New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11
TWO WOMEN, A BOY
AND SOME HORSES.
NJ MARIA LOUISA POOL
THE GONZAGAS.

rRovINCErowN AND THE GoNZAGAs'
Copyright, 1897: By The Tribune AsSoc'au0n'
TIA next morning. when we Weakened In we'll
aeet while wo were thinking we ought 10 Use
end yet could not quite resolve 10 90 IT, "S"eO
Amabsl II abe thought It was in any way re-
markabls that Mr.. Thomas ]. Riddle seemed 10
psrvads our journey 20 Provincetown'
She was evidently very sleepy, Tor couiu pu'
tust understand her reply. when was " '"0
eject that Of course any one VINO was gums
70 <he Cape by any other conveyance ina" INV
steam cars, that is by lana, wouio h"'N'""'
- met up with often by others WHO "e''
travelling in the same direction. NO. quite "
the point now. II don't think II remarKaoe'
7 was silent a moment. Then l wondered
aioud ~ Miss Leily Langthorne ana her lrlehu
Sue were coming down any further than Middle
borough. and II they were, did Thomas J. Rid
ala know n? was aware that this was turn
ing the drift OF the conversation very decidedly
Amabel laughed. She asked If 1t wouldn't be
runnv ~ Miss Iangthornes spine should require
the air of Provincetown.
Then the last bell for breakfast rang ana
the subject was dropped After short time
Amabel hurriedly made an entry IN her Day
Book. Overcome by curiosity. / allowed myset
an inquiry
Have you mentioned the recurrence OF MI
Riddle?"
She paused and looked UP at me. the top OF
her pencil held to her lips.
81 was lust putting down that you seemed
peculiarly interested in young man by the
name Of Riddle who was apparently Indigenous
along through the Cape region
"I?" was all could gasp in response inter-
ested?"
Just then hurry Of feet sounded IN the nan
and rafting knock came on our door
II say. Am your breakfast won't be worth
cent-fsh cold-Johnny cakes ditto. 10 come
down Never mind crimping"
This last advice Albert shouted
.-Amabel. who was dressed stepped quickly
.-outside. don't know what she said. but when
she returned she remarked that II there was
any age in which boy was particularly at
tractiye 1t was from fourteen to sixteen; still she
ala NOT think that Albert ought to have left his
studies at this time.
When we descended the stairs we found that
Mr.. Riddle had not breakfasted and by com
cidence-that's what he called 1.-THE was just
ready for his morning meal. So we all partooK
of this meal together l was so hungry 'hat at
first did not attempt to keep run or the 'aiK'
but when did come a realizing sense OF H.
heard Mr. Riddle saying that he knew the ROADS
were not good but he had decided not 10 go on
by rail, for Albert had thought they two coud
manage somehow TO pedal down 10 Province
town, and II they couldn't, why they could al
ways walk. There was Thoreau now, ne must
have had no end of a good time trampins down
this peninsula Didn't Miss Waldo think so?
7 turned my head and glanced emphatically
at Amabel that she floundered in her reply. and
must have given the impression that she had
49, Cane
the one book that is for sale alongside the clam
shells with sea scenes painted on them, and the
photographs of this or that curve Of shore with
q wreck half hidden by the sand? For, alas,
there will ALWAYS be plenty of wrecks on this
coast.
Before noon we were podding along the main
road in Truro township the one main road that
runs like an artery through this narrow strip
of land but II is so lonely that one falls to feel
any leaping of blood
WHY does one so love this sandy desert Of a
Mace? What is that undying charm that draws
and holds one?
This Is the town that settled in 1900 and
they called IL Dangerfeld "as 1t has perhaps
the most fatal coast in New-England."
We went out of our way. through the heavy
sand that we might see that beach where the
british fr,gats Somerset was thrown In ITS
he
,aee Of having ar enemys ship wrecked under
their very noses in time Of war. And 1t was
not 80 long since the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence, when these red coats were washed ashore.
The people turned out and rescued $50 Of these
soldiers. and at the same time that they rescued
them they made them prisoners.
ut must have been thund sring jolly good
time" cried Albert. leaning on his wheel.
..There amt any such times now. What's the
use OF wearing a dirk II you can't ever use 1t?
And your bowie knife Annie looked at his
sister with grim
81 don't suppose" said Amabel, that II you
saved a man from drowning you'd use your dirk
on him."
III he were a pirate" responded the boy medi-
tatively.
But no one made any response. We were all
gazing off seward, and ], for one, could see
dimly the coast of Spain rising up in the blue
distance / could even make out some OF the
turrets Of my castle there. family purple. but
sun tipped on the Observation-Disclosures sun
tipped on the battlements.
The wind had come out east again; but there
was no cloud; everything boldly and clearly
projected The waves raced in, then sucked
back slowly. every arm of spray they flung ur
a. they came and went seeming to fling at us
Q stronger Whit Of salt.
Our horses stood up very straight. taking In
the air hoarsely The Thane paved an impa-
tient foot in the sand. Just now he had the ap-
pearance Of horse that could go very fast in
deed, II his rider would only allow him to do 80
1t took US a long time TO get TO Provincetown
not only the sand deep. but we stopped
often to gaze at the ocean; one cannot very wei
cease from gazing at the ocean. had feeling
that had never been so near the sea before we
were encompassed by It, we had gone to sea
without having embarked in any ship. We
would not have been surprised il this bit Of lanC
had detached itself and foated of. perhaps Il
that vague Atlantic which would be a fit land
lng place for q craft such this would be.