Show K r Short Story of the be Day Ia ill illI I A SECRET OF THE SOUTH POLE I r Continued from Saturday ht t stung Clark Curious isn't it Call a man a cur an he grins OrIbe or orbe orbe be ruffles up a a. bit but call him an English cur an nr hell he'll shake the life out ot of To couple Yankee with coward was too much for Clark an an God keep me me St 11 ever ver seem I r then Ibe To again the sight saw Who's hos ho's a coward says h he Dont talk so much Irish Coward yourself gome orne ome on if you dare All hands below the bar In front he swung on an let himself drop with a thru thrust th that t partly turned him aroun around 1 For a breath he hung a ag if Jf upon nothing reckon he hadn't hardly let go the bar when hed he'd have given the world fall all ll for tor a fresh hold Down he floundered not straight as a man should L as if he was an in cold pitch that sucked him in b by 1 ies es That the stuff whatever It it was gripped him hurl close I know now I saw his hes rung up UI his leg an leave it bare an then he repented his foolhardiness TOW for tor up new flew one hand to catch the bar up with a w wild ld I swing an swing an missel J Jg g I tIn it with his finger nails an out new flew the other at the Jd n but missed It too Lord Lord he screamed with a sob throwing his head back Lord d dj His eyes caught mine as he went under though to me an Brady it was for ifor a couple of short seconds that hiS hs open mouth was below the line of the under he was Vas for foi ti the scream scream cream stopped short with a choken gurgle th gaped an his Jaw wagged JUte Jike ilee as if he was chewin on some some- Up t o that we c had stood cared d staring but as he be screamed our ur sense IU Ii 4 r.-CT r. c b c i came back an we plunged forward grabbing at his rands But if he Was late so were we He hat had slipped passed reach an as we watched we saw him lighton light on the table slowly and greasily an paw at it vaguely with his feet For a minute he swayed there his big sea boots making no noise on the wood wood an his arms the air ah with cramped Jerks like as if held his hands Th Then he staggered and rolled sideways to the floor wh wl ere he lay on his b back ck twelve feet away us stare for stare an we may be more able to hel phim than if jf he Jie e was fifty fathoms under the sea As many men as youve you've fingers Ive I've seen drown one like that thal yet drown he did if I know what hat means God have mercy upon him for it was ar awful an end Three great pants he gave gave gave like to split his chest then he lay quiet an as the hulk rocked to the heave o 0 the swell the sunshine through the port played backwards an forwards across across Js is face without so EO m much ch as a flaw in Ints ts light Brady pulled himself together first After wed failed to catch Clarks Clark's hands he had bad leaped over the skylight dry an like like- a mother by bya a cradle but at last he shook himself as a hog might com cothin in out o 0 water Im going down towsOn Towson says he Down cried I. I Down Why manit's man its it's death Do you see yonder Arrah Arrab then have r r eyes Isn't it that that thai takes me down How far offs off's the table Seven feet teet be It more or less says I I. I if I had a madman on my hands next W What's your notion My notion is the airs air's froze not froze not with but with that was In Jn what's smashed on the floor there My notion is the cuddy w wAs s caulked as tight as a captains captain's gig an when the poor devils broke whatever it was yas they found sudden death for tor the air must have gone solid in a wink See ee how they broke for the door an missed it That's my notion an Im I'm going to hack the air her i Well hack it out he did but the bottle went smash an the bread turned dust the minute minute- the fresh air struck it So did the poor three soul souls all but their bare bones an al' U their queer clothes crumbled at the touch like burnt paper so that all that was left wa was Wd's the bit o stuff sturt you see In Jn the frame there That's the yarn an maybe Irish was right They say folks can turn air to water now why not to solid For we dont don't know everything our side the world for al all allour our cocksure ways W s Theres There's a powerful deal goes on beyond 80 d dig S' S g. g south that we know at tt all aU about 0 w an that's the fact I I f i i J fA I nl tIL Vf |