The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-03-23

conpO@e0 again
when he turned back to her. There
are two thinse that come before break
last, he said-"fre and water. Thar.
Is line OF driftwood down the beach
to the westward, there at the foot a,
the talus. When we get a Ar. ,o.
ing ne stopped himself short. Il
was going to say that We could mel,
sseneyi lee for drinking water. but until
we have some sort OF cooking utensil
D to melt Il in It won't 10 much xced
TAsue mist be scmcthinx of tn. sort
In the hut hsre.''
csi &c check Asr hssA "Th~y'rs
nNoscif AbAnaoned. she tod Kim.
Our shasfs party searcheS them frst
OF all. and sfterward Uncle Jerry and
= searched them through again. There
Is nothing there at all. but some heaps
OF rubbish"
think I'll take look myself.
SAID he. Rubbish is relative term.
what seemed no better than that yes.
terday afternoon while the yacht was
IN the harbor may take on a different
meaning this morning"
lie disappeared through the door
way. and two minutes later she saw
him coming back with a big battered
looking biscuit tin.
Unless this leaks too FAST he said.
II will serve our purpose admirably"
he observed. without rejecting
what the observation meant, that 8
boundful supply of fuel was lying in
great drifts along the lower slope OF
the tal'is. Jeanne accompanied him
upon his quest OF it, and with small
LOGS OF time. and 10 trouble at all they
collected an armful. They laid their
IRE upon a great fat stone in front Of
the hut, for the outdoor day Was too
line to abandon for he dark and damp
IN the interior and soon they had the
nfe blazing cheeriully
For while they sat. side by side
upon his great sheep skin. warming
their fingers and Watching the drip
OF the melting ice in he biscuit tin.
But presently Cayley got to his feet
breakfast" he said.
is there to be anything besides
good big drink OF water apiece If
there isn't, I'd rather not think about
1t until the yacht comes back"
Unless I'm mistaken. there's an
excellent breakfast waiting for us not
far from where We got the fire-wood.
But III go AVID make sure before
raise your expectations any higher
He walked away a half-dozen PAGES
without waiting for any reply; then,
thinking suddenly of something else,
he came swiftly back again.
Do you know anything about fire.
arms?" he asked. If you're accus-
toned TO shooting. I'll leave my re-
volver with you.-No." he went on,
answering the question which she lad
not spoken-''no, ! don't foresee sny
danger to you. It's Just on general
principles"
I'm pretty good shot. Rrt II
you're going on hunting expedition
for our breakfast and there isn't any
foreseeable danger to me in being left
alone. It seems reasonable that you
should take the gun
He took the revolver from his belt.
however, and held It out to her. "Onr
breakfast doesn't have to be shot. And
as a concession to my feelings no,
it's nothing more than that.--rd rather
you took It."
She did as he asked without further
demur. and he went away. When she
was left alone. the cir. added fresh
sticks to the fra. and then. in default
Of any more active occupation took
up the red-bound book which lay be-
side her and began once more 70 pc
russ. its pages, She had by no means
exhsusfed them. In her reading OF
the night befors, she had. skipped the
pages of scientific description for
those parts Of the journal which were
most purely personal. Even now the
whole pages. OF carefully tsbulated
data concerning the winds. currents,
temperature. and magnetic variations
got scant attention. In her present
mood tho homeliest littls adventure,
the idlest diversion OF winters day
meant more to her than all her IA
TIERS discoveries put together. When
she saw Cayley coming back toward
her across ne Ice. she put the book
down half reuctanuy.
Evidently his quest for breakfast
had not been in vain: he had big
black and white bird in his hand. TO
you suppose it's At to eat? she
called out to him. How in the world
did you manage to kill IL without the
revolver"
"Fit to eat, It's duck What's
more, IT'S An elder. which means that
her coat In worth saving
"But how did you ecntrive to kill
herr re
Il didn't. She killed herself. She
was flying too low last night. sup
pose--going down the gale. and in the
fog she went smack into the side Of
the cliff and broke her neck. That was
a very destructive storm for the birds.
There must be SO OF them. of one kind
and another. lying dead there along
the top Of the tslus. at the foot OF the
elif.Y
And that's what might have hap
pened, oh, 30 easily. to you. Yes. IL
might. I've been realizing that And
I shs'n't forget" Her eyes had bright
ened and she pressed her hands to
them for Just one moment: then she
Strengthened up briskly Anyway, I'll
not make scene about It now she
said, "I'Il show a little practical
sense and help you with the break
fast"