Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-04-15

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re concluded " pointing 1t the form
Of fce, while the old coxswnin, the most
supeIstilious Of al aboard, shook bic
head ominonely and said
! There no way 70 account for thiE
mates. except that that white maiden
was, IS thought, 3 frost spirit, and has
changed the young second mate into ice.
as you zee. - punish him for following
her up SOP
The captain and some Of the sailors
! laughed incredulouslv: others solemnly
muttercd that there might be some truth
In what the coxswain said
Pooh wei soon find Roberts, the
slkipper remarked.
= search was made, but, although the
ship vas raneacked, neither the second
officer nor the white maiden could be
discovered. The canoe however, which
had been kept towing alongside, was
missing. and this looked as il the twain
had gone Of together.
The old coxswain shook his head. II
was his belief that the frost spirit had
gone alone, after transforming her would
be lover into ice.
But when morning came, the white
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men, beside the girl, was seen emerging
from 3 channel in the ice
+ was soon alongside. One o. the
young men was Roberts, and the other,
10 his joyful surprise, the captain recog-
nized As the person he had 50 long
searched for bis beloved nephew, Carl
Refer
AS he embraced his handsome young
relative the eyes Of the white maiden
sparkled brighter than ever, and now,
for the first time since they had seen her,
the men noticed that her cheeks were
sufuscd with rosy color.
Explanations were made by Roberts.
The girI-waif had OWNED, by marks
on the captains charts, that he was 20.
ing to change his course on this day.
BY signs she had, therefore, on the pre-.
vious night, given Roberts to understand
that she wanted him to 20 to certain
part Of the coast with her. Her wish tc
him was law he had consented, but.
in order that the captain might not too
quickly notice that he had gone of With
the girl and start il pursuit he had re:
sorted to stratagem.
To execute this, he had resolved to use
the wooden image Of Apollo, lying near,
but on his lifting It with great difficulty
and placing Il upright against the cap
stan, the wood all burst apart and fell
of, leaving the ice, which had filed the
hollow, uncovered. He had then thrown
the wood overheard. and the white
maiden having made o large SNOWFALL,
placed it on the shoulders Of the icy
form TO serve for head, after which he
had put on his cloak and hat, as already
shown, thinking that, should the skipper
happen to come up TO take brief look.
he would not notice the deception, but
would believe the figure to be that oi
his second mate. Having then donned
another coat and hat, which he had In
round house Roberts had entered the
sealslrin canoe with the GIRL, who pad.
died u through channel IN the ice to d
part Of the coast not far of, where, to
his surprise, he found al underground
hut. containing Captain Robinson's
nephew and fifteen men--the crew OF
the bark tWalrus, which had been
steven il the ice months before. Enough
provisions and other useful things were
saved however, 70 last the sailors for
long time
The white maiden, with her father,
was aboard the Walrus" when II was
steven. Her name was Catherine LasEof,
and she was the daughter Of Russian
mate whom Carl Refer had shipped ct
Halifax, where the vessel touched for re-
pairs . few weeks out from port. The
young captain took this man il place Of his
other mate, who had been lost over
board The Russian = daughter accom-
panied her father, and as Carl knew
little Of the language, he was able to
copyerse with her. The two fell ia love
with each other, and were engaged to b.
married.
On the day before she was picked up
b. the crew Of the Apollo, the girl
had ventured out IL the ice ID the seal.
skin canoe, which had been bought by
Carl from q native. The ice closing
round her had hindered her return, and
she had lost Der way.
When at last the Apollo, z with her
aboard. as described, reached It's present
locality, she recognized the part Of the
coast near which the castaways had
their quarters, by q rock. the top Of
Which was shaped something Ike
cross.
She was therefore anxious 70 &c 70 tell
her friends of Captain Robinson arrival
before he should leave the place, and she
took Roberts with her il order that be
might help her n case she should need
assistance 70 work her light craft
through the ice.
There IS little 70 add.
All the castaways were finally taken