ON THE ROOSEVELT 
wished that it had been me who had been taken. 
When MacMillan and Borup returned, I 
learned all about the sad affair, from Kudlook- 
too and Harrigan, and I feel that had he been 
with civilized companions the sad story of 
Marvin's death would not have to be told. 
On breaking camp he had gone on, leaving 
the boys to load up and follow him. They 
were going south to the land and the ship, and 
there was no need for him to stay with them, 
and when they came up to where he had dis- 
appeared, they saw the ice newly formed about 
him, his head and feet beneath, and nothing 
showing but the fur clothing of his back and 
shoulders. They made no effort to rescue 
him, and had they succeeded in getting his 
body out, there is little chance that they could 
have kept him alive, for the temperature was 
far below zero, and they knew nothing about 
restoring hfe to the drowned. No blame can 
be laid to his childish companions. 
He died alone, and he passed into the great 
unknown alone, bravely and honorably. He 
is the last of Earth's great martyrs; he is 
home ; his work is done ; he is where he longed 
to be; the Sailor is Home in the Sea. It is 
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