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Show The Greenland canine is the best sledge animal in the world, and as ours were a cross between the native pup and the majestic Dane, we felt quite proud of .our outfit. The west coast strip, you know, Is free from permanent ice and snow and varies from 100 to 60 miles in width. The Eskimos live on this ribbon of lowland and avoid the interior, where the Iceman could quarry from 2,000 feet to a mile before reaching real soil. That's what I call ice. The travel was pleasant and exhilarating, and Tib was all enthusiasm. 'If I can pinch a bevy of these sightly wags I shall form them into a brass band, my child. Only think of the effect down in Utica! he remarked one night when we were near the interior limit of the coast strip and were lying In our tent, smoking. Our henchmen were a people, entirely unfit for railroad work because of their penchant to absorb all the fat and oil in sight And they were abominably given to song. They kept us awake two hours, chanting sagas, all in one key. At last they let up, and we sank to rest as softly as two babes in the woods. The next thing I knew Tib was digging his honest knuckles into my sides and murmuring: And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers. I awoke to behold the sun and then about a score of the Iggest men I ever saw. I thought at first I must be romancing in some spectacular dream. As I lay on my skin couch they looked to be between eight and nine feet tall, while the leader was equal to three of the Broadway squad spliced together. In color and build they resembled our North American Indians, and were armed with whalebone bows and Ivory-tippespears of After having unnecessary length. feasted our eyes on the amiable, squat faces of the Innuits, they looked awfully fierce and unwholesome. 'It not a dream! Weve found em! I cried, staggering to my feet. It's no dream, groaned Tib; only theyve found us. I wish, Billy, you were snugly eating Ice cream in the dogs. MY MAN, WITHOUT LOOKING AT HI3 HAND, BET A PUP. d (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) "After the sorry outcome of his experiment Tib got disgusted with Installing wheels of progress, and as we now had a modicum of the tainted he decided on a bit of the cosmopolitan. Almost before I knew it we had swapped dull placidity for the hysterical bleat and blare of Broadway. Only the change was so radical 1 nearly Inconvenienced seven motorinen by being run over before my patron could drag me aside and Into the permanent office of a circus. " 'We'll Just stop and say how d'ye do,' said he, grabbing me by the collar and encouraging me to enter. "Then did I know the old lust had returned, and that once again we were destined to supply foundations for the big parade. "Not anything with equators In It, I groaned, as the head sheik fell cm our necks and Joyously proclaimed he sleuths had had seven trailing us for a month. I'm a quitter unless it's mild,' I insisted. In response, the main-sprinpatted me lovingly on the back and led us to a big map and asked us to guess. I held my hat over Patagonia, for two years before Tib and I had vishad ited that Joint and with tried to catch a few of the rollicking sprites who longed to eat Magellan and the other early press agents. They had proven great sprinters and had caught us before we covered the first quarter, and It was only with painful we memories and a broken collar-bonhad torn ourselves away and gained the coast. 'Something with blondes In It,' 1 begged, for I saw Tib's eyes sparkling ns he cocked his head In the old way and benevolently studied the jour-nallstl- c g e chart. "Our would-bemployer in soothing tones temluded how we had distanced all other collectors In picking up cirt cus truck. He showed us posters of our cannibals and sacred goats and boys; and with this gentle lead began to spring the trap. To cut it short, the circus wanted giants. To sustain his statement he produced cablegrams and terse letters written In red Ink In which the owner said he hankered only for a dozen high men, who would scare the village nags Into the Methodist church when passing on parade. And they must be lofty enough to do this without recourse to t boots and shakos. Of course, if he wants giants,' murmured Tib. and a light not of sea or land gleamed in his brown eyes as he formally agreed to try his dangdest. I knew there was no use in endeavoring to dissuade him, and heedless of the threatening gongs I slouched along in his wake, unwittingly on my way to a dramatic situation that for pure Intensity of emotion was to render Fridays dimpled footprint a merely pretty climax. would have it, the manAs ager possessed a slight tip from a Moravian missionary, who had been doing a lecture stunt after a long stop In the edge of the arctic circle. Armed with this shadow of a hint, my patrou now led the way to Brooklyn and unfortunately landed the lecturer. It required a deep display of heart interest In the back stubby home before our man would veer around and auswer indiscriminate Then he opened up and questions told us of the lost race of Anakim, and Tib murmured In my There were giants In the earth In those days. The missionary hastened to explain he bad never met any of these his belief big people, but that they could be found