. Our young folks [serial]. 49Q Cast away in the Cold. [August,. CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. AN OLD MANS STORY OF A YOUNG MANS ADVENTURES. XII. MUST now tell you, continued the Captain,that, while all these adventures of the huntand other matters were happening, the winterwas passing rapidly away, and indeed was soongone; and, from what I have before told youabout the arctic seasons, you will know thatwhen the winter was at an end the darknesswas at an end too, — that is, to be more par-ticular, first there came a little flush of light atnoon, to see which made us very glad, you maybe sure; and aft
. Our young folks [serial]. 49Q Cast away in the Cold. [August,. CAST AWAY IN THE COLD. AN OLD MANS STORY OF A YOUNG MANS ADVENTURES. XII. MUST now tell you, continued the Captain,that, while all these adventures of the huntand other matters were happening, the winterwas passing rapidly away, and indeed was soongone; and, from what I have before told youabout the arctic seasons, you will know thatwhen the winter was at an end the darknesswas at an end too, — that is, to be more par-ticular, first there came a little flush of light atnoon, to see which made us very glad, you maybe sure; and after this, from day to day, thelight grew brighter and brighter, until it was almost broad daylight, as it ishere just before the sun has risen in the morning ; then the sun came upnext day only a little way above the horizon (of course right in the south);and then, next day, it was a little higher, and the next day a little higherstill ; and then, by and by, it was (as it had been in the summer-time before)circling round and round us, shining all the time ; a
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