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They would stake their Hves if they were able, boys. 



Amundsen, again, 



Looks at these two men. 



Shakes his head and sadly goes to bed, boys.* 



A LIVELY GAME OF CARDS 



{From a Phoiogyaph) 



Sverdrup, Blessing, Hansen, and our Muhn.f boys, 



Say of "marriage," "This game is our own," boys; 



Soon for them, alas ! 



The happy hour is past; 



And Hansen he says, " Come away, old Mohn !" boys. 



" It is getting late, 



And the stars won't wait. 



You and I must up and out alone," boys. 



* Refers to the fact that Amundsen hated card-playing more than any- 

 thing else in the world. He called cards " the devil's playbooks." 



t Nickname of our meteorologist, Johansen, Professor Mohn being a 

 distinguished Norwegian meteorologist. 



