Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-06-16
hem to hustle everything out o.

| "Where8bout on the GILL II tne op-
servatory, Philip"
II was wondering about that. I've
flown across the cliff a number OF
times, but have never seen anything
Of it. He may have wrecked It; taken
1t down and used It for some other
purpose"
mo-" she said; he'd hardly have
had time for that There weren't
many more pages to write in the jour
nal when he made that entry"
she fell then into little abstracted
silence, which the man did not know
how to break. But presently she reused
herself and came fully back to the pros
ent, back to him.
Did you succeed in accounting for
the thing you asked me about last
night, the mark on the map right here
where they built the hut afterwardr r
II didn't ind anything about It in
the journal. but this morning. before
breakfast, when I went outside the
hut, ono glance At the fact Of the clin
accounted for It fully. The clin 10
split right here, from top to bottom.
by Q deep, narrow assure. The assure
II full Of Ice. which I suppose hasn't
melted for . thousand years. No sum-
mer that they could have in . high lat
ituds like this would ever melt It, Ger.
tainly."
The girl laughed and rose from her
place at the rude table.
WELL" she asked. ARE you ready
for my discovery nowf"
She took down his pocket electric
bull'seys from the shelf behind her,
held out . hand to him and. on tip
too. led him. with . buriesQue exag-
geration Of mystery. out into tho store
room. As completely mystded In
reality a. she playfully pretended to
want him to be. Caylsy followed.
She went straight across the store
room to the rear wall OF the hut the
vail that backed squArely against the
sheer surface Of the cli6. dashed on
the bull's-sys for . second. apparently
to make sure that she had chosen the
right point in the wall. then. letting
70 his hand. she STOPPED and picked
up Q stick Of drswood which lay at
her feet. With this she struck pretty
hard upon the pianhinS. The sound
which the blow gave forth was -
hollow - . drum.
Caylsy started. "A cavs!" he Ok.
claimed. "A cave hsrs!-oh. l see.
It's q cold cellar they made By euttins
q hole in the ice that Allied the assure.
And why do you suppose they boarded
It upr'
The girl laughed dslIshtsdly. Evi.
IDENTIFY she had not, - yet. developed
the whole Of her discovery. shs
flashed on the light again.
Look" she commanded.
| In the center Of . little circle Of
wall which the bull's-eys now illum.
mated Cayiey saw the barrel Of .
rusty hinge.
you ses." she went on. ITS door.
and they only nailed 1t up the other
day. THERE'S . nAil.head somewhere
here that's quite bright. caught the
CLINT Of It while was rummasing be,
fore breakfast. and that was what
made me look"
| Cayley dartsd back into the living
room. returning almost instantly with
the broken. handled pick.
In less than . minute. with . pro
testing squavk. the rude door swunS
open. and they saw before them Just
what Caylsy had predicted. A rather
hiOh. but narrow cavity. the sides Of
which were the naked rock Of ths
cli6, but the door and esilins solid
ics-
Despite the fact that the girls ex
citsmsnt over the discovery Of the
cave had. for . moment, carried Cay
ley along with II. he was not greatly
surprised. and NOT at all cast down
when. At the end Of I'VE minutes OF
hasty exploration. It was made evil
dent to them that the ample supply Of
stores which they sought was not to
be found here.
Jeanne herself would not. perhaps.
have entertained 30 high q hope had
she learned Of the reference to the
| other cave which Cayley found In the
Journal before she herself had CHANGED
upon the mouth OF this one. A. II
was. his theory that the stores were
to be found in . cave vaguely situated
along the glacier. made little impress.
sion upon her. she was SO sure that
they had been right here. under their
hands.
When their Investigation made II
clear that whether he was right OF
not, certainly she was wrong. she was
bitterly disappointed. 'Cayley was
| aware Of that; even A. they stood
here. side by side. with no light to see
her face by. She said nothing. or
very little. but he knew. nevertheless.
that for Just this moment all the life
and courage had gone out Of her:
knew that the slight figure there. so
close beside him. was dropping. trem-
bling . little.
He laid . steady hand upon her
shoulder. Almost instantly. under his
touch. she turned to him. caught with
both hands at the unbottoned edges Of
the rough wooden Jacket he wore. and.