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felt, but could help answering eagerly,
Certainly; shall l give the order p

Certainly; shall 1givs the order ~
/ waited no longer, but hurried on deck
and altered the course Of the vessel.
!. was clear, frosty night, and as
looked at tho compass before going below,
| felt strangely pleased, aud caught myssll
chuckling aud rubbing my hands: at what
cannot say didn't know then, but 9
great weight had been taken of xy mind
went down to the cabin, and found the
captain pacing up and down the small
space. Hostopped as came In, and look
Ing up said, abruptly .,u
1T can do no harm, Mr.. Brown" IA.
III this bretzs>eontinues," answered,
we can hold OH Tor thirty hours or 80,
but then, I should think" r.'
"Dut then-we shall find ice. How's the
wind?" ISL =
STEADY, north by east" .2a,s-
We sat down ind finished our grog. !
bad the morning watch 10 keep next day.
| was too Ets!less to sleep after 1t, go kept
on deck tho whole OF tho day. Evea that
did not satisfy inc. iwas continually run.
ming up into the tops with my g'ass, but
every time / camc down disappointed.
The captain was as unqulet rs myself.
Something We expected 10 happen, but Of
what twas to be We could form no Idea.
the second officer, believe, thought Us
both crazy; indeed, I often wondered my.
sclt ut tho state 1 WIS in. Evening came,
mud nothing had turned up. The night
was bright, and the captain determined to
carry on under easy sail till morning.
light was OH deck. It WAS bitterly cold.
Those only who have seen them can form
an idea Of the delicate tints OF the morning
Sly in these Northern sens. But was in
no humor 10 appreciate the beAutice OF
nature. There was mist low down on the
horizon; I waited impatiently for it to LIT.
1t lifted soon, and I could not be mis-
t4aken-beyond 1t could SEQ the simmer
Of leo. l sent down to tell the captain,
who came on deck directly.
ut Is no uaC, Mr.. Brown," no said; "you
must put her about"
wait one moment, tho mist Is lifting
more, 1t will be quite clear directly"
The mist was Indeed lifting rapidly. Far
10 the north and west We could see the ice
stretching away in one unbroken Gsld. /
was trying to see whether there appeared
any break in the leo toward the west, when
tue captain, ceiling my arm with one hand.
and pointing straight shead with the other,
exclaimed II
."Good Heavens there Is ship there"
The mist had risen like curtain, and
there, eureenough, about three miles ahead,
was ship seemingly firmly packed in the
ice. Wessood looking att in silence. There
was some meaning after all 10 that myater.
lcus warming, was the first thought that
suggested itsolt to mo.
=, SHES nippcd bad, sir" said old
enlel, who, with the res. OF tho crew,
WAS arxiously watching our new
discovery. was trying to make her out
with the glass, when the Cash Of a gun,
quickly followed by tho report, proved that
She had seen ns. Up went the flag, union
downward. We needed nosi2nal 10 know
her distress Tbs captain ordered the sec.
and officer of into tho boat. watched
him as he made his way over the ice with
a lev OF the men toward the ship. They
soon returned with eight Of the ship.
GREY. II was a dismal account they gave
Of their situation. They might have sawed |
their way out Of the ice, but the ship was
30 injured that she could not have hoated |
an hour. The largest OF their boals bud
been stove In, the others were hardly Ser.
worthy. They were preparing, however,
to take to them rs q last resources when our
welcome arrival put IN end to their fears. |
Another detachment WAS soon brought oil, |
and tho captain with the remainder Of bis
crew was 10 follow Immediately.
went down into my csbia, and tried |
to think over the singular fate which had
made US the preservtIs OF this ships crew.
l could not Givest myself ef the idea that
some supernatural agency WAS connected I
with that paper in the desk, aad l tren.
Died ut the t:lcught OF what might have
been the CONSEQUENCES il we had neglected |
the warning. The boat coming alongside |
interrupted my tererie. In lew seconds
| WIS on deck.
! found The Captain talking to fine old |
sailor-like locking man, whom he intro
duced to me as Captain Squirey. Captain
s9uires shook hands with NE, and we re-
manned talking some time. l could Aut
keep my eyes Of bis face; I had cou-
victien that | had seen him somewhere,
where colll not ,ell. Every nov and
then seemed to cn;ch 1t some clue, which
VaDished HI sooll AZ touched. At last be |
iurned round to speak to come OF his men.
l could not be mlstaken-tnere was the
long white ha.r, the brown coat. He was
the man l had seen writing in the cap,ains
ca5ut N
That evening the captain and told the
story oil the paper 10 Captain Squires, who
graveiy and in silence listened to our con-
lectures. He Was TOO thankful for his es-
cape out of such imminent peril to q1eation
tho means by which it had been brought
about. At the captains request he wrote
steer N. W." We compared it with the
original writing. There could be no doub,
OF 1t It was in the same odd, cramped
hand.
Can any one solve tho mystery? !
Letter From General john L. Milford.
TWENTY THREE DEY STREET. NEW YoRK,