Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-24
j. verne's Story.

yards, fifteen feet and nine inches of ice
to cross before we reach our ship" said
the doctor.
Exactly" said the captain.
TN that case, it is time we were OFF,
said Hatteras.
ave have left from the explosion
1000 pounds roast turkey, fourteen kegs
of baked beans and eleven gallons of
apple-jack," said the boatswain.
Pack 'em on the sIedge at once"
said the captain.
"And how long will our provisions
hold out?" asked the doctor
"The appleiack will probably last IN
til morning." said the American.
"And after that?"
ave shall have to send to New Jer-
sey for more"
"But how?"
"Leave that to me-" said the Ameri-
can.
GLOW is the temperature?" asked the
captain.
Zone hundred and ten below zero"
GOOD. Hand me my ear muffs. Are
we ready?"
ave are" said his companions.
"To the north!" cried the captain,
executing a song and dance and kicking
Polar bear off an iceberg.
"To the northl" shouted his COM
panions.
CHAPTER SECOND.
Cali is not yet lost" said the captain.
az have just taken an observation. We
have yet few thousand miles to go.
Shall we push On, gentlemen ?"
ave SHALL, cried his companions.
ave 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"
ave have not eaten anything for
seven weeks" said the doctor.
"But shall we turn back for trifes ?"
asked Hatteras Doctor you must
have q plan. Has your science gone
back on you at this critical moment? ?"
Give me two weeks in which to think
over our situation" said the doctor,
seating himself on q cake of ice and
falling into brown study.
"Bears!" said the boatswain.
"Where?" asked the captain, ex-
citedly.
"They have been at our heels for the
last two months" said the boatswain.
"The apple-iack," said the doctor.
Magnificent" said the captain.
zone sip and they are at our mercy"
said the boatswain.
"Saved!" said his companions.
CHAPTER THIRD.
"We have have now occupied this
scooped-out iceberg for three years"
said the doctor.
"And 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 cap
tain.
"You know always prefer poker"
said the American.
at is simply national prejudice :"
said the captain.
Gentlemen, you will not quarrel
with the temperature 200 below zero, 3"
said the doctor. Remember we are now
but 5000 miles from the Pole. Save
your breath for our final effort"
ave WILL" said the captain, shaking
the hand of the American and setting
up the bIubber oil for the crowd.
| CHAPTER FOURTH.
ave 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 revolutions
a minute, and then suddenly shot at
right angles as though fired from hun
dred-ton gun.
"a narrow escape" said the doctor,
quietly pocketing his glass and ventUr-
ing aft.
"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.
GAS near as can make out that must
be it over there" said the doctor.
"You are right" said the captain
"To England shall belong the glory OF
its discovery"
"But it has strange look" said the
doctor, gazing through the glass. "Per.
haps it's the fault of the Polar Sea at,
mosphere."
at is covered with stripes" cried the
captain, pulling his hair and leaping
ashore as the boat grounded upon the
beach.
Can it be that dastardly Yankee ha:
"Shave, gentlemen asked the Amer
lean, stepping out of his barber shop al
the base of the North Pole.
"He has" yelled the English captain
as he proceeded without delay to go in
sane.-Brookly31 Eagle.