The evening world., 1915-03-12


oook, Johnson, On that raft Of stu6
trailins from the forechainA when I
ny her alongsaAA Strike the wood Il
you can. the cordAgs 10 likely 70 bs
rotten"
He missed It at the first attempt,
the hook siipped on the Ice; but ~
brought the long-boat around oncs
more. he succeeded In getting . grip
upon something sufficiently firm ana
held ON. the fellows stariog up silently
At the bufging side, and touching the
th1ek sheAthing Of Ice a. though half
dsmentsd., And 1t gave me . chilli 70
eesl that great silent oulk towering
over US. the huge forechAin oulytng
above. the ghastly giisteu everywhere.
snake fast. Break tue los out Of
that ring. keily. ana pass = stout rope
through IL Now fun th0 sail, the
resi- o. you. kend her OF, Co,e: that'0
all riynt; Keep your oar there. Mr.. "
Nova, you Will remain In charge Of
TIE boat. I'll see what she Looks like
johnson. come s.'ns with
picked my way forward isse the
0O"op 2uo otOoQ GPs Uthbvtub ~ OVSSA1
sosne kind Of grip on the forschains
which would enable mo to haul my.
sek UP. Everything % lcred was
icA % thick ~ to render objects
VSers shs slope was stsspsst he
Wind bad, swept away the snow. leav.
inS the Ice beneath clear: and there,
frossa completely In. like a painted
ptosure, was the fully revealed body
~
mere sTuesome than that ies-shroud.
"a figure, the arms outstretohed. the
short, black beard rendering moro
ehastly the white, dead face. !
gr1pped my hands onto Johnson's
shoulder. and he was shaking ike an
aspen, his own face colorless In tho
moonshins. wheeled HIM about saw
:Don't ioss your nerve. man~
You've seen dead men before. Come.
there's nothing to DO herel wen try
how she looks aft.
He followed me like . dog. casting
uneasy giances backward over his
shoulder. The deck was clearer OF
raffle beyond the foremast. great
ran in the port bulwarks amtdships
shoWing where the wreckage hao
probably been swept overheard. Tne
mainmast, had bsen ripped out, ieav-
Ing Q great, ugly cash In the oecx
plSnks, and in falling had 10 smashed
naf one corner Of the cooks galley
that We could look In through the
ja1gsd opening thus left All the
front portion was snow and Ice, but
the further extremity appeared dry
enough, revealing . brick oven, Q
NHlble screwed to the wall. ana an
ovsrturned scuttls Of Goals htterins
n va not q desirable spot yet
would afford protection from tho
frooty night wind, and DO much better
than the open boat Besides. ! real
isod how those others must feel down
thHre, bobblng up and down against
tncss jce.eaked sideG So made
them board tho derslict and bring up
% IL would take NJ . week to cut
Sur way In With these thinss." ! said
"a last. "De Nova. think I saw an
~ frossn In 1T tho left OF the galley:
Take A man with you and pry It out."
n proved an odd looking Instrument
meat cisaver, I imagine-but was
sufficisatly strong aAa heavy. Ke,iy
sWunG Il vigorously. cleaving OFT the
ico In cakes. until we were finally
at1s to trace the fitting OF the door.
suddenly, striking At the upper panel.
he disJodKed q considerable chunk,
thus revealing half Q dozen ietteN
oaintsd across the front. Dade prted
off 4 few Inches more with his knife
bisde, and We stared UP incredulously
a 49, -nrAa.