Putnam patriot., 1909-09-17

the march.
 The Pole at lsstir
 I had now made nay five marches and was in time for nasty noon oi3- servatiou fhrangh temporary break in the clouds. which indicated eur po- sifion as e9-5T. qucta an entry from las janrnai some haers iaier.
 -.The pole at l7st-tiie prize sf three centuries my dream and gsal for twenty years. mine af Last! l cannot bring my elf io realize ft.r
 The frgl thirty banrs at tbe pole were spea iH fakiug observations in gsi8a seBse fen miles beyond our eaIap aud some zsi niles to the right 0f II. in taking Dhoiegrapbs. planting my flags deBesitiag nIy records study Ing the horizon vi h my telescope for pos slide ifsd and searching for prac- ticabie place fo make a sounding.
 Ten sea7s aftgr our arrival ths clouds cleared befare a light breeze from our left and from that time until our de- pariure in the afternoon of April : the weather was cleudiess and fiawless. The minimum temperature during the thirty hours was 33 below. the maxi mum F.
 The Return Journey.
 We had reached the goal. but the return vas still before us II was essential that We reach the land before the next spring tide. and we must strain every nerve 10 do this.
 had brief talk with my men. From now on II was to he a big travel, little sleep and hustle every minute. We would try. told them. 10 double march on the returp-thar is. to start md cover onr Of our northward marches. make tcs and eat our lnn' h In the igioos. tl4ea cover another march. eat and sleep few hurs, and repeat this daily.
 As matter of fact. we nearly did this. covering regularly on our home ward Journey five outward marches i'll three return marches Just as long IS we could hold the trail we could double our speed and we need waste no time in building new igloos. In the afternoon of the 7th we SiNfItu Aff1 huf lt-ihihs ''ipf' fed the dogs repaired the sledges for the last time and discarded all our spare clothing to tighten the loads. Five miles from the pole 2 narrow crack hlled with recent ice. through which we were able to work T hole with piekax. enabied me to make q sounding All my wire. 1.500 fathoms. .l.. ,1, h.,t. tom In pulling np the wire parted q few fathoms from the surface. and lead and wire went t9 the bottom. Of went reel and handle. Tightening the sledees still further We had no more use for them now.
 Three marches brought us back te the igloos where the captain turned back The last march was in the wild sweep of q nort herly gale. with drift ing snow and the ice rocking under us as We dashed over It.
 Traces of Marvin.
 South of where Marvin had turned back We came to where his party had built several igloos while delayed by open leads. Still farther south We found where the captain had been held III hy an open Iead and obliged to camp. Fortunately. the movement of thes,. lends was simply open and shut. and fl toek considerable water motion a fault the trail seriously.
 While the captain. Marvin and. as found out later. Borup had been de tsvea by open leads, we seemed To bear I patent charm. and at no single lead were we delayed more than couple if hours Sometimes the ice was fast and firm enough to carry us across; sometimes a short detaur. sometimes q brief halt fer the lead to dose. some tines m improyisel ferry on an ice .ake. kepi the trfti without difficulty Gown to the tenth outward march.
 lsioas there disappeared completed and the entire region was unrecog. uizable Where an the outward iort ney had been narrow cr;tcAs the~' were now broal leads. one of them ovei five miles in width, caught over wit'l young tce.
 Here again fortune favored us, and, no pronounced movement of tue ice having taken place since the captain passed. We had his trail to follow. Ne picked tip the old trail again north of the seventh igleas. followed 1t beyond the firth and at the big lead tost it finally
 From here we followed the captain \ trail and on April ? eur sledges pass ed up the vertical edge of the glacier fringe little west 0f Cape Columbia. When the last siedgc came up ! thought my Eskimas had gone crazy. They yelled aud called and danced themselves helpless. As Ootah sat ,iown on his slelge he remarked in E.s- kimo.
 The Devil Asleep.
 '.The devil k asieep ur having trou- hle with his wife ar we never should have come back SO easily"
 \ few hours later We arrived at Crane city, under the hlun> of Gape Columbia. and after putting four pounds of pemmican into each If the faithful degS to keep them aniet We had at last our chance to sleep.
 Never Shan forget that sleep al Cape Columbia, IL was sleep. sleep, then turn over and sleep again.
 Two days We spent here tn sleeping and drying our clothes. then for the ship.
 We reached Hccla in one march and the Roosevelt in another. When we got te The Roosevelt l wss staggered by the news of the farsl mishap to Marvin He had been either less eau tious or less fortunate than the rest