. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. backs to the boat they could not see it, and theywere too well drilled to look over their shoulders while pulling an heard Mikes boat-hook as it caught the drifting boat, however,and a moment later it came alongside. They rested on their oars andall eyes were fixed upon the boat, but no one spoke, for there in thebottom lay three dead bodies, and stretched across them the body of aman who evidently was still alive, though entirely unconscious. Themate leaned over him for a moment; then taking the boat in tow theyre
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. backs to the boat they could not see it, and theywere too well drilled to look over their shoulders while pulling an heard Mikes boat-hook as it caught the drifting boat, however,and a moment later it came alongside. They rested on their oars andall eyes were fixed upon the boat, but no one spoke, for there in thebottom lay three dead bodies, and stretched across them the body of aman who evidently was still alive, though entirely unconscious. Themate leaned over him for a moment; then taking the boat in tow theyreturned as quickly as possible to the brig. The Louise returned to the Banks and the fishing continued. Onegang would fish all day with lines or seines and another, on board thebrig, was kept busy cleaning the fish; dumping the livers into great tanksprepared for the purpose on the deck, scraping the bodies and throwingthem down into the hold, where they were packed in salt to keep themtill they came to port, where they could be dried. &£*& ,«;,«»$ :*•. m. ki it 1 i \ A STRANGE DISCOVERY. 13 Down in the cabin the rescued man lay between life and death. Hehad recovered consciousness, but there was little hope that he could live. One afternoon Scott was on duty watching the gauge. It was ina sort of bulkhead, directly under the cabin where the sick man lay, andin fair weather, for light and ventilation a hatch was removed, underthe bunk, leaving only a wooden grating in the floor. From his position just under this grating Scott could not avoid hear-ing every word that was spoken in the cabin, and while he watched the
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