The weekly true Democrat., 1909-11-05

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nsutai plank 0r gus unvn0lmsng uETs
femoFed aIl spiritual animation. We
hare the colcg and the lines of 0ld
russat apples end Would easily pans
Cor prehiatorsc progenltOrs Of man.
lu tie eaforced eGogt % spread cut
TIE siiaened iegs over the last reaches
there was 10 longer EnGcient ensrgy
at camping times 60 erect 3 SNOW ahel.
tar. Ihe eIk lonl was pressed into
zee. Though ths tempenturo was
very low when the sun was high. ~
consauial rays pierced ths aiik fabrie
and rosiod softly On our broWa closed
n heavy slnmbef. 10 strong winds g
was san nscosaary % erect q shelter
ing Wsil 70 shield ghs tent
Glgns Of Iund were gtill sssn every
DAY. hng thsy were deceptive optieal o..
lnnlona and , mefe vendlct q faney.
5t rssus6 hat somsthlng must hap.
pen, conc liso must cross our horizon.
% marx ths important ara into which
We weFs Drassiag.
When the guu was low eha ere ran
Ovsr moving plains In brilliant waves
oe color b dancing hori1ona The mi.
rages turned things topsy turVy. Ia.
Vertsd lands and queer objects ever
Roso aad zen 90 shrouds Of mystery,
but ai of this was due % the atmos.
pharic magic Of the midnight sun.
With q lucky series Of daily astro-
aOmicaI observations our position was
now accurately G1ed Cor each stage of
progress. As we neared the pole ths
imagination quickened. ana q tostleus
almost hyEteric excitement came over
us. The boys fancied they saw beaver
and scala and I had g new land under
observation frequently. but with
change b the direction Of light or 40
a1ered trend ln our temperament the
horizon cleared and We became eager
only 30 push farther into Che mystery.
From the eighty-elghth 10 The eighty
ninth the lee was % very large aslds
and the surface was lees irregular. but
b ether respects Il was about the
same as below the eighty-seventh. We
noticed here also an extension OF tha
rangs Of visiou We seemed 20 zee
lcnger distances and the ico along the
horizon had a iess angular outline.
Tho color of the SKY and the ice also
changed b deeper purple blues. We
had % way of checking these impros.
SONS by other observations. The ea.
Ternesg 20 ind somothing unuBual may
have dred the Imagination. but since
the earth b 6attoned az the pole per.
hap8 e widensd horizon should b de
tscted.
AZ o'clock On the morning OF April !
80 We camped On picfurosque Old |
Geld with eonveuient hummockH. 10
which We could easily rise for the fre-
quent outlook which we now maintain.
"a. The tent was pitched The doEa
were allanced bR blocks Of pommican.
II us new enthusiasm vas aroused By
. libefal pot Of pea soup snd q few
CHIPS of fro1en meat. ana then we
0atbed On ne giving suubeams, screen.
"a from the pierclag air By silk
ItraDdN u was q beautiful day. and
bad our sense of appreciated not been
blunied By accumulated fatigue We
would have greatly enjoyed thP play
of light and color tn the ever changing
scene OF sparkle.
The Eakimo8 were soon lost N. pfO-
iound steep. che only comfort 90 their
anrd lives. bot ] Fcmalned swaka 40
been my habit on gncceeding days.
y ket nautical obaervofions The lon
gitude calculations lined us at % DE-
gfppa 3 minutes at poon tie suns a.
itude was carefully set on the sextnnt.
ma lhe iailfude quickly rpduced gave
% dpErers 81 minufes-twenty- nine
miles from ne pale.
NJ heart jumped for foy. and TIE On.
.onnclous eonnOfion which I was ere
ltIng awakenrd Etukishuk. ! told him
hat % two avpFane marches We would
'earh the 'ligi ehu" (the blg nall.
ABwelah wak awakened With e kick.
lnd tagrihpr they went out 70 q hum
Dock snd through glasses sought FOR
J mari % locatp 80 important q plnce
ls che terfpsfrial aKia n bot one
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