Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-19

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Could see Him.
room and looked about her again.
There was nothing that demanded
careful scrutiny. She wasn't quite
sure whether she was within the pro
p~rieties or not, but abe seixed the old
est and most worn OF the volumes on
the shelf. 1t was q text book IN min
ing and metallurgy, she observed, and
opening 1t to the fy Leaf, across the
page she saw written in q irm, Wig
orous masculine hand a name, will
liam Berkeley Newbold." and be-
meath these words. 'Thayer~Hali, Har-
yard" and = date some seven years
back.
The owner OF that book, whether tho
present possessor or not, had been q
college man. Say that he had gradu-
ated at twenty-one or twenty-five, he
would be twenty-eight Or twenty-nine
years old now, but If so. why that
white hair? Perhaps, though, the
book did not belong to the man of the
cabin.
She turned to other books on the
shelf. Many of them were technical
books, which she had suflcient gen
oral culture to realize could be only
available to a man highly educated.
and q special student Of mines and
mining mining engineer, she de-
cided. with a glance at those instru-
ments and appliances OF a scientific
character plainly, but OF whose actual
use she was ignorant.
A rapid inspection OF the other
books confirmed her In the conclusion
that the man OF the mountains was
indeed the owner Of the collection.
There were = few well worn volumes
OF poetry and essays. Shakespeare, q
Bible. Bacon. Marcu,l Aurelius, Epicto-
tEs Keats, q ANAL dictionary, . COM
~pendi0ua encyclopedia, just the books,
she thought, smiling Mt her ccnceit.
that q man Of education and culture
would want to have upon q desert Is
land where his supply Of literature
would be limited.
The old one were autographed as
the first book Rhe haas5Doked In; 9TH
ers, newer additions to the little IL
brary, II she could Judge their condi-
ton, were unsigned.
Into the corner cupboard and the
drawers. Of course, she did not look.
There was nothing else In the room
to attract her attention. raye some
piles Of manuscript neatly arranged
on one Of the shelves, each one cover
ed with a square of board and kept
in place by pieces of ~glistening quartz.
There were four Of these piles and an
other half the size of the frst four
on the table. These. of course, she did
not examine, further than to note that
the writing was In the same bold,
free hand as the signature In the
books. If she had been an expert she
might have deduced much from the
writing: as 1t was. she fancied It was
strong. direct. manly.
Having completed her inspection OF
this room, she opened the door and
went into the other. 1t was smaller
and less inviting. 1t had only one
window. and a door opened outside.
There was q cook stove here, and
shelves with cooking utensils and
graniteware. and moro rude box re-
ceptacies on the walls which were fili
ed with a bountful and well selected
store Of canned goods and provisions
Of various kinds. This was evident
Iy the Kitchen. supply room, china
closet. She saw nc siEn Of q bed in
1t. and wondered where and how the
q had suent the night.
BY rights, her mind should have
been allied with her uncle and his
party, and in their alarm abe should
have shared, but she was so extremely
comfortable, except for her foot, which
did not greatly trouble her SO long -
she kept It quiet. that shs felt = GER
tain degree OF contentment. not to say
happiness, The adventure was 20 ro-
mantle and thriliing-savs for those
awful moments In the pooi-espscially
to the soul OF q conventional woman
who had been brought up In the NEST
humdrum and stereotyped fashion of
the earth's ways, aud with never an
opportunity for the devhiorsnert Of
LhS bPaElt Oh romance T1lCA ali OK ua
exhibited some time in BUR life. and
which. thank God. some Of Us never
lose. that she found herself revealing
In It
She lost herself In pleasing imsgina
tiona OF tales OF her adventures that
ghe could tell when she got back TO
her uncle. and when she got further
back to etaid old phtladaluhas Hc-
shocked everybody would he with It
all theref OF course. she resolved
that she would ncver mention one ep
isode OF that terrible day, and she had
somehow absolute confidence that this
man. In spite OF his grim. grun tael
turnity. who had shown himself so ex-
ceedingly c~onsiderate of her feelings,
would never mention 1t either,
She had 50 nueh food for thought
that act even IN the late afternoon OF
the long day could abe force her mind
to the printed pages OF the book abs
had taken at random frera tbs shelf
which lay open hSfogs her. where sfs
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