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THE clilczico LEDGER. snrum.-my. lipnll. ‘il.'l9oo;
nlxl eelsnm MYSTERY.
The Adventures of Three Boys Who Wei-"e Cast
Away on a Desolate Island in-' -
the Polar Sea. .
,uy ALFRED B. mozna.
tcaoyriahtea ma.)
Begun in Na. 14.
can begin with that num r,
copies can be procured irom news stands,
r our agents. or by mall from oifice of
publication. >
cilnpfelz vii.
REPARING FOR WINTER
April 7. Subscriptions
be a r
cliff It VH3! now about the middle 01
Oclob d the VS we t “in
shorter. In thirty days. at the latest, the
Huh I entirely appear for many
weeks a he hu 5 there on the norms
I dge he round himsel wondering w at his
chums wou d ere alone in th bo
tlon over the scene. -
T e boy had nearly abandoned hope.‘ and
(uily believed that in an be r’: time he
would be called u on to chaos the manner
r h am. He ml t remain w ere he
‘as a be suttocate by the 3 Se: from
the V0 i O. erhaps engulfed in lhe'rl5l K
tide lab or he t ieet a less pain-
ti
lui death on the jagged rocks below,
ly'. slowly. the pit filled with the fiery disr
of the crate . e rocks
warmer to the touch.
Jus A the moment when it seemed that
e the heat and t
ruinting boy. 1 ad Robert looked down,
mun: have seen him before the shot was
fired.
“Are you all right?" shouted Charley, the
wards coming iaintiy through the roar or
the en’: er. '
"All right," shouted Robert, in reply. "but
I rnn't get down." ,
"“'ait 3 minute," was the reply. "I'll fix
that."
“ or God's sake. hurry. then," shouted
Robert. for his posi on was becon-iinz more
8 EVEYY sec-on .
By the lurid torch of the volcano the boy
b which 1
9
Yinwcv r, was in re successful, and Rober
with the line in his hand, felt that the rlerll
"YulI,"shtiuted the boy below, and Robert
with all his might, for-his hack
n of the descent, landinl
nn the lower level with little damage to
thvm. .
i$filiElF
Wllm i say I cure I do not mean merely to
stop them lot I time md then have then: re-
turn sgiin. [man I radical cure. [have made
the (lIS5St of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SlClGi'ESS a life-long study. lwzrrant my
to cure the worst cases. Because
remedy
others hzveiailed is no vczson [or not now
receiving 3 [MIL ‘Send at once [or I treatise
and a free Bottle oi my infallible remedy-’
Give Express and P05 Oiilce.
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When Writlnt Mention The Chicago Ledger.
e B. nioe boy!" were Charley's first
vlor s, as Robert reached his side. “to E0
nsndering a ne 0 anted to see
where the smoke a e rem, did you e .
guess you to rid out, 1 aging rrom your
clothes. which at burned to a cinder 11
down t e back.”
--0 to you,’ replied Robert, with a
mile. though there was is lit e catch in
his vo ce. ' , too, should soon have n
hove. Let's say no more abou .
w did you getjo the island?" asked
this
r
' addled over on an ice float came
as
the re an the E. I X ec to
nd that you had tn ble into some hole.
Come, let's get back to the l riding. I nly
hope the will 3 ha el1't destroyed the
boat. ' Guess they never saw rt human being
berore.'theY‘re so tame."
u cztrl’t say as muoh‘ior.the bears,"
, sunpose ,.o't:vv"’;v=a’.‘ine" ’ "But.
, a good thing
when they see it. it they can": talk United
States." ' . ‘ .-
The ye were soon at the landing, where
they. tourlxd th d by
v lr t
m
er
a
em
hall way to the ship.
i “I'm going to catch 5. baby walrus," de-
clared charle'y.- “and have him tor a net.
)viil says he‘s. going to get a. baby
h was soon reached. They round
will lying alone in the dark cabin, very
anxious and also very hungry.
'- thought 1 had seen the
“and “'85
last or you
my
lln ' he said.
lh making up
mind to get a - "
Th
ut .
ughed at the idea,
llalvl Robert. and t en the story or .liie
day's adventures wss.told.. , . .
--why can't we imitate the bears and go
nd ii i one or the warm cavern ,
vtilt:ano"" ask d Will,'thoughttu1ly; when
the nn 5 on was con .
“That's a good idea," said Charley. "We
.
so
5.
.
BB
.
kno
joillf. living in A steam-heated room if)
volcano." .
“I had just such in residence 3 short tlmt‘
ago," said 0 ert; "and it came near
the death of me. esides, I think the eruD-
tlon Will continue until all the cavern: are
filled with lava. possibly the circular valley
(1 The volcano seems to be Just [Zeb
ling in its war "
“It was probably waiting ror ynur arrival
to commence operations," said VVlli.
“Yes. I guess 50," said Charley, "it “as
quiet enough yesterday. ever sinee we have
::
at
een her in mot; with just a little smoke
and hot air in sight. I! It would only stop
zht are is. we mi a. merry
0 live in an o
After s hearty meal the boys crept into
lied and slept soundly ror many
9
3-:
3-.
an
euiiin would be rendered unlit
deuce. EVEN i
so the boys set to work with
main. the whale bont was Ice
and in a. week's time enouith vrovisl
, two I' I
These consisted of barrels or pickled pork
1! h were hard to handle. lrrr-nt
rid bee‘, wh
boxes o sea-biscuit, tons or tinned Sooris
of all kinds. and prepared vegetables, such
as onions, potatoes, beets; etc. The ship
had been unusually we '
vision: of the bettersort and the boys W‘El:e
now reaping the benent oi the fzaptalns
tore ght. ' ‘ .
0 course. alter the landing of the pro-
visions began, it was found necessary to
protect them night and day, for the bears
have made short work at them if let’:
Still, it was an agreeable change. and the
boys made the best of . ' '
“When the provisions were landed, the
DOYS began the erection of ii. .1-louse, taking
from the interior partitions and
away in a lump, and
uch boards as would iili in the Odd nooks
h ‘walls were thus tar completed.
the boys heated great buckets of tar and
with it went over every inch of the interior,
ceiling and all. Then. While the tar
suit was a wull'culculated'to resist the
keenest weather. , s --
d been completed.
rocks were rolled from the cliffs and
to
protected in the same manner. and the ho!’
rested from their labors, d
Th y
Arctic night, which was down upon them
y the time their preparati ns were mm-
te. . - v V .
CHAPTER Vii]. -:. y I’ ‘V
A FRIEND IN NEED:
About the middle 01 November the sun
ceased to shin t l , lmd l
‘ere always ke t urnlng in the comforts
able little house under th ff. T r 5
lay deep b ea 2. c verlng s
e, Wi’li the thermomete stood steadily at
about (arty below zero The ds :1
storm best furiously u the ouse, but
withsioo the its stu ily Th
. It began in this way:
One day this bear made her appearnriro
in front of the house accompanied by 3 cub
W had in some manne
n day, or what woul ha been th
ext day if he su had bee there to di-
vide the hours “ilh her light, ( ghg be."
again made h apnearsnc still nccom.
printed by the cub. and again a smnn
more of meat was thrown to the clumsy lit-
the sufferer.
The she bear was lean nnd hungry hpr.
hell’. but she never orlererl to touch Ihe
morsei thrown to her baby, After this
cs,a.nd we have
thousands of
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