Smyrna times., 1901-07-31

from Wellington, New Zealand, when |
we were about $50 miles to the south
ward of Cape Horn, that we fell in
with the derelict ship. Her name, still |
family to be read on the SCARED tim |
bers, was Resolution. That is all we |
learned about her from personal OBJ |
servation, for the fact that her hold |
was half full of water precluded the |
possibility of careful examination.
But on board of her we discovered a
human derelict. He was lying in a
heap in the galley, and at first we
thought it was a mere bundle of furs
and rags. Closer scrutiny, however,
revealed the fact that the bundle was
man. There was a flicker of life in
him-nO more.
Pull him around if you can," said
the skipper TO the ships doctor. 81
should like to hear how it was that he
was drifting around in that old hulk,
which, by the way, is a danger to navi-
CATION"
My one fellow passenger, man NAM
ed HOlrOyd, and myself hailed with
satisfaction the doctors announcement
couple of days later that the patient
was sufficiently recovered to come up
on deck and spend an hour with us in
the saloon. We half led, half carried,
him from his berth and sat him down
on the after lockers.
The stranger looked from one to the
other of us with an expression that
was pitiful in his eager longing to give
utterance to some half formed ideas.
Then suddenly he turned to me and
asked:
What year is this?" / told him.
81 thought perhaps it was frightful
dream" he murmured, "but it was real
ity. Six years! My God, six years.
He stopped abruptly and covered his
face with his hands. Holroyd poured
out glass of wine and gave it to him.
This frightened him up a bit, and he
slowly began again:
ION the Goth of December, six years
ago. we sailed from Adelaide in the
ship Enterprise on an exploring expedi-
ton in the antarctic regions. The cap
tain's name was Cleveland.
I'VE steered for Kerguelan island,
where we landed some seal fishers. and
then proceeded on our voyage. On the
9th Of January we made out some
high land on the port bow. To the west
the water was full of summer ice, but
the water was clear to the southwark,
and we pushed on until the 23d of
March, when we were beset in the ice
pack, and it was only with the greatest
difficulty that we warped the ship into
small inlet which the captain deter
mined to make his winter quarters.
"As soon as the ship was safely
moored we started to explore this desc.
late land, which no living man had ever
set foot upon or even seen. 1t was evi
uently part of a great southern conti
hent which stretched beyond the pole
ITSELF. And over those frightful anC
Volceless solitudes of snow Cleveland
determined TO force his way as soon a:
spring rendered travelling possible.
With the first traces of returning
HgLt we made preparations for an ex
pedltlon to the south, and on the 24tl
vi september we started. For a montl
we Travelled under a sky as blue Al
Italy's, and then the weather changed
Fogs' snOwstorms and gales succeeded
eaeh other, rendering travelling a worl
Vi such difficulty and danger that w
nad to make the best of our way bacl
10 the ship, which we reached in Janu
ary' only to find that the ice had forces
Her nigh up on the shore amid a mas
debris. She was still habitable
lhough she would never float again.
Six more weary months dragged by
escape to the north being cut off by
Varrier Of ice mountains, Captain Clevt
.dhu determined to make another al
tempt to cross the polar sea, or cont
nent' whichever 1t was, and reach Grs
Ham Land, where he might be pickle
up by whaler.
Our original crew of 35 was now r,
ouced by sickness and accident to abou
~ we carried a quantity of provision
nOisted the ensign at the peak and bad
eoouDy to the Enterprise on Oct. 20.
AS we advanced farther the peak
aIu rough ground fell away until a
yuDroken sheet Of snow stretched ava
Deiore us. Nowhere else on earth woul
~ De possible to find such utter desoli
ton.
The crew held a consultation, an