ROBERT E. PEARY, INDOMITABLE POLAR EXPLORER 137 



showed their appreciation of it by leaving no crumbs and sticking 

 to their seats until, at half-past ten, they were gently told that it was 

 time to go home. Then they left, but the next day they came again, 

 and were perhaps not the first who, having enjoyed a hearty Christ- 

 mas dinner, felt disposed to complain that Christmas can only come 

 once a year. 



