the girl had turned upon him, unco
q" scious of his present surroundings.
Yes, something to hope for, certai
ly." He turned away from the wi
dow as he said 1t, and smiled at he
"A good hope-a good fighting hol
that when the relief comes back ne
e%" summer they'll find you here alive"
"If you say 80, I'll believe it," sa
Nv the girl, because you told me t
-t truth before. But do you mind tellil
" me why"
~ should have thought Of 1t soc
err. should have noticed 1t la
night. My guess was right, that's q
This is not an abandoned hut. Do
eep- you see, it's in almost perfect repai
in The hinges on this shutter work,
lbIe though if you look closely you can S
rive that some one gave a tug at them T
18th long ago in an attempt to pull the
.ght out. And that patch on the wall W
-eat put on within a month. The m
ken who wrecked this placed worked has
and ly and showed no great degree Of inn
get nation. They hadn't much time, y
had see, because they couldn't have beg
S Of until they caught their first gliml
ing, OF the yacht. They had finished
save Job before they could send a pa
Their ashore"
ales But why in the world should Il
lble. do such a thing?" the girl protested
of a He shook his head, II have
cath worked that out yet, not fully, at
ung, rate. After all, IT'S not the quest
at that concerns us"
life I'm still in a maze about 1t. w
in a did you mean about the drift WOO
a why the SCOT on these sto
fore showed me that. They haven't b
with burning drift wood in this fire-pli
at 1t They've been burning coal-or oil,
ture, haps. l hadn't thought of that. Tn
hor- why the drift wood collected again
to there on the talus. You remen
some Inn father speaks of having use
gro all? There have been a dozen
seri- living here ever since, and they di
need It. So they must have had s.