754

Date 1912-02-15

From 754

MEDICINE HAT NEWS for pillow, and something to put 4 stroke bask Sanderoft We striggied long for twenty minutes, keeping each nas of Weels tossing 11 the other's learts up us well as might be, and Sergeant Burfus, with his wig on one site aud bis gown swe lurched a few yards further on bunched up beblnd tu Uke a bluccoat boy, ax Just bump, this tae mors heavily repeated Orinado s dictum that we must get some dag th bing water in the where scouer of later, when a shadow, lt;quitrer than Thom Even while the neighboring rocks, loamed through the mis abead ux th . t:- Phe We stazgered and Moundered on til we were to it, then all on a sudden, huddled together In x pan Ing, horror stricken group. It was the ruined hovel we had left less than balf am bour before allea while the Indy with the te he We were on au Island, trapped miseraply, and few poat which hud brought us was stil THE STORY OF A ee Se sugh the surf tit we were were those dreams of rest and food. those rosy visions SURVIVOR RETOLD S223 ons Beeeesnco on a sharp polnt of rock. h the bottom of the boat as though the der with the sceptre, which sbe had been using as a sr. The boat swung arovnd broad- walking stick through the peat mire, exclaimed * aide ach, tipped, and the next wave drowned Iam cold. Light a fire, sir: it is in your line ray and spume and filed Ladies, attend me, and, marching off, she disappeared y to the thwart. We held on for dear Ife, with the other three women into the hut and when the water went back the men leaped out We jit that fire for one of us had a dry box of they did not want bidding kuee deep into the swir iatches in an inner pocket and it was our ons and. gripping a woman, each staggered through the orntort, foam towand the beach BY EDWIN L. ARNOLD. iconrries 7 the Neve Tonk ts reer) P have homeward overhead. We were lost dy hand in hand . tdwell git of piteous and bor- of that lightly einen lost, forgotten, homeless Pts lt; 1 n driving spray, with: Need I say how the rest of that day passed? What On a Lonely Island. had begun as a Jest and continued in bardiy more than Darite Seatonthe kOvento without ght or food OF 44 my arm slipped around the Jewelled waist of- picturesque discomfort was now tending striikht as thrilling as It was although it would ce have n ' the yucht, as we afterward Queen Elizabeth I found time fo ask, Are you real tragedy. We were already suffering punky jp gained the Viking and Chg There was a moment's puluse and then, as hunger, and how long it would be before more food oh ae Roee came our Way none of us liked to think, There was ightened for mon water on the fslind in some ol aton y own, she answered: fetched In the-boat's tin dipper ad a fire and 4 shelter of a kind. But the sea mist hung ae : horrible chilly curtain, hiding ev upon a pleasure c would have dreamed of Inmbering our cabi But asque forever on lacked the pleturesqueness bis was one of those young men who only ore chostg ih eoeal bent roaeNeS gs theatrical sbip equally lt;up- wen verse) when the sale of thee furt porta wih the the more readily ittews Ibe shi, and It would: be expectent folk. neturnes, and eet off peeks rere vor Hand, and Luckily the Connecting Peninsul4 Proved Short. seemed hardly ne had: there been room 4 i * rei nt joyous 4 found We might.be, we probably were, om one of the count y north Sto spate. Am . * , i nit and anne 4 why ing the wild and lon and the wife of the i ; - nwing orn coast, twenty miles f salmland heing a patriotic Surmerof was a nnn, and looked remarks F : 1 9 1 ue us-was ti her white gown, Miss Nemve wos Itunlind shat A 5 at even We did all that contd be done through the clammy: the proper boy's dress of green thnie and hoon and dark, drizaling afternoon. The woren dried forester s cap with an ostrich feather In it, and pointe aria i 1 : e 1 their elothes bit by bit-at a seco eof any veese npproaching to learn green shoes, Last, but not coy atiination 5 h u : * how we all hated him, poor fellow 1 Miss Hawthorne, as attra a Queen Extz. beth as ever supported the charac When Seaton xl in a state of abject Hmpnexs.. Mepl a9 damp rock in the few found Miss Neave was te be Rees he * p See ewensca tee aa ty T agalnst the,cray, tryiug to cate Mab for ou we duly noted Ip silence ayper with a DICHE twine and a bent pin Hosalind became Sergeant Buz-fi x a : ae WE iad tout Sergeant Buztux, Tooking rh ; 8 tynieal stage embodime e naM inportant In xpite of ig mitsfortmnes, wandered about toek's feathers in bis hat, and ets x f , ; shelter hove gathering poriwinkles in a corner of Nb of Rosn tmrned ont as f 3 SRC Gen wes imon in black and yellow w : i slain in eae a pent the time cutt ras Thorns