, 1909-06-24
CHAPTER XIX.
In which We Attain eso u, CO...

When morning Grli'ed the .
Queen was p%lunging through an m
CRY sea. in the midst Of a rscjr-
snow storm which effectually con
cealed all our immediate surroundings
With vivid remembrance of those vas
ice fields lying of our starbnard oua~
ter. and the certainty that numerou
bCrgs Ycae d.is,ing not far ahead, we
we %" compelled to GLOW down our en-.
sines. feeling a way cautiously th:ol-h
the white fog. The decades Iurafi!g
our bows, and scraping along the side
were a constant menace. requiris &C.
men to fend them of so as 10 kep'
rudder and screw u~r'riv"~1'
mainsail had broken loose from lis
sas,sets, and, frozen still as tIe heaYy
canvas was. proved di"irult 20 secure
while the ice on our forward decl
had accumulated to such a thickness
as to be w~c'ghtins us down by tn
head. and had TO be chor pei locsc Cr1
fung overheard in great bios
1t was not far from noon wi en- the
heavy clouds broke AID wrut
scumving away like a hcck + Mr.
leaving the wide sweep OF watr'e
clrar TO our view. with a yellow 81.
ra7s.ng cold in the pale blue of {, e
sky.
hardly knew wher. we were. ~
feeling al all certain abor' to xa-
of our d7'f during the past - hra
and so 1r~tily brcu- r. 49, ins'~'''r~ &c
o deck ard shot the sun. ster.'r - ?.
TO the cha"' house TO 1@ure on.
ros'lcn. TIE result sent a 81
'hril Of exu'tat ion thro-rh ne
We have attained the spot," ~"
claimed, as / glanced up, and 81
her gain in at me throu~h he o.
door. Vow We will ascertain y.
truth of Tl-tle's vision"
The SPOT? Do ycu mean this :
the point of sea We have been s,uE-
ing?"
"Ay! and row. thank God, we "a
head the otter way
! sp"aN' eagerly past her. cliug'0
to a lifeline so as to kacp my g.
on the deck, too %thoroughly ey"'ta'
by my discovery to remain any long
er in idloness.
Johnson. run below. and call "
De Nova. Have him turn out a
once"
/ | watched the fellow slide to H.
companion, and made my own way
the bridge, sweeping my glasses a'v
iously about the clearing horizon
Within a minute De Nova had ioine9
me. his eyes s'ill heavy from sleep
"Mr. De Nova" said. RAPIDLY.
gloved hand sweeping a semicircle s.
our front, 81 have Just taken an ch
servation, and this is latitude &c
south and longitude 110' co. "
Send vour sharpest eyed lookout to d"
f~oretopssil yard with these GA
Then call all hands
He went down he b"iF~e =
as though shot from . run. .
moment later n young $ aMan nj
SvMes was swiftly footing Tie
lines. their COATING 90 tee hreaFirr
der his tread and rafting on the do
below. The men swarmei cut from Ii
forecastle and up the main hatch. ia
ing themselves about the foot of ~
toremast. watching me EAGERLY. e.
occasionally peering M al Symes, ~
well above the cross l?ees.
Lads" I cried. bending over =
rail of the bridge. and staring down If.
to their upturned faces i've 'Ir'
figured out our position. and This g
he spot we've been hunting after il
'tagr seas. I've sent Symes alc : 30
'ook out for TuttIe's island n there
any land in sight, well and good:
ven have a try for looting the DOM
Isabel of these Spanish pesos. But +
NOT. then well call It a wild GOES
chase, and the Sea Queen points her
nose north
There was a faint, half.hearted at
tempt at a cheer. which ended in 4
muttering of caths and a shutting a.
feet on the icy planks. The glances