THE WHITE WORLD 



when it became dark Thursday night, he thought of the 

 Roman candles and, getting out one of them, lighted it. 

 He said he was frightened when it began to hiss, and the 

 sparks to fly, but at the same time he was afraid to let go 

 for fear of getting shot with it, and so held it until all the 

 balls were discharged. After the first one, he ceased to 

 be alarmed, for he saw that there was no danger and he 

 shot off the whole box full of them during the evening. 



Friday morning, alarmed at my prolonged absence, and 

 fearing that harm had come to me, they started back to 

 the house, which they reached late that night. They gave 

 the alarm, telling of my long absence from the tent, and 

 the boys were afraid that, alone in a storm on the ice-cap 

 without shelter of any kind, I had perished. Lieutenant 

 Peary, ever thoughtful for his men, had ordered breakfast 

 served at four o'clock in the morning for a party that was 

 to start out in search of me. It was just four o'clock when 

 I reached the house, and the doctor was about to call the 

 men for breakfast, when my return made it unnecessary. 



After a day in bed, I was as good as new again, and 

 four or five days later I went with the entire party into the 

 interior. 



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