Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-06-14
&isfel!anscas.
A Hazardous Adventure.

ws~rEp.-F"ur pcr.on- whr are bent upon
committing suicide. to engage Ia a hazar iou>
sdNcniuTr. Apply, etc, to Captain Owkill.
No.-Blank street. after nine O'Clock in the
morning.
Captain Cowgirl inserted the above adver-
iisement in three Of the morning papers.
with only FAINT expectation that il would
be responded 10. But the result was that
between nine o'clock and noon five men and
two women called at his office to inquire re-
specting the nature OF The proposed sdven-
lurr. and TO offer their scr, ices in the event
tina, il should involve nothing OF criminal
character. Of these seven. Captain Covgill
selected four. three Young men and one
Young woman, and when he dismissed the
o,hers he shut the door and said To the four
applicants
What ! want YOU for j. this | have
made up m, mind that the North Pole can
never be reached by an exploring part, tray
cling upon ,hIps aud ,lcdsrs. The unl,
route that i possibly practicable Is through
the AIR. aud the only a,aiahle vehicle. Of
course, Is balloon. But an attempt 70
reach the pole IN balloon must expose the
explorer, - desperate r!,k,. and II occurred
10 ne that those rl.ks had better bt takrn
by persons who do not value their lives. than
bs persons who do. /; has always seemed
Ia M. THAT unrt of ~. Mn nf .u,rtt,. lr,s
ia the fact that the lie wanioul, sacrificed
might Have been expended IN a cause which
would nave conferred benefits, d.rcctI, or in-
directly, upon the human race. have
large and >4p.rhy equipped balloon. which
wlu MI thoroughly stocked f,r a voyage M
th. \r,itc r,...T,,n. ,ni ,,n,r, ,th.,rr,,...
t.,,I contain ann,,,'u, ,or m,t,rg f,,.r
.,,,,.,e. NJ b,,Ir,..n %. a., lin, f,,,r
p.i ..r. w,iIin, 1, MAJ. IN. ,.,,,,,.d I,
irmp, m ,b,. h,li,,n J"
4 /. four Of the VISITOR, answered .Yr."
..Wrrr ,ou .,p,n,, n .,r,rfr, ,n,,r Will. \,
an, rat. ?"
An affirmative sn,uer w,. ,,,,., n, I'M.
f,,,r
Permit me TO take YOUR name, .aid
Cant,ln C,w,iI and h.. wro,. ,h., l,,,,
a, follows. William y Crut,., Dr H.nr,
p'U,y,p Ed,nn5 J,rn,,II. NJ, I'm,
Mr. Cru,ter va. man ano,rrn,Iy n
about .nt, ,.ar. b,pd.nm.l, ira.s,.J ,n,r
Ife.,ly a gentleman. hut viii flushed M.
which Indicated thai b,. had o,rh,n. ,ndul,.d
TO some extent 10 di,,ination
DR. O'H,pan Wa inn nalltJ NH c.r.-
worn H. Looked A.. II h. u.rs m and =. 4,
all iny we're d.,5 IN bis h.,r,
Nr. JsruyilIe app-ared 20 h.. a working
man. hut IN. count-nanr, .,d as,rwa. x,.
fulI Of intelligence ana M. manner xn., ,h,,
of =. man M, had occ,,,,,,.l !, rn.,,inn
much aboy,. IN. lox.,t
Nj. D..rmn,t 50, u,,b ., ar ~ d..,..,,;or
with b,r hanI, IN her I'M w,,h ,S,n ,nI
faded .bswl mined around me-, and x,,b h.r
pale cheeks suggestive Of hunger and men.
ial suffering
..Ny hope said C,,,.in Co,,.,,lI ..;. ,b,,
you viii .ately r,acb ,our de.flna,,,n snJ
,af,l, return But you f,Ily understand
ina, H.. chance. ,rs s,.,,n., ;on VT ~,
nun nrn,.r,inn | aI a.. ,o1 H. c..,;,,
wrlt,ng that ,ou 81 With fill knn.l.dgr III
IN, III. vii ;,a,,. ,b.. h,ii,,,r, :, 49,
row D,y after to-morrow Conn. ~ mi. nf
6c,. :, n,n.. o'rInct and ,on sbsl n,,La,ha
asc-n,inn a, oncr"
On ,h. a,noiu,.d day IN. f,nr ,ol,,,.....
,,ne,red snd Canaan cou,,,lI AN. ,,.h
then, m a carri,,,. NJ y, ,,rJ n M. on,.k,r,.
of IN. city where tb, h.ll,on ina,,.J .nd
.wayiny "a and fro in tb. wind ua. h.td VI
the .a,lh WIN .,o,,t ron.. III ,hrs. ,aan
were .uppli-d with warm clothing but Nj.
Dermo,t had onl, her threadharr Shawl ,nd
20 Captain Covgill yay. her ms oy.rcn.,
and two blankets which he took from ,h,