Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-02-05
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set to work TO bail her out with his hat.
But leeway was made faster than heads
way. and in few minutes more IL was
gill over and the six men were struggling
in the water, chnging 10 the boat IA
best they could, expecting death with
every wave that dashed them against
the 10y walls. Captain Cannon and
Inman Tuttle shouted and cried for
help.I .aaaa4,i na ed ol haboaae.o al
do you, expect anybody to hear
you ?" asked Arthur. i5 iads& ri
eff anybody does come, expect
you to say just as 1 expected" as
= "Did you expect the fish that saved
us yesterday7f asked voice from one
OF the men.seM Ia raUf5 :@ s3isai {
edo you expect ever to see Cam
bridge ?" asked Inman. !a5a efi-i
".We1l all see another world now
quite soon, ! reckon" cried another. g
IF we can only get up. on this ice
berg" said Arthur, g and get Captain
Cannon to steer it for us, we shall be
as safe as we have been any time with
in three months" 70 40, .-c...ty
s''It is my opinion" cried the poet,
"that we have struck the north pole,
and that it tpretty effectually corks UP
the passage to the inside world" 20. i
ga very pretty fancy replied In
man" and it opens o cheerful prospect
too. However acting on that theory ]
propose that we climb the pole and see
for certain thatit isn't hollow before we
go back and report failure" av rs.u
Pleasant talk, boys" growled Cap
ain Cannon, :" but what's the good,
unless you can climb upa For my
part I'm likely to drown within ten min
utes unless we get help" And then
agsiu he called Justify for help. *, III
What's the use O. prayin for help ?
some one asked. 81 as4ss 49,. d
/ 'It's about as good as arguin' about
it, anyhow" replied the captain. :
ct should say that'now is about tht
time for prayer" said voice that hai
not been heard before. "When mai
has done the last thing that lie can do
and there's no hope for him short of .
miracle, then let him pray for miracl,
and keep his eyes open all the time fol
the beginning Of the answer; and say
what, they will about the good of prayer
its my belief that the man who does
that has better show fur gitten ou
than the man who does nothing o
the sort but just breads the worst" +"
Before he was done speaking, pis
toll shot was heard above them, ant
looking up they saw a bright light, a
from lantern. The Light moved alons
at q jerky, irregular rate, as though car
ried by man who found a difficulty ii
climbing along the nearly perpendiculal
face of the iceberg. .'@' sa' -'s't l'A
Captain Cannon redoubied his call
for help. There was no more argu
ment. .tla2f7a@ ,aaaK a ? iu'
/. A few minutes later, and q rope wa
let down from above and the men tak
en- up, one by aone,. to small niche
just large enough for three men to stant
at one time, from whence they climbed
and scrambled along the difficult rout'
discovered by the man with the lantern
to o place where they could rest in com
parative safety. .liGmaioe} ~ iio,
The reader need not be Gold who tn
persons were who saved the little cres
of six, whose, precarious fortunes vi
have been following a'inithis chapter
They were the remaining sixteen o
Capt. Inman's party, who had fioate'
away on the mountain Of ice, % has al
ready been related. OF course, Arthu
duly informed Captain Cannon tina
he expected to find the party before thei
journey ended, and the Captain, q
course, retorted that. the picking u
was done by the other party. And, {
course the worthy Captain was asked I
take the helm OF their floating ice-palae,
which he naturally declined to do, 0
the ground that he &c vase on a crqf
he said that he considered himself 0
shore, and didn't propose to go to sc
very soon again.
/ And so ID came to pass that the on
trance into the inside of the earth WI
made upon an iceberg. The cloud ol
Eseryed just befors the wreck. mounte
higher and higher, until at last
reached and passed the zenith, and Il