The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12

were torn down By patriotic hands and con:
yerted into stockades to help in the defence Of
the barber Battery Wagner and Fort Sumter
OF itself and prevented tho Zoe from landing.
The houses on the island arc not numbered,
or historic, Names as Ii customary in many
summer PLACES; There is no Happy Home
w Ykil sn,, w in al c ths length Ct " e. tho place and ny ~
or othor. romantic sounding ~roof.tree TO date
from; The people live either on the front
boat or up by tho hotel, or a short way from
tho fort or a good piece from II, as the case may
PC; IL an outsider Wants T, to find out the resi-,
insider to help him, and the insider generally
knows so many people and makes 80 many calls
that the outsider is Introduced into half a score
Of homes and is solaced with divers and vari.
gus kinds Of 9xhilarating refroshment before
There nro no bells or annunciators at thu
front doors Of the ho.sGs. Every front door
stands hospitably open and stopping in is made
very, c%asy-that Is, II you have an insider along
That d'R p way 1 down {SSu the Ss0 so iG4k'q Bon 5GFi try on To
walk It,. II our neighbours over here. the. BIS,
have returned yet from their drive, they will
ali. They'll, be only too, delighted" And md so
froshments are brought out on the piazza, and
after a time the Be appear and a fresh start Ia
made for Capt. As house, the outsider being
ances on the island always help the foot pas.
sengers out on such occasions because tho street
and walking is such nm undertaking.
gu cant go directly to the island. no mat.
have St to so to 0 Mount Srn f Pio SSsslaf frs or n Tbe o nIg
boat that goes to the, island from anywhere
goes there from Charleston. and the charter
still runs, expressly stipu!ates that 1t shall
touch. at Mount Pleasant hrst, so, although
Mount Pleasant is out of the way. not in real.
1ty Dertnen1 To the tourney. eypryhDdy who
wants to go to the island has to 20 there first.
"h T : d.t ne ~ y H. IN a hurry or not not r-u 49,.
making 1t incumbent to- go first to Mount Pleasant,
Is not known. but very likely 1t was given at
cal boats originally in use la still in active ser.
vice. IL Is . peculiar looking boat,. this surviy.
is long. and paiIted White You S 10 in down.
stairs. stoop under several iron pipes that nre
too high, to jump over and too low TO walk
under, chamber up the narrow stairway, and
placed crossways, one behind tho other, on the
The seats are very comfortable, and you are
not likely to be crowded, which il a Considera.
5 ahP o as the trip ipno taking King in Mount pleasant and
part OF the mainland, belongs TO one OF the old
parishes, and looks, as its name indicates rest.
growing close down to the waters edge and
white painted houses smuggling down under
them. Mount Pleasant is nice. but 1t Is like
dozens OF other villages on the ,till waters of a
bay. II has none OF the fierce glare and heaped-
up sands and roaring surf of the island and the
girls there do not need to wear sunbonnets.
People who Ike to tickle their fancy say that
some day there wlI"be a bridge built leading
from the mainland by Mount Pleasant to the
island. and that cars direct from the South
Carolina Railroad station in Charleston will
run over that bridge right into the heart of the
summer resort. The ferry company very like.
ly hears these rumors, but 1t does not change
one iota OF It's plans. II hugs its original char.
Pleasant Thrst, just as usual. Tho ferry conn o
pany knows that the island is much nicer as It
Is without tho cars running over II and into II.
Moreover the company divines that the island
people would far rather have the island all to
themselves. and that they don't in the least
mind going TO Mount Pleasant first. They have
got into the habit of going there, and every.
body knows how hard Il is to stop doing q thing
you arc In the habit OF doing.