Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-16

another-'The Judge is away East and
.theJ udge is gone Vest 'Haint had time
to speak to the Judge about it,, and you
must wait till the Judge gets home'-tll |
he's clean down-hearted and tired out. | |
was comm up to town with some butter'n' |
things to-day, and thinks l. III Just 90 and |
talk to the Judge mytelf | didn't say a
word to our folks about it, but ! was plan
min all the way how pleased they'd be when |
| got back and told 'em I'd done it-and |
nowhe aint here for all
No, Rachel could not do much in such a |
case, only as the old lady had missed the |
fret homeward train by walking SO far up
town, she detained her until afte- an early |
dinner, and then let her depart, somewhat |
comforted by the promise that she would |
herself speak to her father upon the subject, |
and write them as soon as she could learn |
anything definite about it.
And you won't forget, will you?' urged |
the kindly, quavering voice, lingeringly, |
from the doorway, cause | s'pose it aint |
much TO you, but it's deal to US, and some |
on usll be runnin to the post-ofice, and a
watchn' day and night till it come
NO; I'll be sure to remember Rachel |
answered earnestly.
Others came and went also, and she saw |
them as with 4 new vision. Hitherto she |
had only enough comfortably, and talked |
sometimes with little harmless ,grlish com |
placency, about our road 1t had meant |
to her an important position for her father /.
deserved, Of course-gay parties made up for .
trial trips with new engines and palace /
cars, and pleasant sense of proprietOrship |
in it all; unbounded courtesy and attention /.
to herself whenever she chose. to travel up
or down the line. To-day she seemed to see |
for the first TING the weary men who laid /
rail and tie, the anxious men to whom their
place on the train meant the earning Of a
livelihood for themselves and dear ones the !
rude cabins by the roadside where the poor
wOrkmen waited and suffered for the money
they had earned.
1T has been a queer day, she said, as she
stood by the window again in the gathering
twilight
What This day that you had no use
for2 | should think it would have been,
commented Nat, closing the book he could
no longer see to read.
Yes, put it into other lives, as you
suggested and Malone gets curious view of
surroundings in that way
A carriage rolled up the broad drive, as
she spoke and in moment Judge Kendall $ |
voice sounded in the hall.
When he was rested contentedly in his
easy chair that evening, his daughter seated
herself on a low cushion at his feet. and told
him Of her doings and thinkings. He listen
ed, or half listened, smilingly-for, in truth,
while he stroked her golden hair he was pom
dering the disposal of a gold more marketa-
ble ana even with her white hands clasped
over his knee. bis mind wandered TO bonds
Of another sort.
Sorry You were disappointed, my dear.
But, papa was just telling you that /
didn't mind after all-that | was glad Cf 1t
at last. Papa, ISN'T there any way to make
that right2'
What? about that young fireman, Pus-
sey2 I'D see. Oh, your speculation in time.
do you mean that VIII be all right, OF
course
No, but about the men having To submit
to suca injustice because they cannot wait SO
long for their money. Couldn't You help
that, papa Couldn't YOU have them paid
quicker
i? Why, my dear, 90 you think am
the whole railroad company smiled the
President grayeiy Its all | can d1 TO at-
tend to such business as properly belongs to
me, without attempting 70 manage the other
departments. don . doubt but Cory drives
sharp bargains when he gets chance-it's = .
like him. but then these men are mostly
poor, thriitless set. I'm not sorry you helped
that poor fellow to-day, though, il it made
YOU any happier.
'lt made him happier-ye7, aud me, roo.
I'm glad l could do it, and glad for some
things have learned TODAY, because-bo-
cause, papa, added Rachel softly, 'you know
our whole life is only longer or shorter
waiting for the Judge to come
Tus ARcrc ExrEDuIoNs.-There are now /
three or four expeditions IN the arctic regions, /
endeayorin. to reach the north pole. ].
The German expedition which follows the .
plan for reaching the polar sea, devised by
Dr. Petermaun. which is 10 90 upon the east I
side Of Spitzoergcn. > Capt Halls expedI-
/ tiln. which goes up BalHn- bay to Jones
sound g. The expedition which started
from san Francisco, last summer, intending
. to penetrate the arctic sea by way of Boh-
rings strait 4 \ Swed sh expedition. +.
which proposes to winter in the north part OF
/ Spiubergen, and try to reach the pole, next
summer The Swedish explorers follow the
/ directions Of Prof Nordensiod, who prescri- t.
bes the route along the east side otSplUber- I.
gen. We are not quite sure that this SwG-
dish expedition has actually sailed, although .
it was intending 10 leave this year but il F.
F will 20, next summer, if it has not left al
ready; or rather. fit did not leave previous
to September. as it Is impossible to sail TO the .
north part Of Spitzbergen late~ in the season. /
F Prof Nordensiold puts forth some rather curl /
ous views Of the arctic sea, which summarily
disregard facts already established. lie be-
/ gins by denying the possibility. of an open
arctic sea, and maintaining that whoever
reaches the north pole must travel on the ice
from about the 18th degree Of north latitude.
The n0n-existence of an open polar sea, he
says, has been proved by science Like
some other learned men, be seems to give
more attention TO speculatiOns than to facts,
and substitutes his theory for science. The /
/ existence Of an open sea near the pole is
shown By the discoveries of the Russian ex-
plorer, Wrangell, who examined the coast
and ocean north olthe eastern part OF Siberia;
and by DIR Kane's expedition, some members
of which actually went to the open sea across
the ice. The truth is Notwithstanding what
the Swedish professor says, science suggest
ed the existence OF an open sea around the
pole, and this deduction Of science has been
verified. The most important point now to
be settled concerns the possibility sailing
into that sea by way Of some passage through
the surrounding ice-bet. The German ex-
petition appears ID have reached the open
water reported by Wrangell, which is beliey
ed to be a part Of the open polar sea visited
by Kane's men. \ full report of this ex.
pl0ring voyage, when it shall be completed,
is likely to add something TO our knowledge
Of the arctic sea The discoveries and adven-
lures of the expedition which went through
Behring' strait will probably have no lack
OF interest Capt Hall can hardly do more
than was done by DR. Kane, even if he
should have very good success: for his pro
gress northward is sure to be stopped by the
ice-belt, and to get view of the open sea, be
must make long journey on the ice. As to
the Swedish expedition, we hope 1t may
have great success, and contradict the dog
matte theory Of Prof Nordensjold by its dis
coyeries. 1t may do this, should the next
season be so favorable as to bring down the
northern line of the ice-belt below the S0th
parallel Worcester Spy.
A Man WITH NERVES OF SrEELE.-Young
Donaldson. the daring ,eronaut, who made
balloon ascension at Reading, Pa, on the
+ Both of August last, and performed series of
trapeze feats when a mile or more from the
earth. repeated his thrilling performance in
Norfolk on Monday last. There was no bas-
ket to the balloon, but its place was supplied
by trapeze similar to those USED by circus
performers and above the trapeze was placed
a hoop, secured to which was a suit of heavy
T clothing to be used by the erial voyager
n when he encountered the cold currents. The
d Norfolk Journal in describing the ascension
t saws that when the balloon was released from
:, its moorings and reached great altitude
d Donaldson suddenly and apparently with lit
B lie effort threw himself into a sitting posture