Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-07-22
AUST1NS HAWAIIAN WEEKLY.


He was an explorer, it turned out what had
new theory about getting to the North Pole.
We was to go up to a certain degree o lattood
and then, as far as could see at the time
ship into a steel boat he was carryin' in sections,
which was to be driven plum to the Pole by some
new power he'd dskivered and tibet could only
be fixed up north He'd powerful heap of troll
bic gettin' crew together, it bein' sort of on
certain kind OF job about ever gettin back
agen, but he was payin high wages plum t,ro'
and had as nice set of boys, whalers every one
on 'em, as ever tlrowed harpoon.
He was nomnally cap en-, but | had the real
charge O the ship, he being below most O the
time maxim calculations. Him and me got reg
lar chums after while and one day. when we was
some three weeks out and well amongst the ice,
he calls me into his cabin and tells me his secret.
Wal, | didn't hardly credit it and likely never
would ef hadn't been there myself and seen it.
"rhankee, Mr.. Hammond. Them Havanas is
powerful good smoking and gettin' mighty
scarce, they're tellin me, sence the Cuban scrap.
WAL he got his idee from the Eskimo when
way up amongst EN- one time 1t pears that
one on 'em had somehow or other got hold of
steel head to his spear, while all the others had
theirs made out of bone in the regular way OF
course he got stuck himself. and the rest
thought him high muck-a-muck. so they elect
ed him as kind OF boss over them ALL Wal.
way up nearer north than they'd ever been afore
He was ahead of 'em all, when all of sudden
like they sees his spear stick out in front of him
like all the world as if something was pullin' on
the other end of it. He yells at EN- but they was
all scared, and thought the Great Spirit had got
hold OF him. Wal, he hangs on to his spear like
DEATH and whatever it was at the other end hung
on. too. and in fifty there he was scootin' over
the ice and yen for all he was worth. like the
thing was luggin' him away
The Eskimos stood there scared to death,
watching him till he was out of sight, going fast
er every minute. They never saw any more OF
aim and his own grandson told the story to old
whiskers"
When old Rufus, as we used to call him, after
ared-headed king they had in England one time:
when old Rufus told me as fur as that he Jumps
up and looks round and locks the cabin door,
comes comes back to me and ses to me in whisper:
What do YOU think of that
l think it's lie ses I, and a bad one At
that ~ ~
What do you make out of the power as was
dragein him along ses he.
".Rum,' SEES I. and probly traders rum at that
KUN, nuthin.' ses he. 1T was the mapne-
t'sn the awful electricity at the Pole that seized
on his steel spear head with resistless power and
DRAGGED him to the axle of the earth ses he
Land sakes,' ses I.
And tibet was his scheme To get as far north
as the Eskimo was when it happened and then
we was to get right into the steel boat and every
mothers son of us be dragged straight to the
Pole itself. ~ '"e
wen be in the right latitood this time mex
week ne went on in my ear. and then You'll see
Bristol: then you'll see. we'll plant the American
glorious Stars and StrDes on the ax,e of the