Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-13
LOST AMID THE
ARCTIC SHOWS
SECOND INSTALMENT OF MIR.
kIIMHS INTERESTING STORY
OF ALASKAN ADVEN-
TURF,
CHAPTER II.

Providentially she was dressed ex-
sedingly warm. otherwise she might
have Jared worse. | took the dis
tressed little girl in my arms anc
tried to console her and subdue her
fears. but to no avail. She wanted
her mamma and would not be COM
forted in any other way.
We were now in quite dilemma.
without the slightest object for
guide-the trail had ben lost through
Glidden going ahead of his dogs, try
ing to get them to travel faster. Had
he let them go as they pleased they
would have followed the trail through
their animal instinct. had been
following, paying no attention to
where we were going. and so l was
as completely lost as though l had
been thrown out into the darkness.
1t now became quite useless to try
to haul the loads any farther through
wisest thing to do under the circum-
stances was to unload one sled and
hitch all of the dogs to It, which
would enable us to make better prog
ress. We accordingly did this with
as little delay as possible. and start
ed once. more through this binding
storm. trusting to Providence that
We might find the trail.
1t now was necessary for Glidden
to go ahead of the dogs. for it was
the only way We could get them to
go at all. rode on the sled. hold
ing the child in my arms. and all the
while trying, with fatherly anima-
ton, to soothe her cries. We had
not travelled in this manner more
than five minutes when l could see
from the circle the dog team was de-
scribing that Glidden was completely
lost; l kept hallooing to him to bear
more to the right and we would be
more apt to find some signs of the
trail. But he would not heed my
calls. He said afterwards he could
It seemed that he was keeping to the
right all the time. Before this incl
dent ! always had grave doubts
about a mans right leg outwalking
his left when lost. but this case.
where could witness it with my own
eyes, proved 1t to me conclusively.
Presently Glidden stopped and said
ne had no idea where he was going
or where he was; which l could very
plainly see without being told. I
thought the trail lay to the right OF
US. but he thought 1t was more to
ne left: so. to demonstrate his idea he
began wading through the snow first
one way and then another, trying to
locate the trail with his feet, for he
Knew the snow would be much hard
or where the trail was than where We
were travelling. !
AS he tramped back and forth he
Kept getting a little farther and far |
ther away from the team and sled.
IN the meantime l had moved up to
the head of the dog team to investi-
gate the situation to the best pos
sible advantage. l cautioned him
ABOUT going any farther forward, for
mere looked to me to be a precipice
only few feet from where he stood |
rhe words Of warning were no more !
tnan uttered when I saw him disap-
pear as though the earth had opened ,
and swallowed him completely This
sudden catastrophe certainly placed ,
me in terrible predicament. for a !
while at least.
The child was crying as though /
ner little heart would break with
GRIEF, which served to make me feel
"retched and to try my nervous sys-
TEN to nearly it's full capacity. a
companion lying at the bottom of
canyon, dying, If not dead. Or. if
NOT dead, he might be crippled so
severely that to rescue him would be
al lmpossibility while such a storm
was sweeping over us in it's fury.
one who has never experienced
one OF these billiards., especially in .
'hat part OF the universe, where the
SHOW covers everything completely.
'aus'ng all things to look alike. can
not fully realize the desperate situa-
.on. knew I must act in some !,
direction and do it quickly, but just