The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-08
water and before long, one wave sent

water, and before long, one wave sent q
thin silvery wash over the causeway.
"By Jove, but it does come quick.
ly," cried Philip; "you girls would moi
get on shore now, without being knee-deeT
in water, if you ran ever so fast for now
stronger and stronger waves poured in
and the causeway was covered
AT this moment, just as they were ob.
serving how much the space which was
left them was diminishing, n gentleman
with an open sketching folio, and hastily
caught-up color-box hastily ran across
the sands to them, and cried in vexed
SURPRISE "Why the causeway is covered
what is to be doner
"Yes; we have been watching the wa
ter cover it," said Philip coolly.
"And have been watching you, and
thinking | might safely stay where was,
so long as your party was here--I meant
to beat a retreat the very moment you,
who were watching the place, moved"
1--WE are going up the hill" said Philip.
81 am afraid we must go at once, too
We have a boat coming for us in two
hours"
"Oh, boatw said the stranger; / ought
to have thought Of that!-Pray excuse my
stupidity. Well, it is only a little more
water than expected-that is all"-and
without loss of time, he promptly began
TO pack NJ his folio before undertaking
| his wet walk
ut is far too deep for you to venture"
said Aunt Esther
ut is not safe" said Philip. "will you
accept place in our boat3 You will only
have to wait two hours for it. We shall
be very glad to he Of service to you"
"Thank YOU" said the stranger, II ac-
cept most gratefully shall he very glad
TO see the view from shore again. But if
we do not go there soon. we shall have
some wading to do even here" That was
true. Vicious little white edged pools
were swirling in on one sde-vigorous
waves on the other--and without wasting
another moment the whole party FASTENED
to the path leading to the summit Some
times it was path, sometimes n flight Of
broken and irregular stone steps, and by
this they at last reached the top, which
was nothing more than bit of wild pas
ture land, How the cows got up these
rough steps they themselves best knew,
but one or two were there; and there
were some sheep, too, and here and there,
amongst the grass, patches of sweet wild
thyme and clover for them to eat.
"One requires to study the map" said
the new conner, "to understand this rush
of water. They have the same kind Of
thing at Bristol, l believe. There is
something almost terrible about tides
which rise fifty or sixty feet high"
"lf such tide came suddenly on our
South Coast, all the marine parades and
terraces which are built along it would he
under water"
"And a good thing, toow cried the
stranger, "What hidenU s,,qu1ng around
the lslandl It's my belief that in another
fifty years or so, all England will be grit
with one uniform row Of succeed and
handsomely facaded houses, with cards IN
the windows to say that lodgings may be
found within"
Well, from one point Of view, that would
he much more convenient" said Mrs. Mos
tyn. at would be easier to get lodgings.
1t is such trouble uow-one never knows
where to go-and when one does get into
comfortable rooms one only catches scar
let fever in them
"But what would become Of our pretty
seaside placesl Ihue are some still"
"They must share the fate Of all other
beautiful things in this most destructive
age" said the stranger, THAT cannot be
prevented; but when in the pursuance of
ugliness and money-making the whole is
land is encircled by these terraces, l don't
see why check should not be put on
spread to infection in this way-let every
illness have district Of its own--let the
names of these districts easily indicate
where they are to he found. Let US have
a Measleville, where sufferers from that
malady may go; Scarlatina Town for an
other class, and so on"
But" cried Lucy, "if this terrace runs
all round the country, the various kinds
Of invalids will meet and catch each 9TH
ers Illnesses at the end houses of each
| district"
"Oh, no, they won't The terrace cam
not be quite round. Some natural bar
riers are sure to interpose; and besides,
if the patients do come in contact with
each other in that way, even that is bet
ter than living in the same house as they
| often do at present. But see how that
CLEAN of sunlight turns everything into
delight st, Malo looks quite splendid
now that there is touch Of rose color on
ts wallsw
"What wonderful place it isl" said
Lucy. 40 strong and stony; and those
forts on the other islands are fine, too"
ayes; but daresay those spiky rocks
which crop up everywhere in the bay
would, in case of need, do just rs much to
defend the place as any Of the forts. Oh,
do look at the difference the sunshine
makes! Before IL came, 81. Malo, with its
trinity restored walls and towers and
nearly squared stones, was but duh
thing TO look on, and now 1t is divine"
"Yes; and have you noticed that bed OF
sea pinks behind you there on the hill
Il.