Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-08

fAitRSHtN. u hoSpA llutHl VI Icduy
made clothes and general stock OF
gents furnishings. Among his ready
made goods but one suit was small
enough for me. so | took 1t at the RI
'iculously low price of sixteen kro-
mons. or exactly s4.32 of American
money. After selecting underwear
shirts, cap and complete outfit.
was ready to go. The smiling little
merchant addressed Jack in Norwe-
gian with some sort of query
He turned to me with. He wants to
know II you won't go into the back
room and put on your new suit"
Thank him. Jack. for his kind
ness" | answered. but really the
clothes | have on are so dirty that |
want to change throughout before
put the new ones on"
Jack jabbered to the little man, who
volubly answered him. and then Jack
came at me again with, He says you
may draw the curtains and change
completely In there"
Hang it. Jack. I'm so dirty want a
bath first"
He says there is big tub in there
and he will heat you some water for
a bath"
Plague take the man. Jack! Tell
him | must have a shave and a hair
cut"
He says he is the best barber in
town and will shave you and cut your
halr!,,'
After selling me a suit of clothes
for S4.32 on credit, the man actually
wanted to throw in a shave, bath
and haircut.
Tell him appreciate his Kindness,
but | music hang it. tell him any
thing Send the goods to the ship"
and with that ran for the door to es.
cape other friendly overt rss. or per-
haps a forcibly admlnist Il bath.
The clothes. sailor OF blue
serge. with the accomp animent of
loose tie and cap to match, fitted me
50 snugly that the boys dubbed me
willy of the Yacht" In this was
more fortunate than Mr.. Dickson, who
bought suit of Russian furs in Arch
angel When he donned them he was
nicknamed "Dicksonovitch," and this
name gave the wags such an opportu-
nifty of sounding the "v" like "b" that
it became unpleasant To tell the
truth, however. was called the
horsethiei' most of the time, as the
name was given me by Capt Hart
soon after | joined the company at
Dundee. There was no apparent rea-
son for IL, and probably for the same
cause. 1t stuck.
On my visit to the barber soon after
getting into my new clothes. he pro
ceeded to almost scalp me. Out of
my limited Norsk vocabulary manag-
ed to extract the word "leeta" for lit
tie. meaning for him TO only cut on u
little. He calmly proceeded to take
off little more every time opened
my mouth. so | resigned myself to
the inevitable. At the conclusion OF
the shave got up from the chair and
washed the lather from my face and
combed the little that was left OF my
own hair. which is the custom of the
country.
But our stay In Tromso was OF short
duration. and / was soon homeward
bound. ] visited enroute some of the
coast cities of Norway. and had the
pleasure of thoroughly exploring the
old cathedral in Trondjheim, built in
the year 900, Just 500 years before
America was discovered
At the Present Time.
During these sunny winter days in
Colorado my thoughts often return to
the party now in the Arctic under the
leadership of Anthony Fiala Mr.. FL
ala was member of the last Ziegler
expedition and was one of the most
respected and popular men of the
party, His selection by Mr. Ziegler
to lead the second attempt was. in the
eyes Of the old party. just and de-
served recognition of merit Church.
men will be glad to know OF his an
pointment when 1t is told that of the
entire party he was the only member
who was at the time an active Chris
tian young man. He Is a member OF
Brooklyn Baptist church and an act
i've Y. NJ. C. A. man. Fearless. alert,
a man of faith and daring, of resolu-
ton and OF executive ability, possess
ing in abundance the art of drawing
mis- followers to him, It is my opinion
that Anthony Fiala can, If any man
can. succeed In reaching the north
pole.
| stood this summer on the lonely
point OF rocks terminating the long
stretch OF land reaching out into the
Arctic ocean from the dreary coast OF
far-away Siberia known as Cape
Serge, and | looked out across the
dark waters with curious eyes, while
wondered of the fate that little band
OF explorers on the other side OF the
world were meeting with in their ef-
forts to reach the pole. ! was only
1000 miles from them; nearer than
was to Colorado. yet that 1000 miles,
since time began. has bafiled the
world In its efforts to penetrate It's
icy fastnesses.
At this time in the Arctic they are
In the midst of the long night They
are housed up. either aboard ship or
ashore in narrow quarters yet mar
row and crowded as they are, their
quarters are to them the only place
OF light and warmth in all that thou
sand of miles of white wildarness