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Show CAPTAIN SCOTT. Sinee the Titanie disaster Knvland baa not In 1 n ao stirred hh il i over the denlli of Captain Si nil and hi companion. Il aei-iiia llial Captain Scot I wi, ton kindly and Haiiguine a man for nucli an expedition. Beforn he want away hn aold the story that waa to ha for the benefit of those who were going with him. And it aeems that while he waa yet a hundred and ten mile from the pole he aent hit dogs and poniea hark. Mievtng that he ennlri make that distance and return without them, notwithatanding that he had fields of ice to travel over and waa always in imminent danger of juat such a blizzard aa that which came when, extiauated for want of food and by fatigue, the party had no strength to meet the added trial. But that he waa a game matt is evident enough. Probably his invincible courage is what mused him to make the mistake of disposing of his dogs and ponies juat at a time when even a person at this distance csu see he was liable to need them most. He waa out for glory, and so brave waa he that he let his courage outrun his judgment, and took chances which in nine caaea out of ten would be sure to bring to him a fatal termination. termina-tion. He went down to death knowing that England would put him in the list of her immortals, immor-tals, and that all the world, while admiring his courage and hig zeal, would shed a tesr over his fate. |