The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26

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} ever did hear Of that was borrowed An
Ehbls imam borrowed it one time. lie
was young Englishman with rich dad
I ~ nome and a mission to make a for
/ lune out of growing oranges ln Florida.
lhe Old man furnished him the money to
T come over here and buy grove. and ne
n0ught that one just below BORROWED
nIoNc-thc one where the trees aims cut
+ on because they're all killed and not
/ worth cutting of. Tho young fellow kept
writing home how well the grove was DO
ing. ANA how much money he was going
/ 70 make out of Il shortly; and that was an
one pis US, because he'd Joined poker
ci.b iu ltusVillc ANA took 10 wearing "a
4 yellow belt and leather lcggings, and the
| grove was going to the dogs just as fast as
/ " could Inc fences fell down, and be
drank w an the fertilizer. and in year
OF two Che house was most ready To fali.
/ but the young fellow kept writing that he
was Just about 10 make "a ilne crop. and
me Oh man kept sending over good
THAT was all very wen: but one day
I mere came letter from the old man
saying he was coming over to make the
I }oungstcr "a visit. Then YOU may Just
believe there was the mischief to pay. II
l me Old man saw that used-up grove and
I round out how the yOungster'd been lying
~ nun, the game was up. 80 what uid
T the youngster do but so 20 HIS friend, who
1 owned the next groNe-a fine grove, well
4 Kept up-aud tell him: MY governors
coming over and II he secs my played
out grove I'm "a ruined man. For Gods
/ sake, lend me your grove for "a month or
L w. XVI the Ola man goes nome. III
I work IL for You, and make him believe
/ that your grove Is mine Wen. sir, the
/ Old man spent six weeks there and never
| suspicioned but he was on his sons place.
/ Pretty smart trick that, wasn't it-for an
Englishman?
How ala It turn out? Wen. 1t turned
out; SO did the young Englishman. The
old man died after awhile AMI left the
I II all IN. He's a deckhand now on "a little
coaster running between Jacksonville and
biscayne Bay. Makes a pretty good sail-
oIlnhh, TOO, they say
There Is no scenery beyond few blight
ed orange groves between Titusylle and
Pritchard's, a settlement 1--we miles down
the river; but near pritchard's the west
bank Is green with market gardens. Oc-
casionally Mike tied his line to a nail and
went inside. and these disappearance
We're always followed by the report of
gun and by Mikes making little side
trip In the punt.
What is the boy shooting ate" the cap
Hes a shootin' at n mark" was the
grave reply THAT boys about the worst
shot IN brevard county. and I'm tryin' 10
train him In. He throws bottle over
board and blazes away az II whenever he
has time"
And what does he go out in the punt
ITO see whether he's hit the bottle. 1.-THE
captain was sober as a judge as he said
II, but some Of the bottles Mike fired AT
looked wonderfully like wild duck, and
wen strike Prtchard's by o'clock ="
| was announced. "and shortly after we
leave there Wen have dinner"
| When Mike punted himself ashore at
| Pritchard's he carried along two big
| strings OF sheepshead and a large paper
| bag containing something that might
| have been bottles, If bottles wear feathers.
/ There We're more sheepshead left on board
/ for dinner, as well as a black bass and
a cavalli or two, and several brace Of
/ Mike targets. When the boy returned
| his hsh and his paper bag were missing.
| but he emptied out upon the kitchen floor
a great sackful Of vegetables. There were
| full grown cabbages potatoes bigger than
the largest fist, peas, string beans, ripe to-
matoesi egg plants, cucumbers lettuce,
new onions, turnips, all fresh from the gar
! dcns. Mike had been on a trading cruise.
. How do these people come to buy FISH,
| when they could catch them so easilyY'
| the captain was asked
Because they are shipping" he an
/ swered. You'll find out what that means
! when you 90 ashore. They began two
weeks ago TO ship vegetables to the north
/ ern markets, and while they're shipping
/ every man and boy is busy. They're even
/ buster this year than usual, because the
4 FAILURE or the orange crop drove more
/ We're to 80 ashore you couldn't get a boy
/ to carry your satchel they're all busy In
/ the fields or packing houses It's rush,
/ when the shipping season begins. and the
/ people are glad TO buy fish because they've
| no time TO catch them. Three or four
| weeks from now you couldn't sell ton OF
! fish for 20 cents. You see man has to
! learn this river, II he wants to make a
/ living on IT,"
The Spot Cash drifted over the moonllt
1 water at her own sweet viii. while her
/ captain and crew prepared the dinner
1 Then she drifted through the moonlight
| slower and slower till about 10 o'clock
| when she stopped altogether The wind had
| died out. the tide had turned and there
| was not enough commotion, either above
/ or below. even % swing her around. She
/ lay perfectly still, fatigued with the exer-
ton of travelling nearly eight miles In the
/ first five hours Of her journey Perfect
/ calm Is the only expression for a househOat
/ on the Indian river at night. No steam
! boat passes, no sailbOats were In sight
and the western shore was only a shadow
! The eastern shore was invisible
The next morning was a perfect illus
! traiion Of a May morning IN Florida 7tav
/ mornings IN Florida are much alike until
/ the rainy season begins. From sunrise tn
/ bracing and there was no telling yet what
4 quarter the wind might come from. At
o'clock the little fOrerunncrs Of q breeze
1 died out leaving a dead calm and a close
| ness Of the atmosphere that betokened a
/ hot day.
Wait" said Capt joe We've got to
wait. anyhow. for there's neither wind nor
I tide to move US Wen have the tide by 10
I o'clock, but ! think that before that Wen
/ have a breeze. Don't you know these May
mornings YETI It's nearly always a dead
/ calm from to 8 o'clock. At o'clock the
/ breeze comes See If It don't"
/ 1t was a good prophecy. At o'clock the
4
! and the anchor was hoisted With boat
drawing scant two feet. and six feet Of wa
4 ter under her. hosting anchor out Of sand
/ IS a quick process. without any pretenre
/ Of a sail. the cabin Of the Spot Cash pre-
/ scented enough surface 10 the wind to put
4 her In motion The captain and crew let
/ her drift. and. like the passenger, fell to
fishing. Mike made no more trial sh 1ts at
/ feathered bottles owing to the passenger
i strong protest. 'Squab real Philadelphia
/ squab" Capt. Joe had called the birds
/ that appeared on the table at the first
4 meal, but suggestion Of certain liabilities
/ for each bird killed caused the squab to
/ disappear and through the remainder OF
/ the voyage the wild ducks had a chance to
/ live according to law.
As the day wore on the river narrowed
/ down and became much more interesting
/ both shores being IN plain sight Rock
4 Ledge was reached by the middle OF the
afternoon with the aid of a little polling
/ which was done In every case by Mike, and
/ never by the captain, who gave himself up
/ to fishing. There were several large strings
I Of fish 10 be traded off for shore products
! at Rock Ledge but the business proceeded
i with Indifferent success, the Rock Ledg-
ers raising few vegetables, but giving them
/ selves up almost wholly to oranges and
/ hotels. Travelling at a mile and a half or
/ two miles an hour, houseboat on the In
+ dian river passes town almost every
/ hour They are ON both sides of the river
/ n at 10 hpT al ,tses sf4t