The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-15
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hall boat, and making a speedy trip when
the wind is in their favor.
Mamie herself is now a girl of years
very hardy and with a bright, cherry
disposition. Her hair is a beautiful tiaxen
| not arrived at by artificial means it Is
| needless to say. The lovely color on her
cheekS would certainly be enVied by any
! girl: Though fmmured on this solitary
reet all her life, and never having been
ashore until two years ago, she is by nc
means uncultured as to her education
| ana probably writes more graceful
han" than the majority S1e.is also con-
Versant with arithmetic and the other
| common school branches, and every book
WhIch the government has given them,
J and the list is not extensive. she has de-
Youred time and time again.
Loves the Stormy Sea.
Never in her life has she had a play
matt. and dolls are to her an uney-
pIalned mystery. Her companions are the
WIG, WHO; Wild waves, which dash up against
ner little bedroom windows in such ire
nendous volume as to hopelessly brighten
Almost any other girl but Mamie Walker
Lnougn by no means an uninteresting
with strangers, and it is only when she
gets into her own element that one be-
comes aware of her extensive knowledge
Soch rich brown color on CHEEKS meath
WLllch blows the richest and purest
crimson, betoken much acquaintance
with wind and weather, and so one may
expect TO find in the young lady the ele-
ments of an athlete. Boating swimming
nsnlng are 10 her second nature, and
Wnile most of her sisters would totally
eclipse her in the drawing room, with
wet sheet and flowing sea- there
WOULD unquestionably be no room for
comparison. 1t is no uncommon occur
renee Tor her to rig up her boat stow
away cold snack, and drifting about in
the bay, fish all day. or until she has
Dagged enough game, mayhap twenty or
thirty sea bass. In lieu of this, when the
waves are choppy. a line thrown from
her bedroom window will as a rule be
employed to stock the walker larder
with piscatorial necessities
As Life Savers
1t is when the wind rises and the waves
of the upper bay lash violently that the
lighthouse folk look out for stranded
in frail row boats or sail boats. When
cry for help is heard Mamie and ner
mother lower the long draw ladder. and
II the sea is not too high pull for the
scene of the wreck. Otherwise they
thrown out hawsers from the lower plat
form, and drag in the unfortunates this
way Last year ten persons were picked
up by the Robins Reef inmates. and this
year that record will probably be broken.
Enough many people are SO selfish that
they rather consider IL n favor 10 allow
themselves to be picked up, and conse-
quently never think of "a reward but
there have been enough of the grateful
ones to swell up the Savings of the life
savers to respectable sum.
Confidence in the Walkers.
In addition TO this the government al
lows Mrs. Walker $50 a month. including
lght and coal. Since they derive a con-
siderable income from fishing, it may be
seen that a snug sum OF money IS put
away every month. Mrs. Walker, who is
a spare woman of middle age, and dot
ing on her daughter, intends to keep on
laying by her monthly salary to support
them in case they should at any time
be compelled to leave the light This
does not seem at all likely, for the gov
eminent officials. while they visit the
other houses at least four times a year |
rarely get to Robins Reef 1Gore than
once. They are so confident that every
thing is in the best order there that |
they do not take the trouble to make |
an inspection. Mrs. Walker herself IS an
admirable housekeeper, and the four !
One would think that both she and |
Mamie would be consumed with lonelD |
ness, especially during the winter, but |
return to the light when they have been |
ashore for a day, but thy prefr winter |
TO summer. Mrs Walker explains this !
by saying that in winter they know when |
It is safe to go out in boat, and when |
the ice is high they simply stay indoors. |
but IN the summer a squall may come
up while they are mile out in the bay,
and on many occasions they have nearly
lost their lives.
Though Mamie is perfectly contented
with the wind and the waves as her com
panions and the great bell buoy and
whistling sirene TO lull her TO sleep on
stormy nights, she has ambition to be
educated. and so in the coming. winter
she will bid goodby to the dear old light
which she has always known as home,
and go to the big city and be as other
girls.