Beyond the Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic

Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Beyond the Great South Wall
By FRANK SAVILE
Author of “The Blessing of Esau,” “John Ship, Mariner,” Etc.
WITH SUNDRY GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS PAINTED BY ONE ROBERT L. MASON
NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY
156 Fifth Avenue : New York City : MCMI
Copyright, 1901,
NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY
BEYOND THE GREAT SOUTH WALL
The purr and throb of London was quivering in stuffily through the open windows. The squeals of the “special” newsboys and the hansom-whistles of the early diners-out splashed across the blur and din, standing out against the immeasurable roar as against a silence. The heat of a London summer lay heavily over us; the undying rattle of wheels beat up to us wearily, the mid-season blare and hurry of town echoing irritatingly in their jingle and clatter as they streamed ceaselessly by. The stew and hubbub of the afternoon enclosed us as with a pall of depression.