The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-02-27

! pleasure on an unoifending c%roquette-
so little to do. and there might be so
much II 1-if she-ol. I.ord." And he
firmly resolved to think of nothing ut
all for the next hour.
Presently Marsh looked up from the
neatly printed pamphlet he had been
reading and remarked. with his most
| %oracuIar air:
This ocean journalism strikes me as
a fake. See these alleged news items
] read all Of 'em IN the papers before
we sailed"
Brill cared nothing about the matter.
but replied for courtesy's sake:
II shouldn't think they'd send old
news by the wireless"
perhaps they don't. I'm a little
suspicious about its value MS a news
service. Hullo. here's something that
Is news"
Bril's eyes questioned the other.
Yes. Stree" said Marsh: then he
read: From company's X. NJ. s. Ne
Rad. Message from Marconi station
at Poldhu says immense ice fields and
bergs, with heavy fog. have been re-
ported at about As north latitude and
~ west longitude. moving southeast :
Marsh put down the pamphlet and
ran his fingers across his eyebrows. as
IL In mental calculation.
That's strange he said. ."rhe ice
this"
Ice In the water? Why don't 1t
melt?' interposed Stebbins.
Does In time. my son. What do you
think OF an ice island-a floating is,
land. but not the kind the steward has
just set before you-O miles long. 40
wide and GOO feet high? Saw one in
the southern ocean"
Stebbins' eyes became p~reternatural.
ly round as he listened to the recital.
There was IL sheltered bay in one
side of Ii forty miles WIDE" went on
/ the %raconteur. "A big enligrant ship
sailed into ii. the ice closed in and
crushed he like an e~ggshell."
Aristides' mouth grew as round as
his eyes with awed attention.
"lIow do they know" he asked ear
nestly.
WE'LL. my doubling Thomas. nearly
a year after the ice had broken up So
that another vessel went near enough
to see the wreck and make out her
name."
Even this circumstantial account did
i.ot appear to satisfy Mr.. Stebbins, and
be turned to Brill as the fountain head
OF all things movable.
The iceberg Is certainly the terror
of the SEA. Jay said his friend. 1T
carries no compass and has no course.
If it carried II fiag ii would be the
black me"
s"Poetic. but more correct than po-
etry usually is cried Marsh. And
the good Lord help those around when
one of EN- tips over
you may well say that. sir. Why
basso %profundo.
Ii was the noble organ of the small
Professor Pennythorpe. who had
caught IL word or we in passing and
had stopped to lean ove the table
where Marsh and the others were dis
ctissing icebergs. No one had asked Il
question. but il was Professor Penny
thorpe's ruling passion to assume that
somebody had in order that he might
have the pleasure of answering. He
now threw back his head and gaZed nj
the three men defiantly, awaiting a re-
ply. None came.
Because. gentlemen" he rumbied.
II cubic foot of ice weighs $50 ounces.
whereas the same volume of sea water
weighs l2.0SU ounces: hence Ice floats.
and only about one-ninth of a berg Is
exposed"
Here wills n new oracle for Stebbins.
and he stared mt the queer little APP
partition spelllnund This WAS what
he liked information reduced to facts
and figures. He would miss no word
fessoi was growing confidential with
Marsh.
My noon observation today" he said.
with less of his usual noisy dogmatiSm.
Showed that we are much of our
course and are hearing strongly to the
south. We ought to be ut the forty
seventh parallel. and were only ut the
forty fourth"
why don't you speak to Captain
HUMPHREYS about it," inquired Marsh
indulgentiy.
II did"
..Oh. well, then. professor, it's prob