CHAPTER IX 



THE STORMY RETURN CRUISE ON THE CRIPPLED 



MORRISSEY 



N the afternoon of Septem- 

 ber 7 the motor of the Mor- 

 rissey had been overhauled 

 by Peary, and under Dun- 

 rud's direction the bear 

 cage had been set up on 

 the forward deck near the foremast. At three 

 o'clock the anchor was weighed and with Governor 

 Bistrup and his family waving good-bye from his 

 launch and dipping the Danish colors, the Mor- 

 rissey pointed her prow out to sea. 



As we were moving down the little harbor there 

 occurred a most unusual incident in the history of 

 this out-of-the way post. A Norwegian ship evi- 

 dently in distress came limping in just before we 



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