The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05

They would not tanper with the north
pole So l looked closer. took it to
the light My heart began to beat
again. ! was not mistaken in Jarby &
Goss. It was not north pole. 1t was
fly speck."
Then it amt got no north pole
marked on it at all, now" said Mr..
Smith.
Absolutely noner' agreed Eliph'
Hewitt. I'VE send out this book with
out any north pole marked on it, and
any time the north pole is discovered
the purchaser of this volume can mark
it in where it ought TO be-"
We'll, il it amt got. no north pole
marked on it / don't know as l want
copy" said Mr.. Smith. "a map of
them polar regions that don't show no
north pole can't be much account as
work of reference. 1t amt what 1
would call a complete work of refer
cree. S'pose I should want to go to the
north pole, and 1 should take down this
here book and go to look up where the
north pole was, and there wasn't no
north pole in it. what good would this
book do me2 S'pOse l should want to
branch out in the ice business and go
and stake out a claim for ice around
the north pole"
The portieres at the door leading into
the dining room were pushed quickly
open, and a steut woman with a rosy
face stood before them.
william Smith, she exclaimed. an
grily. 81 won't have it, j won't have
you goin' off to that north pole, and
leavin' me and all these poor children
here to look after your business. I
won't have it, and you needn't talk
about goin'. for you can't go. And
don't you set there and let that man
talk you into it, either. If he wants TO
go and get froze, let him, but remem-
Der you've got me and the children, and
that all the ice business you need you
have got right here at home"
Now, Sally" said Mr.. Smith, meek
ly, II didn't say 1 was going / just
said what if I wanted to go. was just
thinking Of you and the children all
the time and looking ahead to see that
you would always be properly provided
for. I'm an ice man, and the ice bust
pess is my business, and the way
the winters are getting warmer
every year there is no telling where
I'll have to go to get ice some of these
days. And IL I've got to go to the
north pole to get it, 1 don't want to
take no chances of getting lost and
never seeing you and the children
again. If-and ] say II, Sally-if / go
hunting for the north pole I want to
know where II is before start. don't
aim to go this year, but don't want TO
go thousands of miles looking for
north pole and not find II when l get
to it."
"Foolishnessi" exclaimed Mrs Smith
shortly. You don't want to go TO the
north pole, William Smith, and any
body that does is foolish. What all
these Pearys and Nansens and the rest
I1o 70, nj l.
more than I can make out. call 1t a
waste of money"
Sally" said the ice man, with the
tone of g man who is in all things
woman's superior, "ali the matter with
you Is you don't understand what you
are talking about. A man Hike Mr.
Peary don't waste time looking for
north pole unless there is some sense in
it. No man with good sense is going
TO go up there into them polar regions
just for a pleasure trip. 1t amt at
tractfve enough 10 the climate If he
wanted to he could stay right at home
and get chilblains and have hts ears
froze, and starve. and not have the ex-
pense of q polar voyage. If a man
wants to eat candles for regular diet he
don't have to travel to do it. Them
men that so hunting the north pole
have reasons and you needn't try to
tell me they hain't- I guess I'm a good
American, and ] can reason things out
as well as any other American, and ii
stands to reason that them men
wouldn't be so crazy to get a look at
the north pole IL there wasn't money in
it,
'FiddIesticks," said Mrs. Smith
scornfully. 81 wouldn't. give five cents
for all the north poles in the world
IF you was running museum you
would" said Mr. Smith. There amt
but one north pole in the world, Just
one. and when you've got that one you
have got all that's to be got. Didn't old
Job Holconnb get $40 for his two-headed
chicken7 And goodness knows how