on bis head. Thn we starte oaine iw vet ash placea in the root of our hil atroke, evil omen Sergeunt Fruz 1. hOnEry a ary Bee see years e along thir fringe of the bench We bad) n0t po Jone 2 the way, for we xept the-Ault min ee ee eee speahenee ae w yards off on our right all the ove lowed eS as ieee f had each had n drink of wi aton s dipper patchy before, came down np a t 4 Oe eee eae arate tnaonah ' toes oper banks, riding gloomily on the 4 veer cand Heathen: Keapinecthe te ater and rit f a Beak, Eee find. This may ut) a tanh of G was running like a Tei siuice 9 5 ds, and presently, a3 was natural oo r . eae Ibly be ntausing to read of- it was not amusing eae in reality, Britannia had to retire hastily before she Towing bard. Bot worst of nll 31 a ieee the yacht we had left behind crew tg EET reNEy S) Gakelecaniweidhecun, auothlthe. uAva vase tacough) nee bitter tasting: shellfish sabe cosplay: ass. ibe thks rain Idee there se Tree no with gant ot of hacon. 1 feel 294 Seneaf Geet any etter wes Ihe ced was the fog. ame inure patchy, though f showed into rashers, hut door and lscused our chances ax damp and ing. Atont e'elock Potts was solactng: bis Bacon x all very well for every day, chimed in picturesque a group as ever watched wet heather For a long hour we pulled.s0 D , feelings by saying mallclously thar if ur Serweant Tur tar. from the fog ahead, but this Is an. burning on x forsaken hearthstone, and then Potts, suddenly ceasing one another he bad ne doubt int wonld exception asiun. wed 1f we chance on hotel ht s Mysterious Sounds. have passed the Viking have the propriety to offer himsel? first Sing wilt do tor me wat-a steak- ateak and onlO0S. Abopt elght-o'clock wo began to doze off, for we af ctivity at the bewt, and Db; faces were Mt we were rewing in her direction hy now we whet, althout a moment's warning, our bows struck plain fare, but heavenly to-da Sereiveny ticctinnd weakenl taynslt in ought to be ashore, came Sandcroft' votre turvgh y ngainet something inenu ard te all T want, sighed the Duke, the Duke clutched my arm and whispered in a fright- Sea eee ne Pes TBH NOI AS REL SECT RReRt nr c it care which end of the pro ened voice: a The adventure -was passing heyond a jest diritting at the moment, but ft threw Me ; hight was failing, the fog vo thick we could hardly Hii knapx tetone: tho tressbiite nnniand. sent ter, bannocks hot from the J was awake in an instant, and I confess my beart fase be wed 62: the Gogt frum: the: other:s 2: fie, Bau wards tate) the Vottom of the: Unat lt cts tuk g vat of it, would be better than jumped, for ax certainly ae angthing conid: te there gray seas running very unpleasantly uni he pant jin) erwane. Hife beng atiil xweet orhing. nal another was the sound of Inughing children s soles ty the alr shouted, listened and then shouted again, tat there 10 hilt Rritannin, whose emotions were very Kv my jritt want moat to wash and le down. All the athers woke one by one and heard then be was no response save the melancholy cry of a kitty need, wax RO Upmet as to be ty WL quoth pretty Ital dragging berself out of a A the pumxibiiity of doubt happy, Lelht young Thursday, February 16th, 1912 undistingulahable things apparen the fox overhead Tt was weint wil expression, aud we strained ears a pleasant chatter rose and fell for several upow the a Phen we distinetly heard sr shut with a slaw apd the chatter ended have jone lato school, whoever they are whispered Queen Elizabeth: may Providence in ite mefey give Then pleasant lesions Whit is it cred Rosstind, startin: up for the first time and rubbing her eyes. ler Majesty told her gently Oh, bother, suid Rosalind, crossty, why did you wake 1 was Just dreating of sausage rolls and crauberry tarts ir have sausage roll than to bear any child that ever lived, and ate wept and went to sleep agaln. Chat wax something to talk of, and few of us shat bur eves anew, referring to spend the wretched pight In Keeping the fire up and in tow-voiced comwersa. ton, At lust, oh, so slowly, daylight came, am a heavy grav morniig after It, no better than the pre ceding one Yet if we were to live we must bestir ourselves, and alihongh weak we set to work again look for food. It was probably about nine o'clock the merest chance oui es turned. I J sesterday there wer there ar ds, nid asking sume stran Binding ty to work th snares with them, had mi nd, needing to twist the wires, went over to the Storm frayed Wor post of the hut, Intending to fasten one eint of the noose to a rusty bolt there, while T wound the other, As L stooped to the post a single Black horse lutir, fast In a splinter. ca I was not much to wonder at, yet T looked at It again and