. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. s cold. Goodyear took theburned piece of rubber out of doors, ahd nailed itto the kitchen door. When morning came, hewent and 2:ot it. It had not frozen. He was now sure that he was on the right he had to find out how to mix and heat hisrubber and sulphur. He was too poor to buyrubber to try with. Nobody would lend him anymore money. His family had to live by the helpof his friends. He had already sold almost every-thino: that he had. Now he had to sell his chil-drens school-books to get money to buy rubberwith. At last his rubber go
. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. s cold. Goodyear took theburned piece of rubber out of doors, ahd nailed itto the kitchen door. When morning came, hewent and 2:ot it. It had not frozen. He was now sure that he was on the right he had to find out how to mix and heat hisrubber and sulphur. He was too poor to buyrubber to try with. Nobody would lend him anymore money. His family had to live by the helpof his friends. He had already sold almost every-thino: that he had. Now he had to sell his chil-drens school-books to get money to buy rubberwith. At last his rubber goods were made and men who had to stand in the rain could nowkeep themselves dry. People could walk in thewet with dry feet. A great many people are alivewho would have died if they had not been kept dryby India rubber. You may count up, if you can, how many usefulthino-s are made of rubber. We owe them all toone man. People laughed at Goodyear once. Butat last they praised him. To be The India-rubberman was something to be proud of. 132. DOCTOR KANE IN THEFROZEN SEA. Kane was a doctor in oneof the war ships of the UnitedStates. He had sailed about theworld a Q-reat deal. When he heard that ships wereto be sent into the icy seas of the north, he askedto be sent along. He went the first time as adoctor. Then he wanted to find out more aboutthe frozen ocean. So he went again as captainof a ship. His ship was called the Advance. Kane sailed into the icy seas. His ship wasdriven far into the ice by a fu-ri-ous storm. Shewas crowded by ice-bergs. At one time she waslifted clear out of the water. The ship seemedready to fall over on her side. But the ice let herdown again. Then she was squeezed till the menthought that she would be crushed like an egg shell. 133 At last the storm stopped. Then came theawful cold. The ship was frozen into the ice never let go of her. She was farther norththan any ship had ever been before. But she wasso fast in the ice that she never
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