Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-29

his tale. but an his facts were accepted
Cuhhy', own faylrltcs were the books
ON physicul ycirucr, The mathematician
iurmulucS Wrr, Grrvk tu the boy, hut
hc dwclt ON all the practical drscrir
lions. poured over them tor hours. I'm
tbr long winter nights when the watch.
crs' were pltrUlliug the sandy shores Oh
tbp spit he studied hard. DaytimoS NE
worked uu crude models iu the carpenter
sh,p Though tubhy lived among ikhn-
rant "humkcrs," hc had little kingdom
OF his own la that shop. Ills rert.ltl"h
was 10 stroll on the shows OF the NtlHp-
tic, aud his collection oil shells Wvw iU-
mons. The men of She crew helped him'
Whenever ANY of them saw IA queer
shaped shell, beautifully tinted anu Shlll,
ing I'm the wet sand, he picked II up ana
brought Il hOme to Cubby.
one day Captain Calhoun hrouE9t
him from Nrwbcrn n new DOOR, NNUlE
Physical Atlas The wonders of the
great deep, the winds and currents OF
Inc ocean, the rocks and strata OF tho
earth and the climates ana productions
of the arvNt Zuups were an eApNln'u
This was the book he always took ulong
when hc went down TO the beach 10 the
high sand dune, ,
lI,c dry sand ON that great spit is
loose aud shifts aud changes aud piles
into henps when the storm ruars over
10. These heaps are called sand Dunes
In one of the sand dunes, which was
hirh and rather solid aud considered
ptrmuupn,. some wiud.whircd pine
nuts had taken root years before. ur
perhaps the few trees We're the sole
Survivors uf the vast forest which m
.ulpt remote time had tdugcd the shore
when the beach was higher Ihat
pu,h a forest had formerly oAiscd, and
Gwen AT no very remote epoch, was
proved 10y the trunks roots ana re-
mains which could be seen through the
water ON the submerged shore.
grew ON the sand dune, and u sen
hawk had built her nest among the
branches aud raised brood OF Young
ones. When the winged sea pirates
flew away Cubhy Jumped the claim
1 and built himself cuscy nook lliert
well sheltered from wind, sun ami
| rain.
] station, and Cuhhy had arranged ~ ON
piyots az the hawks nest 40 suit him
self The spot was his observatory
! and wotch-toWvr lie could see tht
/ White-Wingcd ships as they rounded
| Cape Hatteras and gave The dangerous
shoals a wide berth, The brown saiiW
coasters and he Long dork'hdlled
ion, too, and as ho grow older he tecos
/ niapd the regular craft AND could tel q
/ vessels nationality by the trim OF
| sails spOrs or musts.
But the fog which sometimes envel
Opes the stormy cape often obscureJ
his vision for days az u time, ana ihel
| Cubhy worked nj his bench. lie had 4
good boN of tools, and his mills, bloct
houses water wheels aud boats hewet
out of piuc wood were marNels of ski
for an untaught boy
But the fog ont of the vast banks o
fox strange souhds aud noises used &,
como To che hos II sometimes ap
pedrcd as N voices were calling Gao hm
Nubby had never heard a fog horn o.
siren, and he spent many an hour y
lhde devices 60 pierce Win s0uni
waves the nurky yalor. Tie sent sew
cral crates cf Wild geese and canvas
buck 10 The Norfolk market and gloat
cd Ike mlscr over hls money lie ha,
great proleei ou paqa WhH le ha,
gccdmGlatVi eptvga uc s,lI by Ul