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JULES VERNE SEA STORY KL. ... - f" — ~.-d— ' THE EXPEDITION OF TIIE BRIG' /- -t jjUNE-HARDIE* AND SOME TRAG- 1 iC EVENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH. '^literally "Tlie brave young (person)" . s. applied to the vessel, "The brave ywmg lass." (translated for the Star and Wave) ( Continued) . VL At eleven o'clock in the morning on Hie 23rd of Octobeer, under a beautiful moon, the exploring party began its march. 1 'recant ions were taken in anticipation of the search prolonging itself for a long time, if necessary.- Jean Cornbutte followed the shore, proceeding toward the north. The feet of the marchers left no trace upon the resisting ice. Also, he was obliged to guide the movements of his party by means of leading marks observed and selected by him at a distance; at other times 1 •> "directed the inarch upon a h 11 briatling with peaks, and at yet other mes upon an enormous glacier raised ' by the praumre above the surrounding plain. At the first halt, after a distance of ' - fifteen miles had been covered, Penellan made preparations for an encampment, j ' The tent was placed with its back to a block of ice. Marie had not sufTerod too much from tlie severe cold, for.it j was much more easily endured because ; by good luck, a calm prevailed, but s?v- j -*] times, the young girl was oblige,! . to get off the sledge in order to avoid j | In* numbness induced by being jtong in ne position which hinders the eirtslv | •ion of the blond. Otherwise the little: hut, hung with skins through the care i of IVnelhui afforded her all the comfort | possible. Whan the night, or rather j hen tlie time {or rest and repose arrived, this little hut was earned under, - be tent, where it served for the b.,1 I fii-.' chamber of the young girl. The even- j , qg meal consisted of fresh meat, p.'iunican and cold tea. Jean C'ornbutt--. , ;n order to avoid thhe fatal effects of. scurvy, distributed to all of his pconle | some lemon juice. Then all commended ; 'hemselves to the care of the good <-od | and fell asleep. After eight hours • of slumber each i was ready to resume the journey. A substantial breakfast was supplied to Iho men and to the dogs, then tliey I ... started. ' _ About November 1st, ten days after j leparture from the brig, tlie party! found itself fifty leagues to the nortli-1 . ward., (jflie fatigue of the journey had I become extreme for all of the people and it was' decided that tliev would rest ; themselves for n day or two. They resolved to contract a hoiifCe of ' snow which «li>;V(_j»-ould lean against! one of .the K»eks of a promontory. Fidele] Misonne traced immediately lilies to .. mark the foundation. 15 reet in length l>y ,3 in width. Peiielhin, Aupie, Misonne aided by ' 'their knives, out out large' blocks of ice. w hich they carried to the ! 'place selected and then set them up,' just as masons would build walls of | stone, before long the wall was raised i to a length of five feet with a thickness ' nearly equal to this, for there waa no! end to tlie material and it was iinpor- ! v tant that the work should be substantial enough to last for several days. I The four walls were completed in about ciglit hours : a door had' been placed on ' the side next the sea and the canvass i of the tent which find been placed upon ' tlie four walls -was drawn 1 1> tlie side ! npon which the door was' placed, which! it covered. Nothing now remained to he done excepting to obtain some large j -blocks to form the roof of this tempor- ! ; brV structure. After three hours or laborious work. ' the house was completed and feci' one", withdrew from the work, aprey ^o fn"jYjl ■!'*"> Qor- - felBe^Huiiriir^m^&Siog- , stqp.^ud Att-'ee Va sling jiiadelirm prftmW- n -t to ferry ', ■ " l': . f rigby^.aei. rates- . FeneTTan wasj&ftjjrv at tfcfc, , tjflfc lie ... did nnt, know.yhMi -irini-to entl. up-m. , >,j»"«*rdly ji ' .wrafiandpii his frifeds.fe'**! ' T , "* Mfemfhile. •AHhoiigb-fj^ie refcura bad , * b«Ai decided upon, rest had -become so': nccaasaxv that for three days they made , preparation for their departure. November 4th, Jean Oonibutt#- began • , to cache at a place selected upon the shore s'tieTi provtstonfriAs he coui<T Sparc. A mark Indicated the place of deposit, for it was Improbable that new exploratiJfns would drawn them away '' from this coast. All the four days of march he hnd left similar deposits at different points along the route, which assured him of provisions for tiis return, without which arrangement he would have had the dif- . Acuity" of transporting them upon his Hedge. The time of departure was fired at . ; - tea o'clock in the morning; November 6th. The moat profound sadness had P9SW^9<» of tke little party. Marie had treuhle to refrain from team, ..aaafr a.

