The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-17

pen OF MEMBER OF the company, is
the fourth of the series of Dilldock
descriptions which are appearing in
the Sunday issue:
Company al. in Greenland, or FIGHT.
ing the Poleanderites of the
NorthIand.
Called upon to embark for Green
land is even colder than it sounds but
OF course the Company L boys were
there with the hickory and were all
on the Job two hours before We were
to leave We then marched to the sta
ton and left on the afternoon snail
for the northland covering the dis
lance in about two days and landing
in Greenland where wc at once pitch,
ed tents and proceeded to make our.
selves as comfortable as possible. Luck
lily we had all brought our pocket
stoves and without these little won
ders We couldn't possibly have fought
this terrible fight
We stayed in camp two and one
half days without seeing single Pole
ander and amused ourselves by killing
/ lizards and seals, of which We must
have slain several million. SHINING
the seals of their seal-skins, we pack
ed our tents to the brim and say folks
they We're the warmest proposition to
! be found in Greenland Another day
passed and we were beginning to
think the Poleanders had backed out
I but we had another guess coming as
the following morning the eagle eye of
Jones, sighted huge object coming
down the ocean very slowly and
cautiously. We applied our glasse.
and to our horror found it was the
4 Poleanders' Iceberg and carried their
famous Icicle Brigade. We at once
got busy and getting everything in
readiness for the big battle which
was sure to follow, the last thing was
to pass the coal around for the pocket
stoves. After firing up. we could do
nothing but stay there and wait FOR
the iceberg to get near enough to us
SO we could see just about what we
were up against. Just then was heard
great noise and looking around we
4 saw dog team coming, and of all the
I surprises of the surprised-it was
+ Doc Cook and his band of Polerites.
with large piece of the North Pole.
Doc had heard of the coming war
as his Polerites had told him that the
Poieanders were sore because we
We're putting up ice in Keokuk and
not buying it from them We knew
this to be fact and helped Doc pitch
his tents and put everything in good
shape. After doing this a thought
struck Vandendoel He suggested we
put the large piece of ice that DR..
1 Cook had chipned off the North Pole.
i up for flag staff. We started to do
this, but had to be careful that it did
not slip outsof our hands. After get
ting; it up.the next problem that con-
| fronted us was to get the flag on
top. Several schemes were suggest
ed but Kirchner said he could do tt
i alright and without much trouble at
all Ed took his stove out of his peck
ct and melted holes in the pole large
4 enough to put his foot in and slowly
i but steadily reached the top and UNI
4 furling Old Flory, reached in his pock.
ct for some nails. but unluckily he
had forgotten them. He called down
to us to send some one UP with a
i few. At this time Willie Powell
1 chirped Kick his crutch Charlie, I'll
soak him when he falls" Dead Shot
Smales said there was no use in risk
ing another mans life by having them
n 10
ders to give him six or seven nails
and he would shoot them up and at
the same time nail the flag without
having kirschner take both hands off
the pole. Shouting to Ed to put the
flag in position, he fired and put a
nail in the lower end: another shot
and a nail went into the center, and
SO on until the flag was securely nall
ed by this great marksnan, Kirch-
ner descended slowly until he reached
the ground where he was wildly cheer
ed by the company
This task completed We again turn.
ed our attention to the Poleander-s
iceberg which was beginning to get
close enough to distinguish thousands
4
some idea of how they intended to
fight when all at once an immense
icicle lit behind us. We then had
some idea of how far they could
throw these things and bringing on,
t guns to our shoulders, we waited I'M
b til we could see those terrible icicles
: coming towards us and as we were all
Il dead shots, would merely shoot them
|. breaking them in thousands OF small
e pieces before they came within dan
ger.
n We then got out the heavy artillery
b and placing twenty.four inch shell
u in our largest gun. took good aim ant
e hit the Poleanders iceberg square il
d the middle just shivering it to pieces
and tumbling the Poleanders to theil
It death in the sea.
Having rid ourselves Of the enemy
;. We made preparation to go home ant
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