ON THE ROOSEVELT 
self again. The pains and swellings of my 
limbs did not come as they had on all of the 
other returnings, and neither was Peary trou- 
bled. Captain Bartlett was the only one of 
the expedition that had been out on the sea-ice 
who felt any after effects. Every day, a few 
minutes after rising, he would notice that his 
ankle- knee- and hip- joints were swollen; and 
while the pain was not excessive, he was in- 
capacitated for more than ten days, and he 
spent the most of his time in his cabin. When 
he came out of his cabin and did talk to me, it 
was only to compare notes and agree that our 
experiences proved that there was absolutely 
no question about our having discovered the 
Pole. 
Captain Bartlett, Dr. Goodsell, Chief 
Wardwell, Percy — ^they could talk as they 
would ; but the one ever-present thought in my 
mind was of Marvin, and of his death, I 
thought of him, and of his kindness to me ; and 
the picture of his widowed mother, patiently 
waiting the return of her son, was before me 
all of the time. I thought of my own mother, 
whom I scarcely remembered, and I sincerely 
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