82 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS. ICEBERGS ON EVERY SIDE. Jack’s breath. less auditors now indulged in the same luxury. “Did you make any ac- quaintances up there?” asked Rick whose social nature “abhorred a vacuum ” like a desert place. “Any ac- quaintances? It is not a very social place up there, and you couldn’t reason- ably expect to find large settled ‘towns up in the snow and_ ice, and have people row out to youin the stream and ask you ashore to take dinner, and then pass the night,” answered Jack with a laugh. “‘ But. some folks must be there,” persisted Rick. “Must be some Skim-mer-hose,” observed Siah learnedly.