Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-06-04


jumped off and went up to him. He
was ghastly sight. Lis cheeks were
hollow his eyes wild, his hair and beard
long and matted. His army blouse,
covering ,several thicknesses of shirts
AMI jackets, was ragged and dirty. He
wore little fur cap and rough moc-
cassins of untanned leathertied around
the legs. As he spoke, his utterance
was thick and mumbling and.ln his ag-
itation his jaws worked in conyulsive
twitches. AS the two met, the man,
with a sudden impulse, took off his
glove and shook Colwell's hand.
where are they p asked Colwell
briefly.
'In the tent said the man, pointing
over his shoulder, 'over the hill-the
tent is down.
rs Mr.. Greely alive p
Yes, Greely's alive
Amy other officers p
No. Then he repeated absenily,
The tent is down.
who are you p
Long
Before this colloquy was over, Lowe
and Norman had stated up the hill.
Hastily filling his pockets with bread,
and taking the two cans of pemmican
Colwell told the cockswaln to take
Long into the cutter, and started after
the others with Ash. Reaching the
crest of the ridge, and looking south
ward, they saw spread out before them
a desolate expanse Of rocky ground,
sloping gradually from a ridge on the
east to the Ice covered shore, which at
the west made.ln and formed coye.
Back of the level space was range of
hills rising up 800 feet, with a precip-
itous face, broken in two by a gorge.
through which the wind was blowing
furiously. On little elevation direct
ly in front was the tent. Hurrying a.
cross the intervening hollow, Colwell
came up with Lowe and Norman, just
as they were greeting soldierly look
ing man who had just come out from
the tent.
AS Colwell approached, Norman was
saying to the mali:
There's the lieutenant
And he added to Colwell
'This is Sergeant. ..Bralnard.'
Brainard Immediately drew himself
up to the position Of soldier aud
was about to salute, when Colwell took
his hand.
At this moment there was confused
murmur within the tent, and voice
said
who's there p
Norman answered: 1T is Norman
Norman who was in the Proteus.'
This was followed by cries of 'Oh,
it's Norman y and a sound like a Fee
BILE cheer.
Meanwhile one of the relief party,
who in his agitation and excitement
was crying like child, was down on
his hands and knees trying to roll away
the stones that held down the Tapping
tent cloth. The tent was 'tepik' or
wigwam tent, with fly attached. The
fly with it's posts and ridge-pole had
been wrecked by the gale which had
been blowing for thirty-six hours, and
the pole of the tepik was topping over,
and only kept in phase by the guy
ropes. There was no entrance except
under the flap opening, which was held
down by stones. Colwell called for
knife. cut slit In the tent cover and
looked in.
1t was a sight of horror. On one side,
close to the opening, with his head to-
ward the. outside, lay what was appa-
rently dead man. His jaw had drop
ped, his eyes were open, but fixed and
CLASSY, his limbs were motionless. On
the opposite side was a.poor..fellow ,aliVe
to be sure, but without hands or feet,
and with spoon tied TO the stump of
his right arm. Two others, seated on
the ground in the middle, had just got
down a rubber bottle that hung on the
tent pole, and were pouring from it in
to tin can. Directly opposite, Oh his
hands and knees, was dark man with
a long matted beard, in dirty and tat
tered dressing gown with a little red
skull cap on his head, and. brilliant,