Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-04

ssA"h NlAut, cAPcCt, Sdlu i.
"What is this month"; be cried
July" replied.
"July--July" he muttered "rmpossiblei
Let me see"-he began to count on his fingers
I'VE fell in with the fee and got locked in
November. We had six months Of IL; recol-
lect no more. Six months of it, sir; and
suppose the stupor came upon me then, the
month at which my memory stops would be
April. Yet you call this July--that is to say,
four months Of oblivionl Impossibler'
What was the year in which you fell in
with the iceF said I.
The yearp he exclaimed, in o voice deep
with the wonder this question raised in him ;
the yeari Why, man, what year but 1753r
Good GodW cried l, jumping to my feet
with terror at a statement had anticipated,
though 1t shocked me as a new and frightful
revelation "Do you know what year this isf'
he looked at me without answering.
1T is 1901 cried; and as said this re-
coiled a step, fully expecting him to leap up
and exhibit hundred demonstrations OF
horror and CONSERVATION; for this, am per-
suaded, would have been my posture had any
man reused me from a slumber and told me
had been In that condition for eight and
forty years.
He continued to view mo with a very
strange and cunning expression in his eyes,
the coolness of which was inexpressibly sur
prising and bewildering, and even mortify-
ing; then presently, grasping his beard,
looked at it; then put his hands to his face
and looked at them; then pulled out his feet
and looked at them; then very slowly, but
without visible effort, stood up, swaying a
little with an air Of weakness, and proceeded
to feel and strike himself all over, swinging
his arms and using his legs-after which he
sat down and pulled his clothes over his naked
feet, and, fixing his eyes on me afresh, said:
"What do you say this year is, sirf'
Eighteen hundred and one," repliedff
"Bah!" said he, and shook his head very
knowingly. "No matter; you have been
shipwrccked, tool Sir, shipwreck shuffles
dates as player does cards; and the best Of
us will go wrong in famine, loneliness, cold
and peril. Be Of good cheer, my friend; all
will return to YOU Sit, sir, that may hear
your adventures, and will relate mnep
! saw how it was; he supposed me de.
ranged-a mortifying construction to place
upon the language of a man who had restored
him to life; yet few moments reflection
taught me to see the reasonableness Of IL, for
unless he thought me crazy he must conclude
Ispoke the truth, and it was inconceivable
he should believe that he had lain in a frozen
condition for eight and forty years.
heva NO doubt the disorder my mind was
IN neipeo 10 persuade MIN that had not the
full possession of my senses. He ran his eve
over my figure and then round the cook
room, and said, II am impatient to learn
your story, slr.
"Why, sir" said I, "my story is summed
up in what / have already told you" But
that he might not be at q loss-for to be sure.
he had only very newly collected his intel
iect-l related my adventures at large. He
drew nearer 10 tne furnace while talked,
bringing his covering OF clothes along with
him, and held out ms great hands to toast at
the nre, all the tirne observing me with
scarcea wlnk OF the eye arrived at the
enu OF my ,a'e, 'oIu no" ohiy iast night
hau uIaeseu HiS .o.paI,on oh ueoh, anu
now ne was " ,oiiU" pu. iol niS posture
ai .lieu % n1, iuu nsn. n",e causeu SEQ
my nesh W n,oi .'y ~ 10y ing 'ie .iose 70 .ie
hIe; N "o,'' h"'e 'e' o''''' W iuo lie
Win SNOW.
ne Pokeu up one 100. alVer tne otner 10
eoanI n,' . rs .hn a;I. I o WIWou away
,.n -, UIo,,Ia hara sIant h.a ,n,, ' ana n.
Nv" ..ta,. ,,ooI., pnSt D., ,N.
s .,es, H. ,,o,, NV, s+co,,;,,ss. -
gave 1neih W LII, anu nv pu,ieu .neii,
over MS iess anu .ne'i aie" on nis poo's anu
u, ~ - iN 'i
MIN as nc rose'
eah s.ahu, says n. nav soou.
Du' III a',ennp..S I o.'p no ieeieu'
NV "oo'N " "A'
arm, xx,, .,..w
-. .' ae ~ y Iy h;,,sai, III ,1,st IL T,.'e t
Serea, ~ II !" .t n shn. =. ,aD,., Sc no "a ns.e .s0
,onhei, anu ..uass Y ~ hraa.hod % h..r;,. ,u1u
Wy "ions .n' - ..;,,i. ny
oi,u poiroeu " ,no 80 ,seN IN IN
"ne.ne' "e ,,r.. as,taa -.
which dose. I thought, on top of what he had
already taken, would send him to sleep; but
instead It ouickened his spirits, and with no
,sck of life in his voice. he said: uWhat is tbe
condition NJ the vesseIin
told him that She was still high and drv
adding that during the night some sort OF
change had honpened. which I sbould pres
emily 90 ON deck to remark.
"Tbink you.n saws he, ssthat there is any
chance of her ever being liberatedp'
I.rsuorad ..yes but not vet. that is &,
49, 80 a., hroo,,ino doesn't destroy her The
.,,,,,,,ar sonson has vet 10 come and wa ara
,'rnnress;ng north. hut now that Won are
n;t6 me n will he a Question for MS To settle
,,h.thor ,yo ara IN wait for the ice to releasa
the schooner or endeayor to effect our escape
hv otber meansn
curious pleam of cunning satisfaction
.bone in his ewes as he looked at me; he then
Len, siience for some moments, lost in
thanobt
s,Ps , ,.;d T breaLipg IN uno, him
nwbat sbin is this,,
He start.d Jeliberated an instant and an.
.,,,arad .T,t, pCco daI Drs gonn
"a SnoniardT,
~ naddad
s.Sh. ,.,.s a ,;r.,.,y s.;aT
HOW do you Know thatf' he cried, with a
sudden herceness.
Sir, SAID l, am british sailor, VINO