The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-26

man help in the world. I
would swear to that BE-
fore God. But think you must know
Il - we'll a. I do" Capt. Warner.
standing upon the Aurora's bridge.
was the speaker.
The two FGnshawa. father and son.
their faces gray with despair. turned
away and looked over the great
masses Of loose. churning heid.ice,
which. fiiling the sea out to the ut
most horizon. confirmed the captain's
words.
How long Tom Fanshaw began.
then he paused. moistensd his lips
and rubbed them roughly with his
hand-"how long," he repeated, shall
We have to wait before Il opens up3"
1T won't open up again this sea.
son-not II know anything about the
Arctic" said tho captain.
1T will freeze. though" Mr.. Fan
shaw said. freeze into q solid pack
that We could cross afoot. How long
shall We have to wait for thAtf"
IT'S hard 10 tell. Generally In this
latitude the pack 10 pretty solid by
the Arst Of September. But that
warm current which caught rsldinCs
ship. which caught the Walrus-ths
current which makes, every summer
apparently. that long gap Of open
water which enabled u to reach the
rent would keep loose held-ice float.
ing about for at least another month"
Tom Fanshaw's eyes had almost the
light OF madness In them. But she
can't live . month";" he cried. "she's
alone, unarmedl She has no food: no
shelter but those bare hutsi"
"The Walrus people doubtless left
some stores there. II she could ind
Them" said Capt. Warner. But still.
what you say Ii perfectly true. She
can hardly hope to keep alive week."
II was only an hour since they had
ascertained. beyond the shadow Of Q
the Aurora. Until Tom had recovered
consciousness. tho others had ent "
tained little doubt that she was safely
hidden somewhere about the ship.
They had had Q grim night Of Il. a.
tho condition OF the Aurora's decks,
whom tho dawn FIRST frightened them.
testified. When the two parties, which
had been reunited by Cayley's Of
forts had reached the shore on the
pT0NtOuo oVOLtH8s luz y2Cut W2o Otub
invisible In the fog. and-though this
they did not know-the Walrus pso-
pie were already In possession OF Il.
Tom was lying unconscious At the
foot Of the companionway where
Roscoe had left him, and Jeanne, OBJ
livious TO everything In the world,
except the narrative she was reading
in her fathers Journal. was IA the
abandoned hut on the shore.
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surprised by what amounted 70 an
ambush and beaten OF on their 70.
turn to the ship had been due to two
causes. one OF which they did not even
yet suspect.
Cayley's warning. together with tho
confession OF the Portuguese, Miguel.
had caused them TO stsal alongside
the Aurora a. silently - possible.
Not q word had been spoken by any
Of the party. and the sound Of the
rising wind had drowned the crsak
of their oars. Half a dozen we'll
armed mon had stolen aboard over tho
bows TO reconnoitre.
Making out tho unfamiliar dgurss
OF tho Walrus people on deck, and
knowing that they had night on their
hands, they had worked their way,
unobserved, TO a position amidships.
Here, under cover Of q brisk revolver
fire. they made II possible for the
rest OF their party to get aboard.
Tho Walrus people. several OF whom
were below. came tumbling up on deck
at the sound Of firing. and the whole
party intrsnched itself in tho after
deck house. They had found arms of
various sorts aboard the Aurora. and
made a spirited resistance before they
were finally overpowered.
rho Aurora's peopIe under the cool