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[Illustration: ] For a whole day the struggle lasted, death threatening them each moment; but about six in the evening, just as the fury of the waves seemed at its highest pitch, there came a sudden calm. The wind was stilled as if miraculously, and the sea became smooth as glass. FOR A WHOLE DAY THE STRUGGLE LASTED DEATH THREATENING THEM EACH MOMENT BUT ABOUT SIX IN THE EVENING JUST AS THE FURY OF THE WAVE SEEMED AT ITS HIGHEST PITCH THERE CAME A SUDDEN CALM THE WIND WAS STILLED AS IF MIRACULOUSLY AND THE SEA BECAME SMOOTH AS GLASS
, and forgot his actual situation. Then the scene changed, and he saw himself at the Pole unfurling the Union Jack! While memory and fancy were thus busied, an enormous cloud of an olive tinge had begun to darken sea and sky. A hurricane was at hand. The first blast of the tempest roused the captain and his companions, and they were on their feet in an instant, ready to meet it. The sea had risen tremendously, and the ship was tossing violently up and down on the billows. Hatteras took the helm again, and kept a firm hold of it, while Johnson and Bell baled out the water which was constantly dashing over the ship. It was a difficult matter to preserve the right course, for the thick fog made it impossible to see more than a few yards off. This sudden tempest might well seem to such excited men, a stern prohibition against further approach to the Pole; but it needed but a glance at their resolute faces to know that they would neither yield to winds nor waves, but go right on to the end. ENT AND FAILURE AND FORGOT HIS ACTUAL SITUATION THEN THE SCENE CHANGED AND HE SAW HIMSELF AT THE POLE UNFURLING THE UNION JACK WHILE MEMORY AND FANCY WERE THUS BUSIED AN ENORMOUS CLOUD OF AN OLEGED TINGE HAD BEGUN TO DARKEN SEA AND SKY A HURRICANE WAS AT HAND THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TEMPEST ROUSED THE CAPTAIN AND HIS COMPANIONS AND THEY WERE ON THEIR FEET IN AN INSTANT READY TO MEET IT THE SEA HAD RISEN TREMENDOUSLY AND THE SHIP WAS TOSSING VIOLENTLY UP AND DOWN ON THE BILLOWS HATTERAS TOOK THE HELM AGAIN AND KEPT A FIRM HOLD OF IT WHILE JOHNSON AND BELL BALED OUT THE WATER WHICH WAS CONSTANTLY DASHING OVER THE SHIP IT WAS A DIFFICULT MATTER TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THE THICK FOG MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST A FEW YARDS OFF THIS SUDDEN TEMPEST MIGHT WELL SEEM TO SUCH EXCITED MEN A STERN PROHIBITION AGAINST FURTHER APPROACH TO THE POLE BUT IT NEEDED BUT A GLANCE AT THEIR RESOLUTE FACES TO KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NEITHER YIELD TO WINDS NOR WAVES BUT GO RIGHT ON TO THE END
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