Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

must stay down here upon the earth
with me-"
Her mention Of his wings gave him
his lrst faint perception Of the line
the struggle would take, His mind
flashed for an instant into the posi-
ton which her own would take when
she should know the truth. To her 1t
1t would not seem that they we're
castaways together. He was not ma
rVoned here On this shore. His ship
vas waiting to take him anywhere In
the world. He was as free as the
wind itself
~ believe living in the sky is what
makes you DO that" he heard her say
makes yon drift Of into frances
that way, Rarfsetly obgIFtous 70 the
fact that people ere ashlng 3 cues
tons"
He met her smiling eyes, and .
smile came, unbidden, into his own.
You've forgiven me already, l see,"
he said. What was the question
about?"
1T was about breakfast. Have you
anything to eat In that bundle Of
yours?"
He shook his head, and she drew
down her lips in mock dismay.
lis there anything to eat anywhereH"
she questioned, sweeping her arm
round in a half circle, landward.
Mustn't we go hunting for a walrus
or a shark or something's"
Cayley had to turn away from her
as she said that. The remorseless
irony of the situation was getting be-
yond human endurance. The splendor
Of the day; the girls holiday humor;
her laughing declaration that she
would not permit him to fly away;
this last gay jest out of the pages OF
Alice in Wonderland" about hunting
for a walrus.
Cod" he whispered as he turned
away-"My Godl"
He had his revolver, and besides the
six cartridges which the cylinder con
tanned, there we're, perhaps, 80 in his
belt. For how many days, or weeks
would they avail to keep of starva
tlon?
But his face was composed agar
when he turned back to her. There
are two things that come before break
fast" he said-"hre and water. There
Is a line Of driftwood down the beacl
to the westward, there at the foot O
the talus. When we get a fire go
ing" he stopped himself short. "
was going to say that we could mel
some ice for drinking water, but unit
we have some sort of cooking utensi
to melt 1t In, 1t won't do much good
There must be something Of the sor
In the hut here"
She shook her head. "They'r
completely abandoned" she told him
Our shore party searched them frs
of all, and afterward Uncle Jerry an
l searched them through again. TheI
is nothing there at all, but some hear
Of rubbish"
II think I'll take a look myself,
said he. Rubbish is a relative terT
What seemed no better than that yeI
terday afternoon while the yacht wa
in the harbor may take on a differer
meaning this morning"
He disappeared through the doc
way, and two minutes later she sa'
him coming back with a big battere,
} looking biscuit tin.
. Unless this leaks too fast" he sal
i. 1T will serve our purpose admirably
He observed, without refectir
Q what the observation meant, that
bountiful supply of fuel was lying
? great drifts along the lower slope
the talus. Jeanne accompanied hi
9 upon his quest Of 1t, and with smi
d loss of time and no troublG at all tn
collected an armful. They laid th'
Are upon a greet fat stone in front
. the hut, fop the outdoor day was
u fine to abandon for the dark and -daE
.. in the interior. and soon they had
u fire Glazing cheerfully.