Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-24

got away through sone opening o. other.
our beers all gone I" And Beatrice looked
very sober
Never mind rye got lot more stun
downstairs. But, tell me, did you wing
him7"
I'm afraid not" she admitted. There's
a feather or two on the stairs, though
Good work :" cried he laughing. his fear
all swallowed in the Joy OF having found
her again, safe and unhurt. But please
don't give me another such panic, Will your
It's all right this time, however.
"And now. II youll just walt here and
not get fighting with any more wild crea-
lures, I'll go down and bring my latest
luds. I like your pluck" he added slowly
gazing earnestly at her.
"But don't want you chasing things In
this old shell OF building. No telling what
crevice you might fall into or what accident
might happen. Au revoir !"
Her smile as he left her was iuscrutable,
| but her eyes. strangely bright, followed him
till he had vanished once more down the
stairs.
Broad strokes, n line here one there, with
much left to the imaEining-such will serve
| best for the painting OF n picture like
| this--a picture wherein every ordinary bond
| OF human life the nexus Of mans society,
| ls shattered. Where everything must strive
| to reconstruct itself from the dust. Where
| the future II any such there may be, must
rise from the ashes OF a crumblng past.
Broad strokes, for detailed ones would
| nll too vast canvas. Impossible to de-
scribe tenth OF the activities of Beatrice
! and Stern the next four days Even TO
make a list of their hard-won possessions
would turn this chapter into mere cata-
| logue
SO let these pass for the most part. Day
| by day the man. issuing forth sometimes
of lima tutf1 Hnn ntVa Inh rad ~
| Titan among the ruins of New York.
| Though more than ninety per cent Of the
| clty's one-tlme wealth had long since van
| lshed, and though all standards OF worth
| had wholly changed, yet much remained
| to harvest.
Inhnitudes of things, more or less dam
| aged, they bore up to their shelter, UP the
stairs which here and there Stern had re-
paired with rough hewn logs.
For now he had an nx. found In that
| treasure house of Currler & Browns
| brought to n sharp edge on n wet, fiat
stone by tho spring, and hafted with a
| sapling
This implement was OF Incredible use
and greatly enheartened the engineer More
| valuable Il was than thousand tons OF
| solid gold
The same store yielded also we'll pre-.
served enameled water pail and some
| smaller dishes of like ware, three more
| knives, quantities of nails and some small
| tools; also the tremendous bonanza of q
| magazine rifle and shotgun, both OF which
| Stern judged would come into shape by the
application OF oil and by careful tinkering
| OF ammunition, here and elsewhere tho
engineer had no doubt he could unearti
unlimited quantities.
with steel" he reflected. "and with m!
flint spear head, can make fire at any
time. Wood Is plenty. and there's lots o.
punk So the first step in re-establishinl
civilization Is secure. with fire, everything
else becomes possible.
After while. perhaps, can get aroun,
to manufacturing matches again. But 70
the present my few ounces of phosphorus
and the flint and steel will answer yer.
we'll"
CONTINUED TOMORROW