somewhere up there in the interior of Greenland. He added, significantly, they were amply protected from circus collectors, sot only by peculiar territorial and cli e ten-foo- lion-face- d high-heele- two-foo- d k fat-eate- flat-face- off-ea- r, half-asserte- matic conditions, but also by sheer avoirdupois. He had first learned of this overgrown race, he continued, from the Innuits. In fact, several of his freely perspiring children, who ought to have been in better business, declared that they had met with stray specimens while penetrating the far north. But if all the legends and stale stories were true, our quarry would not readily eat from our hands. Yet the more he rambled, the more Tib's eyes twinkled, and he was all aglow to learn more of these museum possibilities. Consequently, three additional hours found us in Philadelphia in search of old who prowl about the Greenland waters yearly in barks. The mistheir cryollte-ladenesionary had furnished us with the name of one of this ilk, a man who was a crude expert upon the aborigines of the polar and who had recently returned to civilization. On finding him, Tib easily managed to make him talk, and the old salt startled us by declaring he had seen some of the Goliaths in a mining settlement near Ivigtut bay. He pictured them as being from seven to nine feet tall, but apologized for the former and explained they probably had been improperly nurtured. He believed they celebrated their at homes' in the burglar-proo- f regions of the ultimate north, and had rambled down to the southwest coast became of terribly stunts severe storms and the of the thermometer. "This was enough for my patron, and another day saw us in consultation with the main spring of the circus. The upshot was, we took passage on a cryolite bark immediately, bound , for the coast of Ivigtut. Grenland, you know, is the only spot on the map that yields cryolite in commercial quantities, and a company in the Keystone state enjoys the exclusive privilege of shipping the stuff to the Americas. We embarked on one of their boats so as not to attract attention, for there were collectors who kept close tabs on Tib why. Jenkins, collecting for a show, once trailed us all through the Congo district, realizing we were after something good! "While bounding over the billows, Tib kept school and informed me we would arrive at Ivigtut at the beginning of the summer season, when the average mean temperature is 48 degrees Fahrenheit for three months, and where the officials of the Danish government try to eradicate homesickness by growing turnips, lettuce and very small potatoes, mainly under glass. By the time we began to be annoyed by the waters of Davis strait 1 was so crammed full of arctic lore that I had to step softly so as not to Jolt any vital facts out of ray system. That was Tib's way; he never went into a strange place but what he was loaded. At Ivigtut we presented our credentials to the agents, whosent us on to Godthaab, the capital of Danish South Greenland. Here we were shaken down for newspapers and any information that didn't date back beyond the stone age. But, on the whole, we were handsomely treated by those holding the reins of government over this gigantic plant; and we quickly learned that the captains yarn about the strange people was within the truth zone, and that some of them had spent the long winter months on the coast. Now they had retreated up the fiords into the interior, we were told, where in sheltered places the mosses and flowering plants have the nerve to come forth In the stingy sunshine. Best of all, we were supplied with some faithful Eskimos, one of whom could do rough work on the English language. The course we took largely evaded the ice and snow, yet we carried along a light sledge and a bunch of sea-dog- ice-ca- sub-zer- frost-bitten- isle-girte- d States. One glance revealed the situation All of our Innuits, except the and badly scared interpreter, had scented trouble in the nigbt, and for fear of hurling our feelings had silently indulged in caitiff flight. The sons of Anak had evidently given no pursuit, being content with their two souvenirs from the States. Tib then regained his nerve, and straightening up his rotund form asked Emma, the interpreter, if he was heavy enough to flirt with the strangers patois. We called him Emma as it was impossible to climb over the oristling hedge of consonants in his real name. He shivered and said he could nibble away at the edges and complete the job by the sign language, as he had met several of them on the coast. Tell em, commanded Tib, stoutly, that I have come to take some of them home with me, but that they shall all be returned here in good condition, and that I will give each man who goes with me a whale. "Emma drew in a long breath and tried to break into their lingo. I noticed he eschewed the polysynthetic gab of his own tribe and rippled along with a flow of velvet vowels that sounded like a subway construction gang during the noon hour. "Then for the first time the tallest stepladder gave a hearty Wow! and began a rapid fire bilek. I felt chilly as I saw the sweat stream from Emmas face and heard him give a few mournful hoots, indicative of great sorrow. Will they come, Em? asked Tiberius eagerly. " No come, groaned Emma. Say white men be killed to Black Dog Shaman. " Kindly 'phone me what that all means, I begged. 