much useless suffering! So much list i work! Penellan acknowledged himself , to be in a peevish humor and gave all of < the world the devil and Oid not cease, I on evert* occasion to declaim against - the helplessness and cowardice of his ; • comjianions, more timid mid mdre used- "i - up, said he, than Mario, who would have i - gone to the end of the world without ; complaint. VIL " , The evening of the departure, at sup1 per time, Penellan was occupied in breaking up some empty case® in order i to obtain wood for the stove, wben he - was suffocated all at once by a thick < smoke. At the same time the enow house was shaken by an earthquake. , 1 Each one uttered a cry of terror and ; ' Penellan . rushed outside. The smoke • soon hid even-thing from view. A ' frightful tempest, for it was not u ' thaw, burst upon the shores. Whirls 1 of snow fell with extreme violence and ' the cold was bitter to such a degree ' tlfaT the boatswain felt big hands rap- " idly freezing. He was compelled to-seek ; shelter after vigorously rubbing liis i hands with snow. ' "This is a tempest," said he. "May 4 Heaven grant that our house shall be ' strong enough to resist it, for if the r gale destroys it, we will be lost!" t Each time that the gluts of wind ' were- unloosed in the air, a terrifying I noise was produced under the ice; the ^ , icebergs at the point of the promontory I had broken loose and came into colli- • sion with loud crashes, hurling thernI I selves, one upon the other; the wind ' j blew with such force that it seemed, at , 1 times, that the whole house would be J; hurled from its place, .phosphorescent ' lights, uncxplicable in the latitude, ' ran through the whirl of the snow. ' | .'Marie, Marie!" cried Penellan. seizing 1 1 the hands of the young girl. ' I "We are in n bad fix," said Fidele Misonne, " | ';And I do not know whether we will ' ! ever, escape!" replied Aupie. "Let us ■| 'It is impossible!" replied Penellan. rj "The cold is frightful outside, while we ' I mny he alile. perhaps to withstand it " I by dwelling here within!" "Give me the thermometer," said • | Andre Yasling. ' j Aupie passed tlie instrument to bim. 0 I It registered ten degrees below zero, snd | side the house with the fire lighted. ' | Andre Yisling lifted the. canvass which I hung before the opening and slipped 1 1 the instrument outside quickly, for he 1 j had been, bruised by the fragments of 1 ice which the wind raised and blew f about like a veritable hail storm. I "Well, Monsieur Yasling," said Penr cllan, "do you still wish to go out? I'l You. must see that we are safest here!" '"! "Yes," added Jean Cornbutte. "and 1 j we should make every • effort to f. strengthen the interior of thjs house." J f , "Hut- there is a danger more terrible I yet. which threatens us!" said Andre'j "Which"? demanded Jean Cornbutte. °J "It is that if the wind breaks the iec 0 upon which we are resting as it ba« « Y, broken the iee-bergs upon the promon- i e, fury.-, we may be carried away or sub- ® j merged." I , ' f I "It seems to me that this would be . difficult," responded Penellan. "for it ' freezes so as to ice all of the liquid s'ir1 faces ! Let us see what" is tlie temper-* j ' ature." > | He raised the tent flaps so as to make® * ' J room to pass out his arm only and l-ad.' J ' some difficulty in finding the thermcm- • eter in .the midst of tlie snow, but lav-" < ' ally he succeeded in seizing it, and, ap-' i I proaching the lamp, he said: ' i I I "Thirty-two degrees below zero! i 1 1 This is much colder than wo liaVe ex-' I ? ! perieneed up to this point!" 