The evening world., 1914-02-27
CHAPTER XIII.
Discoveries,

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HE sunlight OF another crys.
talline day had made .
path Of gold across the floor
and half way up the wall
when Philip reused himself
from what he had intended to mako
the merest cat-nap on one Of the
hunks and with dimculty rubbed his
eyes open.
Jeanne. with her back to him. was
beading over the fire. busy with the
breakfast. She heard him stirring
and looked around.
Looking fairly at him a. he sat
thsrs ON the bunk. she saw his hands
clutch tightly over the edge Of It:
saw the color g rushing out Of his
face and then come surging sack
again.
i"why, what's the matter. Philip"
asked.
IT'S Just the wonder Of you." he
4 slowly: "of waking UP to ind
4 busy about this home Of ours-as
IA II 1t were all true. I've been
vel lseD asleep"
''fou deserved to b. You must
have worked nearly all night to &C.
.-nnpllsh all you na"e.
Her gesture included the feathersd
skins OF q dosen or moro geese and
elders. which hung In . row from .
line stretched behind the fireplace. a.
we'll ~ an extremely heterogeneous
collection Of articles upon the shelves
which, he had rescued from the rub
bish heap In the, storo.room. There
was nothing In that rather pathetic
collection which could have been Of
any value to persdns decently equip
winter which lay before then. The
fact that they had A>vRiue now spoke
veAlmss upon the extremity Of their
Some battered TIN cans, three or
four, Wide. mouthed hotties. q harpoon
WITH q badly frayed line attached to
II, @ ax.head. . broken handled pick.
cou1hrised the greater part OF It. Per-
hsnl thu most valuable object be had
wSS B broad .biaded sail ma ker's nee
diS. Bnt from ths look Jeanne gave
IL Wao plain that every object there
W0o. q pptsntial treasure.
sykRRd better get ready for break.
FAT She oaad. In . tone whose
mx&sf.of- infection was . little
mSsi they sat down to was .
Ices e. unmdenaatioa and summarily
tsssSes thsy had discussed the night
WSSn they had finished. and while
they stiil sat face TO f.ce across the
for Q table. Cayley leaned forward .
IittlS and, smiling, asked q question.
you found II last night" she sx-
claimed. 'Tound It In the journal.
ana then never went,to look at IT,"
He rose and took down from the
sholf the big leatA6bound volume
which was proving 1fJelf. with every
hSnS, their greatest treasure.
s1ts over here. toward the end" he
ssil. "in that last winter whom the
Waiyus cams-oh. here We are"
H seated himsslf on the bunk be.
side her. and began to read.
march i0th--Ws have just spent
an erduous and fearful week upon ths
tax OF unloading the wreck OF the
whalsr. Tho weather has been severe
.--betterly cold (-19 dsgrses Fahrsn-
heit being the mtldest) and three
auartsrs Of a. gale blowins most OF
the time.
eve hoistsd the barrels Of blubbsr
out OF the whaler's hold with Q hand
tackle, sledged them ashore along the
fiee ana the crown Of the glacier to
Moseley's cave, which seemed to be
tn most convenient place to store
1.-THE knowledge ws,Sst ~ expert
ence often comes too Law to Ae or any
1eat service to US. made some
mistakes In stripping the Phoenix.
which I should not repeat now. For
instance. carrying her pilot hoVse.
with infinite labor. up to the chg
heed for an observatory. 1t 10 thor.
oughly impracticable for this purpose.
! doubt II have visited It three times
eince Mr.. Moseley's death
I.He was the astronomer and booa-
Mise of fathers expedition" said the
gtri.
Cayley read on: but now that
have learned my lesson. have but
ii4tls to apply the knowledge ~. The
Walrus Is, I, believe, the most utterly
vrotched h6lk that ever 6ailed the
cas--ill- found, detestably dirty and
literally rotthg to Ds6oss. We shall.
hcwever, get enough planks and tim
haru out of her 10 build q shed o.
tvU. near the hut. for the more con-
y0nient stoTAus Of or ShDpiiee.'
again ne cAOseo tpe 0oon. Aneto
what I was locking fcr' he said.
Aswu from tho cave 70 these sheds:
p the cave would b. almost .inevita-
80 the first hidsng place they would
ti1nk of when tho sight Of the
Aurora drove them to hustle every
SNlng out Of sight" Il
whereabouts On the cliff 10 the
enpervatory, Philip"
p was wondering about that I've
lSWn across the clin . number OF
49,, but have never seen anything
&it: he may have wrecked u; takAn
q down and used Il for some other
EW siri laughed and rose from her.
1900 ~ ~ tnhlos , .rft q
swan" che asiDss - you gea1y