Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-26

 ana crawled in. Glad was to sec you, for feared that you had foundered." We put back to pick you up, and we passed you in the darkness. And what should we do nowY
 "Rig up that boat sail and make quarters for the gal, then get our sup per and such rest as we can, for there ts nothing to be done tonight" In the morning Amos Green was aroused by hand upon his shoulder and, springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him. The lat ter's face was grave, and his friend read danger in his eyes. "What Is 1t, thenY
 'The berg. It is coming to pieces. have been watching 1t. You see that crack which extends backward from the end of our grotto? Two hours ago l could scarce put my hand into it. Now can slip through 1t with ease" Amos Green walked to the end of the funnel shaped recess and found, as his friend had said, that green sinuous crack extended away backward into the iceberg, caused either by the toss ing of the waves or by the terrific inn pact of their vessel. He reused Captain Ephraim and pointed out the danger to him.
 Well, if she springs leak we are gone," said he. "She's been thawing pretty fast as 1t iS.'
 They could see now that the whole huge mass was brittle and honey combed and rotten.
 "Hellov cried Amos Green. What's that? I could have sworn that heard voice."
 Impossible. We are all here"
 "It must have been my fancy, then"
 Captain Ephraim walked to the sea- ward face of the cave and swept the ocean with his eyes. We should lie in the track of some ships" said he. There's the codders and the herring busses. We're overfar south for them, reckon. But we can't be more'n 200 mile from Port Royal. in Acadia, and we're in the line of the St. Lawrence trade. What is 1t, Amos" l The young hunter was standing with his ear slanting, his head bent forward, and his eyes glancing sidewise, like man who listens intently. He was about to answer when De Catinat gave cry and pointed to the back of the cave.
 Look at the crack now' It had widened by foot since tEey had noticed 1t last until it was now no longer crack. It was pass.
 Let us go through" said the captain.
 He led the way, and the other two followed him. It was very dark as they advanced, with high dripping ice walls on either side and one little zig zagging slit of blue sky above their heads. Tripping and groping their way, they stumbled along until sud denly the passage grew wider and opened out into large square of flat Ice. The berg was level in the center and sloped upward from that point to the high cliffs which bounded 1t on each side. With one impulse they be- gan all three to chamber up until, q minute later, they were standing not far from the edge of the summit, sev- enty feet above the sea.
 Amos Green looked about him with startled eyes. T cannot understand It," said he. "I could have sworn-by the eternal, listen to that!" The clear call of military bugle rang out in the morning air. With a cry of amazement they all three craned forward and peered over the edge.
 A large ship was lying under the very shadow of the iceberg. They looked straight down upon her snow white decks. fringed with shining brass cannon and dotted with seamen. A little clump of soldiers stood upon the poop. going through the manual ex- ercise, and 1t was from them that the call bod coma which hod soupded an