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


He know eli too wen what tAosS
great turning. tumhlln6 masseo d
emerald end golden ice there In the
harbof meant The Aurora might b
alive somewhere far out In that tur.
bulent sea-might possibly Otill pre-
serve her powers OF looomotion, but
her spars ana tunnels would never
out their ho.fson line aSAin-this
horizon that lost itself now before HE
eyes In rose dreuched hass-nsvsr. at
summer.
She began TO speak Without turn.
ing to him. "You said somsthins last
night about my faith. Well, I'm not
going to faAify IL not to-day, at
any rate" She turned ana faced
him, her syee bright, her color
mounting even . little higher. TN
going to believe that they're cafe
Uncle jerry and Tom. ana all the
rest. am not going 10 b afraid for
them. And % until they come back
we'll make this day . holiday.
'Ts there anything TO eat any
whsrsf" she questioned, sweepius her
arm round In . half circle landWard.
Mustn't We 70 hunting for Q wsIrvs
or = shark or somsthingf
God" he whispered a. he turned
He had his revolver, and besides
the six cartridges which the cylinder
contained there were perhaps thirty
In his belt. For how many days or
weeks would they avail to keep on
Starvation7
But Lis face was composed again
when no turned back TO her. There
are two things that come before
" - - h.
There II q line Of driftwood down the
beach TO the westward, there at the
foot OF the talus. When We get Q IRE
going" he stopped himself short.
He disappeared through tho door.
way. and two minutes later she saw
him coming back with big battered.
looking biscuit tin.
He observed, without rejecting what
the observation meant, that q bounti-
full supply Of fuel was lying In great
drifts along the. lower slope Of the
talus. Jeanne accompanied him upon
his quest Of II. and with small iosa
OF time and no trouble at all they
collected an armful. They laid their
nre upon q ereat nat stone In front
OF the hut. for the outdoor day was
too fine to abandon for the dark and
damp In tho interior. and soon they
had the fire blazing chesrfully.
For a while they sat. side by side
upon his great sheepskin, wsrmina
their fingers and watching the driU
Of the melting he In the biscuit tin,
hut presently Cayley got to his feet
unless I'm mistaken. there's an
excellent breakfast waiting for u NOT
Tar from whore We got the firs- wood
But III 20 and make sure before
raise your expectations any higher. -
~ a AAn a
without waiting for any reply: then.
thinking suddenly Of somathinr else,
ne came swiftly back again.
DO you know anything about nre-
armsf" he asked. III you're acous.
toned 70 shooting, I'll leave ny re-
volver with you-No." he went IN. an.
swsring the question which she had
not spoksn-''no. I don't foreoos ANY
danger to sou. It's Just on gsnsral
He took The revolver from his bs,t
however. and held Il out TO her. "OuI
breakfast doesn't have 70 b. shot.
And ~ . concession 70 my -Seelings--
no.. its nothing more than thst-rd
rather you took g."
S's did - he asked without furthss
demur. and no went away. When she
was left alone. ths girl added fresh
sticks to tho lire. and then. In default
OF any more active occupation, tools
up the red bound book which lay be-
side her and began once more "a
peruse It's pages. She had BY no
means exhausted thcm. In her read
Ing OF tho night before, she had
skipped tho pages of scientific de-
scription for those parts OF the
Journal which were most purely Der.
sonal. Even now the whole pages Of
carefully tabulAted data concsrnins
tho winds. currents. Temperature and
magnetic variations got scant atten.
tion. In her present mood the home
Hest little adventure. the idlSst diver.
sion OF winters day meant more 10
her than all her fathers discoveries
put together. when she saw Cayioy
coming toward her across the ice. she
put the book down half reluctantly,
Evidently his quest for breakfast
had not been In vain: he had Q biz
black and white bird In his hand, "Do
you suppose It's NJ TO eat?" she called
out to him.
fit to sati It's a duck. What's
more. IT'S an elder. which means that
her coat u worth saving"
herr"
II didn't. She killed herself. She
was dying too low last night, I sun.
pose-going down the Gals, and In
the fog she went smack into the side
OF tho cii6 and broke her neck. That
was q very destructive storm for the
birds. There must DO nfty Of them,
Of one kind and another, lying dead
there along the top OF the talus. at
the foot Of the cliff"
And that's what might have han.
pened. oh. % easily. 70 you. Yes, it
might. I've been realiEing that. And
] sha'n't forget" Her eyes had bright
ened and she pressed her hands 20
them for Just one moment; then she
Strengthened zip briskiy. Anyway,
Ill not mako n scene about Il now"
she said. I'm show q little practical
sense and help you with the break
mo. were camping out To day, ana
on such occasions the men always DO
the cooking. Go back to your book
while skin this fowl and dress It."
Then rs she still hesitated, he went
on. The most beautiful garment
ever saw anywhere was on a Chucotte
lnGian girl. IL was made OF nothing
but tho breasts OF these elders. But
the process Isn't pretty. ia much
rather you went back to your book"
II was perhaps ten minutes after
that whom he saw the book drop SUD