The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-04

30 talk across the sea. A. SAY. with
three feet To our t~o. till Is" saw the
ruddei !!ft green al rTe:y 1u"!p-~lnu
swinging on 20 the vince! ana ruES!nS'
with M back tn In" Russian snot: For
we knew lie had Il in ;ntHu 30 run before
us. :hu; he" might snt away while va
were caught Md thy ',n"cH"d oEr
Ilns,S uu; nt rs III 40 dragged mo
the wind li:" wounded gull: hNt re
went on over the edge ii the %hy-linc---
What Eo2!I ~" III" fresl, hides
spoke for themselves. :" they took us
10 :, Russian p"rt. a!ii after that :" q
lone couutr,-. w!l"r" they sr: MS Ia work
In Lie names 80 Dig salt. AH1 some died.
and SUN" did no; de.
MASS swept ;hc blanket from his
Sh"u!d~rs. disclosing tn gnarled and
twisted flesh marked With tnc UniN!T-
ta,:lbl" situations OF III" HnGi'. |rl'lE"
HASTILY covered iiin. :rT H. was MOI nica
- look upon.
"W" war" 'h@T" a wear! tine. and
sometimes 'U"n got AWAY To III" south.
hut th"% always rHrr" back. So. WHrn
We who hIilcd FROM Ncddo HaY. rose III
the uight and took The guns from TN
guards. We wral 20 I'll" north. And i!ie
IL nd was very !lrE". with plains. SogH%
with water. ara Er"H' forests Ana The
cold came. with iut.cE SNOW GA thc
ground, Ind no man hu"W Inc va.
Woary months "" juurn"y"I through the
endless forest do NOT r"ii."'uh"r. now,
for there was itlti" food .,nd often ""
Law down To di,. T:iit ~ Last vs. came
20 The cold sea. and hat three were lef;
TO look upon il one lad shipped from
Ye;jdo as captain. and he knew IN his
head the lay of the %r'a; lands. and o.
the place wh""e neil May cross FROM
one to tho other Oh IN" Ice And he led
us--I do not know. il WAS so iuEg--tii!
thera Weco hut two. When We came 70
that place we found tiy" nf ia" strarE"
people which in" in ti.tt country. and
\ i ,N-,. 4
vnrv poor. We fought IN III" SNOW III
they died. and the captain died, md the
dogs and skins wrT" ;ninc. Then !
crossed On Tie ice, which was broken.
and onca ! drif;"d iii a gale from tn"
west put ne upon thrs more. And after
| that Goloy!n Ray. Pa$tillk. and tn"
priest Thcn south. south. TO the warm
sunlands wh"r. first | wandered.
Put rho sea WAS no longer frai;fG',
seal went 10 littie profit and great risk.
Tho fleets scattered and tn" captains
and til" mon had no word Of those |
sought. So | turncd ava: from the
ocean which never rests. and went
among the lands, where The trees. tn"
houses and the mountains sit always IL
ona rIaro and 10 not move. L"ururycl
far, and vat:le 10 learn many thinEe."H"i,
to thu way Of Ceading and writing iT":'
/; books l. vas well 7 should do this. !"r
il canle' upon me that UaRa inuSt Know
these things. and that som" day. wneii
, tho time waG net--wc--yoUn nader
stand, when the time was met.
"Sn ! Grifted. like those littic fish
which raise :, sail 10 the wind. bat ":tr-
not steer. Rut my eyes and ny cars
werc open always, and [ went among
men VINO travelled much. for knew
thoy hud but to see those l sought. %
remember A. last Their" cara" 4 NOR.
fresh from the mountains. WITH uitc"+'
Of rock in which the free gold stood {"
tbs size Of peas. and he had hoard. he
had met, mr. knew them. They we're rich.
no said. and lived Ia the Hi%'cc whcT"
they drew the gold from tho ground
1T was ia Il wild country, and very
far away: BIZ. in tiG?e | came 20 ~"
camp. hidden between ;hc mountains.
where men worked night and d;,!. out az
the sight OF the sun. YET the time. was
not come. I listened to the talk OF the
peonle. He had gone awny--they had
gone away-to England. il was said. In