'It means, my boy, explained Tib, sadly, that these uncouth gentlemen brave-hearte- d wild-anim- cold-storag- e out-of-do- Led Us to the Map and Asked Us to Guess. contemplate offering us up as a tribal sacrifice to their head dlety, the Black Dog. I guess they think our demise will propitiate Mr. Dog and stave off another severe winter. Tell em, Emma, that the Black Dog does not want the Snow Men to be harmed and will be very angry if they are. The answer, as finally translated by Tib to me, was to the effect that we were magnificent liars and not on to the real disposition of Mr. Dog. The Ignoramuses contended that we must pass out in order to placate their deity, and were very much displeased because we did not look upon our part in the humane ceremony with more fervor. While Tib was trying to toss back a fitting Roland for this amiable Oliver the ring broke up and we were hurried along towards the east. We shove with his boot and motioning marched rapidly all that day. the in- him to quit the rug. The chief terpreter cheering us on the way with scowled and said something which I a dirge which we were given to under- am sure wouldn't look well if printed stand was his swan Bong. At night we in bis home paper, and hesitated bejoined another horde of the sky- tween leaving the game and scalping scrapers under another chief, and Tib. But my patron was fully alive passed the long, dark hours unbound, now and confident Steal away, you but carefully guarded by a circle of imbecile, he ordered, fiercely, and the dogs. I never saw so many dogs in one family before, and I began to appreciate that the canine was a great institution among these embryo policemen. It was the second morning after our capture that Tib and I discovered that which surprised us more than the finding of the giants themselves. For after our captor and the new chief had conversed for a few minutes, and Tib had wanted to bet neither understood what the other was saying, they sat near down on some skin us, and our Simon Legree produced a I thought dirty deck of playing-cards- . Tib's eyes would pop out of his head. I wouldnt have been more surprised if the chief had yanked out a grand-pianhungry-lookln- g s Playing-cards- ! gasped Tib. The idea of these untutored children know, ing anything about our great institution! Why, Billy, it shows some white man has been here among em and remained alive long enough to teach em a few of our home pastimes. I wonder if he was offered up to the Black Dog! What are they playing whist?' Tib, you know, had no use for sports, and I had never known him to tease Forluna with coin. He always said he was too busy earning money to find time to throw it away to a greater knave than himself. They deal five apiece, I informed him. I think by heavens, its so! They are playing poker! And hang me, sir, if they weren't! There they sat, two enormous, copper-coloresports, discarding and drawing with the utmost celerity, and punctuating their luck with a few wahs! They evidently had established a standard of values, as bows and spears and skins and pieces of driftwood were quickly put up and changed hands without any confusion. Mr. Goliath, of Gath, is evidently playing In hard luck, observed Tib. with snapping eyes, as our captor lost a big pot on three jacks held cold. Glad of it! I cried. I hope he gets maced for every barbed arrow in his quiver. Serve him plaguey right. I dont know, mused Tib, following the play keenly; the oilier Eiffel tower strikes me as being, if anything, even more reprehensible of feature That scar on his left cheek makes him voter from Gath, probably realizing It that he would lose all to bis he continued playing, rolled off the vug with a grunt of rage. didn't know you gambled, Tib? I gasped. The dear old chaps face actually blushed as he met my limpid gaze, and he defended: Never have since I was very young. Dont think Im backsliding, Billy. 1 hate to do it, but it's the only show we have. But mind you, my lad, when once were safely back at the Suet Pudding club, dont you dare to tell the gang I have been cutting up here in these snowy wastes. I feel ashamed, as Ive always tried to keep you from it, but I can't bear to see even a game of chance abused. The idea of his apologizing to me for trying to save our two hides! Play for all you are worth, Tib, I gut "I tin-hor- n look hungry. "I, too, noted this. The chief of our tribe was now down to his dogs and captives, and it was evidently a struggle for him to decide which he would hazard. But the dog means life to the snow people, and with a grunt, intended for a sigh, he sullenly motioned for , me to step on the carpet. Great Scott! Hes betting you, Billy! cried Tib. Why, this will never do! We mustnt be separated, for Id be ashamed to go back without you. And alone up here you'd be as helpless as an eider duck in Central park. I wrung his hand, but felt discouraged. I was elated to observe he had decided to postpone dying, and hope veins surged through my frost-lineas he gave evidence of returning to his old masterful self. For, even as I was wagered, I believed his savoir falre would yank us both back to the riendly coast, once he got to working. "The visiting chief tossed a few skins and a spear beside me. Looks