Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-09-01
CHAPTER TX.

CHAPTER TX.
During this compulsory 1eisure
Ciawbonny determined to have a talk
with the captain on an important sub
Ject-the building OF sloop out of the
planks of the Porpoise.
Inc doctor hardly knew how TO he
gin' as Hatteras had declared so vehe-
inentiy that he would never consent
70 use morsel OF American wood: vet
1t was high time he were brought IN
reason, as Juno was at hand. the onIv
season for distant expeditions. ana
they could not start without a shin
He thought over II a lonr while
and at last drew the captain aside
In tho kindest, gentlesr way:
Hatteras. do you believe I'm vour
friend?" Jun
Most certainly / do" rep,,ed the
captain earnestly; my best. indeed
my only friend"
And II give you a piece of advice
without your asking. will you consid-
cdr"
Yes, for know you have never
oeen actuated by self-interest. But
what are you driving att"
wait Hatteras; I have ono thing
more to ask. Do you lsok on mo as a
true-hearted Englishman like YOUR
selr, anxious for his country's glory ?"
Hatteras looked surprised, but sim
ply said:
Il do"
fou desire to reach the north pole"
tho doctor went on, "and 1 understand
ana share your ambition. but to
achieve your object you must emnIov
tho right means"
We'll, and have I not sacrif,ced .u
erything for it?"
NO. Hatteras. you have not sacrt-
need your personal antipathies. Even
at tnis very moment I know Won are
IN the mood to refuse the Indispensable
conditions of reaching the pole"
An! 1t Is the boat you want to talk
about, and that man"
hatteras let us discuss the oues-
ton calmly, and examine the case IN
all Sides The coast on which we And
ourselves at present may terminate
abruptly; we have no proof that n
stretches away to the pole: indeed r.
your present information prove cor
rect we ought to come to an open sea
curing the summer months. Well. sun
posing we reach this arctic ocean and
ma II free from Ice and easy to navi-
gate, what shall we do II we have no
ship?"
Hatteras made no reply.
Tell me, now, would you like to find
yourself only a few miles from the
pole and not be able to get to it?"
Hatteras still said nothing, but bur-
led his head in his hands.
Besides" continued the doctor
look ut the question In its moral as
pect- Hero IL an Englishman who
SACRIFICES his fortune, and even his
wife, to win fresh glory for his conn
try, but because the boat which b.ors
MIN across an unknown ocean. or
touches the new shore, happens to ha
made of the planks of an American
vessel-a castaway wreck of No us. 20
anyone-will that lessen the honor NJ
tho discovery If you yourself had
found the hull of some wrecked YES
Sol iyins deserted on the shore, would
you nave nesitated to make use of IT:
ana must not sloop built by four En-
sisnmen and manned by four English
men be English from keel to gun
waller"
I1atlotdb WAS bllll silent.
No" continued Clawbonny, "tbe
real truth is, It is not the sloop Won
caro- about; 1t Is the man."
Yes. doctor. yes" replied the can
tain. 1T is this American I detest.
hate him with a thorough English ha-
tired. Fate has thrown him In my
path"
ITO save you'll"
ITO ruin me. He seems to defy ma
and speaks as II he were lord and mas
ter He thinks he has my destiny I'm
his hands, and knows ali my projects
Didn't we SEQ the man in his true COL
ors when we were giving names to the
different coasts7 Has he ever ayowed
his object In coming 80 far north7 You
will never get out Of my head that this
man II not tho leader of some expedi-
ton sent out by the American govern
ment"
We'll. Hatteras. suppose It IL 10.
does 1t follow that this expedition is
to search for the north polsf May It
not be to md the Northwest Passagsf
But anyway, Altamont II In esapsses