The age-herald., 1897-08-18
ANDREE BLASTS
 FROM THE NORTH POLE.

"one hundred yards nearer fale polS']
 than any bloody explorer ever got, andf
 I'm going to make it 150," exclafm Eg
 Prof. Andree as he stIode on deck anf' surveyed the ice bergs round him.
 '.I will write. will write" how1ed Aql-
 dree. T will wrfas a warm letter to my
 friend M in Birmingham.
 How cain anything warm come out 'o
 this frozen place" said Mike, who was
 employed to drive the nsindeer.
 zPo1r Mike wals immelia ely run through
 win a sword for giving ths professor a
 chilly sensation. Mike said while he was
 breathing his last that he though. the
 climatic conditions made it a propitioos place for a simmer to die They laid him
 to reeIt in an ice berg Hernando, llhs
 refrigerator patcher expressed the be- lief that peor Mike would always keep
 fresh.
 Ardrse wrote:: So bitterly cold is 1t that I must keep my paper on red hot
 surfaca to prevent the ink from freezing.
 as slesabble the words upon the psrch-
 ment in leIiters of fire. I have received
 the reward of months of priva ton and
 will speedily return to civilization to be enveloped in millions of newspaper col-
 umns and be crownsd king of explorers.
 I marvel that I have survived 'teH-ell my
 tale of suffering and adventure. am a hero from Heroyille But dear friend, I must nof dtscant too much upon my own
 achievements. If it had not been for my carrier pigeons you would never have known of this and a New York yellow
 newspaper could not have borne the news to a. palpitating public. You can, dear
 friend, feel some hing of my trials when you reflect that you are now in a cosy room under an August sun. Tell MT Ja- cohS the weather man, that l can sant him a special order 6or Blrming ham from | the north pole.
 Please excuse the interruption. Two polar bears have just broken through the mosquito netting. Three of my right hand men met death and had a terrific hand -to-hand encounter with the mon- sters, but conquered, severing ones jugu-
 lar vein with my sword and strangling the other. I have just heard of the pro- posed armor plate plant. I desire sam pie of the first plate made I feel sure iu
 will answer for mosquito netting and keep the bears out. We know not when the octopus will ertwine Us or some mon-
 ster devour us and I am kept busy fight ing in defense of my party and doing deeds of unparalleled heroism. The other day we Were nearing a bleak
 and barren island. An Esquimaux wo-
 man stood on the bank holding a babe Tn her arms. So startled was she at the
 sight of our party that she dropped the babe into the water. In the twnkling of
 an eye I had doffed my coat and boots
 and had plunged into the raging stream.
 rescued the infant and restored it to
 its mothers bosom. She could not ex-
 press her gratitude, but the look on her
 face was heavenly. The woman em-
 braced me for an hour and forty minutes
 on a stretch. I could not stand it to be
 losing time and finally had to run her
 through with sword and spill the poor
 things blood.
 At arother time two of my ieutenants
 ventured out too far on an ice berg. The
 Old berg split with a herrifying crash and they floated away in opposite dbsec-
 tions. Beforsl I could diyroba Hihey were each attacked by ferocious wild beasts that seened to drop from the sky. was single-handed and quick action must be
 taken I leaped into the water swam
 with swift, powfsrifu1 strokes to the one having the most terrific struggle. I cut down the beasts until the water was bo,I- ing with thleir gore. The ones attacking tIhe other lieutenant who stood aghast at
 my heroism and finally slunk off like whipped ours. don't take any credit to
 myself because had just been read'ng some old acccunlts of the Grecian war and Pal-sian dueas, consequently would have fought anything. The boys pressn- ted me With token of their appre ci-tcm and the drinks ware on me. The other day I met an old Esquimau woman ,whn was shiveFiing from cold. She had on mo more clothfng than the aveTag ge | couchee coudlnee dancer and promptly ! gave her my furs, notwithstanding the | protests of tIhe crew wsnt on with the | Arctic blasts wlhi:tling through my wh s. | lkers and happy that had saved the old | danpe's life.
 | didn't tell you tIh'alt we had smallpox 1 in camp We orly had one doctor and
 he didn't know what to do He was quar- | relling with himsauf if he could get no 1 one else. Finally made him take dose of his own rihysfc to demonstrate its cur ing qualities. Tine poor fellow died. l took the cases in hand, pulled the boys l through and now they are taking up a | collection to get me a gold medal. | I didn't wish to overburden my carrier l pigeon and will continue in my next. NEW AUST RYAN ACTRESS.