, 1909-07-22

So Many Wolves. Eager to See.
in the west, and lingering to observe
our operations until | Lad to order him
back uron deck.
A solid. nailstudded. oaken door ap-
peaied in The forward bulkhead. and
SO soon as we had succeeded III han
Hing every article stored within the
la2arette. ! had a passage cleared to
1t. the men working with feverish i'm
patience. When finally reached. the
DOR was locked aid seemingly as sol
ID as the bulkhead itself. nor did 9
search of the after state rooms revea
Ally keys. No doubt they were in Sai-
Fatore's pocket. many a league as lrn.
But Kelly and Mcknight brought down
he eleaver and al iron bar. and pro
ceeded to burst 1t open. the rest OF
us GROWING about. too cold and eX-
cited to keep still. but very confident
the treasure awaited us within. My
own heart beat fiercely with anticipa
tion. ard heard De Nova swearing
in French. quite unable to control him
self. 1t seemed to me that door would
never yield but at last Johnson MAJ.
aged to get a purchase low down. and
with Cole heaving at his side. they
fairly tore the wood asunder. Through
the considerable opening thus made
there burst a torrert of icy water into
our very faces. extirguishing the light,
and sending us stumbling backward to
the ladder, up which we swarmed al
most in panic. Anything unexpected In
rt =. shin made poy"nIfs pfam
J am we fought cur way forth in,
IL daylight in a suldenne IS of tel.
or almost l%uGicrous, swearing ahG
u!lwtpg at each c:a=g like MAJ II 4
1t required ano FER hour for the
deldse Of waJer to d ain "A 'ay througI
re deck. after Will: We vs..a-7I he.
icv' eglin. the rc'!.b- ed and " re-
V~eal!re slush ice eye y W az. p IN
c94sidCgab'e tric SIC s:.il a
trrChgh lie hoe in til Lco.. HU"
eT.r, wa hIa an C'-.- to %GriS -
and scon succeeded in "a in" cost (,
lie distraction away rie-e rial, ca.
. be confronted b. u SOLD barber o.
-~ltte:iug ice fully FIVE feet HEX le?v
i'g a snace at the top OF h door bare
Is Sufficient for a mans body to pass
= 80 H. bc VIVA. III - as ~ ~
'ad zone crazy. hoisted me TO the tor
81 il. where | chung p~recariou3!y. bod
( the sputterin- .ludie aloi,, L g
ring abe III over TIE cleaning SLY
fec ard III ough into Ike blhci s'a
dcvs. Good Lord but it was Geld. :e
ar,'Dnt. iriehhul! The beams SLY
PORTING t"e DICK. huge. bln:k tiloG.s
gr,s within easy reach of my bad.
% forward the spectral glow OF day
T Ia strcaMed in though the rift il
1le 9eck-planks above. But from one
+ -Il"ing side to the other EXTENDED
mis- solid mass of ice, the congealcc
CraiI.iiig of u century of waves II
ad dashed their salt spray down tlc
UJcHins ripped by tho wrec,-ed Main.
Irasr. No wonder the old hulk hung
sodden with all that load below.
l c-:wIed forward as far rs the 81
very but Of the niainmast whence !
could loo mp through The Splintercd
deck to the narrow strip Of sky owe
mead. There X Il n bu.xhcad forward
but the ice extended solidly to tic
wood. ! could lei the ceaseless swell
Of the sea pounding against the sides,
the groaning of timbcrs, the Mapping
of the jib's anvas and realized more
han eyer before the sickening. sodden
roll OF the laden hull. The level sur
face OF the ice told plasuly enough its
story of formation: when all that wa
ter came through. the vessel had been
upon an even keel. imbedded firmly,
no doubt, in the ice Jack. | crept back
as cautio RsIy as | had advanced, the
rolling Of the wreck rendering the slip
perry surface dangerous to travel over.
The men watched me ~anxiously as |
slid down into the lazarette.
What did you find. sir?"
Nothing excep ice, solid ice clear
80 the forward bulkhead. 1t TOOLS as
though we had reached the end of
our treasure.hunt. my lads"
There was a sulleB growl of profan'
ity. Mcknight ~viciously slashins l,
the Ice front with his cleaver. Twice
he struck. with no other object e1cept
the venting of his ungovernable anger
his forehead beaded. the great mus S
of his arms standing out like VIII
cords. A considerable chunk scslaf
of, falling thuHiping TO the deck, In p,
causing him to spring backward t.
escape injury. As II ~madGeled b
this, he drove sn the blade of the AK
again-it changed against metal! We
all heard 1t: we all Witnessed the .
bound.
by God. mates. there's one of en-
anyhow roared Il voice. hoa Sc froM
exolodlns excitement. But ! wa nj
ready upon my knees. feeling bliniiJ
into the ice cavity.
They came bowling about me ike
40 man wolves, eos sr to see vita
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