Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-26
CHAPTER ".

CHATTER ".
TVOR four days the Santa Maria
felt blindly through the white
fields. drifting north with the
4 spring tide that set~ through
Dering strait, till on the morning o1
the nfth open water showed 20 the east
Creeping through, she broke ont INTO
the last stage of the long race, anna
the cheers Of her weary paSseugers'
and the dull jar Of her engines MADE
welcome music TO the girl u The deck
, stateroom.
Soon they picked M mountainous
coast which rose steadily into majestic,
barren ranges, still white with the
melting SHOWS, and at 10 ia the even
ing. under golden sunset amid
screaming whistles they anchored in
! the roadstead of Nome. Before the
rumble of her chains had ceased or
! the echo from the 1eet's salut" had died
from the shoreward hills the ship was
surrounded by Il swarm Of my craft
clamoring about her iron sides, while
IN officer in cap and gilt climbed the
bridge and greeted CAPITA u stephens
Tugs with trailing lights relied dis
creetly about, awaitineotl completion
of certain forinalities. Ilr,e over, the
uniformed gentleman drop al back into
his skiff and rowed away
"a clean bill of health, Aptain"' he
shouted, saluting the commander.
THANK We. sir roareI the sailor
and with that the rowbonts swarmet
inward pratelike. boarding the steam
err from all quarters.
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from his bridge 70 IT,. ,eck below ful
into the face of DeNt",, who had been
an intent witness of t.' meeting. Wa
unbendinG dignity lain stephen
let his left eyclil dr. slowly, Will
boysh grin sprea deiy over hi
face. Simultaneous orders ram
sharp and fast from '-e bridge, In
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