The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-08

and trouble, and his only recompense was
a small negro lad, which Lamar gave
him. Many of the slaves landed in the
marsh lands of Camden and eventually
gave themselves up to the waters of the
sea, believing that the waves would
kindly bear their spirits back to Africa,
from which the came.
Suggestions of the splendOrs of the old
regime is limited at in the picturesque
ruins of the negro quarters, built of
"tabby'' or COquina. that front the west
ern shore and peep out from the shadows
of patriarChal trees that guard them jeal
ously from storm and time
Recently Mr.. Nc Evers Bayard Brown,
of New York. has built a $4,000 winter
home near the club house, and while Wis
iting the island / was told that Mr.. LOril-
lard wished to purchase island near by
which he intended converting into Tux
edo.
And now a word about the fanCiful fea-
lures of Jekyl. A quick spin Of few
minutes will transport one from the club
house to the duck ponds. The road is
made through d sand bank and bog tus-
sock. and is thick bed of palmetto
leaves, sand, and coat of crushed shells.
Wild deer turkeys and quail are plenti-
full there as the English sparrow is in our
streets, and it is a pretty sight to see an
old buck, naughty and yigilant, reclining
by some lily margined pond or peepmg
from leafy covert 1t his mate who Suckles
her fawn hard by.
Wild hogs are plentiful and l doubt
not that more than one enthusiastic New
Yorker boasts a "boar's head from Jckyl"
among his treasured trophies. Occasion
ally a clumsy boar swims over the inlet
and causes CONSERVATION among the game
birds. The way these bristly monsters
are caught. after as much fun as possible
has been had with dog and rife. is in an
ocJagOnal pen with a falling door set with
Il trigger, similar to bird trap.
Another interesting thing on the island
is the breeding of English pheasants,
which is conducted under the management
of a thoroughly capable gamekeeper from
Yorkshire. England, whose credentials
are signed by my lord this and that and
many celebrated breeders across the
waters. The pheasants bred are cross
between the English brown and the Chi
nesc There are hundreds of these beau
tiful birds sporting among the swect-salt
grasses in the marshes. From November
until March the forest Of Jekyl eChos the
merry laugh of the happy men and women,
and in rapid succession dinner parties
follow cotillons and musical entertain
ments until one grows bewildered.
IL is Il sweet, dreamful SpOt-a place
for love making and forgetfulness, for
dreams ana happiness. anu although JNu
large guns guards the landing, all strife
is forgotten while rambling beneath the
inducing tangles Of olcander and moss,
listening to the music of the water as it
lashes the sands of the beach.
The most wonderful phenomenon on
Jekyl is a well walled in with Orick
brought over from England by Ogle-
thorpe This well, when the tide is low
in the river near by. has a depth of few
inches of water covering its pebbly bot
tom that is of deep wine color The
reason of the discoloratiOn is because the
spring comes up through the roots of the
bays and palmettOs. the sweetness of
the water is not affected by this. When
the tide rises, the water rises several
feet, but never becomes Ova2kish. 1t is
always pure and good to drink.
This summer the plague has walked
along the shores of this enchanted isle
the ghosts of sorrow have haunted the
sand dunes on the beach But when De
cember comes the call of the little tid-
dlers in the marsh grasses will summon
the pleasure seekers to the south. and
again JekYl will awaken to the things Of
the outside world and be what she has
| always been the pride of the sea. -