Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
j. verne's Story.
CHAPTER FIRST.

LUc QOCOOAs
Eyes" said the Captain.
eve have vet 1852 miles, twenty
wards. fifteen feet and nine inches of ice
to cross before we reach our Ship" said
the doctor.
Exactly" said the Captain.
sin that case, it is time we were Off"
said Hatteras.
1--WE have left from the explosion
1000 pounds of roast turkey, fourteen
kegs of baked beans and eleven gallons
of apple-jack. said the boatswain.
''Pack 'em on the sledge at once"
said the Captain.
land how long will our provisions
hold out?'' asked the doctor.
1.-The apple-jack will probably last
until morning." said the American.
"And after that?"
1--WE shall have to send to New Jersey
for more"
"But how?''
Leave that to me-" said the Amerf-
can.
'.How is the temperatures" asked the
Captain.
Zone hundred and ten below zero"
Good. Hand me my ear muffs. Are
we ready?"
1--WE are, said his companions.
ITO the northr' cried the Captain.
executing song and dance. and kick
ing Polar bear Of an iceberg.
TO the north!' shouted his compan-
ions.
CHAPTER SECOND.
"An is not yet lost" said the Cap
tain. II have just taken an observa-
ton. We have yet few thousand
miles to 60. Shall we push ON, gentle
menP
1--WE shall" cried his companions
"We are down to our last drink, :"
sighed the American. but have tel
ephoned to Jersey City for fresh sup
ply. If it arrives in time we are saved.
There is not cold enough in the Arctic
regions to stand up against Jersey City
whisky"
1--WE have not eaten anything for
seven weeks" said the doctor.
but shall we turn back for trifesP"
asked Hatteras. doctor, you must
have plan. Has your science gone
back on you at this crit cal moment?'
"Give me two weeks in which to
think over our situation" said the doc
tor, seating himself on a cake of ice and
falling into brown study.
"Bearsr' said the boatswain.
"Where?" asked the Captain, ex-
citedly.
"They have been at our heels for the
last two months said the boatswain.
1.-The applejack," said the doctor.
Magnificentm said the Captain.
Zone sip and they are at our mercy"
said the bOatswain
"Savedp' said his companions.
CHAPTER THIRD.
1--WE have now occupied this scooped-
out iceberg for three years." said the
doctor.
land there has been a monotony
about our existence which does not
agree with my love of Excitement" said
the American.
"You forget the whist" said the
Captain.
"You know always prefer poker"
said the American.
1t is simply national prejudice. +"
said the Captain.
Gentlemen, you will not quarrel
with the temperature 200 below zero,''
said the doctor. Remember we are
now but 5000 miles from the Pole.
Save your breath for our final effort"
1--WE WILL" said the Captain, shak-
ing the hand OF the American and set
ting up the blubber oil for the crowd
CHAPTER FOURTH.
eve seem to be drifting into seeth-
ing whirlpool" said the Captain.
Eyes, if we keep on this course five
minutes longer we shall probably all be
lost" said the doctor. "Let us take
an observation" and he went forward
with his instrument while the frail boat
on which they were sailing whirled
around at the rate of two thousand rev.
olutions minute, and then suddenly
shot out at right angles as though fired
from hundred-ton gun.
A narrow escape" said the doctor
quietly. pocketing his glass and ventur
ing att.
"How long is it since we lost the
American overboard?' asked the boat
swain.
about four months" said the doc
tor.
1--WE are now close upon the Pole, ,
said Hatteras.
LAS near as can make out that mus
be it over there" said the doctor.
AOu nAO oahu OilO SdHbttiu
ITO England shall belong the glory o
its discovery"
but it has strange look.". said tn,
doctor, gazing through his glass. ';Per
haps it's the fault of the Polar Sci at
mosphere."
cit is covered with stripes" criet
the Captain. pulling his hair and leap
ing ashore as the boat grounded upol
the beach.
Can it be that dastardly Yanke
has
SHAVE, gentlemen" asked the Amer
lean. stepping out of his barber shop q
the base OF the North Pole.
He has," yelled the English Cap
tain. as he proceeded without delay t
go insane.-Brooky n Eagle.
Man-Hunting In Siberia.