Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-09

| and somewhat resembled breadfrult: on
| wild asparagus sprouts. and on the few
squirrels that Stern was able TO pot" with
| his revolver from the shelter OF the leafy
little camping place they had arranged near
| the river
Though Beatrice worked many hours all
alone In the bungalow. sweeping Il with n
broom made OF twlgs lashed TO a pole, and
| trying to bring the place into order II was
still no NJ habItaflon.
| She would not even let the man try 10
| help her but insisted on his keeping quiet
In their camp. This lay under the shelter
| OF a thick-folaged oak nt the southern end
| OF the beach. The perfect weather and the
presence OF a three-quarter moon at night
| invited them to sleep out under the sky
| "rherel be plenty OF time for the bum
| galow." she said. when II rains As
| long as we have fair June weather like this
no roof shall cover mer'
Singularly enough. there were no mos
| qultoes. In the thousand years that had
elapsed. they might either have shifted
| their habitat from eastern America. or else
some obscure evolutionary process might
have wiped them out entirely. Al any rate.
none existed. for which the two adven-
turers gave thanks.
Wild beasts they feared not Though now
and then they heard the yell OF a wild cat
far back In the woods or the tramping OF
an occasional bulk through the forest. and
though once a cinnamon bear polSed his
muzzle out into the clearing, sniffed and
departed with grunt OF disapproval they
could not bring themselves TO any fealiza-
tiou OF animals as a real peril Their
campfire burned high all night. heaped with
driftwood and windfalls; and beyond this
protection, Stern had his automatic and
a belt nearly full OF cartridges, They dis
cussed the question OF a possible attack
by some remnants OF the Horde; but com
mon sense assured them that these creatures
would-such as survived-glye them a
wide berth.
And IN any event" stern summed Il
up, 'it anything happens, we have the
bungalow 10 retrest into Though IN its
present state, without any doors or shut
ters, 1 think were safer out among tho
trees, where Ia q pinch We could 60 aloft
Thus his eonyalescence progressed in the
open air, under the clouds and sun and
stars and luatrons moon Of that deserted
world.
Beatrice showed both skill and ingenuity
IN her treatment With a clam shell she
seraped and saved the rich fat from under
the skins OF the squirrels and this she tried
out" In a golden dish over the tire. The oil
thus got she used 20 anoint HIS healing
wound She used a dressing Of clay and
leaves and when the fever flushed him she
made him comfortable on his bed OF spruce
tips nathed bis forehead ana checks. and
gave him cold water from a spring that
frickied down over the moss some nifty
feet 20 westward Of the camp
Many q long talk they had, too-he prone
on the spruce she sitting beside him. tend
ing the Gre. holding bis hand or letting his
head lie in her lap. The while she alfoked
his hair Ferns. flowers Ia nrofusloa-
lilacs and clover aud climbing roses aud
sons new, strange scarlet blossom
bowered their nest And through the pain
aud fever, the delay and disappointment.
they both were glad and Cheerful No
word of lmpalienea or haste or repinlne
escaped them For they had lifa they
had each other lhey bad love And thoae
days. as later theF locked back upon them.
asra amoHE the nanuiegf the most purely
beautiful. fte sweetest ~ theIr ahaIz Won.
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