Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
THE ARCTIC ERISoN.

uassss,
rhs zsa5 ,,liss.ed @5tA sbriu weird sound
az.aeng rae sa-oluS, and Jhe sbrouis bent in
- a-sis As thog2a unseen bands of heavy footed
men ae-e ascending then. Ii was a dark
Is "a. gea not - itrA but that We could see
30 Eeftv icebe-gs by which We were surrouu-
le5. looming up Ike SpecJres through the
Ssaol4 " eere tossing about on the waters
e the Arctic Ocean, and-subiected TO
lsayy sea and a gale of wiud-our position
34S dangerous one. We had already begun
81 prepare RATS, and To hoist our chests oil
-ec2-eSpectImg every moment that the ship
would be stove by the ice. Heavy masses
sere continually crushing against the bows,
41e laundering under the counter, causing
the vesSel 10 shake and CULVER from stem to
stern, a. though every timber was about to
give say. At times the conclusion would be
- violent that al hands would be thrown of
Ele-r feet, -nd tumble on top of each other,
III a manner Shat was far from agreeable
Suddenly q white face with wild glaring eyes
aat 4uiverlng lips appeared among Us 1t
- Ch4E Of tGe captains wife. She had her
a-tl6 upon her husbands arm, as she stood
Gea- the bow
Lillian Lillian 2 she =asped, where is
DIT Lillian ="
Lillian Good heavens, wife, what do YOU
mean l LETT her with YOU In tue cabin -
. sac : not there now have looked in
II the ROOMS. Oh. God! my child my
enid and the mother wruug her hands in
a Sulsl- " lille her white face grew still
winter
VIE Elfa = exclaimed the captain half
sssr-ly, e Lillian vs. with YOU when | left the
ea1E-. surely you tld not let her leave your
SIDE 1t >-cd time - this ~
les YES cried his wife, in accents of
-l= most piercing grief 1T + all m9 fault
#.4"s N EsrrE. r|.a.. Il .r-.l
An TIE cause
Fer Gofs sake, explain yourself" gazDed
the captain
= left hex down IN -ae cabin, i4Itered the
azo1Izei mother. -al1 came on deck a. |
wanted 80 SPEAK T. you thought you were
il sbe waist. - ! CROPPED nv way there and
tried Eo md v1l N8r seeing YOU | started
50 nv return, fearing 10 leave Lillian 20 long
1l1le- But When / reached the cabin again,
she Eaz not chere-goue. gone, God only
Knows where
Lillian :. Lillian has any one seen LiIiau:"
Fo-e a-d AFT, from every lip. in startling
41s@ats, TIE CRY went up amid the STORM
8l- the loud wind only answered with a
deeper howl The long yards treaked upon
their rusty riyets. The heavy icebergs groau-
- ans shook as they had done before The
szlverr accents Of little Lilian's voice came
not . oar ears and we felt as if 1t nushed for
tt-----t+- -tl4t1 Va ttlt tltDA
mother. and the despairing shouts of the
.4ra-E-aota Of vhou could not bear to give
% taeI- lll5ld-caa-luled long alter our own
v9see1 Lad ceased Then we-rou5h-Aearted,
call1less men though we were-forgetting
o-r own danger, gathered about the afflicted
s.-.f. all l.1sL = eoisole t.'--A- aoh thihA
-------=- very well ioS our voices 'FeLh-
.t.- urti- --+- A-- l-e tears "ould come
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tNts N--- --7 Guns % our LS4Fg Jtchtis.-
: = g-= "a - 2-s Ata loFel Attie Lillian al
most - Ne-- - 1-v parents themselves. Size
= = 9-- seven yeas q age yet the earnest
-.-a-e II ler large blue eyes would 20 straight
za cir hearts al- make NJ feel KIN and good
l-~Ar-s ea1E Jt-rF. 10 utter al oath when
-ts 9 = near 7o'--1 nave seemed Ike sacrilege.
Atse alE- size aai a-ooniea ia our midst,
sss ---.-- artEe--s llilueuee about her.
9.s----- strong .A i-.e power oI lnAo-
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II I -- r ---- 1e -l--7 stood, clustered near
81. a.-alli-s NJ assl7 "Atr Att-e consolation
ea--- - TIE captain aaa his VIE, that
one g. s.- S-ip efe"--an Ola TAR By the
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me lew remaining hours OF the might wore
away me gaze sa17taed Mlracuiously. as
i scented 20 Us 'he snip had escaped being
stove anu "' the $50 h"o gone down with
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