Mrs. Peary Was Frightened

Mrs. Peary, wife of the famons arctic explorar, declares she has had more iban enough of the polar regions, and is determined that herhuhband shall never repeathis travels iu those frigid lauds. When asked what experience stands out most pronrinently in connection with the nnnsual life while exploriug, Mrs. Peary, without a moment's hesitation, said:"Our hunting the walrus. It is the only occasiou in ruy life when Iwas so frightened that I would have welcomed death as a relief. Wewere out in a boat with Dr. Cook, Mat, and soine natives. Mr. Peary had broken his leg, but was steering the boat, his leg, in splints, stretched out before bim. .We saw the walrus coming toward us, and when the iiatives said, 'Shoot at them,' we took our rifles and did so. "Then followed a scène tco terrible f or words. The bullets had only enterec the hides of these animáis, enough t infuriate thera, and tho.y carne forward enraged and with bttt 011e determination - to turn over the boat They placed their long tusks on the gunwale and attsmpted to tip usout. I crouched at the bottoru of the skiff, loadicg the rifles, so that the men wonld not have to wait a second. The sea was crimson with their blood, and for a few moments I did not know whether I should b'e shot by he excited men or drowned by the walruses. We killed about 17, and have some of the tusks. Butdon't let me talk ahont it anv more. All that is past. " -