Arizona republican., 1901-09-26
KNEW HER HUSBANDS STEP.
Mrs. Peary Tells How Sine Divined the
 Explorer Had Returned

Bangor. Me. Sept. 25.-Mrs Robert F.. Pearv. wife of Lieutenant Peary the Arctic explorer. IS now at the nome Of her friend. -Irs. Evans. in PieaSani- dale. Me. having arrived there on Sat urcay on her return from the far north. The reports from Pe.-y of his latest explorations have aircaGy been pub lished. but Mrs. Pea-:- adds. something of inters st to the narrative.'
 Having passed two winters within the Arctic circle with her husband, Mrs. Peary did not care to remain longer. nor did Lieutenant Peary wish h,r to stay
 In the summer of 1900 Mrs Poa-y sailed from North Sydney. Cape Breton. in the ship Windward. which was sent by the Peary Arctic club with stores and supplies for the explorer On Aug . ust 19. 1900. the Windward reached Etah. which had been Peary's winter quarters. and thsre found instructions to proceed If possible, to Smiths sound to meet Peary At Cape Sabine the Windward's course north was stopped by ice. and she went into winter quan- ters in Payer harbor. across the sound from Cape Sabine. With the exceptioI q of the instructions dated April I9 that year no word could be had from Peary. who every one knew had gone over the rough, ice-clad shores of Greenland to- ward the pole
 Speaking of this Mrs. Peary said:
 'I was. of course. anxious about him and tried my best to communicate with him. but to no purpose. The sailors of the Windward were not available for work on the ice. and the best Eskimos could not be had. as they lived on the other side of the sound from where we were. The winter passed slowly but not unpleasantly. I was in the open air nearly every day. tramping. shoot ing and sledging on the ice. My daugn- ter and myself were both we'll The steward had his wife with him. and they. together with the captain. my daughter and myself lived very com tortabiy in the ships cabin. The Wind ward was anchored in sheltered har- Dor. and only once were we in danger from the ice. the danger on that occa- sion being soon over. None of the wind storms disturbed us. and we suffered TO anxiety whatever
 "When the Arctic night showed signs of breaking away. l began to send ou. such eXps ditions as I could to find Mir Peary. At last I got some good Es- kimos. and they were accompanied by
 
 them. They proceeded toward Fort Conger. but had gone only about sixty miles when they met MT Peary. with two companions. on his way south. Mr. Peary had wintered al Fort Conger only 150 miles away from where we were. but I did not know that nor did he have any idea that the Windwari was SO near him. He did not know that l had come north with the search ing party until ne met the expedition that had sent out, and then. you maN be sure. he hurried fast as he could over the rough ice to get to us. It was night when he reached the Windward was asleep in my room in the cabin when suddenly I heard some one jump on deck right over my head
 I shouted to the steward to open the coppanionway. that MT. Peary was there. I knew it was he. for when l went north in the Erik in 1892 he came on board in just the same way. and recognized his step. This time he took one long stride and was nammering at the door. The steward hearing ne shout. simply rolled out of his bunk. rushed to the door. and there stood MI. : Peary. It was the 9th day of May, this year-his birthday, too