Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-04

Of ammunition, some blankets supply
of provisions, and two pnirs Of oars formed
all the equipments necessary for an expe
dillon of such short probable duration, II
we except the copy which had been mnde
OF Biiudoin's mp, and to which new
names could be added as new discoveries
were made.
About eight o'clock on tho morning OF
the dth Of February, Brian, Jack, and
MolSo, having taken leave OF their com
radcs, set sail from the little wharf on the
banl, Of the River Zealand. II was n love
ly morning, and light south westerly
brccze was blowing. The sail was hoIsted
and Moto seated himself Mt the helm.
Halt m hour aftcrwnrd Gordon and the
other lads. who were anxiously watching
the little craft from Sport Terrace, could
see in the distance only tiny black speck
which soon disappeared from sight alto.
gother.
MOSo being In the stern. and Brian In
the middle Of the boat, Jnck seated him.
self nj the foot of the mast In the bow,
For IN hour the tall summit Of the Auck-
land Hills remained ia sight, then sunk
slowly below the horizon sun the oppo-
site shore Of the hike had not yet appear.
cd, though II could not be very far Off.
Unfortunately, ~ IL very often the case.
the wind abuted in proportion as the sun
assembled In the heavens md by noon only
an occasional gust was felt.
"llUw unfortunate IL IL that the breeze
did not last all day." remarked Brian.
"IL would have been much more unfor-
tuntIte II II had been against us. Master
Brian, " responded MOko
"Nou are quite philosopher, Moko."
81 don't know what you mean by hat"
replied the boy; "but as for me, whatever
may happen, am always In the habit OF
making the best OF IT,"
"Aud that Is the truest philosophy.
Molio,"
awe had better let philosophy alone, and
take to our oars, Master Brian, If we want
TO reach the opposite shore before night
thou IA II we don't succeed IL really viii
not matter very mech"
every we'll, Moko. / will take ono oar,
you can take the other, and Jack can seat
himself Mt the helm"
"Nery we'll" replied tho boy; land II
Master Jack steers well, wo shall make
very good Roadway"
"'rcl me what am to do MoSo, and
will try my best TO follow your directions. I"
MokU took down the sail, the wind hav-
Ing entirely died away, and the three boys
ate much after which Moko aud Brian
began to pun with n long, steady stroke,
while Jack kept the boat headed little TO
the cust of north the direction In which
the current seemed TO be running.
About three o'clock Moko, who picked
up the ulnss, declared that he could SEQ
land IA the distance; aud few minutes
altcrwHrd Brian could see for himself that
Moko was right. by four O'clock the tops
of trees became distinctly Visible ON the
shore, which was rather low--to which
fact BrIan's failure TO discern IL from the
summit of False Sea Point WINS doubtless
due
Onl. tNO or three miles we're to be trav
cled h',ure the rnHern shore of the lake
was rcuched; so Brian aud Moko piled
their ours vigorously, though not without
fatigue for the sun was very hot. The
surlurn IT the lake was ns smooth IA glass,
and t,tu water so clear that the aqua 10
plant which were growing twelve or
fifteen feet below, aud among which myr-
lads of fish were sporting, could be ds-
tinctly seen.
AT last about six I'm the evening, the
yawl reached tho foot Of n knoll covered
with dense growth of live oaks and pines;
but there being no place to land, they were
Obliged to follow the shore northward for
nearly half mile,
"rhcro Is the river Indicated on the
map remarked Brian, pointing to a
stream which was evidently still another
outlet of the lake.
Eyes aud think we ought 60 give IL n
name" replied tho young negro
"You are right, Moko. lct us call IL
East River, as 1t traverscs the eastern part
of the island"
every good " said Moko, land now th"rc
IL nothing for us to do but let The current
OF East River carry us down tolts mouth"
"lcs, we win do that tomorrow, but
think we had better spent the night
here
"Shall we landH" inquired Jack.
"Ccruunly' replied his brother, awe
can camp under the trees
After the boat had been securely tied
the boys took the fire arms and provisions
from g. and n blazing fire was lighted nj
the foot of n livc-oak They supped on
crackers and cold meat, then rolled them
selves mp In their blankets and were soon
sound asleep,
Come, boys, II is six O'clock and quite
time we were off," cried Brian. who wa:
the first 20 wake the next morning.
Aud In a few moments the three lads
were again aboard the yawl and ON their
way down the little stream,
The current was quite strong, for the
tide had already been falling about hall
an hour, 80 ms they would not be obliged
to row. Brian and Jack seated them
selves comfortably in the bow, while Mo
ko kept the light craft in the middle o
the stream by using one of the oars rs I
scull.
1T is more than likely thai the tide vii
be enough to take as TO the sea II the rive
Is not more than five or six miles long. 70
the current is much more rapid than tina
of the River Zealand" Brian remarked.
81 hope So indeed; but even If it does
II will take us much longer TO return"
"True. Master Brian, so think II woul