1 ! "Ten degrees more," added Andre i ' j Yasling, "and the inerenry will freeze." i ' I A gloomy silence followed this re- 1 j At about eight o'clock in the morning • Penellan and his companions made an < ' effort to go out and to judge the situation.'' " A iiUi'giiificent motnl* HgKfiSl **t^> tjy, j : atiiHi-pfiere. Tlie sailors ware nimble ', ' to stand the severe cold and tliejr re- . entered the hut; but, first, Penellan 1 "looked about him. Tlie promontory •was no longer there and "the hut foetid d '■ itself 'in the midst of an immense plain*; i - of ice. ' i ' I The temperature obliged liim to n-e . enfer. It was necessary, first of all. to' ' ' dry the clothing and this was done by ' j means of the aleoliol- burning cooking i '■] apparatus. The thermometer exposed j for a moment in the" air. fell to thirty ( 1 degrees below zero. ■< At the end of an hour, Andre Yasling ' and Penellan refiolvcd to face the out- < side air. They wrapped themselves- ! about with their clothing still damp, ' and went out. I "We have been dragged to the nortb- ( cast,' said Andre Yasling, discovering j the location by means of tba stars i Ij which shone with extraordinary bright- i 9 It was true. An immense quantity ' of snow had fallen during .the contint uanoe of the hurricane and the wind • r had piled it against the only thing : I which arose above the level o i the plain. . The entire block bad been dragged by i , the wind into the midst of tba broken i » ice, more than twenty-five milea tojthe ( rr-. K - *•! ? ' '

The awo men clambered up the block < of ice in which they found the hut im- j ' bedded, but could see nothing but that , white immensity which surrounded. them in all directions. Already the cold i "blWrnrd-dlu'ir members and the damp--of their clothing was transformed into ice which hung around them. At the moment when Penellan was about to descend the hill lie glaced at Andre Yasling. He saw him all at once look eagerly to one. side, then tremble and grow pale. Penellan cast his eyes to the spot which had attracted the at- : trillion of his companion. A light smoke was rising In the northcast. There could be no mistake about it. There "must be living beings there. Penellan 's shouts of joy drew forth his companions and all were able to convince themselves by their own eye# • that the boatswain was not mistaken. I Immediately without troubling them1 selves about provisions, without stopping to 'think of the severity of the temperature, wrapped up in their hoods, • all advanced at a rapid pace toward the place in which tlie smoke had been seen. The smoke arose in the northeast and • the little company hastened in this di- • rection. The goal to be reached seemed to be distant about five or aix inilef and I it became very difficult to locate the ! right place, for the smoke had disapi pea red and there was no elevation to ' serve as a mark, the icy plain being en- ■ tirely smooth. ' It v. as important, therefore, that the movement of the party I should be straight ahead, without - deviation. "Since we are not able to guide our- ■ selves by means of distant objects," , said Jean Cornbutte, there is this means to employ: Penellan will march in-nd- ! vance, Yasling twenty pares behind . Jiim and I ..twenty paces behind • Yasling. I will be able to judge then whether Penellan strays from She I straight line. • The jnareli continued in this manner for a half hour when Penellan suddenly • stopped and listened. Tlie group of sailors rejoined liim. * "Have you heard nothing." asked lie. "Nothing.' responded Misonne. I "It is singular," said Penrllap, "ft seemed to me that there were cries from . this side." "Cries,' responded tlie young girl. . "VYe must be then very near to our i goal." 1 "You cannot depend upon that," said : Andre Yasling. "In these high latir tudes, sound carries for extraordinaiy ' distances." "However that may he," said Jean ■ Corfeitiftej "let us march or we will he ! frozen -as we stand." "»>,$ said Penellan. "Listen!" . I Some feeble but perceptible . sound- ' were heard. They appeared to be cries i®* fjBiyansFlapony. They were heard ! twice more. They had said that some ttric3i«ned'-farv ln-lp. Then all became 'si^enf'>agaiflr : fllotjjnistaljpn," said Penellan. "Lai «j* go forward.