Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
Moho set aaru preparing u rcpast.

Moho set uhou preparing q rcpast.
began to evince a little cheerfuluess. Jack
Brian's lsothcr, the rogue aud wag of the
school, alone held himself aloof Such o
change in his habits and character was
certainly very astonishing, but the lad,
who had suddenly become extremely
taciturn, always cvaded the questions his
comrades addressed to him upon this sub
ject
At last, greatly fatigued after so many
days aud nights amid the dangers of the
tempest, everybody decided to 90 to bed
with the exception of Bran Gordon and
Donovan, who agreed to watch in turn
through the night for had they not good
reason to fear the sudden appearance of a
herd of wild beasts or of no less dangerous
naGyes7 Nothing of the kind occurred,
however. The night passed peacefully,
and when the sun reappearcd, after few
words of thanks to God, they began the
lahOrs of the day.
The first thing TO be done was to take
an inv 'ntory of the provisions on board
the yacht, then of the equipments includ-
ing weapons, cooking utensils. clothing
tools, etc, etc. The question of supplies
WAS the most important OF all, JUS it seemed
to become more and more certain that this
region was entirely uninhubited. Their
other resources consequently would be
confined 10 the products of their fishing
and hunting expeditions; that is, if the is
land did not prove to be destitute of game.
Up to this time Donovan, who was an en-
thusiastic sportsman. had seen only a few
hocks of sea -Culls.
-. examination showed that with the
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large stock on hand. their supply of dried
fruits, hams, sausage, corned beef and salt
fish would not last them more than two
months. however economically used, so
from the very first they must depend upon
the productions of the surrounding coun-
try to save their provisions in case they
should find 1t necessary to make journey
of several hundred miles to reach some
town on the coast or in the interior
Il hope our dried fruit aud preserves
are not much damaged" remarked Bax.
ter. What if the water has got into
them2"
We can easily ascertain by opening any
boxes that seem TO be wet" replied Cor
don. by cooking any fruit that has been
injured we may be able to save it."
I'm take charge of that" remarked
Moko.
And why wouldn't it be good idea to
pay visit to the rocks on the north side
of the bay and see if we can't find some
eggs to cat" suggested Wilcox.
Yes, yes" cried Dole and Costar
And why shouldn't some of us try our
luck at tiShing?" added Webb. There
are plenty of lines on board, and there
must be fish in plenty Who wants to so
tishingf"
II IT. exclaimed the little boys.
Very well" replied Brian; but you
must make a business of it We shall give
no lines except to real fishermen"
1--WE will do our best. You may rest as
sured of that"
Some of us had better go on with our
inventory of the contents of the yacht"
said Gordon.
And some of us might so and gather
some shell-fish for breakfast" suggested
Service.
Very well. three or four of you can go
II you like, but Moko had better accom-
pany you"
Very well, Master Gordon" said the
cabin-boy, promptly.
And take good care of them,' added
Brian
~ on need have no fears. "
MOkO, who was n very OOIgIng, cOur~
ageous and handy lad, was sure to be Of
great service to his young masters. He
was specially devoted to Brian. who did
not conceal his liking for Moko-a liking
of which his Anglo-Saxon comrades would
doubtless have felt somewhat ashamed.
let US be off, cried Jenkins.
Aren't you going with them. Jackv
asked Brian. turning to his brother
Jack replied in the negative. so jenkins,
Dole, Costar and Iverson, under the guild
ance of Noko, started up the rocky reef
which had been left almost bare by the re-
ceding tide. Perhaps in the interstices of
the rocks they might find a goodly store
of shell-fiSh-mussels. clans and even
ovstsrs-which cooked or knocked would