AN AWFUL MISTAKE
A pathetic tale of Eskimo love is told by Lieutenant Sfaacklcton, the leader of the Antarctic Expedition! A young Eskimo had loved an Eskimo lass, but as he had not the necessary number of seal l skins to preside the marriage portion required by her father, he met with no encouragement from the stern parent. A yawning chasm separated the respective dwelHngti of the ardent lover and his beloved, which could be crossed only by a snow bridge. The youth conceived a plan. He would cross the snow bridge in the night, abduct the jftrl. and after recrooaing destroy the bridges and so prevent pursuit. Ho carried the plan into effect. One night he erosoed the bridge, invaded tho lint of his idel, seized a sleeping-bag, and departed, destroying the bridge after he mad creased. Then he opened the sleepingbag and discovered that he had abducted—not the girl, but the old man 1
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6488, 7 April 1908, Page 2
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156AN AWFUL MISTAKE New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6488, 7 April 1908, Page 2
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