The sun., 1919-02-09

went down the yards lodged on the
ice and broke of, in such a narrow
lane OF water did she disappear"
But there's no danger. The 'Karluk
went down In the frozen sea north
east of Wrangell and due north of
Herald Island. Her complement Of
humans, left on the ice, made what
they called shipwreck camp. A party
Of four. headed by DR.. A. Forbes
Mackay. decided to try for land before
the captain thought the conditions ia
vorable. He advised against II. but
gave them the supplies the venture
required and they left camp and went
to disaster. With Bartlett they left
o statement clearing him Of RESPONSE
hility.
He now always, remember, there
= no danger) led the DINERS to Wran-
gell Island with the stores. He put
a man IN charge OF their camp and
himself, with one Eskimo youth
named katakoviok and one sledge
with seven dogs, struck off across the
&c for the Siberian coast to get the
news OF the disaster to Ottawa as
speedily as might be and send back
help.
He started March is, 1914, and he
delivered his message TO Garcia, ar
irving. after crossing the moving ice
and trudging down the shore thinly
sprinklcd with Siberian Eskimos. at
East Cape. the tip Of Asia that
reaches out for the tip OF America. on
April 10, and going thence to Emma
Harbor and Nome.
Cannot Summarize the story.
The story Of that trip Of his cannot
be worthily summarized. 1t needs to
be read: and his book. which is excel
lent, seems far less generally known
than the public deserves. Patiently.
perseverinaly, in the face OF wicked
weather. he found his way around the
changing leads or ice field crevasses
One after another they opened. gulp-
ing for him. forcing him TO zigzag
His Eskimo. though good stuff. lost
heart, especially when Siberia was In
sight, having once heard that Siberian
Eakimos kill their American relatives
who fall into their hands. Altogether
the captain on fuot--losing dog after
dog buying substitutes as he could
18th pieces OF his equipment. crossing
The treacherous young ice with poles
and yanking his sledge and his COM
panion after hiIn-trekked II 500 miles.
1t was touch and go with them
nigh. and day. lie admits it-reluc-
family. But he mpkes nothing OF 1t in
his book, and nov he calls it part Of
the days work.
Meanw hilo down here In hazardous
big cities we were reading of Capt |,
a. Bartlett lost in Arctic waste. Ad-
mirai Peary spoke up. 1t was be-
lieved that the karluk was lost, but
the Admiral said roundly that Bartlett
was equal to any emergency and
would be heard from yet. And so he
was; half snowblind, with sick. ach-
ing arms and his legs swollen their en-
tire length as II with a general case OF
NAL de racquetto," he mushed into
the outposts Of civilization and told
his story to the eager cables.
His book Is dedicated simply ITO
Mrs. William Bartlett" She, one
gathers, is the captains mother, by
whom he sets illimitable store. lie is
not married. Two been up against IL
more than once" he says, with his
neeting blink of a bashful smile. IT
nearly got up to the scratch three
times. Blu y Stacked out Of II, and /
shouldn't wonder"
He VAS not keen pn being photo
graphed for this article his face, he
said, looked too much like prize
lighters mug. II looks like nothing