kind of bad for our boys now, I observed, sorrowfully. You're worth more than that, Bil ly ! cried Tib, drawing near in his excitement. It's a shame to sacrifice a man that way. Make the old miser at least approach your value. Make him throw in another spear! But I brought no more, and, to Tibs dismay, I changed owners on a pair of tens. Of all the senile monstrosities! he roared. Why, my child in a gilded cage, I haven't played poker since I was young and foolish, but Id know more than that. Tell me, what will a flush take? I was ashamed to show any deep knowledge of the game, as Tib had always kept me pretty straight, but I told him, and with a low heart stumbled back to my new master. And this idiot here! continued Tib, forgetting himself in his disgust and- tapping his owner on the head, has thrown you away. He let slide a chance of making a flush in order to draw to a measly pair! "Mr. Goliath gave a howl at Tibs presumption and raised a spear. But Tib was mad clear through, and shaking his dimpled fist in the other's face he pointed accusingly at the lone pair and then quickly showed him from the discard how he would have made a heart flush if he'd been bright And you call that poker, you old pirate! hissed Tib, snapping his fingers beneath his disgruntled masters long nose. I firmly believed the irate gamester was about to sacrifice the old fellow right then and there with very little ceremony; but Lord bless you, sir! he knew he had played rotten poker; and dropping his spear he began to talk deep down in his throat and make exonerating gestures. But Tib was obdurate, and, eyeing him scornfully, flapped the damnatory pair of spots before his sullen face, while he informed him he couldn't play mumble-pe- g with a blind man. I tell you, sir, his rage was sublime. It heartened me wonderfully, and I began to think that life among the lowly wasnt so tough, after all. Then he caused my heart to leave its accustomed place and to wander up into my throat by giving the chief a d begged. 'Dont hesitate to hocus-pocuIf you see a card you banker for, no matter where in the deck it is ensconced, just pluck it out for my sake. Id rather win fair, Billy, he reI wouldn't cheat to save monstrated. myself, but I may if it will pull you on this side of the table. Dont hesitate, I implored, for I knew he could do more parlor-magi- c with the cards than most professionals. My giant has been palming cards right along. He took the last hold. trick with a What! gasped Tib. Cant even play a gentleman's game! And he riffled the pasteboards in a manner that caused his owner to pat himself and eject a few gutturals of admiration.- Probably the arctic circle never before saw such grace as was contained in Tib's famous Chinese riffle. Then we met with an obstacle that Tib had no seemed insurmountable. chips. His host had lost everything but his personal weapons and his dogs. Tib motioned for the latter, but Goliath slipped his face into a frown and shook his head. Tib insisted, and in a seductive pantomime represented al! s in the fiord as ultiof the mately crossing the rug to the home side. My owner then chipped in and expressed a willingness to put up his canines in turn. I think lie was a bit afraid of Tib, but he was an inveterate gambler and evidently believed the luck was with him. Reluctantly Tib's owner gave way, and it was agreed between the chi,rs aud in sin language on Tibs pau. that one L g dog was equal to five put s, and hat V. ith five dogs should be the li nlr. this understanding they began to draw cards. They made me move to one side so that I could not read my boss hand, and then Tib let the first pot go without making a bet, thereby losing his ante of two puppus. My master smiled hideously and the cthr monolith gave a howl of anger and held his spear against Tibs neck. I guess Id better take the next pot, remarked Tib, as he picked up the cards and passed them to his opponent to deal. "In doing this he displayed for a few seconds three greasy kings near the top of the deck. Oh. why werent you more careful? I groaned. He's palmed them! He thinks he has, grinned Tib, looking up at me in his old care-freway, and winking one brown eye slowly. "My man skillfully got rid of his extra cards and without looking at his hand bet a pup. Tib calmly pushed over a dog, drew down five babies in change and went him two little ones better. The chief, confident of winning, smiled grimly and seemed to hesitate, and then, as a coaxer, raised the bet three pups! Tib quickly came back the limit, five dogs. The chief began to go careful now, and slyly peeped at his two-car- d draw. He had caught a pair of deuces, and feeling sure of victory he tossed back the limit. The rug was now covered and crowded with dogs, and it took four of the giants to keep the chips in the pot. Tib added to the gayety by going the limit, once more. Then my man caught a cold and, meeting the raise, threw down his hand. His rage- - and wonder on beholding just the deuces and three nondescript cards were beautiful to see and a warning to all gambling men. Tib had a pair of fours. His chief laid down his truculent spear and patted him ou the shoulder. But the disappearance of the three kings puzzled our common enemy greatly. Doubtless he finally decided he had ' jiu-jits- u bow-wow- e made a