The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-22

board, a for sssi seut ef mvsep,s. if I don't miseake. Hm19s q pWw. and here's bcssle of fsne and AertS "a box of Hollowsys pilis. all vezy excelleasth things in their way, but one cant exactly make of some other things and m De darned if there is another thing here but pitcher of molasses l wonder wha, starvAiicn's like. ladies and gentlemen. for we are likely to have a specimen of u before long. Wha; does the old lady mean by going off and leaving nothing in the larder but thiss Here they are,' said Harry. bringing forth the articles men, toned :. take your choice. my friends, and don't starve while the pills and glue hold out-the last will have the effect oi making us stick to one another till the end
 We are certainly n a scrape.' sad Louis. for these spring storms gener- 1 ally last several days, and the river be- comes % swollen and dangerous with the freshet rains and that it would be madness to attempt t in boat like ours !; sc. unless some one comes here we must stay for time"
 And make Ugh, repast each day on pepper and glue" laughed Mary. al though our position was not to be laughed at. We will be transparent enough by the time VIC ge, of. declare If it Is not too bad "
 And poor mama" said Justine :. she will think we are all drowned and go cra- y."
 For my part, but for a certain uneasi- ness felt concerning Madam Roslere's anxiety. 1 rather liked the adventure. Mary and Harry and were visiting the Ros,eres. and this was our firsi excursion anywhere. and oddly enough i, seemed inclined to turn out. There was ceit,in charm in II. and sitting before the warm nie wrung out my dripping han and laughed at Hary's dolorous face His dinner seemed 10 be ina, young man $ chief trouble, and determining to an,iei- pate starvation he proposed that we should immediately draw lots to see which of us was destined to furnish a meal for the rest or, failing m that, that we should, without more ado. dine on Justine, who was the plumpest of the lot But these proposals being declined for the present. Harry sank into state of damp dejection and remained que, and pensive foIthe rest of the day.
 AS we had now managed to get our selves ,olerably dry. we three girls sci about exploring the house fof forage and, more successful than Harry. discos- cred some Indian meal-about the only thing eatabie we could get. As l had a a vague dea that meal boiled with waie, could be eaten. we got pot on the hre and made mush after fashion of our own, wIth molasses for relish. but we stood m l,ttlc danger of the nightmare from hearty supper that night.
 How t rained' and how the wind lashed II against the windows Luckily there was plenty of dry wood and We kept up splendid nfe until i,- be ane i.me "a retire. Ne then climbed up dleadfuil, perpendit ular lauder io the a,tlc. where there were two beds; and. Tn spite oi the raging of the storm, the booming oi the sea below. and the novelty ot the whole thing, m five minutes 1 was fast asleep
 Next day dawned wilder and stofmier. If possible. than the preceding night. and the ram fell with resolu,e persistence worthy of better cause. The sky srowned black and sullen: the island from the windows looked unspeakably desola,e and dreaTy, and the wide sea spreading away and away. tossed and lhundered, nll Ii was all one sheet of white foam | thought of Robinson Crusoe m h., eas- tie during the fainv season with an In- tensity of sympathy few of h,s most en- thusiasiic. yoathfn! admirers could eiual. and began 10 ;hlnk, if had pen and ink i rould write something that would sur- pass Inc NOTIONS of Wener' or ,he "frisoner of Chiffon all io nothing Mary dld no,hirg but stretch he, pretty mouth m a succession of yawns. and lus- iine alternately 'ried. and laugted and scolded the whole dreary day Harry and l Louis dId the,r best to make tune pass singing and telling stories . and the for. mer gentleman Tolun,e, red ,o cook and. to do hlrn ustice did |, much better than had the pre- cding evening. Aiter dun ner, we all took 10 donng round the hre. lulled lrresls,itly by the grand chorus of sea and ram and ~ind without. and con iinued to take a succession of short maps until nigh
 Still i s,orfncd l never saw anything like Il. Again we climbed io oui lofty perch 10 pass another night in our storm bound home. and dream of snip~recks and ,empes,s til morning. The old house shook IT the high wind. and he rain and spray swept together over the sea as have never seen II do since
 Next morning. though II stiii rained and blew, II was wi,h somewhat less vlo- lenoe, and A rif, m the black clouds gave faint promise of returning calm. Well was ii for us for we were beginning ,o get seriously uneasy about our hostess and friends in St. P,erre-not to speak of being dreadfully tired of mush and mo- iasses. We knew the old fisherman, Chapeau Rouge, ~ould send word whlther we had gone. and iha, as soon as they dared venture. they would come 10 ,he islAnd IT search of gs: and that thiid long coming boa; Win6 and sea ~en, town as ;he afternoon wore on the ram fell lightly, and Ias; before dark large barge sIih sis or sever nshefmen and Rosiere