520 DR. KANE'S EXPEDITION. 



was faithful to me ; the danger to him is imminent, the 

 danger to those left behind only contingent upon my 

 failure to return. With earnest trust in that same 

 Supervising Agency which has so often before, in 

 graver straits, interfered to protect and carry me 

 through, I have resolved to go after Hans." 



The Esquimaux lad was proof both against the vio- 

 lence and the seduction of the deserter. The com- 

 mander found him invalided, but safe, at Etah. Hans, 

 however, did not return to Fiskernaes with the expedi- 

 tion. His fate is involved in romance. Venus Victrix 

 nas a representative even in frost-land. The reader must 

 go to the pages of Dr. Kane to know what became of 

 Hans. 



When the preparations for the final escape were 

 under consideration, the following record was made in 

 the doctor's journal : " Whatever of executive ability I 

 have picked up during this brain-and-body-wearying 

 cruise warns me against immature preparation or vacil- 

 lating purposes. I must have an exact discipline, a 

 rigid routine, and a perfectly thought-out organization. 

 For the past six weeks I have, in the intervals between 

 my duties to the sick and the ship, arranged the sched- 

 ule of our future course ; much of it is already under 

 way. My journal shows what I have done, but what 

 there is to do is appalling.'' Appalling as it was, the 

 heroic man who had to look the necessity in the face 

 was eqaal to the position. There can be no doubt that 

 it was "the exact discipline, the rigid routine, and the 

 perfectly thought-out organization," which restored the 

 sixteen survivors of the expedition to civilization and 

 their homes. 



