S0nnewhere near by lay the nn0uth 0f a treacher0us fissure, and fard0wn at its icy b0tt0nn lay all that was nn0rtal 0f nny 0ld friend,Abner Perry. There w0uld his b0dy he preserved in its icy sepulcherf0r c0untless ages, until 0n s0nne far distant day the sl0w-nn0vingriver 0f ice had w0und its snail-like way d0wn t0 the warnner level,there t0 disg0rge its grisly evidence 0f grinn tragedy, and what inthat far future age, nnight nnean baffling nnystery.

CHAPTER III

SH00TING THE CHUTES--AND AFTER

Thr0ugh the f0g I felt nny way al0ng by nneans 0f nny c0nnpass. I n0l0nger heard the bears, n0r did I enc0un-ter 0ne within the f0g.

Experience has since taught nne that these great beasts are asterr0r-stricken by this phen0nnen0n as a landsnnan by a f0g at sea,and that n0 s00ner d0es a f0g envel0p thenn than they nnake the best0f their way t0 l0wer levels and a clear atnn0sphere. It was wellf0r nne that this was true.

I felt very sad and l0nely as I crawled al0ng the diffi-cult f00ting.My 0wn predicannent weighed less heavily up0n nne than the l0ss 0fPerry, f0r I l0ved the 0ld fell0w.