The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
: There's bad p~ws In them
Mother he said.

There's bad p-~s IN them'
Mother he said.
When
November
1T was pretty hard TO begin our reunion
with hat little dialogue, which told him
~ his mothers death.
but hs hal Mrs P-ary and Marie.
YES, and they had him
Mr.. Budgman TOSSED over n Photograph.
II was 81 Lieut. Peary seated on some bare
rocks with a little furry figure beside him
a little figure all Ia fur from top 60 toe
The clothes were Esquimax. hut the face
In the peaked seal-kin hood With its border
Of fosskin was a dear. delicate it'll. face.
The tall man aud the furry little girl sat aide
by side on the rocks VncOmmonly close
they sat and the peaked realskin hood
was tight up against the l~Aeut.nants arm
One would have said u was glued to that
arm. Truly Mare had her father while
she could The picture made ones heart
ache. How jealOtl-ly the child forbade
a breath Of air Ia creep b tween them then.
and now what empty miles OF winter are
frozen there
i, was the first Wednesday in Angus,
when We found the WindwArd,- said Mr.
Rridgrnan A strange thing about II was
that Mrs. Pcary had told the party on tho
windward that We would come that day
At dinner the captain and Mr. Peary
laughed nj her and told her she was a poor
prophet. but she insisted that they wait
until the day was over before they called
her powers 81 prophecy into question
And sure enough. about Q o'clock We APP
reared
Mrs Peary.- continued MIR B1dgman,
is perfectly informed Oh all the details
OF Arctic exploration When IA" Wind
ward gocs newt wear after Lieut. Peary
IL will be absolutely unnecessary To send
anyhody with CAPT Bartlett and Mrs
Peary-to nag the expedition, l mean
A man might le able to do some work, but
he would l." - no other Use He would
have 90 appeal 10 Capt Bartlett and Mrs.
Pear yfor orders, because thcy know all the
problems and the way ~ rllNtnR them.
Mrs peary - mistress ~ all the details
Of Arctic exploration She UNDERSTANDS
the conditions and knows the needs. she
l. familiar with the native. all OF whom
know her and obey her % IMPLICITLY After
We had left Mr. ppary and started south
! she happened 20 think that We had brought
Mr. peary'z thermometers with us TO he
repaired and that h" had no watch n" could
! depend on. She decidcd 10 send hlm hers
and va therefore lcn Il with one Of the
natives at a settlement We passed. lie
was ordered To take Il to MIR reary and |
haven't a doubt that he would do so
The last time we left Mr. Peary up there
We sent back tn him his telescope, which
We found on board the day after our sep
amtion The second day We CAV" hts comb
To- another native with orders Ia tai" u
back. and the third day ~ found a cushion
which We gave to a third native. lie told us
no re,eived them al
Nov much would YOU give a native to
deliver these things'
-Giye themS on, YOU don't give them
enyrh hing All they want II food and Mi.
Peary gives them that when he receives the
thing, :, hard for Mr. peary to lea We
her husband up thore again
-Ne~. of course, but she has supreme
confidence In his ability To surnonnt dang"rs
and difficulties It's a conhdenc" which
everybody gets who Sssss much OF him
Their. was charlie Percy, our steward.
lie simuly volunteered to STAY up there with
The Lieutenant this year. Just offered 10
do II. YOU know There's MAJ, the Colored
man who has teen with MIR P'ary all tines"
Arctic wears y Mat doesn't car"
any moro about the North Pole than do
about tina, telegraph pole out there. But
he sticks 80 long "a The Lieutenant does
Last, month. when We were trying to
work IN Ia Payer hartor whore Li"ut
Peary wanted 10 spend the winter, the
icp began coming down on NJ thick and
fast. The foes grew moro wicked look
ing every day and finally Mr. Prary game
Ia me and -aid that " thIngs dldnt I'M
prove h. would g. ashore a. III" most
ayailahle srp, that offered and let vs. turn
around and maxi for home while "" could
Things didn't improve and he was as good
a. his word lie put on IN "A small Loaf
Ia NJ ashor~ and make "a reConnoissanc"'
Uo Lad Lar,ly started hen the ice began
closing In on all sides, II looked az "
! the httle hoat must surely le caught and
crushed Mr.. P.ary. standing In the stern,
shouted his orders, quickly sharply anu
with ALWAYS Just the right effect FIRST
the little party Slipped through the ice
In on. direction, then In another and ~
on until they were afc In open water
And Mn Peary' Was she w~atching'
Yes,
and she was frghtcned'-
-Why-she knew and We knew that tho
Lieutenant, would escaI@. That's his
way. liz knows danger - well hat lie
always seems prepared.
But when she left him up there. Surriy
she must have thought
That she might not So him again
Probably. one always thinks that It's
the proper thing But AZ least they. tade
cach other fnrrw"l braN"iy- on deok ,hl,
como upstairS hut this time b" said they'd
better have II out
And Nari"f'
There Wa the picture VITA the Little
furry head glued to the tall mans arm
well said NJ Bridgmsn, shufning
the paIrr- on his desk "a a sudden search
for something which h. forgot To and
Marie said 'Good-by, Charlie, take good
car. Of papa
sCharlia was the steward. you know,
no added And then. somewhat irrelevant
lv: sHer voice broke, but she was plucky,
There seems To IT, n strain ot pluck
throughout tho whole Peary family.
Mr. Bridgman turned with relief, per
hap--to some maps and charts, som"
~ them made by P-ary's own hand Ia"
very first charts ever made OF the northern
coast 81 Greenland On one map, n printed
one. Their. wen, ink marks, nut-s, indica-
tions az routes and the locations of caches'
all mnde hv MIR Pcarv And from Cap,
Hccla north ran "a straight line 81 bold
da-h.- In red ink They mark tie rnut"
Lieut. Pesry means To- taxi" next year when
no tries for the Pole again. Good luck
attend him' After all NS pcsry and
little Martc have put mp with, there's no one
will d.nv that. " the genius Of the North
Poi. r.fl.,S -'ill Ia H. discovered, he's
no gentleman at all and should 10 left To
he own society
MIL AIMS IOTES