Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-12-09
AN ARCTIC
KNIGHT
Story Of an Exploring
Party
by EDWIN o. ERHART
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.
BY EDWIN Q. ERHART

would surprise you" he said. gazing al
me acroas the table
stared at him expectantly.
WHAT" I monosyllubled.
Arters gioomed mcdIiatlvoly. but
showed no disposition TO answer.
The girl on the cot dung a pitifully
thin arm over her head aud moaned
and murmurcd IN her sleep
"well. whntT reiterated sharply.
The long trip that day across the mo
notonous. never ending white plain
had done little toward improving my
temper
Arters arose 60 his grent height.
squared his brond shoulders and tip.
toed around the table.
al am God" he whispered IN my ear.
saw that I had 10 do with mad
man.
This Il strange world" continued
Arters. rumlnnnt note In his voice.
Here we are come. you and I. to this
forsaken country In quest for LOST
woman explorer aud all for "a miser.
able pittanco doicd out 10 W. by Chi
cago newspaper" lie brushed an I'm
patient hand across lila eyes "siy
memory isn't nil that Il should he"
he confessed II should have remem.
bercd who wns--am-and then thls
trip would have been unnecessary"
Artcrs cast furilve glance toward
the cot In the dim corner lis she an
angel" he murmured auerulously. "or
Ruth Proctor. the girl we came search.
ing fori ! can't seem 20 remember
somehow"
'Both," answered, and my com.
panion was satisfied.
II seemed years since the Meteor
had assigned us. stan reporters M tbs
dine, 20 the hazardous task Of tlndlng
Ruth Proctor. the intrepid glrl ex.
plorcr. who had set out two years be.
fore To find the north pole nrd wr4
nuw supposed TO be somewhere Ia tht
vicinity of the. ninctlcih degree.
The Meteor IL not one TO stint its
embassies We. the words ~ Arters
20 the contrary. fairly rcvelcd In mon.
ely. mud the essentials ~ the "trip were
all forthcoming and were of the best.
Our huat, the Lost Hope was u marvcl
of teehnlcnl construction made for
this very purpose and for our enter.
prislng journal.
Miss Proctor the young society wO.
man who hnd forsworn New York
and the cailnw HmuSrmentS of her sci
60 do something really worth while.
hnd been conspicuous IN the limcllght
ON the eve OF her departure and for
twelve months thereafter, Now u she
was referred 20 nc all Ia the papers
formerly cnlhuslng over her nerve and
daring she was given no more than q
passing paragraph. Her fame hadc
fair 20 he nlched with that OF her A.
lustrious predecessor. Andre the fame
of-falmrc
But the Meteor kept nm impatient
eye northwaid, nnd when the relief
expedition came home without her Ar.
ters and were given the word 10 50
IN search OF the girl
Artcrs was the Benjamin j, Arters
OF much mad scrambllng on the part
OF ambitious daIllcs that lustcd FOR hi
efficient services. lie was writer
keen of brain aud pen aud one of the
highest salarled fact getters In the
world OF smudge aud cheap paper
No college degree journalist was Ar
tiers. but reporter.
Smith. the managing editor. had said
to me. "lou are 60 accompany Ar
tiers" not on account of my stellar
position ON the stan. understand. hut
because had been one of the adVcn-
turcrs In that tirst rush 60 the Yukon
ana knew nay north.
our ship had rare good ncS, the Ice
drift allowing US az the last TO come
within quarter mile 81 the silent
Maid Of Orleans. Ruth PrOctor's boat
or course Il was deserted, The log
book was gone, We had no way OF
telling whether the crew had returned
Co the trail after the original tirst rush
toward the pole or persisted OF cold
With four EsSimoS. dogs and SledgeS
we began the tail ~ our trip our
route In all probability was the same
as that Of Ruth proct0r's party.
ESkimoS are peculiar humans. cur
men seemed perfectly contentcd, hut
one mornlpg we crawled out ot cur
sleeplng hNgs 60 lind them gone. They
had taEen with them our fastest dogs.
two sleGreS and n large supply OF our
provisions. Wisely we decided not to
pursue
Fate must have plauued our expedE
tlon with nn eve for the meiodra-
matte AZ any rate. when we found
the fur clcd maid explorer she was
alone, seemingly deserted by every
body and half craRed and sick she
had feel ,mt in orsier TO make this