El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

ed him to the thwart.
BE a man, you hound, and live fol
others, If not for yourselfI' cried.
The ferocious CLEAN in his eyes changed
and he wept.
'God help usi Yesi I forgot myself.
IT'S past now, " he answered gently.
We turned a point of the iceberg and
entered a small cove to leeward, hoping
to find dead SEAL The water here was
still as a mill pond, and on a plateau we
saw large white bear.
"Hurrah, my lads, a chance for us yeti
We must have that fellow at any costp'
shouted enoouragingly as I directed the
from the least prectpttOus part of the berg.
We armed ourselves with stanchions,
boathooks and oars, landed and started in
pursuit. The noble animal made q stand
at first, his fierce pink eyes cleaning like
opals as we charged him. A shower OF
blows raining upon his devoted head soon
changed his purpose, and he fled precipi-
lately. Along the plateau, up ice crags
and glaciers, across crevasses and chasms,
he bounded, but we followed, thirsting
for his blood. He came again to bay, and
after short, hard fight he lay a welter.
ing corpse at our feet. Twenty knives
were instantly plunged into it, and we
greedily ate the raw flesh, still warm as it
was.
When our hunger was somew hat as
suaged, we proceeded to cut up the bear
In order to convey it down to the Loaf. In
his inside we discovered a quantity of par
italy digested fish, a piece of tarred rope.
some buttons and q sealskin tobacco
pouch. I was struck with amaZement
when the last article came to sight, for
recognized it instantly as one that had be-
longed to Captain Lomax.
IF tits our shippers, it's got a metal
He gave me q chaw 'front.' to ther day,
and I seed that" said the sailmaker
looked. There was the button, with
the motto, "Sub spe." We pondered over
1t for awhile, and at the last came to the
conclusion that the captain party had
been or was still upon the berg, SO we
agreed to separate for awhile and institute
q search as tar as lay in our power.
L was making my way around a project
ing glacier wien I heard q hail from be
low and saw three of our number grouped
together ne At a crevasse gesticui,Ling nd
reckoning to me- hurried to tie SPIT as
quickly as the rugged surface would per
NIT me.
'Lcok here, sir This tells a taie,'' said
an old sailor sorrow fully.
STOPPING, ! peered into the chnsm. AZ
the bottom, q GeEtI q about tt rec feet,
covered by a thin sheet of pellucii ice, lay
a human form, coffined in a froze n grave.
In a second recognized the feat of
my darling. Emily beaumont With a
wild, bitter cry of anguish threw myself
into her chilly sepulchcr and glued ny
lips to the ice over her sweet face.
Like glass framed picture of a sleep
ing angel she lay, her hands folded across
her breast, her calm, holy smile still
up to me from the icy shroud
W hich eEvironed her. I have but a dim
of what occurred for some
days after. I have since heard that my |
shipmates bore me, raving lunatic, dow n |
to the boat, and lay in dull stupor I'M
til we we're rescued by the American bark |
Storm Cloud. Under gentle treatment !
strength both of body and mind. |
but my life is ovCrshadowed by a dull |
cloud of care-never to be dispelled, alas
for in dreamy night watches the sanity |
face of my poor. lost Emily haunts me |
like q dream.
Captain Lomax and his party had been
taken off the iceberg by passing vessel, |
but Mrs. Beaumont had died from expo |
sure prior to that event and had been |
buried at her request in the frozen cata-
comb in which I saw her last.-New York |
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