Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-04

Let me describe the hill we were
forced to climb before we could reach
the desired haven, and also give list
of our moyables.
The bluff was an almost prependi-
cular miniature mountain, composed of
yellow sand, gravel, few large rocks,
and great many small stones. 1t was
crowned by q collection of trees, and
though thickly covered with small vines
and bushes, it was by no means BRAN
bly, forest. Gazing up from the beach,
we decided that it (the bluff was about
seventy,fiv feet in height. That deci-
sion was announced after few mo-
ments calm reflection, and before we
had fully tested the distance by actual
experience.
AS for our baggage, well, I believe
we had two baskets, bushel of CLAIMS
a kettle containing meat, copper ket-
tie for the coffee, demijohn filled with
fresh water, tin thing containing milk,
a nondescript article in tin ware which
was supposed to be good for any pur.
pose, fourth basket filed with dishes
and various small articles, several shawls
and sacques, and heavy sail! There, Tn
certain I've enumerated all. OF course
we insisted upon sharing the burden,
and our gentlemen calamity allowed us
to carry the light articles. Luckily we
discovered rather deep gully which
led to the ridge, and by taking that for
path we began the ascent in quite n
respectable manner. The ladies brave
ly assumed their burdens, and taking
the lead, reached the top of the bluff be-
fore the gentlemen had left the beach.
Under the circumstances it was the bet
ter plan. The sand almost as decep-
tive as if it had been quicksand, and
though we tried to be as dignifed as
possible, the attempt was useless. We
walked, we scrambled, we crept. We
ran up, and we rolled down. We
caught hold of bushes, and they treach-
erously uprooted. We clung to one
another, and the result was the down
fall of the whole party. At last we
reached the idge, and after resting
few moments marched on to the camp
grounds. I think that part was even
more ludiSous than the uphill per-
Torrance. Una Princess, usually SO
regal and composed, looked as warm
and uncomfortable as any ordinary NOR
tai and the expressions ON the other
faces were too comical for any thing
One would have thought to have seen
us, that instead of party of pleasure
seekers, we were group of exi|es ban
ished from home forever, with only
provisions enough for two meals.
Alter some delay, we selected a site
| for the table and fire, and then seated
ourselves to await the arrival of our
escorts. Of course, that gave us an
opportunity to arrange our hats, and
fan ourselves to slight degree of cool
ness. Our tribuhtions, 1 grieve to say,
SO far from softening our hearts, served
only to harden them, for when our
tired, painting masculines appeared, in
stead of plying their sad plight, we only
laughed at them. One description will
answer for all, and I'll portray the APP
pearance of our Sir Charles Grandson,
as he stood under the shade of fra
grant cedar. His costume, though neat
and whole, was decidedly few sizes
too large, giving him the air of sailor
on lark. His hat was awry, also his
hair and instead of wearing a shining
leather belt, he evinced proper disre-
gard for looks by using thick piece of
Irvine. The insertion of fish-knife in
that belt earned for him the name of
Captain Jack, and truly the contrast be-
tween how he looked then, and his ap-
pearance the evening before, was as
startling as the difference in the names.
CONCLUSION TOMORROW.