mistake in discarding; for pawed over the dead cards with one immense hand and found the royal trio which he had supposed he held. Teased him a bit, grinned Tib, as he tossed the cards together in an honest deal. I didnt cheat, my .boy. I simply let him try, and he failed. It will teach him to avoid temptation in the future, I hope. But the other, being short of dogs, now shoved me into the mat and motioned that Emma and five dogs be put against me. Tibs treasurer demurred, and wanted to set Emma Then my patron got mad and threatened to jump onto the rug himself. This scared Goliath, and he sulkily allowed the dogs to be wagered. My captor passed his hand, and to my surprise Tib followed suit, making it the first jack-pot- . Hell be careful in discarding this time, Im sure grinned Tib, handing over the deck with a brazen flush carelessly displayed near the top. The old fellow grabbed the cards with a grunt of joy, and dealt. Tib hesitated, then opened for one dog. My owner came back with a five-doboost to draw cards. Tib met it after pondering a bit, and raised it two pups. Back came the limit, and back it went. This cleaned old Copperskin out of quadrupeds, and he bet no more, although he chuckled hoarsely ad Tib motioned for three cards. Copperskin then laid his hand face down and signified he was satisfied with what he had. Tibs owner, fearing all was lost, began to growl and apply the point of his spear. Tib waved the weapon aside and bet an infant bowwow. He was promptly raised the limit in spears. Again be raised, and the dogs were covered with skins. One more raise, and Sitting Bull swept all his belongings to the carpet and triumphantly threw down his hand. Tib showed three aces. My master, without examining his cards, gave a loud woof! and began hauling in the stakes, while the other copper demon raised his spear preparatory to transfixing Tib, taking it for granted the latters plunge had lost all. But Tib with a sharp jelp pointed to his adversarys hand, and his infuriated backer reached over and disturbed the card with his spear-poinAlthough the ten of hearts was on top, all the other cards were brunettes, and worthless. Well, sir, it simply swept Sitting Bull and his children off their feet! They had seen him palm a heart flush and, probably knowing he was the best poker player in the shadow of the north pole, they had chortled without stint. Goliath, as Emma and I trooped to his side of the skin, gave a gleeful howl and began dancing derisively before his guest. To put the final Jolt into the scene, Sitting Bull slapped one of Tib's chips and was immediately bitten thrOUBUtM-w- b Wlth a , howl of rage and pain he' ., jjls seven-foo- t stalker into the mls&.iiqed g t. curr Then Goliath IttrtJJiis followerr-bro- ke loose and jumped to avenge this gross breach of pitaiity. I was quickly covered with a mob of the infuriated giants and, say, for rough horse play it had football on ' Soldiers field beaten into a lender nursery game! Some one grabbed me by the heels and pulM me out of the squirming, mass. I discovered my rescuer was Emma. Together we located Tibs fat form and extricated him. Then, realizing that everyone was busy with home affairs, we scuttled off to the west. I reckon they were too actively engaged to pur-Bu-e us, and three days later we reached the coast and in a condition ultimately made Godthaab. But, do you know, sir, Ive often wondered as to the identity of the poor devil who left that pack of pictures up there on the edge of the arctic circle. spear-thrustin- g half-starve- d life-savin- g Sunday Travel in Scotland. Sunday is really generally observed in Scotland, said Attorney General Ellis of Ohio, who spent some time I wished to go there last summer. from Inverness to a place only a short distance away, and it was most convenient for me to go on Sunday, but I found that the Sunday trip was 100 miles longer than the week-datrip for the reason that the train ran for a part of the distance on weekdays over the track of a company that would permit no Sunday train at all, so that it has to make a long detour. Only foreigners travel on Sunday in Scotland. We Americans who did so found that we had the trains to ourselves on that day. Everybody goes to church on SunWe found the churches day there. well filled. Their evening services seem to be held earlier than with us, and the evening meal is eaten after this service. So generally do the people attend these services that at the hotels the eevning meal is not served until after church services, and no one is expected to appear in the dining-room until after church time. y Famous Tablets in Tenement. teneIn the wall of the ment at the southeast corner of Oak and Oliver streets, on the side toward the latter, are Inserted five bronze tablets, two between the second and third floors, one between the third and fourth and two between the fourth and fifth. It would be a safe wager that not one of the 150 persons living in the building knows the significance of those tablets. It was in a tavern on this spot that the articles of evacn-atioof New York were signed by the British on November 25, 1783. The tablets were first placed in the walls of the old tavern. The builder of the tenement had some patriotism in hie heart and built them into the tan five-stor- y n ments. N. Y. Sun. |