The leader., 1897-09-01
Healnst tbe eide.
BY ALFRED r. CALHOUN.
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HNJO, sir no fashionable watering
IN place for me; want rest and
comfort during my holidays" said
,Iick Freeman to his friend, Casper
Rurps, with whom he was discussing
the nj ace where they should spend the
,,o weeks vacation allowed them by
the bank in which they were both
clerks, and of which their respective
fathers were directors.
I'VE had good time at Saratoga last
wear" said Casper Burns, adding, with
a sly laugh, but you are afraid OF meet
ing Miss Julia Fletcher there again;
well, don't blame you: she is as rich
and pretty and heartless as you find
them"
NO. confound it, Casper, Miss Fletch-
er is all right, it is l who was the fool,
and a presumptuous one at that, for
thinking she looked more favorably on
me than she did on the score of fellows
who danced her like midges in the sun.
Ihate fashion. Why, only the strongest
constitution can stand the dressing,
the driving. the dining and dancing of
those fashionable watering places. We
want rest or, rather, change. Now
what do YOU say to Whites Inlet?"
whites Inlet? Never heard of such
place." replied Casper.
"Then Ill enlighten you," said Alick
Freeman, stopping in the midst OF
packing his trunk and turning to his
III .s DO
gat-"
"Down on the Jersey coast?"
Certainly; the fishing is good, the
shooting tip-top, and there is no such
place for boating and bathing. And
then it is pretty well out of the world
and the chances are we'll be the only
visitors within miles"
"And we can wear out our old
clothes" interrupted Casper Burns.
"0f course, no one would think OF
wearing anything but old clothes down
at Whites Inlet. Oh, we'll have a
splendid time, free as the winds, and
almost like being in a state of nature
Il know, Alick, but people in state
Of nature eat and sleep; how are we te
obtain those necessary comforts?"
"The point is we'll taken" said Alick
slamming down the lid of his trunk and
facing his friend. Right near the
& mouth of the inlet there lives fisher
man named White"
THE inlet takes its name from him p
"Just so; and he has all accommo
datons necessary. l sent him wore
! we'd be down next week, and he's ex
pecting u.s."
Got any pretty daughters?'
"Nc; that's the beauty of it; has nc
one but his wife, and the only neigh
Dor is mile and half away across the
inlet. Oh, we'll have peace and no enc
Of good time," said Alick Freeman
rubbing his hands in anticipation O.
the pleasure in store for them.
The result of this interview was tha
the young men found themselves a
Whites Inlet within a week. After
leaving the cars they had to go in
wagon some 20 miles over sandy roa(
that ran through a forest of funerea
pines and distorted scrub oaks, OF
which the sun beat with tropical in
tensity and along which the mosquitoes
prowled in fierce, bloodthirsty bands.
The fisherman's house was perched OIL
yerdureless bluff of white sand, witt
aswamp in the background and glori
Gus expanse of blue ocean in front. !
'he structure did not promise comfort
was certainly picturesque, and told o
wrecks and dangers along that treach
erous coast.
one end of the cabin was the sterl
section of a wrecked schooner, with th
name Eliza Jane" still visible; th'
ehimney of rusty iron had once don,
duty on tugboat, and the Gothic door
way was the under jaw of whale whicl
sam White had killed ON the bar, abou
amlle from his cabin.
1T doesn't look promising, 1 mus
confess" said Alick Freeman, as the,
got out of the wagon which they hat
aired at round price to fetch then
uuer, but it looks as if we might hav'
si the quiet here that heart could wisl
ior This was Alexis first visit to tn,
pace, which had been recommended t,
aim oy a bachelor friend, and thougl
&c pretended to like it he felt in hi
ueart that it was not all he desired.
~ must be splendid place for fish,
'aia casper, with a grim smile.
on' 1t is! Why, there's no end o
s0n out there" said Alick, waving hi
uands at the water.
II It isn't good place for fish," con
auuea Alick, "then it's about the mos
i'hiess place ever set eyes on"
oam White, a weather-beaten man O
H. eame out of the cabin to welcom
a.. a. guests, and help them in with thei
hsaaps' as he called the goodly array o
ssage they had brought with them
Ans s' White looked enough like he
e..s .soana to be twin, but she was
nns @ wholesome. hearty woman. a
m;usentional !; as the most ardent ad
u.rer of nature could wish.
ne young men were given room
bos bs We're only four apartments in th
osa s-in the annex made of the section
s wrecked Eliza Jane" The win
s;n.. nad once admitted light to the cap
M ! cabin, and it required no stretcl
!. = imagination to picture themselve
n. sapooard. The very decorations 0
~, ssamber had strongly marine as
ssss, rom the highly colored print of
Ior - oattie to the shell that answers
VI soap cup.
3u.,s young men were hungry an'
sl,,s and In no good humor; so tha
washing and changing their tras