Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-06-28
Bv W. CLARK RUSSELL,
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CHAPTER XIX
WE TAKE A vTrw or tine rcr

fell in the night, and | was awakened by
the silence, which you win not think strange
If you consider how used were my ears to the
fierce scething and etrong believing Of the
blast. lay Listening, believing that it had
only veered, and that it would come on
again in gusts and.guns; but the stiffness con-
tinued, and there were no sounds whatever
save the noises Of tho ice, which broke upon
the ear like slow answers from batteries near
and distant, half whose cannon have been
silcnced.
I slept again, and when / awoke it was
7:30 o'clock in the morning. Tho Trench
man was snoring Justify 1 went on deck
before entering the cook house. and had
like TO have been blinded by tho astonishing
brilliance Of tho sunshine uDon the ice and
snow. Ali the wind was gone. The air was
cxquisitely frosty and sharp. But there was
q heavy sound coming from the sea which
gave me to expect the sight of a strong swell
The SKY was clear blue, and there was no
cloud on as much Of its face as showed be-
twixt the brows of The slopes.
My attention was quickly attracted by the
appearance Of the starhoard cliff over against
our quarter. The whole shoulder Of it had
broken away, and | could Just catch a view
Of the horizon Of tho sea from the deck by
stretching sty figure The of tho ocean
showed me that the breal:age had been pro
dieious, for TO have como ct tha5 prospect
before shoald ha9o had 70 climb Is the
height of the raaia Power masthead No
OTTER marked Or noteworthy change did de-
tect from the deck: but on stepping to the
larboard side = peer over spied eplit in
the ice TIM. reached from the very margin Of
the raviEe-I moan TO that end of it where it
terminated in q c.if'-Ho and past the bows of
the schooner ~ at least four times her own
length
Irotuimad to do cook room and went about
the old business Df lighting the fire and pre-
pairing Tie breakfast Ellis JOB. by an under
standing between the Frenchmen and me,
falling 20 him vino vas first cut Of bed-and
in about twenty minutes Taasard arrived
1.-THE wind is gone, said he.
YES | replied; ut is a bright, stiIl morn
ing. I havc been on deck. There has boon
great fail DC ice close tor
does It block usl'
"Ee; on tdo contrary, it clears the way to
the sea; tho ocean is now visible from the
deck Eot that IL mcnds eur case" / added.
But there IS great reat III The ice that puts
fancy iGto my head; TIL speak Of it later,
after q closer look.
The breakfast was ready and so fell to in
hurry, the Frenchman gobbling like hog
wcrc finished he wrapped himself up in threo
or four coats and cloaks warming the under
ones before folding them about him, and
completing his preparations for tie ezcur-
sion ~ swallowing half pint Of raw brandy
/ h2de lum arm himself with a short headed
spear % save his neck and thus equipped we
went on dCrE
He stood stocs still With his eyes shut on
emerging through the hatch, CRYING ont with
number he French oathg that III had boen
struck blind This did not believe. though
Ileasiilg surpGsed that tho elaro made his
eya5alls smart so is to canso him Il GOOD deal
OF aaonv Indeed. all along had been spr-
prisel Tint h. shorld hay. fonnd his sirl4 So
easily after having sat III blindness foy forty
eiahf wears. ard II was cot wonderful that
boafpazin.r l11IIarca on dooz s,ni+in,, lie
srltt or = s,stldan ebofifI l,ava ra,,sa5 l,,, ~
nv out. as IL l,a nod last tborsa az his eves
forever
waited natlpltly. ana n about tan min
,itai bo ,yos ,,,lo to l6el. obo,,t him and tI,nn
,..4, -
= IT, wv 80 Dsio.e rs .'3'.-' ~ mlouGl0
- 'te go, i ii'ii.''1o 3'e1iuS y ~ ~
- '' ."N i,77it's' w. ~ eHs'1 p1et 0lHS
liatlV n".ises' t.ie u'.'i'otesoihe e"t2l y his
49, iil' SIX i'ii 1iH scal' aill no iiIi's 81
~ ,e''i'el.'i'ss "''a - ~ seel ouV tli9
wrinbled than | had supposed, and me-
thought the spirit of cruelty lay visible in
every line. had never seen eyes so full of
cunning and treachery SO expressive, /
should say, Of these qualities; yet they were
no bigger than mere punctures was SEN
sible Of a monentary fear Of the man-not
let me say, an emotion Of cowardice, but
sort Of mixture Of alarm and awe such as O
ghost might inspire This l put down to
the searching light in which watched him
for moment or two-an irradiaton subtle
enough to give tie sharpest form to express
sion, to exauisitely define every meaning
that was distinguishable in his graveyard
physioSnomy. left him to stare and judge
for himself 81 the posture in which the long,
hard gale bad put the schooner, and stepped
over 10 the two bodies They were shrouded