The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-15

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ali right. keep your oar there. Mr..
De Nova. You will remsin in charge
Of the boat. I'll see what she looks
like aboard. Johnson, come along with
NE
picked my way forward into the
bows and stood up. striving TO obtain
some kind of 4 grip on the forechaims
which would enable me 70 haul myself
ny. Everything I touched was ice. SO
thick as 70 render objects shapeless.
Give me a lift, Kelly. easy. now.
until | get a handhold There. that
will do, my lad"
It was a slippery, dangerous perch.
the vessel plunging somewhat, but the
upper ice was slightly powdered with
snow, yielding little purchase. and
finally discovered a brace for my feet
which enabled ME to reach down and
assist Johnson to scramble up beside
me. Fortunately the bulwarks were
not so high proportionateIy as wide,
and we succeeded in sliding over
them, coming down rather heavily on
the solid deck. Here the snow made
walking possible, although underneath
the ice was thick and smooth, COM
polling caution. All forward was ter
rible rattle OF wreckage. a jumbled
mass of tangled Spsr5. with the great
topmast and all its hamper right
where it had fallen, a portion Of the
port bulUark smashed nat A hum
mock of ice rose like great Hill from
abaft the butt of HE foremost. which
stuck up maybe 80 feet. clear over the
foreCastle deck, leaving everything
shapeleSs and grotesque Where the
slope was steepest. he wind had swept
away the snow leaving the ice beneath
clear. and there. frozen completely
in, like painted picture. was the fully
revealed body Of a man. I never saw
any sight more grewsOme than that
ice shrOUded figure; the arms out
stretched. the short, black beard rem
'nring more shas5iy the white, dead
face. | gripped my hands onto John
son shoulder. AMI he was shaking
like an aspen. his own face cOIOrlns5
in he moonshiue wheeled him
about sayag"ly.
Don i"'e you nerve Hldh' loI We
sen ueau men ocIote. come, Jhere
,'o''''''- u" u" ''''e' va d NY no" sue
''oHH ''''
~ '0''o ven III '.H7 n"5' ca'',"S
S'""vVN o'''" " an over Ms
shoulder The deck was clearer OF
rattle beyond the fOremast. a great
sap l" 'ht P"''-o''"d'Aa dh'ld9iiPs
'"9 ""9i7 we "'S'Na5e uau
- o""''' 81" 9"'p' o'''o"9Iu' A"e
mo '"'' ia" "e'H ''pPeu oul' 'eaH-
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"d' ""' coz "'I d me 'ooN gale! Ihal
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oi'''."7 Nus ''l'. =" ne from POI.
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lT'''F 'p''"''" NY enough re-
',li'S "'''N "''"' J7'I' S'Ie"e"
~ tue will anu az o'7I @o' ileu 9cu''''
VI So"I9 l''e''nE '"1 A''N- 1t was h"'
"tS''ao'T Spo,. YET "ouid anor0 pro
~" ''"'H we Io9'! HiSH' "l""'
anu We "'IcL o'''ei ''1h me open
"p"'- h'N'"7S' I'd'IES1 no" LHo'e
'''S'H must l'"I "D"H mere ooopih@
"P anu uo"h against 'hoSe lce-caheu
''Ns''
Johnson ! Sald, my eyes WANDER
'us lo""'" ,ne u'iji'E F9'eaieu front OIL
,"' aIieI-cdoI"' "Alch appeared utter
y HhdPeIeSS uN'leI us hlahIIe' "e'e
Sot qullF a JoO aleaN OF US 10 Dreak
lhIo"Sh thIS "feckaSe. m Tor nav
I"S 'ne rest OF tie ere" up 10 heIp
us. tIlmh over into the main-chainS
anu CUT out some steps win your
hillie' wei nave theh drop Dack
mere ana unload ihen the women
won De oollged TO see mat dead man
LOT d'd'
ne was some minutes at the task
ana occupied me time IN Kicking
ASIDE some OF the inter IN the galley
ana making the dreary interior a bit
more decent having the men pass up
Soiie spare oidhkelS' ana spreading
lheHl oul on necK. flhaIly hely ana
nc NO suocaodod - ,;sti,a Iad, ~
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