Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-01-02

more than guess at its dimensions.
The waves had squared its four sides
to great extent, but above their wash
the berg was full of hills, valleys and
ravines, and it would have been impos-
sible to cross it.
AS there was no way to dodge the
berg, we put out an ice anchor and
made fast to drive with it until an
opening should occur. The side on
which we were was as straight up and
down as q wall, and, though the wind
was whistling far overhead, it was
scarcely to be felt on deck. We passed
q very quiet night, and soon after sun
rise next morning the captain ordered
me to take two men and pass over the
field ice and get a view of the western
face of the berg. If l found that it
could be done, ! was to Chamber up
and look to the north for clear water.
AS the great cakes Of ice were wedged
together in the greatest confusion, our
pace was necessarily slow, and it was
q matter of two hours before we turned
the corner of the berg and lost sight of
the bark. | judged the western face
to be a mile long, but it was not as
steep as the southern. About midway
Of its length we came to a gully, up
which we toiled for n matter of 200
yards. We then found our way blocked
by a cliff fifty feet high. 1t was a cliff
of ice, of course, though here and there
one could see a bOWlder creeping out.
1t was blue ice almost as reflective
as a mirror, and it would have turned
the edge of an AK like granite. We
stood staring and resting, hot enough
with our exertions, when one of the
sailors leaped aside and cried out:
"Ill be shot if there are not ship
wrecked people right here above US!
Look here, sir! And why haven't they
raised a shout"
What / saw and what we all SaZed
at with open mouths was a sight few
men will ever boast of seeing. About
thirty feet above our heads n man
dressed as q mountain tourist, an Eng
lishman apparently, was lying at full
length with lis face toward us. One
arm was doubled np Under him, the
other outstretched. He was fully dress
ed, had a cap on his head, and his eyes
were wide open. There was a rope
around his waist, and that rope led
back to the body Of guide and still a
second one. | say guide because from
their dress and looks | believed them
to be such. One was huddied up as IL
his bones were broken, while the other
lay sprawled on his back. The three
of us had waved our caps and cheered
before the thought came to US that
these men were dead-dcad and frozen
into that flinty ice for heaven only
knows how long. And yet it was hard
10 believe IT. We could, see everysliQe
In their faces, and every instant "
seemed as If they would move.a leg or
an arm. We had brought a rope with
US, and | managed to lasso bowIder
and pull myself up on a level with the
victims. | judged that there was at
Yeast three feet Of solid ice before them,
but it was wonderfully transparent
1t was easy to guess what had hap
pencd. Somewhere thousands OF miles
away, where a great glacier crept down
to the sea, the tourist had set out with
the guides to explore, and snow or ice
had given way under them and drop
ped them down perhaps a hundred feet.
In time the crcvasse filed up solid,
and as the ice was pushed down TO the
sea a berg was born, and the cOrpses
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