White Czar: A Story of a Polar Bear — THE LASH OF THE NORTHLAND
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Title: The White Czar: A Story of a Polar Bear Author: Clarence Hawkes Illustrator: Charles Livingston Bull Release date: September 29, 2020 [eBook #63342] Most recently updated: October 18, 2024 Language: English Other information and formats: www.
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--_Page 53_] The White Czar _A Story of a Polar Bear_ BY
CLARENCE HAWKES
Author of "+PEP, THE STORY OF A BRAVE DOG+" ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL
1923 MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Copyright, 1923 By MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY Springfield, Massachusetts All Rights Reserved Bradley Quality Books Printed in United States of America +DEDICATED TO
THE MEMORY OF THAT DAUNTLESS AMERICAN
WHO FIRST PLANTED THE STARS AND STRIPES
AT THE NORTH POLE, REAR ADMIRAL PEARY.
+ THE LASH OF THE NORTHLAND
Where the rafters of the world-roof fade beneath the Northern Light, And the icy air smites shivering o'er the floes;
Where the bleak half-year of sun flees the black half-year of night, And the stars eternal stab the lifeless snows: There lies the land that's God's own land--the land of frozen sea, The land that lures the heart that brooks no sway And the lubber has no portion in its heritage with me;
For it's men, red-blooded men, that tread the way.
And it's, Lash your team of huskies!
And it's, Lift the sled along!
And it's, Climb the frozen hummocks where the wind is biting strong!
And it's, Fight your way through blizzard With the cold a-grip your gizzard!
And it's, Push for the top of the world, boys!
Oh, the cliffs frown bleak and sullen on the tide of Melville Sound, Where the glaciers topple roaring to the deep;
And the stately castled bergs in procession sail around, And the howling wind swings wider in its sweep.
And the dogs' heads now are drooping at the telling, killing pace, And our breath comes hard and frozen on the gale.
Lord!
it's never stop or listen but it's buckle to the race!
For we're men, red-blooded men, who break the trail.
There's a white bear at the headland; there's a walrus on the floe;
And the seals lie shining sleek beneath the sun.
There's a monster blubber whale--God!
you see him slosh and blow!
-- And there's hunger at the trigger of your gun.
And the death-bolt, through the silence of the still, ghost-sheeted air, Leaps forth in sudden burst of lurid flame.
Ho!
there's meat for them that take it--for dog and you a share.
Ye are men, red-blooded men, who play the game.
And it's, Lash your team of huskies!
And it's, Lift the sled along!
And it's, Climb the frozen hummocks where the wind is biting strong!
And it's, Fight your way through blizzard With the cold a-grip your gizzard!
And it's, Push for the top of the world, boys!
Andrew F. Underhill.
By permission of the _Outing Magazine_.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE +PREFACE+ 7 I.
+THE START+ 21 II.
+A WILD MUSK OX HUNT+ 29 III.
+EISEEYOU MEETS THE WHITE CZAR+ 48 IV.
+RETURN OF THE HUNTING PARTY+ 58 V.
+I-WOK, THE MIGHTY+ 69 VI.
+THE CZARINA+ 73 VII.
+WHITIE+ 84 VIII.
+WHITIE AND LITTLE OUMAUK+ 96 IX.
+THE WHITE CZAR+ 112 X.
+THE BETRAYAL+ 129 XI.
+THE WRECK+ 141 XII.
+TWO CAPTIVES+ 161 XIII.
+THE FLIGHT NORTHWARD+ 177
