"I would go as quickly as possible to St. John's, where I have
arranged that a vessel shall be ready for me, and I would meet
the party at Cape Tariff, and there plan for a resumption of the
enterprise, or bring them home. If they should not be able to
get back to Cape Tariff, then all is blank before me. We must
not think of it."

"But you will go up there all the same?" she said.

"Oh yes, I will go there."

Mrs. Raleigh made no answer, but sat looking upon the floor.

"But why should we trouble ourselves with these fears?" continued
Clewe. "We have considered all probable dangers and have
provided against them, and at this moment everything is going on
admirably, and there is every reason why we should feel hopeful
and encouraged. I am sorry to see you look so anxious and
downcast."

"Mr. Clewe," said she, "I have many anxieties; that is natural,
and I cannot help it, but there is only one fear which seriously
affects me."

"And that makes you pale," said Clewe. "Are you afraid that if I
begin work with the Artesian ray I shall become so interested in
it that I shall forget our friends up there in the North? There
is no danger. No matter what I might be doing with the ray, I
can disconnect the batteries in an instant, lock up the lens-house,
and in the next half-hour start for St. John's. Then I will go