The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-21

was very weak. felt like vomiting
Hinton was nauseated. his stomach
was very bad. but our heads were as
| clear as they are right now.
IF we had had a definite object we
could have gone fifty or a hundred
miles without so much distress. We
saw SO much OF the same sort OF
woods that ii appeared we were not
going anywhere. But we were moi
going in circles because we were
steered by the compass xigzagging
through the wood. That counted
against US.
Il began to lag behind pretty much
and Hinton suggested that / take of
my flying suit. 1 did. and walked in
my underelothing the rest of the trip.
@Hinton wrapped my suit around him
as a sort of blanket. just before noon
l had nasty fall over a tree trunk
into a hole three feet deep. l was
bruised and scratched but / got up
alone.
Hunch Fails to Help Out
I'VE didn't eat at noon and made
fire and warmed up and started of
again all together. We were pretty
blue when we camped the third night.
Our bunch about the third being the
lucky day fiivvered.
Hinton said. Let's write some let
ters and put them In our pockets but
1 said. No, we'll have plenty of time
TO do that
Hinton could hardly hold his head
up. 1t was very cold and it sure was
our worst night We slept again with
Hinton near the fire and me on the
Ii 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 kIdded the kid
that's what we called Kloor-and told
him he had besn 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 TO get the fire going.
Trio in Bad Shape.
'KlOor had lots of pep after his
nights sleep and Hinton was in bad
shape. 1 was a bit better off than
Hinton, but not much. We started off
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 it out"
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
Element of Moose Factory, an island
In the bottom of James bay, noticed
tracks which he judged to have been
made by three white men. His curl
osity getting the better of the native
Indian timidity in the presence of the
Marks followed up the tracks
until early in the afternoon he came |
upon the three ballOoniSts-
KlooTs Story of Trip.
1.-The first days out We're the worst |
said Lieutenant Kloor, describing their |
I'VE had practieed walk
ing with snOwshOes at Moose Factory |
while we were there and thought we /
we're experts with them. but after go
ing day on the trail changed our
minds. 1t was quite stormy, too, and |
the first week we were out we en-
three severe billiards..
ION Sunday a week ago it became
20 bad we were compelled to retrace
Dur steps for more than mile. We
also found that the dogs we had with
is were inadequate for the load we
we're carrying and had TO send back
or more. The weather. however. was
lot very cold. We had lots OF moose
neat to eat and 1 think we are all
feeling fine"
"What scientific values to be de-
lived from your trip?" was asked.
1.-THE main scientific fact demon
strated," replied Kloor. sis that a
balloon of $4,000 cubic feet capacity
AN remain in the air for more than
welve hours. We were I'm the air
or twenty-five hours and could have
there longer. Further than
hat 1 think nothing ought to be said
Until we report to our superiors."
Dogs Hail the Arrival.
Kloor. a blue-eyed, rudy young fell
ow who looked TO be In the pink OF
ondition. was the first TO arrive. He
anne whirling around the bend of the
Iissanaibi into the town, riding on
he dog sled, with Sam Salisbury.
toronto explorer, who had gone TO
meet him.
The bowling of huskies tethered be-
ore Indian huts here was the first
EARNING of the party's approach A
loment later Kloor's sled came over
he snow. He was bundled TO the
yes in the garb of the country
lackinaw, mOccasins, wool cap and
luffier-and no one recognized him
ntil he had slid stiffiy from his sled
nd introduced himself.
Il feel fine. We're all all right All
kHo+ cot 70 a no cafd !