* > - fold- Jie. began-, lo rife in tlie direction ofjQii.lifo., ■ Be diB: thug about t-.-o miles, and liis stupefaction was grout, when lie sajvaAimn Isblg^ipon llic ice. • He approariied bim, lifted him up. and rwjjtfoibp own arma^'ty tlfepair, to heaven.wrecked ones! It is our sailor' Gitirtrois?*'' ' " " "TTefs' dead, rtpIiedJPencllaij, "frozen r' to tteatJi." j j -.iv, s •Jeah- CbrnK&tte and Mario 'came up . ■ close .to th|>- corpeei -whidj the iee bed ' alfeadj-" stiffened. Despair was painted all tb'e'fstfs. The dead man was one of tlie companions of -Louis Corn- — *?"5 — "Let us go on!" cried Penellan. Tliey. marehgd again for a half hour, without - saying a word, and they saw an elevation of the soil which should certainly ; - "It is Shannon Island," said Jean Cornbutte. About a mile awny. tliey pcrceive'd, distinetly, smoke which came from a snow hut which had a - wooden door.- : , Th #y shout. iL Two men darted ! orward from the luit and one of. (Jiem recognized as Pierre Nouquet. "I'ierr#!** slftm'tetl he to him. The bum eWppc-d and stared about hiinf1 ' stwphlj jt«8, thtUigh'Jie had no eonscious - Uess of .what passed around him.' "■f^Frre! It. is' I!" , shoiifed- Penellan. ore all thy " friends/- , * Pierre Jioquet turned toward him and fell into the arms of his old companion. "And toy zbnl-and Louis," cried Jean Gornbutle, wrtli hccentsof tlie deepest 'despair. - At this moment a man. almost dead, came out of the hut and dragged him- . self toward them Upon the ice. Tt was Louis Cornbutte. "My aonl" " ~ "My fiance!" These two cries were made at the same time, and Louis Cornbutte fell fainting into the arms of his father and the young girl who drew him Into the . hut where their care revived him. "My father! Marie!" cried Louis Cornbutte. "I have seen you again be- : fore death baa taken me." "Thou wilt not die," responded Penellan, Tor all thy friends are near «»«■- i (To be concluded.) !| :

' THE STRATFORD VERSION. i : ' The latest appreciation of Shakespeare . I |!by liis. fellow townsmen is reported in ;J the Washington Star. I. In Stratford, during one of the Shake ! s pea re jubilees, an American tourist approached an aged villager in a smock, I and aaid: "Who is this chap Shakespeare, aayv way?" _ - t : "He were a' writer, 'nr." "Oh, but there are a lot' of writers, r Why do you make such a fuss over this i one. then? Wherever I turn I see > Shakespeare hotels, Shakespeare cakes. Shakespeare chocolates, Shakespeare - shoes. What did be write — magazine ! i stories, attacks on the trusts, popular! i "No, sir; oh. no, air!" said: the aged ■ villager. "I understand he writ for the t Bible, sir." : ONE REASON FOR KEEPING LUGGAGE OUT OF CAR AISLES The Pennsylvania Railroad last year! paid out $5143.40 on account of accidents; t to passengers who tripped over other . passengers' grips placed in the aisles on | passenger trains. That is one of the . reason's why the Company instructs its | trainmen not to permit luggage to re- |- main in the aisles of passenger coaches. FOR FEEDS anfl Seed Potatoes, try the Bldredae and Phillips varieties. A carpenters tool FREE. Ask about r it at Cfoas. A. Swain's Hardware Store. L e Advertise In the Star and Wave.

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