Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-21

NOouS tlidi IL uppthftu we WERE HOt
going anywhere. but we. were not
going in circles because we were
steered by the compass zigzagging
through the wood. That counted
against us. 9sasNi ls.l.. q a . ls,l8li
II began to lag behind pretty much
and Einton suggested that take OF
my flying suit. did. and walked In
my underclofhing the rest of the trip
Hinton wrapped my suit around him.
as sort of BLANKET just before noon
! had nasty fall over tree trunk
into hole three feet deep. | was
bruised and scratched but got up
alone. t-
Hunch Fails to Help Out.
"We didn't eat at noon and made
fire and warmed up and started of
again all together. We were pretty
blue when we campad the third night.
Our hunch about the third being the
lucky day filvvered. M ...
Hinton said, Let's write some let-
ters and put them In our pockets. but
] said. No. well 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. l had the flying suit on, but
1t was too cold to lie still. and RI
would get up often. a.ale sra
"When 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 kldded the kid---
that's what we called Kloor--and told
him lie 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 1t took Hinton two
matches to get the fire going.
RNtf Trio in Bad Shape. aH
''Kloor had lots of pep. after his
nights sleep and Hinton was in bad
shape. was bit better off than
Hinton, but not much. We started of
without food along the bank Of the
creek. had hunch tha sefght 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. s's'''
Friday proved to be the lucky day.
In the morning Tom Marks, Cee
Indian trapper. who was inspecting
his traps on the outskirts of the set
tlement 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
unusual. Marks followed up the tracks
until early in the afternoon he came
upon the three balloonists.
kioers Story Of Trip. sils 4
THE first days out were the worst"
said Lieutenant Koor, describing their
experiences. I'VE had practiced walk
ing with snowshoes at Moose Factory
while we were there and thought we
were 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-
countered three severe biizzards.
''On Sunday a week ago IL became
so bad we were compelled to retrace
our steps for more than a, mile. We
also found that the dogs We had with
us We're inadequate for the load we
were carrying and had to send back
for more. The weather, however, was
not very cold. We had lots of moose
meat to eat and think we are all
feeling fine"
what scientific values to be de-
rived from your tripY was asked.
'srhe main scientific fact demon.
strated." replied Kloor. us that q
balloon Of $4,000 cubic feet capacity
can remain in the air for more than
twelve hours Weawere in4Vthe air I
for twenty-five hours and could have
remained there longer Furfher. than
that ! think nothing ought TO be safid 4
until we report to our superiors.qo
Dogs Hail the Arrival. & 1esss
Kloor, a bl,ie-eyed. ruddy yeune fell
low who looked to be in the pink Of
condition, was the first TO arrive. He
came whiraing around the bend Of the
into the town, riding on /
the dog sled. with Sam, Sainsbury,
Toronto explorer who had gone to
meet faim
The howling ofshuslsies tethered Be.
fore Indian huts here was the first
warming Of the party's approach A.
later Kloorss sled came. over
the snow. He was bundled to the
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