New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-23
TEACHING THE F4RALLONESE
MISS DOCD'S ADVENT ON THE BARREN
ROCKS BEYOND THE GOLDEN GATE.

ROCKS BEYOND THE GOLDEN GATE
From The San Francisco Chronicle.
creased by one Yesterday Miss Daisy Doud the
pretty young teacher who decided 10 gain expo
the cost of leading Robinso Crusoe existence for
time, took possession Of her island home She is
Farallonese give holiday banque; they will have 10
nvi:e the trained donkey to the feast In order 10
Miss Doud intended to leave San Francisco
wednesday morning, but the Faralones. though
accessible points the coast Tugs cruising for
lows pass the islands by. and the lighthouse ten
on Wednesday morning the tug vigilant. which
was to carry Miss Doud did not sail. but on Thurs
and the populace peacefully asleep. the Vigiant
with single red eye. poughcd her way down the
1t was o'clock when the viglant stood off the
door of the sland In the cove lay pilot M
had for two months Gonseqnenfy ."t Mis- pouds
islanders 5 it would have been otherwise
re @ in bold and pns
in outline as Gibraltar; on the land side. where
clearly volcanic. surmouned at the TOP by the
snowy lighthouse. $50 feet above level. The
rocks and startled the gulls by its resonan, whistle
small boat shot out from the beach. 1t was a
appeared behind each breaker coming to the top
again like cork. That Is the way you land at the
Farallones II is the only way and If you are
timid you might as well remain at home Miss
Doud IS neither nervous romantic. When the
the rocking skin: which immediatey shipped two
her and at the Msy
when soft PUNK In the back told her that another
was sudden jump into the arms OF lighthouse
keeper ana scramble up the rocks with seeth
men fen overheard; but the men were expert at
their oars and landed the party in couples. Miss
cockleshel Of boat. Keepers Beeman and Engel-
BRIGHT VINO rowed; apoogized for the choppy surf
10 10
wet from head 10 foot. There was no formal re-
ception, only little gathering of islanders and
The houses of the island and the schooIhouse are
on me sone r slds WIN ola ocean for front
hill, and then pleasan; little greensward with
tern; an white AMI cleaning The little schoolhouse
four keepers three Of them narried with enough
children to form the nucleus OF a school No need
to teach those children natural history or geog
raphy They have bird lore al their fingers ends
Tor me Islands are natural ayiaies ard the nesting
Miss Doud has choice Of residences. and has
not quite made up her mind She may live in one
in upper chambcr Of chicf Keeper Beeman Gs
house In either habitation she will hear the steady
boom Of the surf and the shrek of the og-sgnal by
way Of accompaniment for recitatons or night
thoughts.
Miss Doui will not be lonesome The Farallones
not dcst.ut- Of amusemer, as one might
imagine The children interesting and sngularly
lacking in sei:-coEs, ioisnes>. Then there tho
who draws store; from the tender in "a cart upon
a track built around the island Patti Is very tame
and brays at will coming at the sound of her IA
name There Is flock of goats headed by
Frank. who has patriarchal beard and is followed
by train of pretty kids and their mamma,. A
pompous goose walked out 10 see the visitors. and
hundred chickens left of scratching to join
the strange Noahs Ark train. The island is alive
with rabbits and these. with the fish. make up the
fresh food. The most celebrated cook the island
capable of preparing rabbit in fifteen dineren,
fashions from a Ia pouet.e 10 rabbi, ear pOtpio
There is a little vegetable garden. but the guano
which forms the only SOIL Is 40 rich and the sea
fogs invgoratng that cabbages shoot up into
seed at once and they have 10 tie them down. The
very best mineral in the world trickes slowly
from cleft in the rocks and tastes precisely like
Napa soda
As for points Of interest the hospitable islanders
escorted the visitors first the pride OF the Islands,
the beautiful light which the keeper expatated
upon lovingly 1t Is light Of the first order the
biggest or the coast. and sends flashing CLEAN
thirty miles seaward. Then there was the steam
fog signal: the within whose walls the skeleton
Of a Young woman once found; the ruins of the
rock houses OF the Russians who lived there dec
AIDES ago: the beach. where beautiful shells arc
deposited by the waves and the point where the
gallant ship Bremen sailed her long voyage and
The beach where bones of the Frank Coney lie
hIeaching in the sun There is cave where Mr..
Bcoman saved nine lives, but he dismisses that with
q mere wave of his hano