Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-22


that might perish OF cold in the cabin by
sitting still, WIS suro the temperature be
low had not tho severity to stonify me to tho
granite of the men ut the table.
Still, though greater degree of cold
cold as killing as If tho world had fallen sum
less-did unquestionably exist in those lati-
tudes whence this ice with the schooner in
its hug had foated, it was so bitterly bleak
in this interior that twas scarce imaginable
IL could be colder elsewhere; and as | rose
from the cask, shudderng to tho heart with
tho frosty, motionless atmosphere, my mind
naturally went to tho consideration of frs
by which | might sit and toast myself
put a bunch of candles in my pocket
they wero os hard as parcel of mnrlino
spikes-and took She lantern into the passage
and inspected the next room. Here was a
cot hung up by hooks, and large black chest
stood in cloats upon the deck; some clothes
danged from pins in the bulkhead and upon
a kind OF tray fixed upon short logs and
serving as shelf were a miscellaneous
bundle Of boots, laced wastcoats, three
corner hats, n couple of swords, three or four
pistols and other objects not very readily
distinguishable by the candle light There
was a port which tried TO open, but found
it so hard frozen l should necAa handspikc
to start it. There We're three cabins besides
this--tho last cabin, that is, the one in the
stern, being the biggest of the lot. Each had
its cot, and each also had its own special
middle and litter of boxes, clothes, firearms,
swords and the like
Indeed. by this timo | was beginning to
see how it was. Tho suspicion that tho
watches and iewelry | had discovered on
the bodies Of the men had excited was now
confirmed, and l was satisfied that this
.
what nationality | could not yet divine
mcthought Spanish from the costume of the
first figure had encountered: and ! was also
convinced, by the brief glance | directed at
the things in the cabin, particularly the wear
ing apparel, and the make and appearance
of the firearms, that she must have been in
this position for upward of fifty years.
Tho thought awed me grcatly-twenty
years before | was born those two men wero
sitting dead in the cabin! He on deck was
keeping his blind and silent lookout; he on
the rocks, with his hands locked upon his
knees, sat sunk in blank and frozen contem-
plation!
Every cabin had its port and there wcro
ports in the vessels side oppositc but on re-
Election [ considered that the cabin would he
the warmer for their remaining closed, and
SO | came away and entered the great cabin
afrcsh, bent on exploring the forward part.
mist tell Won that Inc lnainnnst. ricrc-
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