Evening star., 1909-05-02

say! They asked ther seals if they d seen er
heard of Peary's vessel Upon my word,
tried their level best ter make ther Pole would
have got their wish had they first made friends
of those gol burned fish!
Ten mies!" shouted ter mate and crew
Ten rniles!" they hollered. Hooray fur
you'll You've got 'em going! Yer yet shall
toot yer horn in ther science instertute IN
Washington, and Senertors will vote yer medals
while maxim lawsp'
got SO near could see ther Pole. 1t stuck
right up Why, bless my soul it wasn't cold!
There seemed ter be er temperature warm as
could be, and | thought er ther flag on ther
topmast stay "Boys, shouted, right here
ter-day ther old flag waves piece er shore
that never saw Stars er Stripes before!"
THEN as spoke, er pesky whale-knew him
right off by his length er tail. plunked right
inter that nest er fins, and gathered some up.
Er fight begins. Their ice come round; fur
ther cod. yer know, were frightened off. Hard
luck twas so. | saw ther Pole bergin ter fade,
and called to ther rascals undismayed. Git
busy now with ther Lucy Pr l cried. "Per-
haps some help twill be if give yer these,
and / passed er few stout hooks among them,
ther kind that screw right inter wood And
those fishes grabbed 'em in er trice dove down
and stabbed them in ther hull. They rove
them fast, wired themselves ter ther hooks and
passed ther word ahead ter let her go. Talk er
sailin'l We rushed on SO, up ther passage they
mace eTneaQ, CneT ice was HelIeu, IHdC IIlCLlOH
led ther bergs ter settle It's my desire ter
stick ter truth: but er flame er fire come frum
ther foes with ther pace we set Shouldn't
wonder it S burning yet.
I'd made ther Pole. if it had not been for
ther burnin' icebergs,-let people grin,-fur
that fire spread We almost choked Millions
er herring were promptly smoked, and we had
ter turn without delay and seek er refuge in
Hudson Bay. I felt right blue; but ther cod
fish hied off ter ther place where ther herring
died and corraled 'em ALL by hustlin', Say.
we soon had slowed 'em all erway, and then we
let er mighty shout. Knew that ther market
was down and out, and these smoked too in er
way, I'm sure, ter suit ther taste of an epercure.
Then hum started. Ev'ry day had
ter laugh ter see ther way those Goldfish fought
ter honored be by gettin' er grip on ther Lucy
P. We give 'em back ther furs Er few were
delegated frum out their crew ter rush EN- off
We saw EN- go back ter ther haunts of ther
Eskimo. They left us jest at ther harbor bar
WONDER ter-night where those Goldfish are?
" No doubt out there on ther briny deep,
longing ergain ter git peep of their best friend.
old Peleg Hake Nothing ever undertake that
they don't come ter ther Lucy P ter show ther
love that they bear fur me-.
Those herring went before that night, found
ther market had been light, and counted out
ter ther crew their share. Er barrel er bills
stood over there, and ev'ry man hummed er
rondelay showing his pile in his jeans erway.
So now yer see that it's my advice. if Peary
wants ter git through ther ice, he first must git
ther fish ter say they are his friends; push bergs
erway. He's left Etah but he cannot go with
nothing but help frum ther Eskimo I'd er
placed ther flag on that Pole. by hunk if it had
not been fur that ornery junk er hard luck hand
ed out ter me- old Peleg Hake of ther Lucy P