Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-11-29

o'clock. Then | went to bed. not. how
ever, without invoking. like the Indian
the favor Of the radiant orb The next
day, the 21st of March. at 8 in the
morning. mounted the platform.
found Captain Memo there
1.-THE weather is tightening d little
said he. Il have some nope Ate,
breakfast We will 20 on shore and
choose post for observation
That point settled sought Ned
Land. l wanted to take him with me.
But the obstinate Canadian refused
and | saw that his ta(Vturnity and his
bad humor grew day by day After al!
| was not sorry for his otlstinacy no
sler the circumstances Indeed. there
were too many seals on shore. and
we ought DOT to lay such temptations
in this unreflecting 6sherman's way
Breakfast over. we went OH shore
The Nautilus had gone some miles far
ther up In the night 1t walls u whole
league from the coast. above which
reared sharp peak about 800 yards
high. The boat took with me Captain
Memo, two men Of the crew and the
Instruments. which consisted Of chro
n0meter. telescope and barometer
While crossing saw numerous whales
belonging to three kinds peculiar to the
southern seas-the whale or the Eng
lish fright whale" which huS no dorsa,
On; the "humpback." or baiaenopteron.
with reeved chest AID large whitisb
f1ns. which. In spite OF its name. do not
form wings. and the tinback. Of a vel
lowtsh brown, the liveIieSt Of all the
cetacea. This powerful creature ia
heard long way or when he throws
to q great height columns Of uir aud
vapor which look like whirIwlnds Of
smoke. These different mammals
were disporting themselves in troops in
the quiet waters, and I could see that
this basin Of the antarctic pole served
as a place Of refuge to the cetacea too
closely tracked by the hunters. | also
noticed long whitish lines Of salpae. q
kind Of gregar1ous mollusk. and large
medusae floating between the reeds
At we landed. The sky was bright.
enfng. the clouds were, flying to the
south. and the fog seemed to lie leav-
ing the cold surface Of the waters.
Captain Memo went toward the peak
which he doubtless meant to be his OBJ
servatory. It was painful ascent
over the sharp lava and the pumice
stones in an atmosphere often impreg-
mated with sulphurous smell from
the smoking cracks. For man unac-
customed to walk on land the captain
climbed the steep slopes with an agll.
ity ! never saw equaled and which a
hunter would have envied. We were
two hours getting to the summit of
this peak. which was half porphyry
and half basalt From thence we look
ed upon vast sea, which, toward the
north, distinctly traced its boundary
line upon the sky. At our feet lay
fields of dazzling whiteness, over our
heads a pale azure. free from fog. To
the north the disk Of the sun seemed
like a ball Of fire. already horned by
the cutting of the horizon From the
bosom Of the water rose sheaves of
liquid jets by hundreds. In the dis
lance lay the Nautilus. like a cetacean
asleep on the water; behind US, to
the south and east. an immense coun-
try and n chaotic heap of rocks and
ice. the limits Of which were not visi.
ble. On arriving at the summit Cap
tain Memo carefully took the mean
height OF the barometer, for he would
have to consider that in taking his OBJ
servations. At a quarter to - the sun.
then seen only by refraction. looked
like golden disk shedding its last
rays upon this deserted continent and
seas which never man had yet piowed
Captain Memo, furnished with a len
ucular glass, which. by means of a
mirror, corrected the fefraction. watch
ed the orb sinking below the horizon
by degrees, following heightened d.
agonal held the chronometer. NY
heart beat fast II the disappearance
Of the half disk Of the sun conceded
with II O'Clock on the thermometer we
were at the pole itself.
Twelve!" l exclaimed
"The south poler' replied Captain
Memo In a grave voice, banding me the
glass. which showed the orb cut In ex.
actly equal parts by the horizon.
l looked at the last rays crnwning
the peak and the shadows mounting
by degrees up its slopes. At that mo-
ment Captain Memo. resting with his
hand on my shoulder. said: s
u. Captain Memo, ON this 2lst day