Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-22

By means Of q large scale map. Cay
ley pointed out to Jeanne this sdvan-
tage Of their position. so long a.
we stick 10 this bit of beach" he said,
eve can't be rushed nor surprised. No
one can attack US without either com
ing down the glacier at one end, or
around the promontory at the other.
From either direction they've got TO
approach without cover. OF course
If there are a lot of them, we sna'n't
have any chance. But 1t may be
there's only one, and it's likely that
there are not more than three"
But at night" said the girl, at
night there1l be nothing to prevent
their coming as close as they
please. They may be out there, not
a dozen yards away"
They're not doing much If they are.
We're securely barracaded here, and
they can't attempt to break in with
out giving US fair warning. Unless
there are too many of them we should
beat them at that game. No; the time
to look out for them is when we're
outside the hut, out on the beach do
ing the things we'll have to do-bring-
ing In firewood, looking for more
game, and so on"
shall we have to do that? Can't
we just stay in. here, safer"
"The daylight will answer that ques-
ton for me-" he said. "We must make
the most of it. A month from now
there'll be but little. We mustn't make
prisoners of ourselves until the winter
does it for us. There is one thing,
though" he added thoughtfully after
a little silence zone thing that I must
! do at once, and that is to destroy
these sheds where they kept their
stores. They would furnish a cover
AS good a cover as any enemy could
ask for. They hinder our view up the
beach,"
How long do you suppose 1t will
last?" she asked, in a voice that shook
a little. How long can it last? How
long can we live like that, ever sup
posing that our watch is effective and
that they aren't able to surprise us?'
She clasped her hands, with a shud.
der, and gripped them between her
knees. "Oh, If 1t would only happen
soon,'' she went on, whatever it isl"
What ! don't understand said
Cayley, SIS why they haven't attacked
us already. Why have they waited
until we are fortified and secure? VIII
didn't they attack us yesterday morn
ing when they would have found us
helpless?"
Surely" said Jeanne, "he couldn't
have hoped for a better opportunity tt
attack me than he had when l was
alone there in the twilight, before you
came flying down out Of the sky; ant
you said he was quite near. Why d.
you suppose he didn't? Why do yol
suppose he waited?"
"And even after I came down." sait
Cayley, Il was helpless for a minute
while I was getting clear OF my planes
Yes, that was his chance, and yet hi
waited. After we had gone, he ar
parently scaled the cliff, for his track
led right UP to it, and then disaI
peared. It's not quite so precipitousl,
steep there as it is here, but I woul'
hardly have dreamed that a human
being could climb it."
Hes afraid" said Jeanne after
little thoughtful silence, "simpl
afraid. But if he's the man we thin
he is, it wouldn't be a human fear.
must be superstitious in some way. ]
wouldn't be wonderful If he felt tina
2 after the two glimpses he had of 20,
l remember how l felt at first whe
! you alighted on the foe beside m
He's see you twice, remember. Tn
first time at night in the fog; tn
second time In broad day, with tn
, sun on your wings. No, 1t ism
strange If he thinks Of you, not as
man at all, but as a sort Of terribl
, angel keeping guard over me. Whe
, I go very long without seeing you, G
when I see you in flight, l get to thinl
ing Of you in that way myself"
IF that's the way he thinks of me,
said Cayley, well try not to disabus
him. A belief like that is an item O
!, our side of the ledger, certainly. An
we haven't any such balance In OF
favor that we can afford to throw a
advantage away, wen a small one"
Really the balance Of advantage b