again, therthrexs down the nooxes and took that hile at fill length bel ween my fingers, still wen: dering, staring, and thinkliue Wiiat have yon fond: asked Her Majesty, eom to my side and hanghty wimple, ab fn that. For once, Madam, in a thousand yea swered, black hair is more Interesting than red. This Shot a woman's, however, It is from a horses wane Then quoth Elizabeth scornfully. Uncle 4 tune tniist have his stable do night, How could mo Ike thh Your Majesty's soverelga wit jumps stra point. It was that very question 1 wax 3 elf T riainly was no horse on th Istund when we went round i yesterday miokulng Nor is jt conceivable that any one has deliberately landed at any time or for any qn ward taken away a horse Then the beast vame Yes. tnadam, and gone sway gain eYou don't mean to say you think We are mot ow ap nays a fone al Tale net think we cam posit On ad. and, thou fers than eve rt oud Mra. 81 lt;i round t her and explained matters Thes were astounded and Inert ess to see If there was anything tn fe was well In sloment ne ane red mots In dragged Inet aerose to. the vid there, threagh the qmevlons morning lay broad je way WIT The ven aplashing on elther hand nquaily Pec smeetiing etl We rnsi en slipping on hanks then suddeniy t ferme on grass. Helterskelter we ran throw Mark until presently ih moment of Inder Swe literally rolied over a bank onto n bigh Li asTeHT TATE Pr the wonn along we bur mist t fe wit as we ascends that ave tet was a local policeteer: If he had been ranged from heaven we contd Hot have been glad vd aeaipe ait ns for a minute and them fairly Wott 16 side lave with a stifted yell.) And next wa highland boy driving a tierd f cows Tw cattle Horns and wav talls, andl t e aning after the into the Seome on erled Orlando: where there are kine and coustabies there taust be houses and food, and ws grew: Np on elther sid treet. Mephistopheles feathers looking very ghost Taguard and dixorderly rabble, at bix heeix, Presemty MiMfoticed some persons who had probably never aeen fancy dress befor in their lives been frightened by the flight of th thoronghfare, the seared poliveran and were standing In t meant. As we eame ah gasped and bolted within, slummtig d fue in their tercor. We passed a children's school, the Soltition, no denbt, of Last 1 ry. aud then it last spied the wil was the very: thing we wanted. We rushed for it, and as we plunged in Mt the oor visitors, proprietor and bis fay scram: fied out at the rear Never mind, quoth the Duke, there I certain to be something here to eat and drink. But n fers began to get serious, The worthy Scotch fo cover thir first panic, were el lecting tn a'misty Crowd the house, but keeping Men tespectfal distance from It, while angry shomts ind eriex from the men of Stone them Set the hone on fire *Send for the minister tn broad high: Innid accent came from eve the Obl. nese Demian tkeantionsly p Window he-ssats xreoted with a volley of heros the Street Which brought down a shower gluse but luckily did hitn no harm, It Jooked a tr, after all our troubles, we were to be martyred nl the very moment of rese hesitated for a minute until Mrs. Sinderoft stepped forward. Twill veak te thet, : she sald. Lam a woman and they wk Khu thy fess out she went into the pore, looking very pretty and pathetle In her white dress, which was sy wet it clung to her like lawn, and ch they abrunk ick At first as their ancestors have slrunk from a witch, yet as she told ear Atoty ther were soon Histenlag mouths axape, draw Inge gradually neaeorta: hear the better, and before she hd doue the minister bimself arrived. Agal She told him what had. happened, and. thereon eur roubles vanished into thin alr. He ealmee the vi lagers; played the Good Samaritan; took us, one and ali, up to bis gray, weather beaten old manse, ram: Sacked the place for provender, and there, Mttle Inter on, we were sitting down to a meal rued a mea ax we thought we had fever tasted before In Sur hives. We ate and drank, and ateg gain. We blessed the tuinister and his honsehold; We pardoned ton, and when, on the morrow, the yacht which heen telegraphed for fitty miles np the const to fetch us, bringing sunshine and a blue ky. the villnge such a heyday aa it bad aeies sesinterlineivemaamiraentertaek ae as eae OEE rt rrongie Bet Ta Waonas bel wlll bar eee ane who wanted his alock In rage of fancy coatans Diuvecin te oot ae eee for thens himeelt, acl Med Thursday, Fea But Shops on Thir Everythi Cured Fire, Stocl Farm veyanc teamship 7 ine an petal atte 3 3 MEDICINE fi does a tary Subscrtptic Ma your in wt Pat rate of ie Advertising. oopin oa wre BARRI Ofice Bu weer Me Stem Re . st

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