The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-08-22

1 ny oue ftHoN psseenEtf hsu hsurs
Hoifoy5, snd myself hsile1 With sstisis
lion the DOCTORS announcement coupl
OF dsys lster tbst the pstisnt vs SUN
iently recovered to come up on deck snt
spend sn hour with us 10 the saloon. w
ball led, half carried him from his ber,t
aud sal him down on the alter lockers,
The stranger looked from one TO lh'
other Of us with 90 expression that was pi
iiul 10 bis eager longing TO sive ntisrsno'
to sonie half formed ideas. Then sudder
| " be iurrei TO me aud asked:
Whst wear is tbisf / told bin.
! thought perhaps 1t wss frlghsio
dream, he murmured, butit was reality
siI yesnI Ny God, Elk yesrsl
lie Stopped sbrnptIy and covered biz
face With bis hands Holroyd poured
out glass OF wine and gave 1t to him.
This frightened him up bit, and be slow
ly began sssip.
90 the Goth OF December. sir years ego,
We sailed from Adelaide in the ship Eoter
prise on 90 exploring expedition IN the 30
arctic regions. The captains name was
Cleveland.
We .teered for Kersuelan island, where
We landed some seal fishers. aud then pro
ces1ed on our voysae. On the 27th OF
January we made out some high land on
the port bow. To the west the water wss
full OF suu mer ice, but the water was
clear to The sonthwsrd. and We pushed on
until the 23td OF March, when we were be
set 10 the ice pack, and IL was only
With the greatest difficulty that We warp
Cd the ship into small inlet which the
captain determined to make bis winter
quarters,
AZ soon as the ship was safely moor' d
we started to explore this desolate
land, which no living man had ever sci
foot upon or ever seen. II was evidently
part ofs great southern continent which
stretched beyond tho pole itself And
over those frigbtiul and voioeless solitades
OF snow Cleveland determined TO force his
wsy ss soon ss spring rendered travelling
possible.
With the first traces OF returning light
we made preparations for an expedition to
the south, and on the Gath Of September
We stated. For month We Travelled I'm
der sky as blue ss Ilaly's, and then tne
weather changed. Fogs, and s0owstorms
succeeded each other. rendering travelling
. work OF such difficulty aud danger that
We had to make the best OF our wsy back
10 the ship, which We reached 10 Jsnusry,
only TO find that the ice had forced her
high up on the shere amid . mats Of
debris, She was still bsbitable, though
she would never Aost sgsin.
Six more weary months dragged by. Es
cape TO the north bsipg cut of by bsr
rier oil ice mountains, Captain Cleveland
determined 10 make another attempt TO
cross tbs polar sea. or Continent. wbich
ever it WAS, and reach Graham Land.
where be might be picked up by whaler.
Our original crew OF 35 was now reduc
ed by sickness aud accident to about 20.
We csrried e quantity OF provisions,
hois,ed the ensign st the peak and bsde
soodby TO the enterprise Oh Dot. 26
As we advanced farther the peaks end
rough ground fell away until sn unbrok
en- sheet Of snow stretched away before US
Nov here elsc on earth would il be possi
bio TO fiod such utter desolstion.
The crew held consultation, and even
the boldest of them. being dismsyed by
the gloomy prospects, addressed . re
quest to Captain Cleveland to return to the
Enterprise This be refused to do, bat
eight men determined 10 go back alone,
aud so giving them one OF The sledges
and their provisions. We parted company
Whether they ever reached the sbip !
know not
We kept on AID on, forever toward the
south, and one by one my oompsIions
died along the road until there we're only
four OF us left the captain. myself and
two sesmen. ltvss sbot this time that !
fell into . sort Of trance, Hev long con
tioued 10 this dtz,d state l do not know.
but when | recovered consciousness !
found myself standing on . rocky bead
land gazing upon . ship which vas i'm |
bedded ia the center Of fsld OF rooeb |
i,e. A lev p.ees irom me stood Captain
Cleveland. esua, sud hollow eyed. No
one else vas 10 sistL
The strange slip us the American
whaler Bsso!u,iop, voioh se discovered
from her log ID bssn sbsn iooed 10 lsii
iude "a degrees toaih ard lotgi,uae 30 de
srees zee, 3s yesrs before. rouid 90. be
Itese ny ges when | read 90 degrees
wesi lon si,ase.' Whs' dos Il nssnf
% uttered.
1. mesus. said C.p'sip Cleveland, that
&C hsss passed the soulb pol.r contineri
from the eastern 10 the western hsmi
sphere We tsre eots ,bsi witch vili
msle us fan os. F.m1ns. OF shat use
us isne to usi
Its he ,t,snsesi ,icrg ! ever hsud
s.ii Hoiroyd.
We found . qusrliiy Of provisions on
toud, the srestsr ton,itusd. uost Of
shich s1 10 sood condition AID sbosrd
The old sbsler ve toek pp cur vir,er qnsr
tsnL won't irouble you si,h &c seeonrt