San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-26

Sse tracks of the narta-they were still per.
fectly visible. Yegor'S dog barked in the
direction taken by the sledge and then began
to run that they might follow it; the animal
returned and again went through the same
Thanks 10 Wab," said M. Lafeur, 1--WE
will find them"
Il hope so" cried Yegor; 'but shall we
abandon the hut, go forward, taking Yer.
mac with US. and pursue our journey to-
wards the Gulf of Anadyr when we have
recovered Nadege and Ladislas!" =
And what Of the expected nartas in that
casel" said NJ. Lafeur. 'What would be-
come of our guidesl Besides. can we un.
dertake such a journey on foot, No; be.
lieve me. Let US cave the nut in charge
OF the chief of police and set out with as
little baggage as possible. We will return
here
They returned to the hut and hastily made
their preparations, deciding to take but a
small quantity of food with them. But
they did not forget their weapons-Yegor
his gun and pistols and the Partisan the
Ratchet found on board the whaler, which he
took to replace his gun broken over the skull
of the white bear.
At the moment of departure, Yegor told
Yermac that he could dispose of the food
contained in the hut.
"You insist uselessly, Monsieur Seine,
noff." said the chief of police. II would
rather die of hunger than to touch it
But will you not satisfy my curiosity by
telling me where you procured those pro.
Wisconsin
Il will tell you," said Yegor, ''and the
information will, perhaps, remove your re-
pugnance."
He then told him of the discovery of the
whaling vessel.
But, said the chief of police, ''the con.
tents of the ship must be saved. What is
its name!"
II do not know"
''That is, however, what must be known
first of all. l will discover it. Twill make
q note of the place from whence the ship
sailed; the owners shall be informed of
what has happened and shall, in a certain
measure, be Unidentified by our government.
provided the supplies, appendages, utensils.
arms, hull and masts can be sold at Mini
Kolimsk or the fair of Ostrovoye-but that
is impossible; we can only make use of the
abandoned food, and that in a very small
quantity according to our needs"
You consent then to utilize the resources
furnished us by the whaler!"
Certainly. This time it is for the &C
count of the government of the Car, which
will pay for what is used"
Arrange that to suit yourself. Monsieur
Yermac," said Yegor; 1.-The most important
point is that you may not suffer and waste
away, and that | can leave you here a few
days feeling certain that on my return | shall
find you alive"
Yermac might have shown himself sensi-
BILE of the interest Yegor took in him, had he
been a man to indulge in amiable words.
AS it was, he was for a moment embarrass-
ed and, to relieve himself. turned his back
to Yegor.
Satisfied in regard to the chief of police,
Yegor started on his journey, accompanied
by NJ. Lafeur. Wab ran on before, without
straying too far from the coast.
Soon they perceived to the east, and at a
distance of more than sixty miles, Mounts
Vayvanine, Geyla and Raoutane, as well as
the pointed rocks of Cape Chelagsk. The
dog led them towards the southwest,
across abrupt earthly hillocks and frozen
lakes. AT night, they halted for a few
hours on the snow, having nothiag with
them that could soften the rigor. of such 0
~sojourn.
The next day, they passed through a dis.
trict cut up by greet numbers of deep lakes
Of different :.Des, separated from each other
by a kiE3 Of natural dykes, not more than an
lpok thick and formed, as well as the soil, of
never melting ice covered with a little
earth. After a toilsome walk, they finally
reached the western shore of the Bay of
Tchaounsk.
Still guided by WAX and themselves, con.
tinuing to follow the tracks of the sledge on
the snow, they went along the sides of the
hills parallel to the coast, over d narrow
strip of sand on which they noticed remains
of sea-kale with large leaves and of some
other marine plants.
An east wind was blowing im%petuously.
The sky was clear. At noon. a celestial
phenomenon of extraordinary beauty at
tracted their attention and stopped them,
for an instant, in the midst Of their breath
less and tOilsome career. Around the Sun
appeared four other suns connected with
each other by brilliant rainbOws of the most
vivid ~colors the whole formed a circle the
diameter of which equalled forty degrees;
besides, a horizontal rainbow, about eighty
degrees long, passed across the real sun
and the apparent sun which surrounded it;
at its extremities arose perpendicularly two
little rainbows, the very pale hues of which
contrasted with those of the main one. This
phenomenon lasted two hours. The wind
abated little by little and then snow fell, |
being converted into a snow hurricane OF