New-York tribune., 1909-05-02


sayl They asked ther seals II they d seen Ct
heard of Pearvs vessel. Upon my word
Abruzz Nansen. and all ther rest VINO ever
tried their level best ter make ther Pole Would
have got their wish had they hrSt MADE lrleil''9
OF those goI burned fish,
Ten miles, " l shouted ter mate and crew
Ten miles, they hOllered. Hooray tuT
voul You've got EN- gong! / 1er vet shaiI
to1t yer horn IN ther science 1nsteTtute III
Washington and Senertors viii vote Yer medals
while maxim laws
/ got so near could see ther Pole 1t stuck
right up Why bless my SOUL It WASH coid-
There seemed ter be er temperature warm as
could be- and l thought CT ther hag on ther
topmast stay. BOYS, | shouted, r1ght mere
ter-dav ther old flag waves on er piece er Shore
that never saw Stars er Stripes before
THEN as spoke, er pesky whale-knew hiIn
right off by his length eT tail, plunhed T1gnt
inter that nest er fms, and gathered some up
Fr fght begins Their ice come round. 1ur
ther cod. yer know. were frightened of Hard
luck. twas so. I saw ther Pole bergIn ter fade,
and called to ther rascais undlsmayed. tTIt
busy now with ther Lucy Pi' / cried Per
haps some help twill be If l give yer these
and ! passed ct few stout hooks among them.
ther kind that screw right inter wood ana
those fishes grabbed EN- IN cr tree, dove down
and stabbed them IN ther hull they rove
them fast wired themselves ter ther hooES anu
passed ther word ahead ter let her 60. ak CT
Sailinl We rushed on so, up thcr passage they
made erhead thcr ice was melted. that fr1ctlOn
led ther bcrgs ter settle 1t 5 my desire Ter
stIcI, ter truth: but er flame er fire come trum
ther foes with thcr pace we set Shouldn
wonder It burning vet.
I'd % made ther Pole If 1t had not been Tor
thcr burnIn iCebergS,-let people grln,-tur
that FIRE spread. We almost choked Millions
ct herring were promptly smoked. and we mad
ter turn without delay and seek CT refuge IN
Hudson Bay. | felt right blue; but ther cod
fish hied OFF ter ther place where ther herring
died and corraled EN- all, by hustlIn'- say.
we soon had slowed EN- all erway, and then We
let cr 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 codush fought
ter hOnorcd be by gettIn er grip on ther Lucy
p We give EN- back ther furS Er few were
delegated frum out their crew ter rush EN- OFT
We saw EN- go back ter tEcr hauntS of ther
Eskimo. They LETT us Jest at ther harbor bar
WONDER tcr-night where those Goldfish are
w No doubt out there on ther brIny deep.
longing crgIin ter git cr peep OF their best friend
old Pelcg Hakc Nothing ever undertake that
they don't come ter ther Lucy 2 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 ET barrel ef bills
stood over there, and evry man hummed er
rOndclav. slowing his pile in his jeans erway-
So now Yer see that II $ my advice II Pe5rv
wants ter git through ther ICE he first must glt
thcr fish ter say they are his friends: push bergs
erway He's left Etah; but he cannot 60 with
nothing but help frUm ther Eskimo I'd erI
placed thcr flag that Pole by hunk If 1t had
ed out ter me, old Peleg Hake of ther Lucy p Z