The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-28

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flown across the cliff number Of
times. but have never seen anything
of II. lie may have wrecked Il, taken
II down and used II for some other
purpose"
NO" she said: he'd hardly have
had tirse for that There weren't
many more pages to write in the jour
nal when he made that entry"
\ Sbc fell then into lit.ie distracted
silence. which the man did not know
how to break But presently she reused
herself and came fully back to the pres
ent. back 10 him.
did you succeed IN accounting for
the thing you asked me about last
night. the mark on the map right here
where they bull, the hut afterward7"
Il didn't find anything about II In
the journal. but this morning, before
breakfast, when I went outside the
hut. one glance at the fact Of the clir
accounted for II fully. The cliff Is
split right here. from top to bottom.
| by a deep, narrow assure. The assure
Is full OF Ice, which | suppose hasn't
melted TO- a thousand years. No sum
ner that they could have in high lat
itude like this would ever melt 1t, GER
tainly."
The girl laughed and rose from her
place at the rude table.
Well" she asked. "are you ready
for my discovery now?
She took down his pocket electric
bull's-eye from the shelf behind her,
held out hand to him and. on tip
| toe led him, with a burlesQue exag
geration OF mystery, out into the store
room. As completely mystifed in
reality as she playfully pretended to
want him to be, Cayley followed.
She went straight across the store
room to the rear wall Of the hut. the
wall that backed squarely against the
sheer surface of the cliff. flashed on
the bull's-eye for a second. apparently
to make sure that she had chosen the
right point in the wall. then, letting
90 his hand. she stopped and picked
| I'D a stick of fire-wood which lay at
her feet. With this she struck pretty
hard upon the planking The sound
which the blow gave forth was as
| hollow as drum.
Cayley started "A cave." he ex-
claimed "A cave here!-Oh. ! see.
It's a cold cellar they made by cutting
a hole in the ice that filled the assure.
And why do you suppose they boarded
1t upg"
The girl laughed delightedly. Evil
IDENTIFY she had not. as yet. developed
the whole of her discovery. She
flashed on the light again.
Look" she commanded.
In the center of little circle OF
wall which the bull's-eye now illum-
mated Cayley saw the barrel of
rusty hinge.
You see," she went on. its a door,
and they only nailed 1t up the other
day There's a nailhead somewhere
| here that's quite bright. | caught the
CLINT of II while | was rummaging be-
fore breakfast, and that was what
made me look"
Cayley darted back into the living
room, returning almost instantly with
| the broken-handled pick
In less than a minute. with a pro
testing squawk. the rude door swung
! open, and they saw before them Just
what Cayley had predicted a rather
high. but narrow cavity. the sides OF
which were the naked rock of the
cliff, but the floor and ceiling solid
| ice.
Despite the fact that the girls ex-
| element over the discovery of the
cave had for a moment. carried Cay
| ley along with II. be was not greatly
surprised, and not at all cast down
when, at the end OF five minutes OF
hasty exploration, 1t was made evil
| dent 10 them that the ample supply OF
stores which they sought was not to
be found here.
Jeanne herself would not. perhaps,
have entertained so high a 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. AS II
was. his theory that the stores were
to be found in a 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 or
not, certainly she was wrong she was
bitterly disappointed Cayley was
aware OF that, even as 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 a 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,
sobblng a little now and then. but 9th
erwise in silence. simply chung to him.
He did not offer. with his arms. to
draw her any closer. to turn what was
a mere instructive appeal to the protec-
ton OF his strength and courage, into
an embrace. He kept a hand on each
OF her shoulders, more by way OF sup