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. de carriage, so as you know I climb down
. t’e.cliff fast—get in my boat yust in time
_ to.me—t’en I sail away.
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look and say ‘T’at Kotuk,’ your man—
hey?” *
- Vedvik you in Yedvik—-so we sail away—
" see? ‘
_ lity, and so we keep on to t’e nort’.
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“Well, when I see Jennie coming up
t’e cliff t’ere, nort’ of Sitka, and t’e car-
tiage running along t’e roat fast, I
knowed well ’nough t’at you must be in
to catch t’e revolver t’at Jennie t’rowed
- And when I t’ink how no good boats
left in Sitka, I feel for a few minutes t’at
I am safe.
“T tink go to Yedvik—get on whaler
‘So I tell my Esquimaux to sail for
Yedviki. |
~ Mey no like it—but I talk money and
I'show my revolver—so t’ey sail away.
“Well, two or t’ree days pass.
’ “T look all t’e time to t’e sout’, won-
dering if steamer come chasing me.
- “Bimeby, in middle of day, I climb up
t’e rope ladder of t’e mast and look wit?
glass far, far sout?. :
“T see kayak.
“No can.tell who in it, but sight of
kayak ’nough. a“
“I know you follow me, so t’en we go
on until we come near Yedvik.
‘fAll t’e tine we go into Yedvik harbor
I t’ink how perhaps you land somewhere
on sout’ side of peninsula, and cross wit?
dogs and watch shore wit’ glass.
‘*No see you, but I do see Esquimau
who I.t?ink wit’ you.
“T give: glass: to one of my men, who
". Ves,’ said. Trin, ‘““Kotuk was my
companion.’’ . ;
_““’Mat settled it—we know if Kotuk in
_ “We make for Zeglit—no good weather
—and my Esquimaux make much trouble
—but I show my revolver and t’ey have
to Sail. .
_ ’Petrouble is I have to sleep some time
. —so-once when I sleep t’ey steal my re-
volver and t’row it overboard.
~ “Men T know not what to do.
“Me Esquimaux would turn sout’, but
tey have not much food left on boat and
so must go to some port.
“*‘Zeglit nearest.’
“Mey make up t’eir minds to find Zeg-
“T know not ‘how long it last—always
dark. / ,
‘Large snow—high waves—terrible
cold.”?
The Swede shook his head and shiv-
ered at the memory of the fearful perils
he had undergone.
““At last one night, or day, or what I
say noontime, mebbe—always so dark—
t’e boat smash against somet’ing,
‘We all t’rown out—a-wave carry our
boat and all high up’on land or ice—
don’t know which—and it don’t matter,
‘Bot? t’e Esquimaux swept back’ into
sea and drown. ~ .
‘I clipg to-boat wreck and so saved.
‘*One little can of meat left—I take it,
and for a long time wander along t’e .
shore—finally meat all gone.
‘*T ’fraid- of sea—rat’er go inland t’an
be-near t’at dark noisy sea any more—
so I walk and walk and come here—t’at’s
all.?? ° -
Just as .Ole finished his story Kotuk °
came back.
His face was expressive of alarm, and’
he merely glanced at the Swede as -he
said
‘I find sea and almost drown—no can
tell what happen to us.”’ _
‘“‘What is the matter, Kotuk?”? Trim
asked.
‘We on iceberg,’’? the Esquimau re-
plied.
~ “T go near edge—it goes smash—-smash .
—break in big pieces, and I almost get
carried away—dogs did.”’
“You lost a couple of dogs, then?”
“Yah. T’ey go sailing off on sinall
iceberg, '
‘*We go bimeby.’? :
“Well, that will be better than staying
here,’ said Trim, grimly...
All this time the air was filled with the
creaking, groaning and booming noises
that showed that the immense ice field
was on the move and breaking up into
what would . be. icebergs if the pieces
should float out into the open water.
Even as they stood there wondering
what they had better do there came a
noise like the roar of a hundred cannon,
not far behind them. — :
' Turning about quickly, they saw that
y
a tremendous crack had occurred in the
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