The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-24
esponse from a Roosevelt seaman.

respons from a Roosevelt seaman.
.Peary received the visitors on the quarter
deck, where he had been standing peering
into the darkness toward Sydney. His
manner. was quiet and cordial and his APP
pearance was that of a man in ex cellent
health. While Peary talked, behind him
a stalwart, silent, oilskin clad figure whirled
the spokes of the wheel that had steered
the Roosevelt through so many perils.
One OF the first questions to Peary was:
will o try again." To this he returned
non-committal answers. Capt. Bartlett was
not so undecided.
Go again." said he, loud enough and
hearty enough to be heafk at the bows,
sure, he'll go again. and with a new ship"
At this point Capt. Gordon of the Gladi-
ator came aboard and walked straight TO
Capt. Bartlett. There was some close
peering in the darkness and then a low
shout and with handclasps the two old
friends greeted each other. Next minute
the two men were in a corner to starbUard,
their heads together. Capt. Bartlett's sou
wester was tilted Jack the limit.
Hes married." came the voice Of Capt.
Gordon. Capt. Bartlett jumped. Then
in a voice like a gale Of wind, THE devil
he is! Who to-" AS the vessel slowly APP
preached Sydney Commander Peary took
the visitors below.
In the cabin a piano with a mechanical
player fanked a case of books, nearly all
on Arctic travel, and underneath stood a
model of a new ship upon which Peary has
been working. The explorer produced
refreshments that had been thrice frozen
and still tasted we'll
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thar he received New York messages which
caused him to entertain the idea of starting
by rail for New York. The trip from Cha
teau Bay was filled with annoying delays
and many dangers. Describing it briefly
Pearv said
We left Chateau Paw on the morning Of
the lSth with light northwest winds, The
wind lasted half way across the strait and
then il shifted to the northeast and we
carried all sail, spinning along nicely. We
passed Port Amou at $40 p. NJ. and Point
Richie light at 1890.
"NeSt morning the wind changed at ?
O'Clock and one Of the rudder guys broke
and we were forced into Bonnie Ray. w
put a BOAT over and repaired the brace and
beat down to Bay of ISLANDS in heavy
weather, with the very risky rudder slung.
We got the wind ahead ano worked aroun
to Cape St. George by Saturday noon. We
beat back and forth in the bay Saturday
and Saturday night, sunday and sunday
night. but we had no anchors to moor with
We left Wednesday night and came put and
around to Port Aux Has, lues, where VIC we're
detained four hours"
Peary has some relics with him aud fl
teen fsIui nan dogs. These we're his
favorites. they threatened to rend the
correspondents to pieces, so savage were
they. The Roosevelt is chopped up some
what aft, put her appearance is not that ~
a ship that is badly damaged. by any means.
peary said that If she could have heen
trimmed down by the head she would not
have leaked at all. Peary had intended
to give the crew n holiday to-day and TO re-
main several days himself, buC his hurry
orders changed things completely, and the
crew are greatly disappointed.
r DR.. J.. J. Wolf said that the health of the
party had been excellent. There was M
death and practically no sickness. DR..
Wolff said that he had not the slightest
doubt that if the gale Of the early part 81
March had not occurred the Pole would have
been reached without difficulty. Or. Wolf
said he and other members Of the expedition
intended to stay by the Roosevelt until sine
reached New York.
Peary wanted news Of current events and
recent history Immediately he had got
interested in the San Francisco earthquake.
His first exclamation was: Il must wire
my friends there at once"
The Roosevelt il flying the flag presented
by the Peary Arctic Gu and the ensign
given by the Geographical Society. Peary
was pressed in the afternoon as to whether
he would make another dash.
wait until | get over my fatigue" he
said laughingly, before ! talk Of that. l
want to finish this trip before l start an
other. But if | do go I have a new design
for a ship which l worked out.
Here Peary showed the model something
like a monitor hanging in his cabin.
When asked about the idea Of using