The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-22

ordinarily takes eleven days or more |
They were lost to the world for % days |
IN all.
81 began to lag behind pretty much
and Hinton suggested that ! take off
my flying suit. | did and walked in
my underclothing the rest of the trip.
Hinton wrapped my suit around him
as a sort of blanket. Just before noon
had a nasty fall over a tree trunk
into a hole three feet deep. ! was
bruised and scratched but got up
alone.
Hunch Fails to Help Out.
1--WE didn't eat at noon and made
| fire and warmed up and started off
again all together. We were pretty
blue when we camped the third night.
| Our bunch about the third being the
lucky day flivvered.
Hinton said, Let's write some let
tiers and put them in our pockets, but
l said, NO, we'll have plenty of time
to do that
Hinton could hardly hold his head
up. 1t was very cold and Ii sure was
our worst night. We slept again with
Hinton near the fire and me on the
outside. 1 had the flying suit on. but
it was too cold to lie still. and
would get up often.
"When l did Hinton did too, and
we would both sit near the fire FOR
WHILE. KloOr slept fine, almost in the
fire. He kept getting his feet in the
fire and we would have to pull them
out.
Next morning we kiddeti the kid
that's what we called KloOr--and told
him he had been hogging the fire.
Hinton had the matches. because he
knows how to light fire. We were
careful with the matches. We would
go stiff when it took Hinton two
matches 10 get the fire going.
Trio In Bad Shape.
"Kloor had lots of. pep after his
shape l was a bit better off than
Hinton, but not much. We started of
without food along the bank of the
creek. had bunch that night might
have frozen up the creek and l left
them to go down and try 1t out"
The distance covered that afternoon
was not more than three miles. Next
day (Thursday) almost the same story
was repeated at nightfall, their dis
{ lance from the Hypothetical" village
being still as undetermined as when
they made their landing.
Friday proved to be the lucky day
In the morning Tom Marks, a Cree
Indian trapper. who was inspecting
his traps on the outskirts of the set
r Element of Moose Factory, an island
: i'm the bottom of James bay, noticed
{ tracks which he judged to have beer
( made by three white men. His curl
d osity getting the better of the nativ'
= Indian timidity in the presence Of tn
unusual, Marks followed up the track
n until early in the afternoon he cam
, upon the three balloonists.
Z KlooTs Story Of Trip.
r. "The first days out were the worst,
B.. said Lieutenant KloOr, describing thei
experiences. I'VE had practiced wall
ing with snowshoes at Moose Factor
3 while we were. there and thought W
were experts with them, but after e
ing a day on the trail changed Ou
minds. 1t was quite stormy, too. an
the first week we were out we Ell
'e countered three severe billiards..
" | 49, VT haoar
~ so bad we were compelled to retrat
e our steps for more than a. .mile. W
~ also found that the dogs We had wit
us were inadequate for the load
- were carrying and had to send bao
u for more. The weather. however. wa
" not very cold. We had lots of moo'
- meat to eat and I think we are
feeling fine"
=, "What scientific values to be d
- rived from your trip?" was asked.
~ The main scientific fact demo
strated," replied Kloor. sis that
~ balloon of $4,000 cubic feet capaci
can remain In the air for more ths
twelve hours. We were ip the q
ell for twenty-five hours and could ha
on remained there longer. Further th'
lg. that think nothing ought to be sa
Oh until we report to our superiors."
Dogs Hail the Arrival.
We Kloor, a blue-eyed, ruddy young Z
ed low who looked to be In the pink
We condition, was the first to arrive.
of came whirling around the bend Of I
lot Missanaibi into the town. riding
lot the dog sled, with Sam Sainsbul
re Toronto explorer, who had gone
ng meet him.
ed 81 feel fine. We're all all right. .
I ask is that get to fire." he 50